Frequently Asked Questions

With a wealth of experience in the building industry, Garland & Bird has been operating throughout the Chelmsford area and the wider Essex region for many years. Boasting glowing reviews and top class services, our team offers a huge range of building services including extensions, loft conversions, garden landscaping and much more. So whatever your vision, as an established, reputable company, Garland & Bird is your local building specialists.

Each and every extension we build is completely unique to you. This means it’ll suit your individual tastes and preferences perfectly. Our highly experienced building team here at Garland & Bird can help you to create a design which will be the best fit for your lifestyle and day to day living. We’ll take the time to listen to what you want, and guide you to produce a practical design, within your budget. With this in mind, no two projects are the same. Need to know more? Speak to us about our projects.

Yes, of course. As a local, reputable Chelmsford based building company, our focus is on creating high quality spaces for you to enjoy the whole year around. Whatever you choose, our building work will add value and a great space to your home and garden.

Absolutely, you sure can. We encourage all of our prospective clients to take a look at some of our completed projects in Chelmsford and the surrounding Essex region. This is a fantastic way to see the amazing quality of our workmanship. Plus, it is the perfect way to glean lots of design inspiration and help you to visualise layout options.

As you can imagine, this is always a difficult question to answer. As an established local Chelmsford building company, we always have various projects that are at different stages. Thankfully, our lead time can change at any time, but we’re always happy to discuss this with you to manage your expectations and get the building work scheduled in with you as soon as possible, or in line with your other building requirements.

We are more than happy to visit your property at a time convenient for you. While we are there, we can quote for the required works. 

Yes, for complete peace of mind, Garland & Bird are fully insured.

Of course; our team is often asked to redo poorly installed electrical work previously carried out by others using inferior quality materials. We will be happy to help to fix this for you.

Yes, we are able to change doors for you. With a wealth of experience in all aspects of carpentry and re-hanging techniques, we can sort this for you, no problems at all.

Yes, we’re able to offer advice and guidance on aspects of building control and planning permission.