Extensions, loft rooms, patios and fencing, built and laid by James Wilmot’s team in Gillingham.

We do all aspects of building and landscaping across Dorset and Somerset, with free quotes and site visits so you know the job and the team before any work starts.

4.9 from 41 Google reviewsFree quotes and site visits

A finished single-storey brick rear extension with French doors and roof lights
Inside a finished extension: wood floor and two sets of glazed doors onto the garden
A new grey sandstone patio with gravel borders and sleeper raised beds
A new closeboard garden fence with a lattice top on concrete posts
  • 4.9

    from 41 reviews on Google

  • Free quotes

    and site visits, whatever the job

  • Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

    Closed Saturday and Sunday

  • Gillingham, Dorset

    Working across Dorset and Somerset

Two trades, one team

Building and landscaping under one roof, by the same team

We can be involved in all aspects of the work, from conception to completion. This list is not exhaustive: if you can’t see what you’re looking for, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

Building

At JW Building & Landscaping we can assist you with all aspects of building and construction works. All our projects are completed to the highest standards.

  • Extensions and New Builds
  • Bespoke Timber Frame Traditional Builds
  • Conversions and Alterations
  • Renovations
  • Kitchens and Bathrooms
  • Tiling and Plastering
  • Bespoke Fireplaces
  • Plumbing
  • Maintenance
  • Painting and Decorating
  • Re-Pointing
  • Gutter Clearance
  • Fascia and Soffit Repair
  • Groundworks and more…
An extension mid-build: vaulted ceiling with roof lights and bi-fold doors going in

An extension taking shape.

Landscaping

Our landscapers can help turn your dream for your garden into a reality. Whether hard or soft landscaping projects, we can work to a design that you may have already had drawn up, or work with you stage by stage until you have exactly what you require.

A finished sandstone patio with sleeper beds, potted trees and a summerhouse
  • Hardscaping and Design
  • Free Conceptual Design
  • Patios and Walls
  • Ponds and Water Features
  • Pergolas, Decking and Wooden Structures
  • Fencing and Driveways
  • Softscape Turf Supplied and Laid
  • Tree and Shrub Sourcing and Planting
  • Soil Improvement
  • Weed Suppression
  • Maintenance
  • Strimming and Mowing
  • Hedge Cutting
  • Garden Clearance and more…
Before and after

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A few of our own jobs, before and after. Pick a job, then slide the handle across.

Before: garden fencingAfter: garden fencingAfterBefore

Garden fencing

An old fence taken out and a new closeboard fence with a lattice top put up.

Stone and lime

Natural stone, laid to suit the houses round here

“We have a team specialising in natural stone, and lime mortar products, which is very useful given the nature of the construction of many of the properties in the area”

James Wilmot

We have laid Indian sandstone patios with natural stone walling, pointed brick paths with traditional lime mortar and built drystone walls. On extensions we take care to match new brickwork to the old.

Part of the service we provide is free design drawings for garden makeovers.

Before: an old patio of cracked, uneven slabsBefore
After: the same garden with a new sandstone patio laidAfter

An old slab patio replaced with new sandstone.

About James

Formed by James Wilmot, with a team that invests itself in the work

JW Building & Landscaping was formed by James Wilmot. James has spent many years living and working locally, involving himself in all aspects of construction, where he has learned, developed and perfected a comprehensive range of skills, as well as an unrivalled knowledge of local materials.

“We aren’t really like another business I can think of. All of our staff invest themselves in the work, and in the relationship with our clients. I am blessed to have such a great team, as our clients constantly remind me!”

“We love to be there from the start, right through to the finishing touches that really make the difference. We work with our clients all along the way, making sure the project is as personally satisfying for them as it is for us.”

James Wilmot

Free quotes and site visits

Whatever the job, we offer free quotes and site visits, making sure you are comfortable with the job and the team before work commences.

Garden renovations and extensions

What we specialise in: we turn your ideas into conceptual drawings, and then into the spaces you imagined.

A loft converted into a bright plastered room with spotlights
A red-brick house with new white fascias and soffits
A new grey resin front path beside a golden hedge
Google reviews

4.9 out of 5 from 41 reviews on Google

Here are five of them, in full.

