What my customers say about me
"Steve was the perfect professional from start to finish of the project. He had great ideas for the bathroom design and overall concept and was able to advise on economic sourcing of good materials.
He was punctual, efficient, tidy and a perfectionist, only satisfied when the results met his high standards.
I would have no hesitation in recommending him and will certainly be asking him to work on further renovations in my home."
He was punctual, efficient, tidy and a perfectionist, only satisfied when the results met his high standards.
I would have no hesitation in recommending him and will certainly be asking him to work on further renovations in my home."
Dr Liz Brown, Cheltenham
"Steve has worked on several projects for me over the last couple of years including building a vegetable trough, repainting rooms, designing and installing closetmaid shelving to children's closets and replacing every piece of brass hardware in my house. The latter was a major undertaking involving the rehanging of all my doors (27 in total), custom alterations to all the sash windows to accommodate the new fastners, all new door handles and lots and lots of other fiddly fixings. Throughout all of my projects I found Steve to be methodical, precise, resourceful and tidy. He was always on time and in order to get the job done he willing came on a couple of Saturdays. I highly recommend Steve and he is the first person I think of when I need any alterations to my home."
Aimée La Gorce, Oxford
"Steve has completed several renovation jobs for me around the home and each time he has been reliable and hardworking. He is very organised and efficient, working to an extremely high professional standard. Steve is completely trustworthy and very personable and I would not hesitate in recommending him. I am also fortunate enough to have in my possession some of Steve's beautiful woodwork which demonstrates his craftsmanship and creativity."
Jenny Woodford, Standlake
"The service we received from Steve Newing was superb throughout the whole project.
Having chosen the bathroom suite, tiles and flooring we required, from the extensive brochure range and expert advice from Steve, we received the detailed, competitive quote, promptly.
The installation was completed on schedule and finished to an excellent standard. Steve's high quality plumbing & carpentry skills added to the professional look of our bathroom and we were delighted with the finished result. We shall be using Steve Newing again for our downstairs bathroom and have recommended him to our friends and family."
Having chosen the bathroom suite, tiles and flooring we required, from the extensive brochure range and expert advice from Steve, we received the detailed, competitive quote, promptly.
The installation was completed on schedule and finished to an excellent standard. Steve's high quality plumbing & carpentry skills added to the professional look of our bathroom and we were delighted with the finished result. We shall be using Steve Newing again for our downstairs bathroom and have recommended him to our friends and family."
Simon Froud, Southmoor
"Steve repaired some cracks in the plaster on some of our walls and has done a wide variety of other maintenance jobs. He has a great attention to detail and our walls look perfect. Would highly recommend him".
Mr & Mrs Shellswell, Burbage
"Steve's work is exemplary. One of the very few craftsmen who know what they're doing, how to do it and why they're doing it. That's to say, there's not only a sensitive ear to the clients aspirations and expectations, but Steve has the craft skills to actually see the blueprint through. A rare breed of workman. Book him if you can"
Pam and Alan Smith, Solihull
"We have employed Steve Newing several times to carry out maintenance and improvements on our rental property. We are really delighted with his level of service and his attention to detail. He takes pride in his work and is reliable and trustworthy. We are confident of a good result when we ask him to do something for us and we highly recommend him."
Steve & Hannah Shellswell
‘Steve has done a number of carpentry projects in the hotel and we have been extremely pleased with his workmanship, he is a true craftsman and has lots of design ideas . Steve is also a pleasure to have around, works neatly and efficiently.’
Peta Lloyd, Fallowfields Country House Hotel
Steve created a laundry room for me at the back of our existing garage. I am very pleased with it. I was always comfortable that he knew what I was asking for and that he would put together an appropriate team to carry out the work.
Jay Mitchell, Southmoor
Carl Haggas, PMC Retail, Abingdon
"Steve has worked for us on a number of projects and we will certainly use him again. It is a rare pleasure to find such a professional and flexible worker, who although specialising in carpentry , seems to be able ( and willing ) to do almost any other maintenance job around the house. He is reliable, careful , tidy, always works to a high standard and in addition is good company to have around."
Mike and Sue Emanuel
I write to highly recommend Steve and his colleagues. Steve carried out alterations and remedial works to our Grade II listed house in late 2012. Steve was extremely professional and approachable throughout the works.
I found that Steve really listened to what I wanted to achieve with the works. He then presented me with the possible options for the best outcome. The work involved quite a bit of dust and mess and I was impressed to find that dust sheets had been not only put on the floor but hung from the ceilings to prevent dust spreading to other parts of the house! Every evening the house was left in a very good state and I was debriefed fully on how progress was going.
I cannot praise the workmanship of the alterations carried out enough, Steve gave me an excellent schedule of works and kept me updated on progress, he was also very collaborative over any unexpected problems that came up in the project, always supplying me with informed and well researched alternatives. We will definitely be using Steve again.
I found that Steve really listened to what I wanted to achieve with the works. He then presented me with the possible options for the best outcome. The work involved quite a bit of dust and mess and I was impressed to find that dust sheets had been not only put on the floor but hung from the ceilings to prevent dust spreading to other parts of the house! Every evening the house was left in a very good state and I was debriefed fully on how progress was going.
