Charlotte and Joe Colehan leaning against some wooden cladding

Meet The Team

HUSK Construction is a family-run main contractor, with decades of experience in the construction industry.

We aim to deliver high-quality craftsmanship, excellent communication, and reliability.

We welcome all sorts of enquiries, big and small, and would love to chat with you about your project. 

The Team

image of business owner Joe Colehan, smiling and leaning on a wooden ladder

Joe

Joe is a carpenter by trade with almost 20 years experience in the industry.  He studied Sustainable Building Surveying at university and has worked as a surveyor, project manager, timber framer and general carpenter before settling in Cornwall and starting his own carpentry and contracting business with wife Charlotte.

As well as nearly two decades of site experience in the UK, Joe spent two years learning timber framing from the big guns in the Canadian Rockies. His projects there included high spec new builds and a passivhaus family home.

Joe is a keen surfer and snowboarder when family life allows, and at the weekend can generally can be found running or biking the Cornish lanes in between operating the Dad Taxi Service. 

image of business owner Charlotte Colehan, smiling and leaning on an open doorway

Charlotte

Charlotte is organiser in chief of, well, organising.  Much handier with a computer than a chop-saw, Charlotte is the first point of contact for any enquiries and deals with all the behind the scenes admin and business management.

She and Joe have been married for 10 years, and have four small noisy people ‘helping’ to run the show. In her spare time (what spare time?!), Charlotte can be found running, gardening and starting overly ambitious DIY projects for Joe to finish.  They both love getting out camping and beaching with the kids in the glorious Cornish countryside. 

Sam

Sam has worked with Joe since he relocated to Cornwall in 2020.  He has a background in hospitality where he gained excellent logistical and communications skills, which get put to good use on the daily.  As our Site Foreman, he ensures the smooth running of our sites day to day whilst also continuing to build on his carpentry skills.

Off the building site, Sam is renovating his own house with girlfriend Torie, and is a super keen sportsman, both as a participant and spectator. 

We are a close-knit bunch here at Husk Construction.  Our core team is like family (and in many instances IS family), and we are supported by our excellent network of suppliers and subcontractors.  

We’ve been the couple renovating a house with small kids and no time and even less money; we know the upheaval that building work can cause, and we bring experience, respect and empathy into every project that we work on.