WAY Builders

We design and construct bespoke luxury homes with meticulous attention to detail. Collaborating with local architects, we ensure compliance with planning permissions and industry guidelines. Our qualified tradesmen deliver high-quality craftsmanship, using premium materials tailored to client specifications and budgets.

Custom-designed extensions enhance living spaces while maintaining property aesthetics. We incorporate features like bifold doors and skylights to maximise light and garden integration. Projects are managed by our experienced team, ensuring seamless execution from concept to completion.

Modern kitchen design and installation services tailored to individual needs. Our team uses premium appliances and materials, focusing on functionality and style. Each project is overseen by qualified tradesmen to ensure precision and client satisfaction.

Yes, all work is guaranteed, with new builds covered by a 10-year NHBC warranty.

Yes, all work and tradesmen are fully insured for client peace of mind.

We cover a 20-mile radius of Thame, plus Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire for specialist projects.

Yes, no job is too small, from walls to window installations.

Yes, dedicated project managers oversee large jobs, providing updates and managing changes.

We booked an extension build with Way Builders. Work was due to start in April, but Gavin Way, the owner, kept delaying and eventually started work in October. I naively thought that after that length of delay, when he started the build, he would commit to it. How wrong I was! We went days without anyone showing up on site, and when I called him on one occasion to ask why we had no one on site on a fine, dry day, I was told, "I have lots to worry about, and I am sick of people like you phoning up and moaning at me."

At this stage, I should have asked for my down payment back and walked away, but I didn't.

The tiled roof that was fitted to the ground floor extension was never watertight from the day it was fitted. We had the subcontracted roofer back to look at it. He spent the morning stomping around on the roof and blaming the wood burner fitter for the leak. He broke so many tiles that we had to reorder more to replace them. Eventually, the extension was supposedly finished, but the leak in the roof continued.

Gavin Way sent some of his guys around, but they were not roofers, and they never managed to sort out the leak. Eventually, after contacting him for the umpteenth occasion, he simply said, "Nothing to do with me, it's out of its 6-month warranty." I tried to explain that the warranty didn't apply as it had never been fit for purpose.

I had various roofers come out to try and fix the problem, but each time they came out, they found another problem with the build of the roof.

Eventually, after just 5 years, I had to have the whole roof removed and rebuilt by a competent roofer. He discovered that the plates to tie the roof to the walls had not been secured, the waterproof membrane had holes in it, the batons under the tiles were absolutely rotten where they had effectively been sitting in water, and the ridge at the top of the tiles, which is meant to stop water being blown back up and under the tile, had been cut off in order to make them fit.

The lead flashing did not extend to the side of the building, and the lead flashing where it met the brickwork was wholly inadequate. In all, it was a total botch job. What was most disappointing was that Gavin just washed his hands of it and refused to do anything. There are better building companies in and around Thame. I just wish I had used one of them. Avoid like the plague!

The team were incredibly neat, always tidying up the site at the end of the day. They were all so polite and a huge positive for me was that there didn't appear to be any smoking on site. Can't speak highly enough of Way Builders.

I cannot recommend too highly Way Builders Ltd. The four young men in the team, and I stress the word team are neat, hard-working and extremely professional. In the two months they worked on our extension, new shower room, hall and kitchen we heard not one single swear word! The team clearly have a huge respect for Gavin- the perfect boss! Ditto the plumbers, roofers and electricians.

On time, on budget and completed to a very high standard what more can you ask for? Gav and his team took on a big project for us including front and rear extension, new kitchen,bathrooms and complete new internal layout. They overcame unforeseen obstacles in an objective and professional manner and came up with solutions which were better than the original plans and often more cost effective to boot, Communication throughout was excellent and Gav is easy to work with, I am not one to normally recommend people but wouldn't hesitate in recommending Way Builders. Happily living in our new family