Thirty Years on the Tools — A Family Business Built the Right Way
Allen Home Improvements started with one man, a hod, and a reputation for doing things properly.
Graeme Allen has been a bricklayer and general builder for over 30 years, working on everything from garden walls to full house extensions across Slough and the wider Berkshire area. In that time he’s built a simple philosophy: turn up when you say you will, quote fairly, and never leave a job half-finished.
These days he’s not doing it alone. His nephews have joined the business, bringing their own trades to round out what Allen Home Improvements can offer under one roof:
Graeme Allen Bricklaying & General Building
Three decades of hands-on experience across brickwork, blockwork, foundations and general building work. If it needs a trowel or a steady hand, Graeme's seen it before.
Martin Allen Joinery
Skilled joiner handling everything from staircases and fitted units to doors, frames and bespoke timber work — the kind of finish that makes a build look intentional, not just functional.
Chris Allen Plastering, Painting & Decorating
Chris finishes what the others build — smooth plastering and rendering, followed by painting and decorating that actually protects the work underneath, not just covers it up.
Between the three of them, Allen Home Improvements can take a project from bare brick to finished room without bringing in a rotating cast of subcontractors. That’s the whole point of a family business — you know exactly who’s turning up, and you know they’ve got a reason to do it right.
We work across Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead and the surrounding Berkshire villages, on projects big and small — from a single wall that needs repointing to a full home renovation.