South Cornwall · TR10
Project Management & Full Build in Mabe Burnthouse
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. In Mabe Burnthouse, that work is shaped by the place itself — Mabe Burnthouse is a residential village west of Penryn with strong commuter demand from the Falmouth and Truro areas and significant late-twentieth-century estate expansion, with a building stock that leans toward 1960s and 1970s estates and modern Persimmon and Bovis estates.
Local context
Why Mabe Burnthouse is its own job.
Outside Conservation Area and AONB but the wider parish includes designated areas. Mabe parish operates active input on edge-of-village schemes; granite quarrying heritage shapes some site planning. For full build package specifically, Mabe Burnthouse sits outside the headline designations, which usually gives a slightly more flexible starting point — but parish-level character still matters. That's why we treat every Mabe Burnthouse project as a TR10-area job first — not a generic Cornwall job with a postcode bolted on.
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.
What we focus on
Full Build considerations specific to Mabe Burnthouse.
01
Off-grid sites need their own water, drainage and power solutions designed and procured rather than assumed.
02
Weather windows on Cornish coastal sites are short — getting the building watertight before autumn matters more here than in central England.
03
Material lead times to Cornwall are longer than the M5 corridor; sequencing orders early protects the build programme.
Our process
How a Mabe Burnthouse 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.
FAQs
Mabe Burnthouse Full Build — common questions.
- What guarantees and aftercare do you offer?
- Standard twelve-month defects period, plus product and workmanship warranties on relevant elements. We're a Cornish business — you'll still find us in the same studio in five years' time. In Mabe Burnthouse specifically, we'd start by checking the latest parish-level planning history before committing to a direction.
- 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.
- How do you handle changes during the build?
- Weekly client meetings, written change requests, costed and signed before work proceeds. No surprise invoices.
- 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.
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