Builder
LB Developments
Trust score
65out of 100
Rating5.0★
Review volumeLow · 23
Source diversity1 source
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Verified builder in Newbury, Berkshire.
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What customers say
5.0out of 5
Highlights
"Luke has responded very fast and professionally from the first moment we contacted him. With his advice we found the root cause of the issue. He provided a fair cost and executed the work when agreed and under high quality standards, keeping us always informed and providing all documents we needed to claim the insurance. I will certainly contact Luke again if I need and I highly recommend him."
"Highly recommend! We are really pleased with the extension built for us by LB Developments. Work was carried out within the agreed timeframe and budget, and has been done to a really high quality. Luke has been honest, reliable, tidy, has kept us throughly updated throughout the whole build process and has just been a really nice, honest person to work with. He has helped us with other jobs while he has been here too which has been really helpful. We will certainly be using Luke again for any future works we need done. Thank you for making the whole process as stress free as it can be!"
"As always an amazing job done. Very happy with the end result and they left the house so tidy after the work. Friendly, happy, trustworthy company, highly recommended. We will be using them again."
Detailed reviews
Luke has responded very fast and professionally from the first moment we contacted him. With his advice we found the root cause of the issue. He provided a fair cost and executed the work when agreed and under high quality standards, keeping us always informed and providing all documents we needed to claim the insurance. I will certainly contact Luke again if I need and I highly recommend him.
Highly recommend! We are really pleased with the extension built for us by LB Developments. Work was carried out within the agreed timeframe and budget, and has been done to a really high quality. Luke has been honest, reliable, tidy, has kept us throughly updated throughout the whole build process and has just been a really nice, honest person to work with. He has helped us with other jobs while he has been here too which has been really helpful. We will certainly be using Luke again for any future works we need done. Thank you for making the whole process as stress free as it can be!
As always an amazing job done. Very happy with the end result and they left the house so tidy after the work. Friendly, happy, trustworthy company, highly recommended. We will be using them again.
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Local context
Rated 5.0★ — in line with the local average for builders in Newbury
Across 16 rated builders in Newbury, the typical rating is 5.0★. We compare against the same businesses a homeowner would find searching for this trade locally.
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!Review volume: Low · 23
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