Industry: Home improvement

Paid ads for home improvement businesses

Referral-only growth means good months and dead months, and no way to plan either. A conservatory, garage conversion or media wall is a considered, high-ticket purchase: Google catches the homeowner who's already decided to act, Meta builds the shortlist before they search.

1,737Tracked enquiries, one installer
£16.05Blended cost per enquiry
1,886Conversions, dual-service account
The problem

Referrals are a compliment, not a growth plan

Most home improvement businesses we meet are good at the work and word travels, but word of mouth arrives in bursts. A run of jobs finishes, the next referral hasn't come in yet, and suddenly the diary has gaps you can't plan around. Meanwhile every enquiry that does land has to be qualified from scratch: is the budget real, is the timeline this year or "just looking", is it even a job you do.

Paid ads fix both problems at once when they're built properly: a predictable flow of enquiries, and messaging and forms that do some of the qualifying before the phone even rings.

What's included

What you get

  • Local Search campaigns for "[service] installers near me"
  • Performance Max and Local campaigns
  • Meta prospecting with finished-project creative
  • Retargeting across both platforms
  • Free-consultation and free-design offers
  • Call and form tracking, so every enquiry is accounted for
Meta Ads Manager: a home improvement lead campaign delivering website leads at roughly £12 to £17 per lead
Google Ads performance: 1,050 conversions at £15.46 cost per conversion and a 5.32% conversion rate
Proven in the sector

Two accounts, two different problems, both fixed

Media walls: referral-only to predictable pipeline

A media walls installer had grown on referrals alone: steady work, but no way to predict or scale it. A dual-platform system, Google for high-intent searches, Meta for awareness, took it to 1,737 tracked conversions at a £16.05 blended cost per acquisition.

Read the case study

Conservatories & garage conversions: worst year to dual-service pipeline

Coming off its worst year, this business needed two services generating enquiries at once without either cannibalising budget from the other. The rebuilt account produced 1,886 conversions at a £29.07 blended CPA.

See the results

How it works

Understand. Plan. Launch. Scale.

No packages. We get to know the business, work out what it actually needs, build it, and grow it once the numbers stack up.

1

Get to know you

A free consultation covering your services, typical job value, and where enquiries come from today.

2

Build the plan

Which platform leads, what the offer is, how leads get qualified before they reach you. Signed off before anything starts.

3

Get it live

Campaigns, landing pages and call/form tracking set up properly and launched against agreed targets.

4

Make it perform, then scale

Weekly optimisation and plain-English reporting. Once cost per enquiry is steady, we scale the spend.

★★★★★

"Edward is an expert in his field and has only brought a driven attitude to provide quality results."

Liam GateSEM Manager
★★★★★

"It was a pleasure working with Edward on our project. We were new to Google Ads and he walked us through it step by step, with insight that would have taken us a while to figure out. We'll definitely be using Edward again."

Hal20000Business owner
FAQ

Common questions

What counts as a good cost per lead for home improvement?

It varies by service and area, but one installer we manage runs at a £16.05 blended cost per enquiry across 1,737 tracked conversions. The point is the cost holding steady as spend scales, not a single low number.

Can you handle seasonality?

Yes. Demand for conservatories, windows and outdoor work is seasonal. We plan budget and messaging around it rather than fighting it.

Which services do you cover?

Conservatories, orangeries, garage conversions, media walls, windows and doors, driveways, roofing, kitchens and bathrooms among others.

What is Google Local Services Ads and could my business use it?

A separate, pay-per-lead placement with a Google Guaranteed badge, available for specific trade categories and locations. We check eligibility and handle the application where it applies.

We tried paid ads before and it didn't work, what's different?

Usually the account was never structured around the buying stage: one catch-all campaign chasing every search, no call tracking, no negative keywords filtering out tyre-kickers. We rebuild around service and intent, track every call and form, and review the account weekly instead of leaving it to run itself.

Guides

Practical guides for home improvement

Specialist pages

Lead generation by trade

Home improvement lead generation

The full system: ads, pages, forms and tracking.

See the system

Trades

Plumbers, electricians, heating and builders.

Trades leads

Next step

Tell us where things stand

Share your current spend and targets. You'll get a straight answer on what's realistic and how we'd get there.