We have recently had a second floor extension added to our bungalow, adding two bedrooms and a bathroom - Brighton. Overall we have found Josh from Apex and his team to be brilliant and we highly recommend!!
Their tender was competitive, not the cheapest we obtained but having met Josh in person, researching online, reviews and seeing their current active jobs on social media etc. they were chosen. Speaking with our Architect after we accepted Apex tender, he actually had a job ongoing with them at the time (which we did not know) - this put us at ease with his comments on their workmanship and quality.
The structure of the invoice payment process is easy to follow.
The first two guys on site in the first few weeks, Dave and Charlie were fab! Total trust in having access to our house when out, cleared up after themselves, was wary of our little cat following them around etc.
The team throughout have been professional, polite and it took only approx 9 weeks from start to finish to complete the project.. You hear horror stories of some lofts taking 7+months!
Any questions I had on the project throughout (which was a lot haha) Josh, Brian etc. would answer or pop over to see me when I was home.
We organised our own plumbing, electrics and scaffolding via our own firms/friends, and Josh was happy for them to work alongside. We decided to decorate ourselves, however do wish we used Apex to do the decoration as it would have been done and dusted much quicker. Apex organised the tiler for the bathroom, we chose / purchased the tiles for them to fit part of the project.
We had some changes to the plans which Josh helped us with, he gave us options for the style of windows, tiles, banister etc.
Minor moans to give a honest review:
- clearing up after scaffold came down with a fair bit of nails/debris/rubble that was left for us to deal with.
- a couple snagging items to be done which took a few weeks of chasing to get sorted.
- there was a tile issue with our neighbour (which I understand was sorted direct with next door).
However these would not be complaints nor would stop us at all using again or recommending.
I would be happy to be a reference for Apex, and give more in depth / personal feedback on the project, share pictures throughout the build to anyone wanting to use them - Josh can approach me anytime for this.
We absolutely love the outcome of our house extension :)