Let’s be honest, trawling the internet to find a trusted specialist in any field can be a bit of nightmare. These days, you’ve got google rankings, Trust Pilot and even Checkatrade but the simple truth is, occasionally the old-fashioned ways are the best, especially when it comes lime. Sometimes it’s about reputation.

The work we do here at Leyden is so specialist that there aren’t that many companies out there that do the sort of work that we do and there are even fewer that do it well. We’re not here to just brag and tell you about how amazing we are but we are here to tell you that our heritage lime work will almost certainly outlive the customers that appoint us to do the work in the first place.

At Leyden, we don’t just think about how we keep our clients happy ‘now’, we think about the future of the building, making sure that it’s fit for the next generation to inherit. So, when you’re faced with a heritage building project, finding a specialist company with that sort of ‘future-proofing’ attitude is incredibly important and the very best way to do that is talk to those people that know and ask about reputation. 

Main Contractors and Architects are the most obvious and sensible starting points, but so too are Conservations Officers and of course those people that have already had rendering work done on their property already.   

We stand by the work we do and the reputation that we have amongst the people that matter in our industry and that reputation spreads across the whole of the South-West region. But if you want to start your research using the internet then let’s be frank about it, you’re already reading this on our website. You’ve seen here what we do and what we’re capable of. You may well have even checked out our Instagram page to see the type of projects that we’ve completed in recent months. 

What we hope you can tell is that we’re open, transparent and have a genuine passion for the lime work we undertake. But we urge all potential customers to do more than merely look online. Talk to Architects and Main Contractors, they’re the industry experts and that’s who you should be guided by. They’re the ones that know the different between companies that ‘say they’re lime experts’ and the ones like us at Leyden, that have truly earned that badge.

At Leyden we’re experts in lime renders as well as hand-crafted pointing, lime plasters and decorative features. Craftsmanship is everything to us and we’re proud of the fact that we’re grounded in our obsession with traditional materials and their ability to help preserve heritage properties. 

If you’d like to know more about how we could with help your heritage property, then get in contact with us at Leyden on hello@leydensw.co.uk, we are after-all, serious about craftsmanship.

Matt & Hannah