We have spent ten years building and renovating houses in Dublin. Extensions, refurbishments and whole-home upgrades, all costed before design begins.
Alder builds and renovates houses in Dublin, from single-storey extensions to whole-home upgrades. The same team designs the work and then builds it, so you sign one contract and deal with one company throughout. We took the name from an Irish tree that grows in hard ground and holds its roots, because that is what this work asks for.
What we are working towards is straightforward. You agree a figure at the start, the work runs to a programme you were given, and the house comes back with its certificates in order. There is no architect, engineer and builder to coordinate between, and no gaps for a project to fall into.
Every trade that needs a registration holds one, and they are all on our payroll. We insure every project and an independent engineer certifies the work.
Quick scheduling and fast technician response when your heating, cooling system needs urgent attention.
Electrical work is completed and certified under the national registration scheme.
Registered for heat pump installation and grant-supported energy upgrade work.
A chartered engineer who does not work for us certifies the completed build.
Insurance is in place on every project and evidence is available on request.
Built to current Irish Building Regulations, with the documentation handed over at completion.
We build whole spaces rather than single rooms. Knowing that before you call saves you a site visit that was never going to go anywhere.
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You get a real figure for your house at the first visit, so nothing is drawn until you know what the project costs.
Scope, programme and payment schedule are agreed in writing and signed before the first trade arrives on site.
Each payment falls due on a stage that has actually been finished, so you are never paying ahead of the build.
The same person runs your programme and answers your questions throughout, so you are never chasing a different trade each week.
A chartered engineer signs off the completed works, and you get the documentation you will need when you come to sell.
If your brief and your budget do not meet, you hear it at the feasibility stage rather than months into a build.
Four stages, from the first site visit to handing you the keys. The same team runs all four, so nothing changes hands.
We look at the house, the site and your brief, then give you a cost range.
Drawings, structural design and any planning application, all worked to the budget you already agreed.
Our own trades on site to a fixed programme, with one site manager throughout.
Heating, electrics and ventilation tested, works certified, then the house handed back with its paperwork.
Our office and yard are in Terenure, Dublin 6W. Most of the houses we work on are within half an hour.