About L W Construction — Cornwall Building Company, 20+ Years

L W Construction is a Cornwall building company with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. We specialise in extensions, new builds, renovations, structural work, and block laying — and we've worked across a wide range of domestic and commercial projects right across the county.

Over those years we've put up new homes, built single- and two-storey extensions, converted lofts, dug foundations on awkward Cornish slopes, installed steels and opened up rooms, and gone back at the end of jobs to put right anything we weren't happy with. The work is backed by NVQ Level 3 and Diploma Level 3 in Bricklaying, both nationally recognised qualifications, and the full range of trades that sit alongside it.

Most of our work still comes from word of mouth. People know somebody who used us, and they call. In a county the size of Cornwall that only keeps happening if every job is done properly the first time.

You get one point of contact from quote to handover — not a project manager three steps removed.

Honest and dependable. If a project's budget isn't realistic for the scope you want, we'll tell you straight before we start. We'd rather lose a quote than build something that runs over and damages a relationship. Clear, realistic pricing with exactly what's included explained up front — no surprises later.

Detail-focused. We genuinely care about the finished result. Cornwall weather, coastal salt, and the ground you find when you start digging all test a build. The sub-base under your driveway. The flashing on your roof. The damp-proofing on your render. Cut a corner on any of those and you find out in five years, not five months — so we don't.

Honest about scope. We cover domestic and commercial building work — extensions, new builds, renovations, structural work, block laying and the trades around them. We don't do industrial chimney shafts or deep specialist excavation beyond 2 metres. If a job isn't ours, we'll tell you who to call.

Straightforward communication. From the first quote visit to final sign-off, you get one point of contact and honest updates at every stage. Issues get raised and resolved before they grow.

L W Construction runs a core building team plus a network of sub-contracted specialists for the trades that need their own qualifications — electricians, Gas Safe plumbers, structural engineers. We've worked with the same people for years. They turn up, they sign off their own work, and they're insured for what they do.

When you book a build, the schedule, materials, budget and daily site decisions stay with us. The sub-contracted trades come in for their stages and leave. No chain of project managers or sub-sub-contractors hiding behind each other if something goes wrong.

Qualified trade running the build. Many builders on a Cornwall site are project-managing trades they couldn't do themselves. L W Construction is built on NVQ and Diploma Level 3 bricklaying — the foundations and structure of every build we price are work we could do with our own hands.

One-stop coverage, domestic and commercial. From foundations to finishing — bricklaying and blockwork, groundworks, roofing, plastering, joinery, bathroom installs. You don't chase three contractors and hope they coordinate.

Genuine track record. Over 20 years across domestic and commercial projects, 20 Google reviews at 5.0 stars, £1M Public Liability with a documented policy number. Every claim is verifiable, not hand-waved.

Built around Cornwall. We work from Looe to St Ives. We know which postcodes mean granite, which mean tin-mining backfill, and which Cornwall Council planning officers pick up the phone. That local knowledge sits behind every quote.