How to Choose a Builder in Aberdeen

Aberdeen's granite-built housing needs genuinely different skills from a standard brick extension job elsewhere in the UK - not every builder who's comfortable with brick has the same experience matching local granite, so this is worth checking upfront.

Ask about granite and building warrant experience

"Have you worked with Aberdeen granite before?" is a more specific and useful question here than almost anywhere else in Scotland. A builder with genuine local experience will also be comfortable managing both a planning application and Scotland's separate building warrant process - ask them to walk you through both before you commit.

Before you sign anything

• Public liability insurance - ask to see the actual certificate.
• Recent, verifiable reviews - ideally with photos, from people you could plausibly contact.
• A written, itemised quote - labour, materials and provisional sums broken out separately, including how granite matching is priced.
• Who's doing the work - some Aberdeen builders subcontract stonework specifically; not a problem in itself, but you should know upfront.

Compare quotes on the same brief

Give every builder the same written job description rather than explaining it slightly differently each time. If quotes come back wildly different for the same brief, ask both the cheapest and the most expensive why - one has usually missed something, or is pricing in more risk than the other.

Trust, verified

On builderfinder.uk, every builder's ID is checked by a real person on our team before their profile goes live, with real completed projects and reviews from people who've actually hired them - so you can shortlist Aberdeen builders before you ever pick up the phone.