Conversion of a Vacant Commercial Premises
Project Features:
- BER A1 Rated
- Living Room Extension
- Layout Reconfiguration
Niamh and Arnold Donnelly really embraced this ambitious project to convert a landmark vacant commercial premises into their forever family home. Combining a living room extension with a few internal layout changes they were able to produce a top-class domestic layout within the existing commercial footprint. The landmark ‘Yew Tree’ Restaurant in Lecarrow had been vacant for a few years when Niamh and Arnold decided to redevelop it into their dream family home.
The building itself was a multi-era building with an older and original stone and lime-built section to the front and a more modern boom time concrete extension to the rear. Niamh and Arnold wanted to achieve an A rated property. This is always a challenge with a retrofit project and particularly so in this case due to the building fabric variety and age. We had to take great care to use appropriate materials and systems to ensure breathability for the fabric where necessary and we had to achieve exceptional U-values and airtightness standards to achieve the overall objective.
The building had to be completely stripped back to the bare structure and deep retrofitted from the ground up. The end result is a masterclass in deep retrofit. The home is beautiful inside and out and Niamh and Arnold achieved their dream of an A rated home with no less than an A1 BER.
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Kilduff Construction did an outstanding job on our commercial to house conversion and retrofit. Their team were professional, efficient, and detail-oriented, ensuring everything was done to the highest standards. We’re thrilled with the results and highly recommend their services.
Kilduff Construction have completed numerous projects in our school in recent years, including new classrooms and a new car park. The work on each project has been immaculate. The projects were delivered on time, within budget and with minimal fuss. Donal and all at Kilduff Construction are a pleasure to work with.
Cannot recommend Donal Kilduff and his team enough after they were recommended to me from a neighbour. From start to finish, Donal listened to my vision and worked with us to help bring that alive. Every interaction with the whole team was so professional, efficient and friendly. The end product was done to a meticulous standard and we are so happy with the result’.
Donal maintained a constructive client relationship throughout our build and ensured that high quality detail design was applied to the project. I would definitely recommend Donal for similar projects in the future—his expertise and collaborative approach made everything run smoothly.
Whilst I was delighted when I found out I had secured Kilduff Construction to do my house renovations I only truly realised how lucky I was in retrospect. Donal and his team went above and beyond in every aspect of the renovation. What impressed me the most was the attention to detail even down to the smallest one. Donal took the time to have a number of meetings with me to find out what exactly I wanted to achieve.
From start to finish a very professional service was provided by Donal and his team at Kilduff Construction. Everybody involved was easy to deal with, any queries/modifications were solved without issue. We were so pleased with the end result being completed both on time and within budget. We would highly recommend Kilduff Construction for any project.
My building and business is well over 100 years old, I am the 4th Generation, so when the time came for the roof to be replaced I needed a professional team with knowledge, vision and compassion. Donal was incredibly professional from that very first consultation, he was never more than a phone call away.
Kilduff Construction was great to work with right from the very beginning. What differentiated Donal was how personally invested he was in the project. The expertise of Donal and his team was reflected in their attention to detail and quality of finished work. Can’t recommend Kilduff Construction highly enough.
It was a pleasure working with Donal and his team. From the outset Donal was invested in the project, his great ideas, genuine interest and advice resulted in a bespoke creative space for Tommy. Thank you Donal & Team.