Google review, July 2026

James and Ollie relaid our patio.

The quality of the finished work was of the highest standard despite working through the recent heatwave.

Apart from their friendly approach the things that really made them stand out from 'the rest' were things like:

  • bringing materials to site on a regular basis but in smaller quantities so that we could still park our cars
  • protecting the driveway with both heavy duty plastic sheeting and boards
  • the offer to let our dogs out at lunchtime for a comfort break while I was away from the house
  • making a temporary ramp so our elderly arthritic dog could manage the transition from house to garden whilst the digging out stage was progressing

Good value, highly recommended.

Andy Symonds
Google review, 2021
From first contact to completed work, James and his team impressed me. Communication with James was good, he visited the site quickly and got a quote to me within 24 hours! They arrived on time, did the work quietly and professionally to a high standard, and left the area tidy. The fencing is exactly what I wanted (no gravel board, just trellis to grow plants up) and looks great. They made a cracking little gate to go with it too. Absolutely no complaints and would hire them again in an instant :-)
Beth W
Google review, 2022

I cannot recommend J W building and Landscaping highly enough. James and his team did a fantastic job in transforming our rundown, leaky mid 18th century house into a home we now love coming home to.

They carried out works such as removing two chimney stacks (which were letting water in), tanking the walls, replaced old stud walls with new and re plastered interior walls in six different rooms. Communication was fantastic with James. He kept me up to date with how the project was going and was very responsive when I had questions. James was the only builder who actually came out to quote for the work being done where others would just either want pictures of what needed to be done or just didn’t reply.

We definitely will be calling J W Building and landscapes back for any future projects.

Dave Maguire
Google review, 2024
Choosing James for a big job at home was such a good choice, from the vey first contact I felt a professional response, appointments for an inspection were made in good time and times were kept to- the return of the quote and explanation were good clear and straightforward. When the time came to start the date was brought forward with good communications at all times. James and Matt now had several weeks of atrocious winter weather rain snow hail freezing cold days, But they just got on with it transforming a horrid unused corner of the garden into a fabulous patio sitting area, beautiful paving right round the house - and to crown it all they rendered with a coloured texture render an extension and the end gable of the house. All work was done so professionally with attention to detail, the waste was all removed and the site was really well managed. All in All a fabulous job carried out in the worst of a British winter, I certainly recommend JW Building and will definitely use them for any other project.
Roger Powell
Google review, 2021
If you are one of those many thousands of dissatisfied customers who are fed up with builders and other tradesmen who fail to respond to initial enquiries or just don’t appear when they say they will and barely communicate once you get past the initial hurdle of actually getting them to respond in the first instance, then look no further for excellent communications, timely project management and extremely high levels of workmanship than JW Building and Landscaping. James Wilmot and his team are outstanding in all areas. James’s communications are excellent. From initial contact to completion of the task he was punctual and responsive. Never once was I left waiting for a response to an email or voicemail and on every occasion James was pro-active in ensuring concerns were addressed in a timely fashion. His team, Olly and Matt, who did most of the work on my particular project, were very professional and exhibited a very high level of skill in all areas required of the project. They took care to match brickwork and cement in as closely to existing brickwork as possible and ensured the project was completed to a very high standard. They even did a few extra little bits and pieces outside the quote without hesitation. I cannot recommend JW Building and Landscaping highly enough and will certainly be using them for future projects when the need arises. If you want a builder you can rely on 100%, contact James Wilmot. He and his team are top blokes.
John Whitchurch
Where we work

Based in Gillingham, working across Dorset and Somerset

Our service area takes in these towns.

  • Our base: Gillingham
  • Shaftesbury
  • Sherborne
  • Wincanton
  • Templecombe
  • Henstridge
  • Blandford Forum
  • Yeovil
  • Dorchester
  • Weymouth
  • Bridport

Opening hours

Monday
8am-5pm
Tuesday
8am-5pm
Wednesday
8am-5pm
Thursday
8am-5pm
Friday
8am-5pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
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We’d love to hear your ideas, so please get in touch for an informal chat, or to arrange a site visit.

07507 649235

Mobile, Monday to Friday 8am-5pm

james.jwbuildingandlandscaping@gmail.com

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