E5 Carpentry

I chose Calum to build a new bookshelf and wardrobe and I am so glad I did. He did an amazing job. It was a bespoke bookcase design which also involved hinging a door and I was very impressed by the results. It was exactly how I wanted it. He and Oscar worked extremely hard to get both looking perfect. He also came up with some very good ideas of what else I could achieve as new ideas for the house. Would highly recommend them!

I love my house because it’s old and has character, but this is just code for it’s a nightmare to maintain and look after! After two very cold winters, the thought of another one was too much to bare, something had to be done about our drafty front door.
The first hurdle was finding a door that was fitting for the house, despite the age of the house we luckily had a standard sized door so I found one on web and had it delivered. The second was finding someone reliable to fit the door. I did what anyone would do and typed — Carpenter E3 — into Google and I found a site called
. This is were I found E5 Carpentry, which I selected based on their great reviews, location in E5 just down the road and detailed website.
I emailed my enquiry and I received a quick reply from Calum, whilst he was on holiday! When he was back I received a very reasonable quote and I booked him in to do the job and he was kind enough to squeeze me in on a Saturday.
The day for fitting arrived and it was raining. Rain and untreated doors don’t go together. After about 20 minutes of wishing the rain to stop we abandoned for the day. Work resumed on bank holiday Monday and the weather was much better (I felt so bad that they gave up their day off!)
Calum and Oscar had the patience of saints. The door frame was a nightmare, in short nothing was straight and as one niggle was solved another appeared straight away! They worked tirelessly throughout the day to get the door weatherproof. They kept the work contained and cleared up as they went along. The door was painted the next morning. I was very cheeky and asked if the door frame could be smartened up too and they managed to squeeze in the extra work for me they next day.
I’m so pleased with my new door. It’s really made the house feel more ours. I will definitely be keeping Calum’s number for future work.