Residential & light commercial · Essex
Built tolast.
Custom homes, renovations and additions across Billericay, Wickford and Brentwood — run by one crew, start to finish.
- Crew per job, first framing to final walkthrough
- 1
- Of our work comes from past clients and their referrals
- 50%
- Workmanship follow-up call after every job is signed off
- 12mo
- The furthest we travel, so we're on site when we say
- 40min
The Difference
Most homeowners have been burned before.
Contractors who miss deadlines, go quiet mid-project, or cut corners on materials nobody checks. Here's what we do instead, line by line.
UsuallyA rotating cast of subcontracted crews
South BuildOne crew, first framing to final walkthrough
Usually“Or equivalent” materials nobody checks after the drywall
South BuildNamed-brand materials, written into the contract
UsuallyA start date and a vague finish
South BuildA written start and end date before we break ground
UsuallySilence until you chase them
South BuildPhotos and a straight answer every week, not just when asked
The portfolio and the reviews further down this page are the proof — not the list above.
What We Build
One crew.
Four kinds of job.
Every one of them starts the same way — a free on-site walkthrough and a written, fixed-scope estimate.
01Custom Homes
A house built to your plans and your site, from foundation to final walkthrough, with one crew the whole way.
Estimate a custom home
02Additions
More room without moving — additions tied into your existing structure so they don't look or feel bolted on.
Estimate an addition
03Kitchen & Bath Renovations
The two rooms that get used the most, rebuilt to actually hold up to daily use.
Estimate a kitchen or bathroom
04Light Commercial Fit-Outs
Interior build-outs for small offices, retail spaces, and storefronts, done on a schedule that respects your opening date.
Estimate a fit-out
Finished Work
Proof, not promises.
Real jobs, the town on every one. One crew on each, start to finish.
Billericay · Kitchen & Bath Renovations
Kitchen extension, Billericay.
A galley kitchen opened into a full rear extension — steel beam, island, and glass doors onto the garden.
- The problem
- The existing kitchen was a narrow galley with no natural light and no connection to the garden.
- How we ran it
- One crew ran the structural opening-up, the steel beam installation, and the full fit-out end to end, on a fixed six-week schedule.
- Programme
- 6 weeks, fixed
- Crew
- One, start to finish
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Wickford · Custom Homes
Custom new build, Wickford
A single custom home built from foundation to final walkthrough on a self-build plot.
Brentwood · Additions
Side-return extension, Brentwood
A side-return addition tied into the existing brick bond so it reads as part of the original house, not bolted on.
Want yours to go like this?
How It Works
A real start.
A real end.
Five steps, the same on every job — including the one that happens a year after we've left.
Step 01
Free walkthrough & estimate
An on-site walkthrough and a written estimate — no charge, no obligation.
Before anything is signed
Step 02
Fixed-scope contract
A real start date and end date, written down, before any work begins.
Before ground breaks
Step 03
Weekly progress updates
Photos and a straight answer on where the job stands — every week, not just when asked.
Every week we're on site
Step 04
Final walkthrough & sign-off
We walk the finished job with you and work through the punch list together.
Handover
Step 05
One-year follow-up call
A year on, we call to check the work is still holding up the way it should.
Twelve months after we leave
Step one is free and takes about an hour. You get the written estimate either way.
Why South Build
Ask the
last ten.
Rated 4.9 out of 5, from 60+ reviews from Essex homeowners
“The same guys who started the job are the ones who finish it — and I could call any of my last ten clients and they'd pick up.”
The obvious alternative round here is a bigger outfit that advertises harder and rotates a different subcontracted crew through your house every fortnight. We don't work that way, and after the invoice is paid we're still the ones who answer.
Where We Build
A company you could drive to.
We work within about a 40-minute drive of Billericay — close enough to be on site the morning you call.
- BillericayOur base
- WickfordCovered
- BrentwoodCovered
- BasildonCovered
- …and the A127 corridor between them
Get Started
Ready to build something that lasts?
- The walkthrough is free
- About an hour on site, and you keep the written estimate whether you use us or not.
- The estimate is fixed-scope
- A real start date and a real end date, in writing, before anyone breaks ground.
- You'll hear back within one working day
- From the person who'd actually run your job — not a call centre.
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