Builders in Cricklewood
EDDI Construction Ltd is a family-run building and maintenance company working across Cricklewood and the NW2 area. From a dripping tap to a full loft conversion, we take on every job around the house with the same care — fully insured, clear on price and easy to deal with.
Call +44 7492 350404You should not need a different contractor for every task. We handle handyman work and repairs, plumbing, tiling, plastering, carpentry, painting, flooring, brickwork, kitchens, bathrooms, extensions and loft conversions — all under one roof. Whether it is a quick repair in a flat off Cricklewood Broadway or a full renovation on a family home towards Cricklewood Lane, we can almost certainly do it.
Much of Cricklewood is Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing, a good deal of it converted into flats. Older properties bring their own quirks — tired pipework, uneven plaster, sash windows, damp in the brickwork — and we are used to working around them carefully rather than tearing into them. We tell you what we have found before we start.
Plenty of Cricklewood homes have room to grow upwards or out the back. We take on loft conversions, rear and side-return extensions and full refurbishments, managing every trade so you deal with one team from the first quote to the final finish.
Cricklewood has a large rented sector, and we work with landlords and letting agents as well as homeowners — handling void refurbishments, repairs between tenancies and ongoing maintenance across NW2 and neighbouring postcodes.
Every job starts with a clear, no-pressure quote so you know the price before any work begins. Most of our work in North West London comes from referrals and repeat customers — the best sign that we do things properly.
Damp is the single most misdiagnosed problem in Cricklewood housing, and getting it wrong is expensive. A wet patch low down on a solid Victorian wall is often blamed on a failed damp course when the real cause is something much more ordinary: a raised path or driveway outside that has bridged the original course, cement render applied over soft brickwork that traps moisture instead of letting the wall breathe, or a leaking gutter running water down the same spot for years. Damp high on a wall or around a chimney breast is almost always penetrating rather than rising. The right answer depends entirely on which of these you have, and the way to find out is to look at the outside of the building and the ground levels before injecting anything into the wall. We would rather spend an hour working that out than sell you a treatment that does not address the cause.
A large share of Cricklewood terraces have been split into flats, which changes the practicalities more than people expect. There is usually a freeholder or managing agent whose consent is needed for anything structural, agreed hours that noisy work has to fit inside, and neighbours on the other side of a wall or a ceiling who will notice everything. Access is often through a communal hall and stair that has to stay clean and passable while materials go up and waste comes down. Shared services complicate things further — a soil stack used by every flat in the column, and supply pipework that may not isolate where you expect. We plan the job around those constraints from the start, sheet and protect the communal route, and keep the working hours to what has been agreed, because on a flat refurbishment the relationship with the building matters as much as the work itself.
Yes — no job is too small. We handle odd jobs, repairs and quick call-outs as well as full refurbishments and building work.
Yes. A lot of Cricklewood housing is Victorian or Edwardian, and we are experienced with older pipework, plaster and brickwork as well as modern installations.
Yes. As well as Cricklewood we work across Willesden, Dollis Hill, Neasden, Kilburn and neighbouring North West London postcodes.
Yes, we take on landlord and property maintenance in Cricklewood, including void refurbishments and repairs between tenancies.
Yes. Call or message us and we will arrange a free, no-obligation quote with clear, up-front pricing.
Often it does not. On solid Victorian walls the usual causes are a raised path or driveway bridging the original course, cement render trapping moisture in soft brickwork, or a leaking gutter running water down the same spot. We look at ground levels and the outside of the building before recommending any treatment, because injecting a wall that has a drainage problem fixes nothing.
For anything structural, usually yes, and most leases also set agreed working hours. We plan around those constraints from the start rather than discovering them on day one, and we keep the communal hall and stair protected and passable while we work.
Yes. A lot of Cricklewood terraces still have their original sashes, and repairing cords, weights, beading and rotten sections is usually both cheaper and better for the building than replacing them outright. We will tell you honestly when a window is past economic repair.