I cannot praise the workmanship of the alterations carried out enough, Steve gave me an excellent schedule of works and kept me updated on progress, he was also very collaborative over any unexpected problems that came up in the project, always supplying me with informed and well researched alternatives. We will definitely be using Steve again.
Karen Greig
Steve has worked on several occasions to do repairs and general maintenance work on our house in Oxfordshire, which is currently let out to tenants. As we live several hundred miles away it is important for us to have access to someone who will respond quickly, liase with our tenant in a polite and courteous manner, keep us informed of what is happening, provide us with accurate quotes and invoices, and perform a thorough and professional job. Steve does all of this, and is able to perform pretty much any job we ask of him. I thoroughly recommend him and we will continue to use him, and hope to engage his services to provide us with a new kitchen and bathroom.
Elisabeth Angier
'Steve has done a number of jobs for us and each time he has been helpful, offered advice and gone that extra mile. He has been reliable, punctual and always helped us out when we have needed it with various plumbing emergencies. It is very good to know we have someone local that we feel we can trust and rely on.'
Mr and Mrs Johns, Southmoor
Steve has painted our hall stairs and landing walls and ceiling. He was careful and methodical purchasing required materials and discussing our requirements beforehand with us. He did a very good job including all the banister spindles and he protected the carpet extremely well. He has also painted our bathroom, tiled a floor and is installing new doors for us. He is an honest tradesman and I would recommend his workmanship.
Anne Curtis
"Steve has recently fitted a new kitchen into our 1840s cottage-style home. The building was originally part of a small agricultural holding and is typical rural architecture from that era. The kitchen is based in a contemporaneous single storey extension.
Unfortunately, in plan form the kitchen is a rough parallelogram, has a floor which falls approximately 100mm over its length, has an eaves line which intrudes into the room and wall surfaces that wiggle in and out like the donkey’s proverbial hind leg.
Shoehorning a modern kitchen into this environment was undoubtedly very challenging. This challenge was exacerbated as soon as work started by the discovery of a fractured water main one meter beneath the outside wall due to historic corrosion of the, original, galvanised supply pipe.
Notwithstanding these severe complications Steve delivered the kitchen we wanted on time within budget and to a very high specification (excluding the time and cost of finding and replacing the failed water main).
Steve contributed to the development of the design, solved un-foreseen issues that arose as work was uncovered and ensured seamless management of sub-contractors to facilitate trade interfaces.
I am happy to commend Steve’s service and workmanship, and would use him again."
Unfortunately, in plan form the kitchen is a rough parallelogram, has a floor which falls approximately 100mm over its length, has an eaves line which intrudes into the room and wall surfaces that wiggle in and out like the donkey’s proverbial hind leg.
Shoehorning a modern kitchen into this environment was undoubtedly very challenging. This challenge was exacerbated as soon as work started by the discovery of a fractured water main one meter beneath the outside wall due to historic corrosion of the, original, galvanised supply pipe.
Notwithstanding these severe complications Steve delivered the kitchen we wanted on time within budget and to a very high specification (excluding the time and cost of finding and replacing the failed water main).
Steve contributed to the development of the design, solved un-foreseen issues that arose as work was uncovered and ensured seamless management of sub-contractors to facilitate trade interfaces.
I am happy to commend Steve’s service and workmanship, and would use him again."
Simon R Dando
‘We gave Steve the challenge of refitting the kitchen in our office building. Steve provided great flexibility to manage the refit with minimum disruption to our employees, and the final kitchen was fitted to very high standards. Steve was also great in providing ideas and suggestions on options, and making the best use of the space we had. The overall finished kitchen looks great, and is a massive improvement on the facilities we had previously’.
"We recently employed Steve to fully modernise our kitchen and utility room.
Steve is a flexible, easy to work with, first class, tradesman who works to high standards and pays attention to detail.
He managed the process from start to finish, listened to our requirements and offered timely advice and guidance throughout.
On his recommendation we used equally competent local tradesmen to undertake associated essential plastering and electrical work.
He coordinated the purchase and delivery processes with kitchen suppliers Howdens in a highly efficient way.
The project was carried out to our satisfaction with minimum disruption and we would have no hesitation in asking him to undertake other tasks in the future."
Steve is a flexible, easy to work with, first class, tradesman who works to high standards and pays attention to detail.
He managed the process from start to finish, listened to our requirements and offered timely advice and guidance throughout.
On his recommendation we used equally competent local tradesmen to undertake associated essential plastering and electrical work.
He coordinated the purchase and delivery processes with kitchen suppliers Howdens in a highly efficient way.
The project was carried out to our satisfaction with minimum disruption and we would have no hesitation in asking him to undertake other tasks in the future."
D& B (Charney Bassett)
We are a young professional couple who have hired Steve for two house improvement projects since recently moving to the village. Steve is a reliable, hard-working and highly competent tradesmen who we trusted enough to leave alone in our house. With both the floor tiling and the hanging of our new door, we were delighted with the high attention to detail to which Steve works to and have no hesitation in recommending him.
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