About Us
A family building firm with a bricklayer's standards
Pete Bartlett has spent over 40 years in the building trade. Buildings For Life is the family company he runs from Hedge End.
Reviews
What customers said after the job
Every review here is a real Google review, word for word.
- 40+
Years in the trade
Starting as a bricklayer and working every stage of a build since.
- 15
Years of natural stone
High-end stone work alongside the brickwork.
- 10
Year new-build warranty
On the new homes we build.
- BBC
Building Dream Homes
Our work has featured on the BBC programme.
Our Story
Started on the tools, still on the tools
Pete started as a bricklayer, and that shapes how every job is run. Walls go up plumb and level, joints are struck properly, and the work nobody will see once the plaster is on gets the same care as the face brick.
Over the years the work grew from brickwork into whole builds: foundations and drainage, extensions and loft conversions, new houses from the ground up, and the joinery and finishing inside them. The last 15 years have added high-end and natural stone work.
Buildings For Life is family-run. When you call, you speak to the family running the job, and the people quoting it are the people building it.
Family-run
A family company: the people pricing the job are the people building it.
A trade background
The business grew out of the brickwork, and it still shows in the detail.
We build things to last a lifetime, which is where the name comes from: Buildings For Life. New builds carry a 10-year warranty.
- 40+Years in the trade
- 15yrsOn natural stone work
- 10yrNew-build warranty
Pete BartlettOwner, Buildings For Life Ltd
Credentials
What we can say, and stand behind
- As seen on BBCBuilding Dream Homes
- 5.0 on Google
- 10-year warrantyOn new builds
- Family-runHedge End, Hampshire
- Natural stone15 years of stone work
How It Works
How we work on your job
Plain dealing from the first visit to the sign-off.
A written quote
What is included, what is not, and how any unknowns are handled, before anything starts.
Our own team
Groundworks, brickwork, structure, roofs and joinery done by the firm, not handed down a chain.
Signed off properly
Building control inspections at each stage, and a 10-year warranty on new builds.
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Get in touch
Got a build in mind?
Tell us about it. We will come and look, then put a price in writing.
Quick Quote Online
Tell us about the job and Pete will come back with a written quote
A few lines on what you want built, the postcode, and any drawings or planning you already have. We come back to you to arrange a visit and a written quote.
- A written quote before any work starts
- 10-year warranty on new builds
- Hedge End, Southampton and the towns around them
Rather talk it through?
Call 07853 945013