Self Build Homes in the South East of the UK

At Bartram, we understand that building your own timber frame home can be a fulfilling and enriching project. 

With over 25 years of experience in working with timber, we are best placed to help you achieve your dream. We’ll share your passion for creating a beautiful, bespoke, self-build timber frame home.

Our expertise in timber engineering that encompasses trusses, joists, and self build homes makes us the ideal partner for your self-build project.

Why Choose Bartram for Your Self Build Home?

Flexible Contracts

Our unique approach to flexibility is a key point in choosing Bartram to design your timber frame home. Unlike other large-scale mainstream timber frame home manufacturers, our contracts and payment systems are designed to allow our clients to change and adapt their self build homes as the process progresses.

Many other manufacturers will ask you to sign contracts for your own design, meaning that it then becomes their property, and thus you’re unable to go to the market for competitive pricing. At Bartram, we don’t believe in this, as we believe you should be able to retain full control over the design and build process. The detail is in the small print.

 

Accreditations

At Bartram we are proud to hold various accreditations that we have worked tirelessly to achieve over the last 10 years.

We are proud to be STA (Structural Timber Association) Gold Members.

  • We run a fleet of fully owned vehicles
  • We hold Fors Silver status
  • We are members of the Trussed Rafter Association (TRA)
  • We are PEFC and FSC certified
  • We hold ISO 9001 and Acclaim accreditation certificates for our health and safety procedures

Bespoke Design Service

We offer a tailored design and manufacture service, carefully crafting your ideas or adapting designs prepared by architects.


Expert Guidance

Our team provides advice and support throughout the entire building process, ensuring your new timber frame home is as functional and beautiful as can be.


Quality Materials

As responsible purchasers, all our timber products are sourced from certified suppliers, guaranteeing both quality and sustainability.


Flexibility

From single-story extensions to large-scale developments, we offer custom solutions to meet your specific needs.


Why Self Build with Timber Frame?

Timber frame construction offers numerous benefits for self-builders:

Energy efficiency: Excellent insulation properties for reduced energy costs.

Sustainability: A renewable resource with a lower carbon footprint.

Speed of construction: Faster build times compared to traditional methods.

Flexibility in design: Allows for creative and unique architectural designs.

At Bartram, we're committed to making your self-build journey smooth and enjoyable. Our passion for crafting beautiful, bespoke timber frame homes means your project is as important to us as it is to you.

Our Self-Build Process


1. Design

Our experienced consultants guide you through the initial design stage, helping you refine your concepts and consider key factors that save time and money.


2. Craft

Your home is manufactured on our 5-acre site in the heart of Bedfordshire by our experienced workforce, some of whom have 35+ years of experience in the manufacturing process. We use sustainable materials and all aspects of your timber frame, from floors to roofs and cladding, are all machined and manufactured in-house.


3. Complete

Our expert team can assist with the building, erecting and completing of the structure to the high standards set by the Structural Timber Association. Being Gold members provides us with the added edge of quality and experience.


Additional Services

Certification: We are proud of our certification achievements, which you can read more about on our Accreditations & Certifications page.

Samples: Material samples can be supplied as and when required to assist with your planning requirement,s along with the timber cladding profiles.

Site visits: During the build process, we routinely arrange site visits and welcome our clients to our 5-acre manufacturing facility.

Cutting service: All timber and sheet materials will be cut to your specific requirements.

Fire treatment: We work with the client advising on Fire Treatment where and if required.

Case Studies

Bedford Rugby Club

What an amazing opportunity we were given to provide a design solution to an existing steel Frame at Bedford Rugby club.

Bartram Timber Frame were heavily involved in the design process to ensure that all of Bedford Rugby Clubs criteria were met.  We provided design solution for a stepped terrace giving the Rugby club a useable multi-functional space that is regularly used for corporate events and can be hired from the rugby club for private social functions.

Not only did we design the Building, we manufactured the Timber frame on our 5 acre site, ideally located just a few miles from the Rugby club. All in all a very exciting project delivered on time drawing on many areas of our expertise.

Cambridge Rugby Club

We were extremely pleased to be approached to build the new Changing rooms, gym and office facility at Cambridge Rugby club. The project was a pleasure from start to finish. It was clear their current changing facilities were beyond saving!!

Our designers worked with the Rugby club to achieve all the elements that they required ensuring every square inch was usable floor space. The Trusses were manufactured in our Beeston plant and the timber cladding  applied to the exterior was also supplied by Bartram’s all from out 5 acre production facility.

The installation process was completed by our experienced fitters, ensuring a seamless design, supply and installation process delivered locally from our plant just a few miles from the Rugby club.

Excellent Example of Quality Manufacturing

This 29 plot development in Kent is nearing completion. Our 5 acre manufacturing site with Direct access to the A1 near Sandy in Bedforshire is ideal, not only in its location to supply large areas of the country, but is also superbly equipped to manufacture all elements of timber frame. All Trusses are manufactured on site, as are our easi-joists flooring systems. These can be supplied loose of can be manufactured into floor decks. We stock large quantities of I beam that can also be manufactured into floor decks or again supplied loose. Our Timber frame panels are all hand made in our factory by local employees with many years of experience.

It was with ease that we worked with this Kent based developer to ensure timed deliveries, a fantastic quality product and a kits fully manufactured in our plant.

Contact us

Contact us today to discuss your ideas and see how we can help bring your dream home to life. You can also call us on 01767 699 699 or email us at sales@bartram.co.uk.

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