A timber outbuilding made into a room for every season.
Rigid insulation to walls and roof, taped vapour layer, ply lining, a new floor and lighting.
Thoughtful building for older properties and difficult sites around Cornwall.
- Fowey estuary, south Cornwall
- New builds, renovation, decks and groundworks
- Designed and built by one team
- Public liability insured
- Registered waste carrierEnvironment Agency, CBDL666564
- Registered tradesCertificates for electrics and gas
- Design and buildOne team, drawings to handover
New builds and renovations, kitchens and bathrooms, decks, retaining walls and drainage, designed and built to a high standard by one team. We draw up straightforward projects ourselves and work alongside architects and engineers on complex ones. If you can't be here, we send photos every week.
New builds and renovation
- Design and build, in-house or alongside your architect and engineer
- Timber-frame buildings, from foundations to finishes
- Whole-house renovation, including listed and older buildings
- Bathrooms in natural stone and microcement, with underfloor heating
- Kitchens and cabinetry made in birch plywood
Decks, garden rooms and joinery
- Raised decks on sloping ground, with balustrades and steps
- Garden rooms built, insulated, lined and lit for year-round use
- Loft ladders, doors and one-off joinery
Groundworks and drainage
- Gabion and reinforced concrete retaining walls
- Sewage treatment plants and the drainage runs to them
- Chambers, bases and footings on steep or tight sites
More of our work
A Georgian wooden floor lifted, repaired and brought back.
Georgian boards were cut wide and to no standard size, so nothing off the shelf today will sit alongside them. The hard part of this job was sourcing boards of the same width to replace the damaged lengths. We found them in timber salvaged from a manor house that was being stripped out. With those in hand, the floor was relaid tight and sanded ready for finishing.
Tables, benches and fitted pieces from our own workshop.
Dining tables, benches and one-off pieces made to order in reclaimed and solid timber, often for the houses we're working on. Ask about a piece.
Second homes and holiday lets
If you can't be here while the work is done
A lot of houses round the estuary are empty for part of the year, and the best time to work on a holiday let is when it's closed. You shouldn't have to drive down to find out how your job is going.
- Your own project page, by QR codeEvery job gets a private page showing progress, photos and what's next. Scan the QR code we give you and check in whenever you like.
- Photos every weekWhat was done, what's next and anything we've found, sent on the same day each week.
- One point of contactOne named person runs your job from the first visit to handover.
- Access through your key-holder or agentWe meet whoever looks after the house and walk you round by video call.
- A written quote you can checkScope by stage, what's included and what isn't, and who handles electrics, building control and any consents.
- Certified tradesElectrics and gas are done by registered trades, and you get their certificates.
- Booked datesWork is fitted around your lettings calendar and agreed before it starts.
About Thoughtful
A building firm that designs, builds and finishes its own work.
Thoughtful is an independent building firm on the Fowey estuary, with nearly ten years of building behind it. The same team that pours the foundations makes the kitchen, so nothing gets lost between trades.
We take on a limited number of projects each year, from a single bathroom to a complete new building, so that each one is built and finished properly.
- Design and buildWe draw up straightforward projects ourselves, and work in partnership with architects and engineers on complex ones.
- Listed and older buildingsWe have worked on listed buildings. Changes that affect a listed building's character need consent before work starts, and we plan for that with you from the first visit.
- Our own workshopKitchens, cabinetry, ladders and furniture are made by us, to fit the building.
- Registered tradesElectrics and gas are done by registered trades, and you get their certificates.
- InsuredWe carry public liability insurance.
- Registered waste carrierRegistered with the Environment Agency, number CBDL666564.
From first message to handover
How a job runs
Every job follows the same steps, whether it's one room or a whole building. You always know what happens next and what it will cost.
Where we work
- Fowey
- Polruan
- Bodinnick
- Lanteglos
- Golant
- Lostwithiel
- Tywardreath
- Par
- St Austell
- Mevagissey
- You tell us about the jobUse the form below. We reply the same day.
- We talk it throughA phone call within two working days to check we're the right fit and give you a rough range.
- Site visitAbout an hour. We measure, photograph and tell you what might be hiding: floors, access, drainage, consents.
- DesignWe design and draw up straightforward projects ourselves. On complex ones we work in partnership with your architect and engineer, or bring in ones we trust.
- Written quoteWithin five working days of the visit or the finished design, by stage, with a start date.
- BookingWritten acceptance and a deposit hold your dates.
- The buildWeekly updates with photos. Changes are priced and agreed before they're done.
- HandoverWe walk round together or by video, put right anything outstanding and leave you with care notes.
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