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New builds
Self builds and family homes, start to finish. Send us your drawings and our QS team will prepare a detailed pricing document built around your budget.
Price my build
Built for living
New builds, extensions, renovations and defective concrete rebuilds across Donegal.
What we build
One team, from the foundations to the front door.
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Extensions
More room without moving house. Kitchens, living space and bedrooms, tied cleanly into the existing building and finished to match.
Talk about an extension
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Renovations
From bathroom conversions and accessibility upgrades to full refurbishments, finished to a standard you notice every day.
Plan a renovation
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Defective concrete remediation
For homes affected by defective concrete blocks. We take on the demolition, the new foundations and the full rebuild, built back to today's energy standards.
Ask about a rebuildThe finished article
Handed over, moved into, lived in.
One of our new builds, inside and out. Select any photo for a closer look.
Behind the finish
It's what you don't see that matters.
A warm, quiet home is decided long before the paint goes on. Move across the room to look behind the plaster.
No draughts, no heat loss, no scary bills.
ICF walls
Taped window reveal
Underfloor heating
Services before plaster
A build, start to finish
From a green field to the front door.
We don't hand your job between subcontractors. Drag through a build and every stage is our own people, our own machines.
Stage 1
Ground opened
Our own plant clears and digs the site. No waiting around for hired machines.
Stage 2
Foundations poured
Concrete pumped in and levelled, ready to take the walls.
Stage 3
ICF walls rise
Insulated forms go up course by course, braced true, then filled with concrete.
Stage 4
Roof on
Trusses up and the house closed in against the Donegal weather.
Stage 5
Sealed tight
Windows taped into the airtight layer so the house holds its heat.
Stage 6
Heating down
Underfloor heating laid across every floor before the screed.
Stage 7
Rendered
Baumit acrylic render goes on. On this one, dark on the ground floor and white above.
Stage 8
Ready for the keys
Glazed, finished and handed over, a home built for living.
Every photo here is from one of our own sites.
No deposits.
No upfront costs.
We believe you should see the quality of our work before you're asked to commit your money. Then you get a price you can actually read.
Detailed pricing documentPrepared by our in-house QS from your drawings
- Substructure and foundationsItemised
- Walls and frameItemised
- RoofItemised
- Windows and external doorsItemised
- Heating, plumbing and electricsItemised
- Internal finishesItemised
- External worksItemised
Clear breakdowns, no hidden costs.
One number on a page isn't a quote. Ours shows where every euro goes.
Five ways to keep a build on budget
What we tell everyone who's thinking about building right now.
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Give your architect a detailed brief. Know what you need. Wants are nice, but needs are needs. Bring your builder in early.
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Know the costly elements. Corner windows, large glazed sections and multiple roof windows all add up fast.
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Understand your build method. Know the materials, their limits, and how the design affects how they're used.
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Get a detailed cost from your contractor. One number on a page isn't a quote.
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Get proper drawings. Vague drawings lead to vague prices, vague finishes and poor delivery.
Recent work
Homes, halls and schools across the North West.
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Bespoke ICF family home
Designed by Cullinane Steele Architects. ICF walls, triple glazing, Grant underfloor heating fitted by our own team, and floor to ceiling aluminium windows in the kitchen and sun room.
Dungloe, Co. Donegal
Sports hall slab and renovation
Our team prepared and poured a new structural slab, with Pier Force and Gillespie Quarries, plus internal renovations ahead of a new sports floor.
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
St Joseph's National School
A large boiler refit and renovation for the Department of Education.
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Renovation
Living room, turned around
A plain wall becomes a panelled feature, with the fireplace and TV built into it.
Also on our books: private housing in Spiddal, Co. Galway, and projects in Ballybofey, Oughterard, Kinlough and Killargue.
About us
A Donegal family firm with big-project discipline.
Don Contracts was set up in Newtowncunningham in 2018 by Neil Donaghy, and is run with his sons Darren and Joe. Darren is a civil engineer who has overseen €25 million and €30 million projects, and brings the same control to every house we build.
We carry our own quantity surveyor, foremen, tradesmen and plant. We don't rely on third party contractors, so we control the job, the programme and the supply chain from start to finish.
The same family runs Donaghy Safety Training, so safety on our sites is never an afterthought.
You're only as good as your last job at the end of the day.
Darren Donaghy, Director
Trusted on public work
- Social housingfor Donegal County Council
- Vacant homes refurbishedand made ready to re-let
- Housing adaptationsfor people with disabilities
- School worksfor the Department of Education
Get a quote
Tell us about your project.
Drawings ready or just an idea, we'll come back with a straight answer and, when you're ready, a detailed price.
- Darren, call or WhatsApp
- 086 089 1197
- Office
- 074 910 8887