Builder
MKS Carpentry and Building
Trust score
74out of 100
Rating4.3★
Review volume47
Source diversity2 sources
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Verified builder in Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
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What customers say
4.3out of 5
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"Had a rear extension, garage conversion and substantial renovation and changes to existing structure completed by Mike and the team. Cannot praise them highly enough! Completed ahead of time (12 weeks for a planned 16 week project), bang on budget, and excellent quality. Super helpful throughout, offering excellent value and advice, and always willing to talk through and help with decisions with not being pushy - in fact Mike often suggested and sourced a better but cheaper option which kept the same quality whilst helping us achieve our dream build. The wider team were fantastic and equally"
"A number of projects with MKS. Top quality work, brilliant knowledge & reliability, and an all round great group of workers. I’d fully trust these with any future project, with the added help and advice given from these, when needed. I’d look no further than these in the future."
"We bought a Victorian house in the New Forest, and it turned out to be in a worse shape than we realised. Finding MKS was great though, they've been really helpful, down to earth and honest. They've stuck to the quoted budget, given really useful advice, and we'd thoroughly recommend them, and will be using them again."
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Had a rear extension, garage conversion and substantial renovation and changes to existing structure completed by Mike and the team. Cannot praise them highly enough! Completed ahead of time (12 weeks for a planned 16 week project), bang on budget, and excellent quality. Super helpful throughout, offering excellent value and advice, and always willing to talk through and help with decisions with not being pushy - in fact Mike often suggested and sourced a better but cheaper option which kept the same quality whilst helping us achieve our dream build. The wider team were fantastic and equally
A number of projects with MKS. Top quality work, brilliant knowledge & reliability, and an all round great group of workers. I’d fully trust these with any future project, with the added help and advice given from these, when needed. I’d look no further than these in the future.
We bought a Victorian house in the New Forest, and it turned out to be in a worse shape than we realised. Finding MKS was great though, they've been really helpful, down to earth and honest. They've stuck to the quoted budget, given really useful advice, and we'd thoroughly recommend them, and will be using them again.
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