Oliver Franklin — 38 years in the UK building trade

Oliver Franklin has spent 38 years in the UK building trade and is based in Colchester, Essex. Everything published here is written from the perspective of someone who prices work, orders materials, books inspections and deals with variations on real domestic projects.

Builder Proof UK is deliberately not an anti-builder site. Clear paperwork protects careful builders just as much as it protects homeowners: a written scope of works, an agreed payment schedule and a signed variation form remove almost every argument that would otherwise land at the end of a job.

The aim of each guide is narrow and practical — help a homeowner understand what is in front of them before money moves, and be honest about the point at which they should be speaking to a surveyor, a solicitor or their local Building Control team instead of reading a website.

Experience and background

• 38 years working in the UK building trade, still running jobs today.
• Based in Colchester, Essex.
• Day-to-day experience of pricing work, ordering materials, booking Building Control inspections and handling variations on domestic projects.

Editorial responsibility

Oliver Franklin is responsible for the accuracy of everything published on Builder Proof UK, including corrections. Guides are checked against primary UK sources before publication and reviewed at least annually.

If you spot something that is out of date or wrong, please get in touch and it will be corrected. Read the editorial policy for how guides are researched and reviewed.

Details still to be published

Nothing on this site is invented to look more credible than it is. The following details will be added here once they have been supplied and verified:

• ADMIN PLACEHOLDER — Formal qualifications and card/registration numbers
• ADMIN PLACEHOLDER — Registered company name and Companies House number
• ADMIN PLACEHOLDER — Trade body memberships (e.g. TrustMark, FMB) with membership numbers
• ADMIN PLACEHOLDER — Original site photographs and before/after project images
• ADMIN PLACEHOLDER — Professional profiles and any media appearances

Builder Proof UK publishes general educational information for homeowners. It is not legal, structural, surveying, planning, electrical, gas, insurance or financial advice, and it does not replace advice from a suitably qualified professional for your specific project.