A small
Northants
yard.
Owen Roche
Founder & Director
One van. One apprentice. A yard at the back of dad's place.
I grew up between Moulton and Boughton and went into scaffolding straight after school. A decade on the tools with a couple of the bigger Midlands firms gave me a pretty clear picture of what worked and what didn't.
Roche Access Scaffolding started in 2011. The pitch was straightforward — turn up when you said you would, put the kit up the way it should go, and answer the phone. It hasn't really changed since.
We're now five full-time scaffolders and a part-time office manager. We deliberately haven't grown beyond that. It lets me stay involved with every job, and it means you'll usually speak to the same person from quote through to strike.
Three things we don't compromise on.
Turn up when we say.
If we've booked you in for Tuesday morning, you'll see a wagon on Tuesday morning. If something does go wrong, you'll get a phone call — not a no-show.
Build it properly.
Boards sound, fittings tight, lifts at sensible heights. Brick guards and toe boards as standard. We'd rather take the extra half hour than come back to fix it.
Keep it tidy.
Drives boarded, lawns matted, nothing left at the side of the house. The scaffold should be the only sign we were there.
YARD
Moulton Park, Northampton.
Our yard sits five minutes off the A43, which is why we get to most jobs in the county inside half an hour. The kit's serviced in-house, the wagons go out at six, and the gate's open if you want to drop by — give Owen a ring first.