Service area · Wetherby
Extend and upgrade your Wetherby home with work that respects its character and is finished properly. Andrew runs your project personally and handles building control sign-off.
18 years self-employed in the trade · Building control sign-off handled by Andrew himself
Working in Wetherby
Design Built Right works in Wetherby and the nearby villages of Boston Spa, Collingham, Bramham, Linton, Thorp Arch and Clifford. Wetherby sits within easy reach of our base via Tadcaster.
Wetherby is a historic market town on the River Wharfe, with Georgian and Victorian stone buildings in its centre and a conservation area covering much of it. Around the centre are inter-war and post-war homes and larger detached houses built more recently.
Homeowners in Wetherby often want high-quality kitchen renovations, extensions that open homes onto the garden, garden rooms for home working and loft conversions for extra bedrooms or suites.
Given the town's character, careful design and good materials are especially important when altering or extending older properties. Andrew talks through materials, planning and the order of work at the first visit, so you know how the project will look and run before committing.
Wetherby is a straightforward journey from our base via Tadcaster.
Work planned to suit Wetherby's older stone buildings.
Popular requests for high-quality kitchens and garden offices.
Also covering Boston Spa, Collingham, Bramham and Linton.
Services
Turn unused roof space into a bedroom, office or en-suite, with building control sign-off managed for you from first drawing to final certificate.
Single and double storey extensions planned, built and signed off by one accountable person, so you get the space without juggling trades.
Whole-home renovations sequenced properly, from strip-out to finishing, with the right specialist brought in for each stage.
Kitchens fitted and finished to a high standard, including the joinery, tiling, electrics and gas that go with them.
Insulated garden rooms for working, training or relaxing, built to be used all year round.
City & Guilds qualified joinery: doors, staircases, built-in storage and bespoke carpentry made to fit your home.
Roofing work carried out as part of your renovation, loft conversion or extension, keeping the whole project under one roof.
Wall and floor tiling for kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces, finished with clean lines and careful setting-out.
Carried out by our own registered electrician and registered gas engineer, co-ordinated as part of your project.
Why Design Built Right
Design Built Right Limited is run by Andrew Peniston, who has been self-employed in the building trade for 18 years. When you book work in Wetherby, Andrew is the person who visits, quotes, runs the job and answers the phone. He works hands-on where needed and brings in trusted specialist trades for each discipline, so you are not handed between a salesperson, a project manager and a crew you have never met.
For loft conversions and extensions in Wetherby, Andrew handles building control sign-off himself throughout the project. That means inspections happen at the right stages and the certificate is there when you need it, whether that is next year or when you come to sell.
Andrew runs every Wetherby project personally, from first visit to handover.
Self-employed in the building trade since the age of 18.
City & Guilds in Joinery and Carpentry, the backbone of lofts, extensions and refurbishments.
Sign-off managed by Andrew himself on loft conversions and extensions.
Carried out by our registered gas engineer and registered electrician.
Working in Wetherby from 7:30am to 7:30pm, including weekends.
Local knowledge
Wetherby's stone buildings, conservation area and riverside location all affect how building work should be designed and carried out.
Much of central Wetherby is a conservation area, and many older buildings are stone. Extensions and roof alterations need to respect that character and may need planning permission.
Solid stone walls need breathable materials to avoid trapping moisture.
Properties close to the Wharfe may be in flood-risk areas, which can affect planning and the design of ground floors and drainage.
Larger modern homes around Wetherby often suit bigger extensions, orangery-style rooms, kitchen redesigns and garden rooms. Getting heating, electrics and structural openings right is key to making these spaces work.
Refurbishing older Wetherby homes often means rewiring, new heating and improving insulation while preserving original features.
Loft conversions in Wetherby vary widely. Older stone houses may have steep roofs with good head height but need careful treatment of rooflights in the conservation area. Modern detached homes may have trussed roofs that need more structural work.
In both cases, staircase position, insulation and fire safety are designed carefully and signed off through building control, which Andrew handles himself.
Our process
Call or send a message with a short description of what you want done.
Andrew visits your Wetherby property, measures up and sends a clear, itemised quote.
Any planning questions are worked through, and building control is arranged and managed.
Each stage completed by the right specialist, in the right order, co-ordinated by Andrew.
Final inspection, snagging and handover of finished work.
Common questions
Anything else, ask Andrew on 07939 194244. 7:30am to 7:30pm, 7 days a week.
Yes. Design Built Right is based in Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, and Wetherby is part of our regular working area. Wetherby is reached easily from our base near Selby via Tadcaster and the A1(M).
Andrew arranges site visits around booked work, seven days a week between 7:30am and 7:30pm. Call 07939 194244 and he will give you the earliest date he can get to you in Wetherby.
Every job in Wetherby is priced individually after Andrew has seen the property, because size, condition and the level of finish change the figure more than location does. Pricing is never less than a day rate, and a deposit is taken before work starts, which varies by type of job. You get a clear, itemised quote before you commit.
No. Design Built Right is a planned renovation business rather than an emergency service. We do work seven days a week, including weekends, on booked projects in Wetherby and across Yorkshire.
Yes. Work in the conservation area needs careful design and may need planning permission. Andrew will talk through what applies before work starts.
We cover Wetherby, Boston Spa, Collingham, Bramham, Linton, Thorp Arch, Clifford and the surrounding area.
Yes. Insulated garden rooms for offices, gyms and studios are built across Wetherby and nearby villages.
Yes. Many Wetherby homes, from period townhouses to 1970s detached houses, have separate kitchens and dining rooms. Removing the wall between them usually needs a steel beam and building control sign-off, which Andrew manages. Electrics, gas, tiling and the new kitchen itself can all be completed as part of the same project, so the room is finished rather than left half done.
Gas work is carried out by our registered gas engineer and electrical work by our registered electrician. Andrew co-ordinates both as part of your project; he does not carry out gas work himself.
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Tell Andrew what you have in mind. He will visit, talk through the options and give you a clear quote, with no obligation.
18 years in the trade · City & Guilds joinery · Building control handled · Open 7 days