Builders & renovators · Tunbridge Wells · Kent & East Sussex
Building and renovating homes across Tunbridge Wells since 2002.
Harlequin Building Company is a family-run firm led by Tony Palmer with fellow director Adam Porter. Extensions, loft conversions, full renovations, new builds and garden rooms — for period and listed homes and contemporary properties alike, across Kent and East Sussex.
Directors on every job
"From start to finish they were professional, reliable and super helpful." — Mrs S, Tunbridge Wells
Extensions
single & multi-storey, our core work
Listed
period and listed building work
Since 2002
a registered Kent building company
4.7 ★
rated on Google
Family-run builders · Tunbridge Wells · est. 2002
One firm for the whole build — from the first survey to the final coat.
Harlequin Building Company is a family-run construction firm based in Frant, just outside Tunbridge Wells, led by director Tony Palmer with fellow director Adam Porter. We take on extensions, loft conversions, full-home renovations, new builds and garden rooms across Kent and East Sussex — for period and listed homes as much as contemporary ones.
Because we cover building, carpentry, plumbing, heating, electrics, plastering and decorating — in-house or through the established local tradesmen we've worked with for years — you deal with one firm for the whole project rather than chasing separate trades. It's the way we've worked on high-end residential jobs, from listed period properties to bespoke new builds, since the company was formed in 2002.
Our core work
Extensions and conversions, built as one coordinated project.
An extension or loft conversion touches every trade — structure, glazing, roofing, services and finish — which is why splitting it across firms so often goes wrong. Harlequin build it as one job, with the directors involved throughout, so the levels, the light and the junctions between old and new are right from the start.
About our extensions
Our own work — a cedar-clad garden room, from Harlequin's Google profile
What we do
From a single extension to a whole new home.
Our work
The kind of projects we take on.
In their words
“Adam and Tony did our rear extension and kitchen project and I couldn't recommend them enough. From start to finish they were professional, reliable and super helpful. I always felt like I knew exactly what was going on and when. The outcome was better than we could have ever expected.”
★★★★★ — Mrs S, Tunbridge Wells, via Google
How we work
From first survey to finished home.
01
Survey and honest advice
Tony or Adam comes out, looks at the property properly, and talks through what you want — including the practical and planning realities of extending, converting or renovating an older or listed home. There's no charge for the conversation.
02
A clear, detailed quote
You get a written quote that sets out the scope of the work, so you know what's included before anything starts. On larger projects we work through the drawings, structural details and specification with you and your architect where there is one.
03
The build, run by the directors
The work is carried out by our team and the established tradesmen we build with, coordinated so the trades follow in the right order. Tony and Adam stay involved throughout, and the site is kept safe and tidy.
04
Finished and handed over
We see the project through to a proper finish — the making-good, the decoration and the details — and hand back a completed home rather than a list of snags. Many of our clients come back for the next project.
Where we work
Based in Frant, building across Tunbridge Wells & the Weald.
We work throughout Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding Kent and East Sussex towns and villages — Frant, Rusthall, Southborough, Pembury, Langton Green, Groombridge, Crowborough, Wadhurst and Cranbrook — and take on larger projects further afield, including bespoke new builds around West Malling and Sevenoaks. If you're planning work on a home in the area, we'd be glad to come and take a look.
Planning an extension, conversion or renovation?
Call Tony or Adam for a survey and a clear, detailed quote — no charge, no pressure.
Mon – Fri · 8:00am – 5:30pm · Weekend visits by arrangement