A Manchester team. One project manager. Twelve years on the tools.
Sky Construction was founded in 2012 by our Principal, 2C, after a decade on Manchester sites and a postgraduate qualification in Construction Management. We run a proper in-house team so clients get one builder for every side of the job — extensions, renovations, roofing, render, driveways, bathrooms, maintenance. One quote, one team, one phone number.
Meet 2C.
Our Principal started on Manchester sites at 18, became a chargehand by 24, and ran his first full house renovation at 28. The business was founded a year later, out of a simple complaint about the state of the local trade: too many builders over-promising, disappearing mid-job, and leaving homeowners to juggle a snag list across five different phone numbers.
The fix was always going to be a proper team. Today Sky runs an in-house crew of Manchester tradespeople — carpenters, plumbers, sparks, plasterers, roofers, renderers, groundworkers — people who have worked together for years and know how each other work. Our Principal acts as project manager on every job: gathering the right trades, sequencing the programme, and being the single point of contact for the client from first sketch to final snag.
It means we can take on any side of a project. An extension with a full glazing package. A bathroom supply-and-fit. A full exterior makeover — new roof, new render, new driveway — in five weeks. A retained maintenance contract for a landlord with eleven properties. Over 200 Manchester homes since 2012, every one documented, photographed, and signed off with a ten-year workmanship guarantee.
We’re not the cheapest builder in Manchester. We never will be. We’re the builder you hire when you want it done once, done right, and done by one team.
Four things we'd print on the toolbox.
Do what you said you'd do
Every promise made at quote stage is still a promise on week twelve. If something changes, we'll tell you the same day we know — never at handover.
Build it like it's ours
We work on your biggest asset, often while you're still living in it. Quality you can live with for 30 years, not stage-dressing for photos.
Be the builder you'd recommend
Over 70% of our work comes from direct recommendations from previous clients. That's the only marketing metric we actually trust.
Stay after the scaffold comes down
A 10-year written workmanship guarantee and a direct mobile number for the founder. If it goes wrong, we come back and fix it.
The paperwork homeowners should ask every builder for — and never get.
Every certificate is live and available on request. No exceptions.
TrustMark
TrustMark is the Government-Endorsed Quality Scheme for home-improvement tradespeople.
FMB
Member of the Federation of Master Builders — vetted, independently inspected and insured.
Gas Safe
Gas Safe Registered for all domestic boiler, cooker and gas appliance work.
NICEIC
NICEIC-approved contractor for full domestic electrical installation and certification.
Checkatrade
Verified, background-checked and independently reviewed on Checkatrade.
Which? Trusted Trader
Endorsed by Which? — background-checked with independent customer reviews.
NHBC
Registered NHBC builder — ten-year warranty available on every new-build project.
CSCS
Every operative on site holds a valid CSCS card; supervisors hold SMSTS.
Planning a project? Let's have a proper conversation.
Every quote starts with a free home visit and a straight answer. Tell us what you're planning and we'll come back within one working day.
