We are bathroom specialists in Aberdeen, serving a limited number of postcodes. We are former general contractors who now specialise in bathrooms, which means we are particularly well suited to complex projects, including converting rooms into bathrooms, complex redesigns, and optimising the design of small rooms.If you need an efficient bathroom company offering the best value for money you can get in your area, we are the team for you.
We started as general contractors in 2014, as a small father-and-son venture. We always focused on the projects that bring the most value to a home: kitchens, bathrooms, extensions, and conversions. Our rationale was, and still is, that if a customer spends a certain amount, but it increases the value of their property by more than they spend, we will always be fully booked, regardless of market conditions. We were right. This approach proved very successful for us and, within a matter of months, we had more work than we could possibly undertake.
Over time, we started specialising more and more. The higher the demand for our services, the more difficult it became to manage multiple different types of projects: kitchens require certain skills, while outside work requires different skills. While demand for our services was never the issue, specialising was a decision that allowed us to work faster and offer better completion times. When pricing per project, it makes a huge difference whether a project takes two weeks or one week, so this specialisation was very important in reducing completion times. A general contractor cannot compete on price with a specialist company, because it would usually take them two to three times longer to complete the same project. Unless their rate is very low, it is almost guaranteed that our quote would offer much better value.
Initially, we focused only on large projects, then only on interior work, then on bathrooms and kitchens, and the final stage of our development was to focus on bathrooms only. By specialising exclusively in bathrooms, we can do things that other contractors simply cannot, and not just in terms of faster completion times. We identify potential problems at the design stage, we can adapt to unexpected issues we find during the project, and we can offer higher standards because everything we do, we have done hundreds of times before. For example, if you do a DIY project, you will improve the second time you do it. If you do it more than 100 times, you become an expert at it. That is what specialisation does: it removes the guesswork and improves speed and processes considerably. For us, it was one of the single most important decisions we made in our business.
While specialisation is important, our background in general contracting has also always been valuable. There are certain things that you only learn through large projects, especially structural work, building standards, and related areas.
Efficiency and continuous improvement are at the core of everything we do. We have reached a point where we can complete full refurbishments, including stripping out the old bathroom, redesigning the space, and carrying out all the trades, in just four to five working days. This is the result of many years of experience and the continuous improvement of our processes.
At the moment, we complete hundreds of bathrooms in Aberdeen and the very close surrounding areas. Because we are still a relatively small team, we can only undertake a limited number of projects within a given period.
Because we can only take on a limited number of projects, we sometimes have to say no to some customers. When we receive more work than we can possibly undertake, we first prioritise returning customers and then reduce our working radius. Keeping our working radius as small as possible is a very efficient way of operating, because the less we have to travel, the more efficient we can be. For example, if a project is 30 minutes away, we may only be able to offer one appointment for a quote within a two-hour window. If the project is only 10 to 15 minutes away, we may be able to offer two or three appointments in the same time. So please do not feel frustrated if we do not cover your area yet. Keeping our work radius as small as possible allows us to offer better value to our customers. We are in the process of growing our team and expanding our capacity, so while we may not cover your area yet, we may do so in the future.
If efficiency and value for money are important to you, you will struggle to find better value than us for your bathroom project. With our experience as general contractors and our specialisation in bathrooms, we are particularly well suited to complex projects and difficult designs. As long as you need at least a full refurbishment and we cover your area — you can check whether we cover your postcode in our form — you will be hard pressed to find a better team for your project.
Valerie
Shower Room, KingswellsAileen
Shower Room Refurbishment, FerryhillThe guys visited a couple of months ago to review the job and provided a professional, itemised quote the next day. They were 20% cheaper than the 2nd quote.
During the work, the guys arrived on time or early every day and worked extremely hard to get the job finished in just a week.
The guys were polite, cleaned up every day and took away all rubbish.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Claudes Tradesmen
Thanks guys for a job well done