Flood defence walls, bespoke new build houses, extensions and a replica railway tunnel are just some of the wide variety of building projects undertaken by GW Jenkins & Sons over the last few years. Having taken over Unit 13 at Link Business Centre, the team at the long-established building firm are now looking forward to tackling a full order book for 2025.
Since its early beginnings in 1975, the building firm has always had a reputation for one thing. Quality. Although it began on a small scale with Gerald Jenkins at the helm, the business has now grown into a family enterprise. Gerald’s sons John and Ian Jenkins are at the helm – alongside Ian’s sons Joe and Harry – and their friend Josh.
As John and Ian explain, in order to succeed in the building trade, you need to have knowledge of both old and new materials:
‘Firstly when it comes to brickwork, we’re perfectionists. And as far as old buildings are concerned, we understand how to source and use the right materials. For example, one of our projects involved a complete knock down and rebuild of an old extension and summer room. We then rebuilt it to include a mixture of contemporary and period features.’
More recently, John, Ian and team have been working on a new build in West Malvern. Several of their clients recommended their services to those responsible for the development and this resulted in Jenkins and Sons running the whole project from start to finish. On completion of the new build property they were asked by the client to do all the terraces and walling to the boundaries of the property.
They don’t turn away unusual commissions either, one of which was a building a replica railway tunnel for a customer’s garden.
‘We’ve carried out a number of bespoke new builds lately’ John continues ‘ And of course, owing to increased flooding in the area, flood defence walls are becoming increasingly popular with homeowners seeking to protect their properties from flood water. These defences have already proved themselves to be very effective.’
John describe their new premises as ‘ideal’ and the central location is perfect for a team whose members live in different parts of Worcestershire. ‘We can’t believe our luck really’ he concludes ‘before this we had two shipping containers and only two parking spaces, but here we have everything we need’