Sixteen years of London building, and what the record actually shows
Every builder's site claims experience and none of them show the arithmetic. Here is ours, with the number that is smaller than we would like included.
The numbers, as they are
Vladimir Castravet has sixteen years in the trade. 2V Projects Ltd has filed at Companies House since 2022, under number 14122250, from 20 Dawes Road, London SW6 7EN.
We are writing sixteen rather than rounding it up, and we are naming the company's age rather than only the founder's, because these are the two figures a competitor's website usually blends into one larger one. If twenty years matters more to you than the work, that is a fair basis to choose someone else on.
- Sixteen years in the trade — Vladimir Castravet, Founder & Principal
- 2V Projects Ltd, Companies House No. 14122250, filing since 2022
- Specialist fit-out background: V&A Museum, Moncler Sloane Street, South Bank cinema complex
- Maximum four concurrent projects, by policy
The work, photographed
The projects page carries delivered work with photographs rather than renders, and every proposal we issue references a comparable project you can go and look at.
That is the substitute for a longer number. A photograph of a finished London kitchen tells a homeowner more about a contractor than a decade does.
The reviews, including the one we would rather not publish
Every Google review is published on the reviews page, including the one-star. It is there because a review page with no bad review on it is a review page nobody should believe, and because how a builder answers a complaint is more informative than the complaint.
There are fewer reviews here than some of our competitors carry. That is a true statement about a younger company and we would rather you read it here than discover it as a surprise.
Where each of these is evidenced
- Companies House filing, No. 14122250Companies House →
- Delivered projects, photographedProjects →
- Every review, including the 1-starReviews →
How many years of experience does 2VP have?
Vladimir Castravet has sixteen years in the trade, and 2V Projects Ltd has been filing at Companies House since 2022. We publish both figures rather than blending them into a larger one.
How many projects do you run at once?
Four at most, by policy. It is the constraint that makes a named project manager on every job and a weekly director visit possible.
Why are there fewer reviews than some competitors?
Because the company is younger than they are. Every one we have is published, including the one-star.
See the range before you speak to anyone.
The estimator gives you a band in a couple of minutes, and tells you how wide it is and why. If you would rather talk it through, that works too.