Sunderland builder wins national award for Washington house
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It’s the second time that the 55-year-old has picked up the award for Best Local Builder or Traditional Craftsperson after he won in 2012.
This year, he was nominated by Gary Crosby after he was impressed by Kevin’s work ethic when he was building a dream house for him and his family in Fatfield, Washington.
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Hide AdKevin, who has been in business for more than 20 years, told the Echo how much it means to him to win the award despite the ceremony being different due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said: “It’s unbelievable, I can’t nominate myself so to be put forward and then to win it is great.
"It’s been different this year as it is normally a black tie event however Covid meant that it couldn’t go ahead but it was still nice to win.
"We’re a small team and I work on site all the time with them, however we all manage to work well together and any problems that we come across we always manage to survive.
"I’m so proud of what we do.”
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Hide AdGary, 52, explained that Kevin was able to bring his family’s dream to life and that they had full confidence in him during the build last year.
He commented: “We demolished an old property and had an architect design a brand new one.
"He never raised an issues and if there was a problem, he always had a solution.
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Hide Ad“It was just exceptional and we had full confidence in what he was doing, the whole build was just perfect.
"Our dreams were just on paper, he knew exactly what we wanted and he turned those dreams into a reality.
"It is fair to say that we now have our dream house and it’s all because of him and his team.”