Maltwood

Maltwood played a crucial role in supervising and managing the refurbishment of my house. Oliver was able to build the best team for my project bringing along kitchen designers, bathroom designers, landscape gardeners, principal contractors and specialist sub-contractors. Having a project manager by my side meant that there was a weekly presence that ensured the build team had all the information and answers they needed. On top of that, payments and variations were managed accurately during the course of the build. This made the process very smooth and reduced the stress related to a complete house refurbishment. Overall, I am very happy with the result and couldn’t recommend Oliver and Maltwood more.

My husband and I recommend Ollie wholeheartedly. We genuinely couldn’t have done our renovation without him. We were redoing almost the whole top half of our terraced Victorian in Fulham: completely new roof, new floors and electrics, two new bathrooms, new roof lights, and some redecoration to cap it off. We’d done some minor repairs before but thought we could use a bit of help with organisation and if anything went wrong. Oh, what sweet summer children we were. We absolutely needed Ollie every step of the way! He tells you what you need to know in terms of technical terms, and what’s realistic for timeline and design. Perhaps most importantly, he does the seemingly impossible job of getting builders to do what they promise to do. He evaluates the work that’s been done and schedules payments so they’re fair bit also motivating for the builders to return. He also has an excellent eye for design – he really got our tastes and recommended the brands we ended up using, and solved some tricky issues involving bathroom dimensions. He’s hands-on, checking by text and coming to site frequently. The renovations market has gone wild since Covid, and now is a particularly tricky time to get materials, and quite frankly, to get already flaky builders to finish the job. When our contractor and builders had some drama among themselves, Ollie insulated us from it and got a result we’re very happy with.

We used Maltwood for our showroom refurb, redecoration and tanking of the basement, Oliver project managed the whole process from writing the spec, obtaining quotes to appointing and managing the contractor to job completion. Maltwood kept the project seamless and stress free, Highly recommended .

As a kitchen designer, I work with many different builders, architects and designers, and sometimes project managers. Oliver at Maltwood is rare because he gets to the nitty gritty of managing a job whereas others often manage the paperwork and expect others to manage themselves. Oliver lets clients, builders and a associated suppliers and trades know what to expect and when, thus avoiding the almost inevitable shriek from the builder asking for something like tiles the next day when the client has not even chosen them. Proper project management reduces stress and usually saves money by having the job finished in a shorter time and avoiding things being done twice. Maltwood's input certainly makes my life easier!

Olly did a fantastic job helping my wife and I to design and project manage an interior redesign of our home in 2020, which included a conversion of two bedrooms into a single master suite with walk in wardrobe and ensuite, a further refit of the main bathroom, and full redecoration throughout. Particularly strong in supporting the tender process and connecting us with the highest quality contractors and suppliers, as well as his partner who is an interior designer with a great eye. I think 4.5 stars is probably most accurate as we did go over budget in certain areas, but then again we were inclined to get things done to the highest spec, and 6-7 months on we are glad we spent the money at the time to do things right.

Oliver advised us on a potential project that we were evaluating. He was extremely helpful, generous with his time and insight, and very tolerant of our novice questions. We ended up opting not to proceed on this occasion for other reasons, but he’ll be top of our list when we do. Highly impressed by his professionalism and honesty.

Oliver has been instrumental to our project. He came onboard at tender and saw the project through to completion. I would highly recommend his services to anyone looking for a project manager.

Oliver and his team did a fantastic job managing the entire build on our property. Having been one of those all too familiar people who thought I could do this myself, having Maltwood on board taught me just how much you need a PM to take control of the build. 100% success. On schedule and on budget!

Olly helped us run a lot of work at our home last winter during a particularly busy time in our lives. Without his help, we would really have struggled to get everything done and he kept the work running on time and to budget.

By engaging with Oliver at Maltwood, clients can be assured that they are hiring a project manager that really understand the intricacies of residential construction. Born from experience, his knowledge and understanding of the many moving parts of any project allow the client to feel safe in the knowledge that they are in safe hands. A rear extension project and internal renovation, this was a high design scheme. A number of logistical challenges meant it was essential that the project was managed with the required level of attention and focus. Personable and professional, Oliver has been great to work with and long may that continue.

Extremely professional and with great attention to detail, Maltwood are able to provide excellent advice and knowledge on prime residential construction projects.

Project successfully completed under Maltwood who, as project manager, handled the flow of information between client requirements and sub-contractors in a timely and well organised manner. We would recommend Maltwood and work with them again.