Most building jobs are really six or seven trades in a queue: groundworkers, bricklayers, carpenters, roofers, plasterers, plumbers and electricians, each waiting on the one before. When those are separate companies, the waiting is where the time goes and the arguments start.
O&S does the lot with our own team. We are a family run firm based in Polegate with more than three decades of combined experience, and because our electricians are part of the same firm, the wiring on any job is planned with the building work rather than bolted on at the end.
Every service below is priced the same way: a free visit, a look at the job, and a written quotation with no charge and no obligation.
Each page explains what is involved, what we handle ourselves, how the job runs and what it tends to cost to get wrong.
Single and double storey extensions, from the footings and the steel through to the last coat of paint.
Unused roof space turned into a proper bedroom, office or bathroom, with the stairs and the insulation done right.
Cold, half used garages made warm, dry and insulated, so you get a room you will actually live in.
Walls out, floors levelled, units fitted, and everything plumbed and wired by our own team.
Full bathroom and wet room fit outs, tanked and tiled properly so nothing moves in five years.
Tired or run down properties taken back and brought forward, room by room or all in one go.
Block paving, sandstone and resin, laid on the right sub base with the drainage thought about first.
Site clearance, bulk excavation, footings and drainage, so what goes on top has something to sit on.
Redundant agricultural buildings turned into homes, working with your architect and building control.
Rewires, lighting and renewable energy installations, carried out by our own qualified electricians.
Brickwork, blockwork, roofing, carpentry and the general building jobs that do not fit a neat label.
New builds, roofing, plastering, carpentry, plumbing and heating, decorating. If it is part of the job, it is part of what we do. Ask.
The trades a typical job needs, and every one of them is on the team.
Site clearance, excavation, footings, slabs and drainage, inspected as the work goes on.
Cavity walls, garden walls, chimneys and repairs, in brick, block, stone and flint.
Roof structures, flat and pitched roofs, rooflights, staircases, doors and joinery.
Skim, float and set, and external render, done flat and left tidy.
Bathrooms, kitchens, radiators and the pipework behind them.
Rewires, new circuits, lighting, consumer units and renewable energy installations by our own qualified electricians.
If the answer you need is not here, call Martin on 01323 382155 and ask.
Yes. A single bathroom, a garden wall, a rooflight or a rewire are all jobs we do. We would rather you called and asked than assumed it was too small.
Yes. We work for landlords and businesses as well as homeowners, on refurbishments, fit outs, groundworks and general building.
Yes, because the team covers the trades: groundworks, brickwork, carpentry, roofing, plastering, plumbing and electrics. For specialist parts of a job, such as structural design, we work with people we have used for years.
Call 01323 382155 or send a few details through the form. We visit, look at the job and put a written estimate together. It is free and there is no obligation.
We are based in Polegate with a workshop at Downash near Hailsham, so everywhere on this list is a short run for the vans.
Call Martin on 01323 382155, or send a few details and we will call you back to arrange a visit. Estimates are free and there is no obligation.