A family building firm in Bath since 1994
Book a free site visit online. The quote follows in writing.
Pick a time in Tom's diary and he comes to look, measure up and talk it through. Confirmation and a reminder come by email.
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Or ring Tom: 07700 900412
- 4.963 reviews on Google
- Federation of Master BuildersMember, vetted and inspected
- £5m public liabilityCertificate sent with every quote
- 10-year guaranteeOn the structure of every job
Sample credentials and reviews: Ashworth Build is a fictional firm.
Book the visit that starts the job
Pick a free site visit and Tom comes to the house to look, measure up and talk it through. Not ready for that? Book a planning chat on the phone instead.
The build itself is quoted after the visit: fixed, itemised and in writing.
Sample prices and times. On your site this diary is Setmore's, set up and looked after by us.
What happens after you book
- A confirmation emailStraight away, with the day, the time and what you booked.
- A reminder email the day beforeSo the visit doesn't slip anyone's mind, Tom's included.
- In Tom's diary appIt lands on his phone, so nobody has to ring round to fix a time.
One rear extension, start to finish
A 1930s semi in Southdown: a full-width kitchen extension, fourteen weeks on site. Every job gets photographed like this, so you can see what's under the plaster.
Sample project. On your site, the photos you send from the van go here.
Weeks 1 to 4Footings in, the back wall opened on props, the steel across, and new blockwork rising either side.
Weeks 5 to 8Walls up and the roof on. From the garden it already reads as part of the house.
Weeks 9 to 12Glazing in, plastered, radiators hung. The old kitchen wall is gone.
Week 14Handed back and cooked in, with the building-control certificate and the guarantee in the file.
What we build
Five kinds of job, each with its own page: what's included, how long it takes, and what it usually costs.
House extensionsSingle and two-storey, side and rear. Foundations to the last coat of paint, one team throughout.12 to 16 weeks on site12 to 16 weeks on site
Loft conversionsDormer, hip-to-gable and roof-window lofts, with the stairs placed so the floor below still works.7 to 10 weeks on site7 to 10 weeks on site
Kitchens and whole-house renovationsStripped back and put right: rewiring, plastering, new kitchens and bathrooms, run as one job.4 to 12 weeks, depending on the house4 to 12 weeks, depending on the house
Knock-throughs and structural workWalls out, steels in, chimney breasts removed. Engineer's calcs and building control handled.1 to 2 weeks on site1 to 2 weeks on site
Garden roomsInsulated, wired and built on proper foundations, for an office, a studio or a room for guests.3 to 5 weeks on site3 to 5 weeks on site
How a job runs
The same five steps for a garden room or a two-storey extension. You always know which one you're on.
- 1
Send photos and plans
Use the form below or text the mobile. Pictures of the space and any drawings you have.
- 2
We come and look
Book a free site visit in the diary on this page, at a time that suits you. Tom measures up and talks the job through.
- 3
A fixed written quote
Itemised stage by stage. You pay as each stage is done, never a big sum up front.
- 4
One site lead, Friday updates
The same face on site every day, and a short written update with photos each Friday.
- 5
Snag, sign off, guarantee
We walk it with you, fix the list, and hand over the certificates and a 10-year guarantee.
What customers say
Tom sent us an update every Friday, even the weeks when all that happened was drainage. We always knew where things stood. A year on, the extension still looks like it was built with the house.
Three builders came to look. Ashworth were the only ones who'd already read the drawings we sent through their website, and their quote listed every stage. It came in under, because the stairs turned out simpler than they'd allowed for.
Kitchen and dining room into one. Two and a half days of dust, kept far better than I thought possible behind their screens, and you can't see where the wall was.
My office at the bottom of the garden. Warm all winter. They carried every piece through a terraced house and didn't mark a single wall.
Sample reviews. On a real site these come from the business's own Google profile.
Bath, and about twenty miles round it
Most of our jobs are in Bath itself and the stone towns and villages towards Wiltshire and the Mendips. Further out for the right job, so ask.
- Bath
- Bradford-on-Avon
- Box
- Corsham
- Lacock
- Melksham
- Trowbridge
- Frome
- Keynsham
- Saltford
- Midsomer Norton
- Radstock
Phone and office hours
- Monday to Friday
- 7.30am – 5pm
- Saturday
- 8am – 12pm
- Sunday
- Closed
On site we start at eight and finish by five, and we don't work Sundays.
Or tell us about the job
Photos of the space and any drawings you have tell us more than a twenty-minute phone call. Send them here and we'll ring you back with questions that make sense, or a rough figure if the job is simple enough to price from pictures.