Builders in Newmarket for Every Kind of Home

Newmarket sits about 13 miles from our base in Bury St Edmunds, 20 to 25 minutes down the A14. Northgate Building runs every job here to the same standard, from house extensions in the racing villages to renovation work on the town's older houses, kitchen fitters and bathroom fitters, loft conversions, garage conversions and garden rooms. It is close enough that a site visit does not eat the working day, and far enough that few builders bother to know the town properly.

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Blockwork rising from fresh foundations for a detached new build home on a cleared rural plot in the Suffolk countryside
House extensions and renovations

Newmarket is an affluent market town built up around the racing industry, so the housing runs from Victorian and Edwardian terraces close to the centre to substantial detached homes on the edges of town, with tied and estate cottages in the yards and villages beyond, and a run of newer commuter housing on the approach roads. A house extension or a full renovation is the job we get asked for most here, whether that means opening up a terrace at the back, adding a garden room, or bringing a bigger house up to date after years of being left alone. We also take on new build work where a plot allows it, usually a single house rather than an estate. Some of that stock has its own planning restrictions on what you can change at the front, and we walk you through that before any design work starts.

Builder cutting roof timbers for a dormer loft conversion on a detached red brick house in Bury St Edmunds
Kitchen fitters and bathroom fitters

Villages around Newmarket, Exning, Kentford, Kennett, Moulton, Dalham, Gazeley, Cheveley, Ashley, Woodditton and Snailwell, are full of tied and estate cottages built for stable staff alongside larger houses on bigger plots. As kitchen fitters and bathroom fitters, a refit is usually the first job we do for a new customer in one of these villages, and it often points up other work worth doing at the same time, like a damp course that has failed, a plate height that has dropped, or wiring that needs bringing up to current regulations before we close the walls back up.

Why the same team runs every Newmarket job

Northgate Building runs your job from the first visit to the final snag list, not a salesman who hands you over to a site manager you have never met. On a job in Newmarket that might mean fitting round race days at the yards, sorting deliveries down a narrow yard lane, or simply being straight with you about what an old wall is hiding once we open it up. You get one point of contact throughout, the same team from start to finish.

Builders fitting a steel beam into a knock-through opening during a house renovation in Bury St Edmunds
Loft conversions and garage conversions

Loft conversions are popular on the town's Victorian and Edwardian terraces, where roof pitch and head height decide what is realistic before anything else does. Garage conversions raise their own questions once building regulations and damp proofing come into it. We check what your specific roof or garage allows at survey stage, before we quote, not after you have committed to a design.

Builder checking levels over the foundation trench for a garden room at the end of a Bury St Edmunds garden
Loft and garage conversions in Newmarket

Northgate runs every job in Newmarket to the same standard, from the first visit to the final snag list, rather than handing you to a site manager you have never met. On a Newmarket job that might mean fitting round race days at a yard, sorting deliveries down a narrow yard lane, or simply telling you what an old wall is hiding once we open it up. Getting the sequencing right the first time saves weeks later. One point of contact throughout, the same team from start to finish.

Popular with Newmarket customers

What Newmarket customers ask us for

Builder repointing a brick and flint period wall with lime mortar during listed building work in Suffolk

What a renovation will and will not fix

A renovation can put right a tired kitchen, a cold bathroom, or an older house that has been patched up over the years rather than properly repaired, and it can open up rooms that no longer suit how a family lives now. It can also bring a house up to modern building regulations for insulation and electrics as part of the same job. What it will not do is get round permitted development limits if the property or plot has its own restrictions. We tell you what applies before you commit to a design, not after the drawings are done and money has been spent on plans that need reworking.

Questions from Newmarket

What Newmarket customers want to know first

Do you charge extra to come out to Newmarket?
How far is Newmarket from your base?
Do you cover the villages around Newmarket as well?
What is the most common job you do in Newmarket?
Do I need planning permission for a loft conversion in Newmarket?
How far ahead do I need to book?
Do you do garage conversions in Newmarket?
How do I get a quote?

Not sure whether your house needs an extension, a renovation, or something smaller like a new kitchen? It usually pays to talk it through before drawing anything up. Get in touch and we will tell you honestly what is worth doing and what can wait. These are the pages Newmarket customers use most:

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Northgate Building Limited is a friendly, family-run building company based at 32 Northgate Avenue, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6AZ, covering Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire up to 40 miles out. FMB members, £10m public liability insured, with a 12 month workmanship guarantee (2 years on new builds). One team runs every job as your one point of contact from the first call to the final sign off.

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