Family builders · Knaresborough, Harrogate, York & Leeds
Terry and Steve Hall — a father-and-son team, and a family trade going back to 1983.
W T Hall is a family building firm in Knaresborough covering Harrogate, York and Leeds. Terry and Steve Hall describe themselves as third and fourth generation builders with more than seventy years of building between them — and they're the two names clients use in their reviews.
A family name, not a brand
The W T Hall name has been used by the family's building business since 1983, and Terry and Steve describe themselves as the third and fourth generation of builders in the family. It's a trade handed down — the reason the firm is as comfortable with lime mortar and stonework as it is with insulation boards and airtightness tape.
Old fabric, modern performance
Most builders are good at one or the other. This firm's reviews single out both: "experts in traditional and modern construction methods" with "particular expertise in insulation and thermal efficiency including retrofitting to older houses." Extensions, whole-house retrofit, external wall insulation, structural alterations, barn conversions and bespoke oak frame all sit in the same business for that reason.
A registered company you can look up
W T Hall Builders Ltd is a limited company registered in Knaresborough (no. 17157258), incorporated on 14 April 2026 for the construction of domestic buildings, with Steven Hall as director. To be straight about it: the company registration is recent — it's the family trade behind it that goes back decades, not the limited company. Both facts are checkable, and we'd rather state them than blur them.
A registered company — and an honest note about its age
We don't claim trade badges we haven't earned, and we won't blur two different things. The family has built under the W T Hall name since 1983; the limited company below was incorporated in April 2026. Both are true, and both are checkable — look the company up on Companies House and read the reviews on Google, linked below.
Company: W T Hall Builders Ltd (no. 17157258)
Incorporated: 14 April 2026
Registered office: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5
Nature of business: SIC 41202 — Construction of domestic buildings
How we work with you
We stay until it's finished
"They kept me informed of any challenges that appeared with the build and stayed on site until the project was completed. Not bouncing between projects, like other builders I've used in the past." One site, one team, until the job is done.
Father and son on the job
Terry and Steve Hall are on site, not just on the paperwork — the pair our clients name in their reviews. When you ring, you speak to the people doing the work.
Old fabric and new performance
Stonework, lime plaster and Grade II listed detail on one hand; insulation, airtightness and thermal upgrades on the other. Most of our work is where the two meet.
Project-managed properly
"Steve's project management was exceptional." Trades, deliveries and inspections sequenced so your house isn't standing open waiting for someone to turn up.
We work alongside your architect, structural engineer and building control where a project has them — and point you to trusted local suppliers and merchants when it doesn't.
What we stand by
The three things our reviews keep saying.
We stay on your job
"They kept me informed of any challenges that appeared with the build and stayed on site until the project was completed. Not bouncing between projects, like other builders I've used in the past." — Rob Dickens, Google review.
Project-managed properly
"Steve's project management was exceptional." — Courtney Spencer, Google review. Trades, deliveries and inspections sequenced so nothing stands still and nobody is chasing anyone on your behalf.
Trustworthy, and good value
"Hired Terry and his team to renovate an old house we were buying. Lovely guys, trustworthy and good value, highly recommend them." — Andy Cheetham, Google review.
One of our favourites
“Our new garden is so well designed and thought through. Steve's knowledge and attention to detail was second to none. W T Hall have given us our dream garden.”
★★★★★ — Lindsey, York, via W T Hall