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Kent · TN postcodes · West Kent coverage

Builder, Electrician & Plumber across Kent

Tunbridge-Wells-based, Kent-wide. One contractor, all trades, extensions, rewires, bathrooms, roofs and decoration across West Kent and the East Sussex border.

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HQ at 1 Sherwood Road TN2 3LB · Kent-wide coverage · fully insured to £5m

Local coverage

Why Kent is one of our core patches.

Spectrum Electrical & Building Ltd is a Kent-registered limited company (No. 15948972) based at 1 Sherwood Road in Tunbridge Wells. From there we cover West Kent and the East Sussex border in full, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Crowborough, Brenchley, Mayfield, Paddock Wood, Langton Green and every village in between. We're a multi-trade contractor, not a single-trade specialist, building, electrical, plumbing, roofing, tiling, decorating, landscaping and floor fitting all delivered by one team on one fixed-price contract. That model suits Kent because most Kent renovation projects involve three or four trades, and the traditional 'hire each trade separately' approach is how budgets and tempers come apart.

Response time

Same-day for active emergencies across TN1–TN6, TN9–TN15, TN20, typically within 90 minutes during working hours. Outer East Sussex and Wealden plots may add up to 2 hours.

Property types we know

From listed Wealden farmhouses and oast conversions to Victorian terraces in Tunbridge Wells, 1930s semis along the A26, post-war estates around Paddock Wood and Crowborough, and modern detacheds across the newer Sevenoaks and Tonbridge developments.

Common Kent jobs

  • Single and double-storey rear extensions across the TN postcodes
  • Full house rewires and 18th Edition consumer unit upgrades
  • Bathroom and en-suite installations on family-stage properties
  • Like-for-like roof replacements on period and modern stock
  • Landlord EICRs and remedial works for compliance
  • Multi-trade refurbishments project-managed end to end

Services in Kent

Everything we cover in TN, ME (west).

Same in-house multi-trade team, same fixed-quote contract, same workmanship guarantee across every job.

General Building & Conversions

Extensions, renovations and full project builds across Kent, single point of contact, fixed written quote.

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Extensions (Single & Double Storey)

Single and double-storey extensions designed, built and signed off end to end.

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Loft Conversions

Dormer, hip-to-gable and Velux loft conversions adding bedrooms, en-suites and offices.

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Refurbishments

Full house and period property refurbishments, replan, restore and finish to a premium standard.

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New Builds

Ground-up new builds and self-build packages with one contractor managing every trade.

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Shop Fitting & Commercial Fit-Outs

Retail, salon and commercial fit-outs delivered to programme and trading deadlines.

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Electrical Installations & Rewiring

Full rewires, consumer units, EICRs and EV chargers across Kent, Part P certified, notified within 30 days.

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EV Charger Installation

OZEV-approved EV charger installations for homes and small commercial sites.

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Solar Panel Installation

MCS-certified solar PV systems sized to your roof, usage and export tariff.

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Battery Storage Systems

Home battery storage paired with solar or grid to cut bills and add resilience.

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Plumbing

Leaks traced, bathrooms re-piped and emergency repairs across Kent, copper where it matters, fully pressure-tested.

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Landscaping

Patios, driveways, fencing and garden transformations in Kent, sub-base done right, drainage thought through.

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Why choose Spectrum in Kent

Concrete reasons Kent homeowners keep us on speed dial.

No talk of pride or passion, just facts you can verify before we set foot on your driveway.

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Kent-registered limited company, No. 15948972

Based at 1 Sherwood Road, Tunbridge Wells TN2 3LB

Fully insured to £5m, certificates on request

15+ years of building, electrical, plumbing and decorating work

Multi-trade in-house team, one contract, one supervisor, one invoice

Same-day emergency response across the TN postcodes

Local issues we see in Kent

What goes wrong in TN, ME (west), and how we fix it.

