Lizard Peninsula · TR12
Full Build for Gunwalloe (TR12)
Once drawings are approved, the build is the bit that decides whether you get the home you imagined or a frustrating compromise. We deliver projects on a single contract — design, drawings, approvals and construction — so the team that drew it is the team that builds it. Gunwalloe sits in Lizard Peninsula, and that geography ends up in the drawings — Gunwalloe is a coastal village in the TR12 area, where sea exposure, views and seasonal pressure shape most building decisions, with a building stock that leans toward bungalows and granite cottages.
Gunwalloe sits in Lizard Peninsula — covering TR12 from Mullion, Cury, Predannack outward.
- Conservation Area
- Cornwall AONB
- Coastal exposure zone
- ✓ Local to Lizard Peninsula — not a national franchise
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
- ✓ One studio — design, planning and build under one roof
- ✓ Measured-survey accuracy from day one
Our process
How a Gunwalloe full build package project runs.
Step 1
Pre-construction
Programme, procurement, contractor briefing and site setup.
Step 2
Substructure
Foundations, drainage, ground beams — the unglamorous bit that decides everything later.
Step 3
Superstructure
Frame, roof, glazing — getting the building watertight.
Step 4
First and second fix
Services, plaster, joinery, kitchens and bathrooms.
Step 5
Snag and handover
Final inspection, building control sign-off, handover pack and aftercare.
Full builds run from twelve weeks for small extensions to eighteen months for new build family homes.
Local proof — Most Gunwalloe homeowners come to us after a full build package quote elsewhere felt vague on planning — we lead with feasibility instead.
Get a free feasibility viewWhat we focus on
Full Build considerations specific to Gunwalloe.
01
Material lead times to Cornwall are longer than the M5 corridor; sequencing orders early protects the build programme.
02
Off-grid sites need their own water, drainage and power solutions designed and procured rather than assumed.
03
Cornish trades are a tight community; using contractors who've worked together before saves weeks on programme and arguments on site.
04
Weather windows on Cornish coastal sites are short — getting the building watertight before autumn matters more here than in central England.
Local context
Why Gunwalloe is its own job.
In Gunwalloe the planning picture is specific: coastal setting and landscape sensitivity mean rooflines, glazing, drainage and external materials need careful handling from the first sketch. For full build package specifically, parts of Gunwalloe sit within a designated Conservation Area, which means materials, fenestration and roof pitches all need to read sympathetically with the existing streetscape; the surrounding landscape falls inside the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so massing, height and landscape impact carry extra weight in any planning decision; coastal salt-laden air around Gunwalloe drives detailing choices — fixings, render systems and timber treatments all need to be specified for exposure. That local reading is what makes a Gunwalloe (TR12) project different from a generic Cornwall scheme — and is the whole reason we work this way. On bungalows in particular — the kind you'll also find toward Truro — the full build package brief always has to read the existing fabric first.
Planning note
Build delivery doesn't need planning, but planning conditions often dictate site setup, materials and working hours — we read every condition and build the programme around them.
Local watch-list
The TR12 constraints that shape a full build package brief.
Watch #1
Conservation Area material and fenestration controls in central Gunwalloe
Watch #2
AONB landscape-impact scrutiny on visible elevations
Watch #3
Coastal exposure driving fixing, render and joinery spec
Gunwalloe is part of Mullion
Gunwalloe sits inside the Mullion catchment — we cover both as one full build package territory.
See Full Build in Mullion →Local fabric
Gunwalloe full build — the local-studio difference.
Building stock
Across Gunwalloe (TR12) we work on granite cottages, rendered coastal houses, holiday homes, bungalows, replacement dwellings. Each stock type drives a different full build package response — bungalows in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Gunwalloe sits in the parish of Gunwalloe, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a full build package application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular full build package jobs also running in Mullion, Cury, Predannack. Most Gunwalloe site visits get booked within the same week.
Can you handle both planning and build in Gunwalloe?
Yes — design, planning, building regs and full construction run under one roof. For clients with an existing Gunwalloe builder we can stop at a tender-ready Full Plans pack instead.
Request a free visitWho this is for
Gunwalloe runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every full build package enquiry from the use-class up.
FAQs
Gunwalloe Full Build — local questions answered.
- How do you handle changes during the build?
- Weekly client meetings, written change requests, costed and signed before work proceeds. No surprise invoices. In Gunwalloe specifically, we'd start by checking the Conservation Area boundary before committing to a direction.
- Are you insured?
- Public liability, employer's liability and contractor's all-risks cover are in place for every project, with certificates available before contract signing.
- Can you build from someone else's drawings?
- Yes, with a review. We'll happily build from approved drawings produced elsewhere, after a technical review to confirm the design holds up at construction stage.
- Fixed price or open book?
- Both. Fixed price suits well-defined projects with clear specs; open book suits renovations and listed work where the unknowns only reveal themselves once you start opening things up. We'll recommend the right route.
- Do you handle the whole project from drawing to finish?
- Yes — that's the model. One contract from feasibility to handover, with design, regs and build all under our roof. No coordination gap between designer and contractor.
Other services in Gunwalloe
Nearby places we cover
Every Gunwalloe full build package we work on is treated as a TR12 job in its own right — local fabric, local policy, local builders.