What we build
Farm buildings, stores and dairy units
Laikipia and Meru are farming counties. We put up grain and input stores, dairy units, machinery sheds, workshops and staff housing.
Built for what actually happens in them
A store that a lorry cannot back into is a store that costs money every week. So is a dairy floor that does not drain, or a workshop with a door too narrow for the tractor.
We ask how the building is used before we draw it. Where the vehicles come from, what gets carried by hand, where water goes when the floor is washed and what happens when it rains for a fortnight.
- Floors laid to fall, with drainage that can be cleaned
- Openings sized for the machinery you actually own
- Ventilation, because stored produce and livestock both need it
- Roof water harvested rather than dumped at the wall
Questions we get asked
- Do farm buildings need county approval?
- Usually yes, though the requirements are lighter than for a dwelling. Larger structures and anything involving livestock effluent or water abstraction attract more scrutiny. We check with the county before we start.
Also worth reading
Annexes, DSQ and staff housing
A DSQ, a flat for parents, a home office, or housing for farm staff. All of it goes up on a plot that already has a house standing on it, which changes how the work is run.
Renovations and extensions
A lot of our calls are about houses that already exist. Somebody needs another bedroom, or the first contractor did poor work, or the money ran out at roof level and the walls have been open for two years.
Prepare the scope before asking for a price
- Send the exact plot location and the type of building you need.
- Include the approximate floor area, any existing drawings and the work already done.
- List what belongs in this quotation, including any external works or fit-out.
Planning farm buildings?
Tell us the plot and roughly what you have in mind. We will come and look, then give you an itemised figure and a programme.