Side-return extensions on Crofton Road and Hinton Road, and a Toussaints Walk home rewired and refitted in ten weeks: how Chris Ellis runs his building jobs.
A side-return kitchen extension on Crofton Road, another on Hinton Road, and a house on Toussaints Walk rewired and refitted from the ground floor up in ten weeks. Those are the three jobs Chris Ellis picks out when he is asked what his firm, Chris Ellis Project Service, actually does.
The company takes on residential and commercial work: general building, refurbishments, loft conversions and extensions. Chris Ellis is its director, and his pitch is a simple one. The person who quotes for the job is the person who runs it.
The jobs he is proudest of
“Some projects I’m genuinely proud of,” he says. On Crofton Road the firm built “a side-return kitchen extension and full ground-floor refurb, plus a front elevation refresh and roof repairs. Six months later, a completely different house for that family to come home to.”
On Hinton Road it was “another side-return extension with underfloor heating and a brand new kitchen and bathroom.”
The quickest of the three was on Toussaints Walk. “We rewired the whole place, laid ground-floor underfloor heating, put in a new downstairs WC, and refreshed the flooring and decoration throughout,” he says. “All in ten weeks flat, no excuses.”
| Street | What was done | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Crofton Road | Side-return kitchen extension, full ground-floor refurbishment, front elevation refresh, roof repairs | About six months |
| Hinton Road | Side-return extension, underfloor heating, new kitchen and bathroom | Not stated |
| Toussaints Walk | Full rewire, ground-floor underfloor heating, new downstairs WC, flooring and decoration | Ten weeks |
One person from start to finish
The complaint most people have about building work is not the work itself but not knowing who is in charge of it. Chris Ellis puts his answer plainly.
“Here’s my commitment, plain and simple: if you’re my client, you get me, start to finish,” he says. “No disappearing after the deposit’s banked, no passing you between subbies to find out what’s going on. I’m on site, I’m on the phone, and I don’t sign a job off until you’re genuinely happy with it.”
The firm’s website describes it as a London-based construction and project management business with more than 200 completed projects behind it, and says it works to the Future Homes Standard. The company says it has over 40 years’ experience in construction.
Corrected 31 October: the company has over 40 years’ experience in construction, not more than 20 as we first reported.
Photographs from recent jobs
Chris Ellis sent these pictures of finished rooms and work in progress from a selection of his projects.
18 photos, swipe or scroll. Photos: supplied by Chris Ellis Project Service
Getting a quote
Chris Ellis Project Service is based at 58 Chadwick Road, Peckham, London SE15 4PU, and covers Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Westminster, Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Bromley and Croydon, including Purley, Kenley and Shirley.
“If you’re thinking about an extension, a loft conversion or a full refurbishment and want someone who’ll treat your home like it’s their own, come and talk to me,” he says.
Chris Ellis Project Service can be reached through chrisellisprojectservice.co.uk, which has a quote request form, or by phone on 07534 738 954.
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