Carter Construction, Oxfordshire builder, specialising in quality building and refurbishment of homes,houses and commercial property

As well as the impressive and varied barn conversions with which we have been involved, over the past several decades, the company has built and refurbished many country homes. They have varied in size, style and location enormously but all have resulted in high quality homes, such that the clients have often demonstrated their satisfaction by recommending us to other house owners who have then gone on to become clients themselves! In many cases we have worked successfully on an ‘open book’ basis, negotiating the contract as an integral part of the client’s construction team rather than responding to a traditional competitive tender.

Country home A

This home was totally refurbished, including new mechanical and electrical services, and extended to form a large family home in a pretty village

Country home B

It’s amazing how a chalet bungalow from the 1950s can be transformed! This very ordinary house now has an attractive ‘Arts and Crafts’ style appearance as well as offering more practical accommodation to the owners.

Country home C

Complete refurbishment of this former farmhouse was required to bring it up-to-date. This included the installation of new heating, plumbing and electrical wiring systems. It was also redecorated throughout and new floor finishings were laid. As a feature, decorative beaded arches were formed and a new extension provided an additional family room on the ground floor.

Country home D - Click on picture to enlarge, double click to reduce

A fully refurbished and extended private country residence that is used as a second home for a family that lives and works in London. The project was an award winning Architect design incorporating two large new extensions to the existing building with copper roofs and intricate glazing details. The original cottage part of the building was left fairly traditional but refurbished to a very modern standard and the new extensions fully fitted out, including all mechanical and electrical services and heavy structural alterations to make an ultra-modern private country residence as a second home. This project was completed over a period of approximately 46 weeks.

Country home E - Click on a picture to enlarge, double click to reduce

A private family country residence that was fully extended and refurbished from an existing detached bungalow. The property stands in 7 acres of land with paddocks and fantastic views. The building was refurbished over a period of three years through three different phases of works with the client still in residence over the last two phases.

Country home F - Click on a picture to enlarge, double click to reduce

A private residential country home. A detached building which stands in its own grounds overlooking Oxfordshire. An unusual construction with a concrete roof and concrete floors internally. This was designed by an award winning London Architect to bring this to a fantastic ultra-modern family residential home on a south facing location incorporating bris-soleil sunscreening to provide solar gain through the winter but shading through the summer. A very intricate and complicated project that was completed very successfully over a period of 36 weeks.

Country home G - Click on a picture to enlarge, double click to reduce

A fully refurbished Grade II listed old rectory plus new extension incorporating a garden room, kitchen/breakfast area, dining room, utility room, laundry room, boot room and rear entrance hall plus three further bedrooms and three bathrooms to the first floor and basement including wine cellar, gun room, plant room and further utilities. The old rectory was fully refurbished including some very delicate structural preservation works and the very latest mechanical, electrical and communications systems plus a rainwater harvesting system to provide water for white goods and WC flushing.