Good organisation and courteous, flexible builders

Mr Lumby identified good organisation as key to the success of his stunning, nautically-themed three bedroom home in an area of outstanding natural beauty overlooking a creek near Truro in Cornwall.

The construction of his 'ship-like' home required a great deal of organisation and difficult structural decisions.

Mr Lumby chose his building firm MJR Construction, carefully and was delighted with the results. He praised them for their standards of workmanship, for customer care from each member of the team, from foreman to apprentice, and for their ability to respond to each day's problems. He said: "The design for an individual property on a steeply sloping creekside position needed a great deal of organisation and posed difficult structural decisions. All this was achieved with humour, courtesy and quiet efficient professionalism."