Climate, water hardness, soil type, infrastructure and building age all leave fingerprints on a property. These are the patterns we see week in, week out.

Wealden clay and Greensand foundation movement

Much of Kent, particularly the Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Mayfield areas, sits on shrinkable clay or Greensand. Extension foundations without trial-pit confirmation crack at the junction with the existing house within 2–3 winters. We trial-pit every site.

Hard water across the TN postcodes

Kent water hardness sits at 280–320 ppm in most TN postcodes, properly hard. It scales kettles, blocks shower heads, ruins hot water cylinders within 5–8 years and damage hot water systems. Salt-based softeners with a dedicated bypass and drinking-water spur should be on every system upgrade.

Original 20th-century electrics across the housing stock

A large share of Kent's pre-1990 housing stock still carries original electrics, single RCD or no RCD, old MCBs, kitchens and bathrooms not to current zonal regs. EICRs routinely flag C2 issues; consumer unit upgrades and partial or full rewires bring properties up to 18th Edition.

Period and listed building constraints

Kent has a dense concentration of listed and conservation-area properties, particularly across the Wealden villages. Wrong materials (cement on lime, modern paint on solid walls, machine tiles on hand-made roofs) cause expensive damage and risk enforcement action. Sympathetic materials and proper consents are part of every quote we issue on period stock.

Our process

Same system every job. No improvising on your floor.

  1. 01

    Free on-site survey

    We walk the property with you, take measurements, listen to how you want the finished result to work.

  2. 02

    Fixed written quote

    Itemised quote within 5 working days, no vague allowances, no commission upsells. Take it home and read it.

  3. 03

    Scheduled start

    Slot booked in writing. Same supervisor and trades turn up, not a stranger you've never met.

  4. 04

    Build & test

    Single supervisor on the ground, weekly progress, daily clean-down, all works tested and certified before sign-off.

  5. 05

    Sign-off & aftercare

    Building Control certificate, full snagging walk, manufacturer warranties and a 2-year Spectrum workmanship guarantee.

In depth

Everything worth knowing about working in Kent.

Spectrum HQ

1 Sherwood Road
Tunbridge Wells TN2 3LB

07864 901019

Why a single multi-trade contractor wins on Kent renovations

Most Kent renovation projects, extensions, full bathroom installs, loft conversions, whole-house refurbishments, involve three or four trades in sequence. The traditional model is to hire each trade separately and project-manage them yourself. It's also how the project ends up over budget, over time, and with nobody accountable for the snagging. Spectrum carries every trade in-house, runs the programme, holds the budget and stands behind the workmanship on one warranty. That model wins on every multi-trade Kent project we touch.

Coverage across West Kent and the East Sussex border

From our Sherwood Road workshop in TN2 we routinely cover Tunbridge Wells (TN1–TN4), Tonbridge (TN9–TN10), Sevenoaks (TN13–TN15), Crowborough (TN6), Brenchley and Paddock Wood (TN12), Mayfield (TN20), Langton Green (TN3), plus surrounding villages, Rusthall, Speldhurst, Bidborough, Penshurst, Hildenborough, Hadlow, Five Oak Green, East Peckham, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Wadhurst, Heathfield, Rotherfield, Forest Row, Hartfield. Same-day emergency callouts apply across all of these.

Working with Kent and East Sussex planning teams

Different councils run different planning regimes. We work routinely with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, Sevenoaks District Council, and Wealden District Council on extension planning, conservation-area applications, listed-building consent, and Building Regulations completion certificates. That local knowledge speeds up approvals and avoids material specification errors that delay projects elsewhere.

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Straight answers about working in Kent.

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West Kent in full, TN1–TN4 (Tunbridge Wells), TN3 (Langton Green and surrounding villages), TN6 (Crowborough), TN9–TN10 (Tonbridge), TN12 (Brenchley, Paddock Wood and surrounding villages), TN13–TN15 (Sevenoaks). East Sussex border in TN20 (Mayfield) and surrounding villages.

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