Louis Kingwill reviews (39)

After discussing with several builders, I chose Louis Kingwill for substantial renovation work on my period house, including a complete kitchen/diner overhaul and various renovation and decoration works throughout the house. As he said, you can always find a slightly cheaper quote, but he proved throughout the work to be a builder who maintains quality standards. In particular, he is an intelligent and flexible manager - while he makes suggestions he is happy to discuss alternative solutions and does not press for a 'standard' approach. You know what choices you are making and the tradeoffs involved. His small core team comprises experienced specialists and they proved both reliable and hardworking, and his specialist associates (eg for plumbing) were equally efficient. His team were onsite for 4 weeks while I was abroad followed by 2 months when I visited most days - in both cases work progressed as expected and there were no unexpected breaks' for time taken out for other projects. Both he and his team were unwaveringly polite and friendly, and easy to communicate with. I have no hesitation in fully recommending him.

I hired Louis to redecorate, put in a new bathroom with tiling, plus a new kitchen. He was employed to do the job based on the previous feedback on this site, his professional manner and also being available at a convenient time for us. Unfortunately our experience was not a good one. Much of the work, in my opinion, was not to a good standard. The tiling was uneven, there have been leaks in the bathroom sink and under the bath. There is a gap between the kitchen sink and the worktop. The standard of decoration has been poor (picture hooks painted over, woodwork not sanded down). My standards are high but I expected Louis' to be too. Unfortunately, based on the work he has done for me I cannot recommend him. We have had other work done by tradespeople in Bath (new flooring, new windows fitted, tiling, wardrobes fitted) all finished to a very good standard.

Our experience with Louis was ideal. We had a a rather extensive renovation on a limited budget. Louis was very sensitive to this but uncompromising on quality. He listened to our needs and advised us at all stages, most of them saving us money, as his knowledge of all aspects of building was clearly demonstrated. He was extremely hard working and committed to delivering a quality product on time. And he's a great guy! I would highly recommend Louis and his team to anyone for any project, big or small.

I'm renovating my 2 bed end terrace in Bath. I posted a job here and ended up hiring Louis and his team. My one word summary would be OUTSTANDING. And I'm not one to mix my words. Right from the off, Louis was professional and friendly. He offered his advice on how to do aspects of my renovation without any 'push' for them to do the work etc, but more how I could do things efficiently and correctly for myself. Now, not everything went perfectly (what does in an old house!?) but where I wasn't satisfied with anything, all I had to do was mention it and Louis went over and above to ensure the job was done how I wanted. His outfit even totally re-did one job with no extra charge, making sure everything was done to my expectations, that I wasn't left out of pocket. If you've ever heard about cowboy builders, I can guarantee you this chap is genuine. An absolute diamond who deserves a perfect record. Cheers Louis

From the initial visit to quote for the work to completing the work, Louis has provided a first class service. Always communicating progress, talking through options and clarifying details in a simple, effective and timely manner. During the work I wasn't living at the property but on visiting the house was always clean, tidy and the work completed to a high standard. On investigating and fixing the water leak, a major issue was found with the extension built on the house some years ago that required underpinning foundations. This was really only uncovered due to the thoroughness of the work Louis did in checking the leak had not compromised the damp proof course. Louis project managed and carried out the extensive additional work in an extremely professional and highly competent manor, including finding a structural engineer at short notice, submitting building control notifications, dealing with inspections, completing the work and finally certification through Building Control. Louis has always clearly communicated costs and timescales and has successfully kept to within both. He has ideas and suggestions for any problems encountered giving me costed, well thought out and viable options to enable me to make decisions and move into my home. I cannot recommend Louis and his team highly enough, and will definitely be using them again for any future building or renovation work.

I would have no hesitation in recommending Louis, he is very polite, very professional and does a brilliant job! His quote was reasonable and he obviously takes a lot of pride in his work, the finished job was excellent! Louis also kept me informed with clear explanations of the work to be carried out. Even though this was only a small job I was very impressed and will definitely use Louis again in the future. If you need someone in this trade I would recommend you use Louis because you can trust what he says, he does a brilliant job at a very reasonable price. Thank you

Louis' conscientious approach to executing work is frankly priceless. It means that I can trust Louis when says he'll be able to perform a task, and that it will be performed on time and it willresult in a safe outcome. Louis treats me as a valued customer, respects my opinion, acts upon feedback and he freely offers advice when asked. I am happy that I engaged Louis and I'm likely to do so again.

Louis and his team have done a fantastic job on our extension and bathroom. The new room looks great and blends seamlessly with the rest of the house. Everyone in the team was friendly and a pleasure to have in the house. A real strength of Louis is his contacts and good relationships with suppliers, local authority and other tradesmen, so he was able to sort out any problems and additional jobs required quickly and efficiently. Louis is a good problem solver so able to think of alternative solutions when something doesn't go to plan. He is also very good at keeping you updated on what is going on/extra costs etc. All in all a very good experience and we would have no hesitation in recommending Louis for similar work.

Excellent work. Planning on using Louis again for our next job!

I cannot recommend this builder more highly. He is, above all else, honest. I have proved to be somewhat indisicive on occasion, and sometimes challenging with my direction. Louis has handled all my changes with professionalism and great understanding. We are doing further work next year and will gladly give Louis the job. He and his people are fantastic. THANKYOU LOUIS AND CO