Welcome to Berkshire Dolls House & Model Co.
The Shop is now permanently closed.
The Berkshire Dolls House and Model Company was a family run business with over thirty five years experience. Howard and the team were dedicated to providing a quality service to all our customers, whether that was custom building to your own specifications or offering advice and guidance to self-builders.
CUSTOM BUILDS
Let us bring your project to life.
We’ve been designing and creating custom dolls houses for our customers for over 25 years. We can incorporate your requirements and produce a bespoke dolls house to suit your needs. You may want us to build to fit a particular space in your home, or you may have always had a hankering for something specific but have not been able to find the exact product you want.
We have created anything from exact model replicas of people’s childhood homes to American style 1950’s diners.
Have a look at our previous projects below and contact us for a consultation.
Previous Commissions and Projects
Tudor Thatched Cottage
June 2016
Howard completed this Tudor style thatched cottage as a custom build for a lady who wanted a unique family heirloom to pass on to her grandchildren.
The build took five weeks and the interior design was to the customers own specifications. The build included a smoking chimney, real wood floorboards, beams, hand bricked stacks and inglehook fireplaces.
Howard impressively added a hand thatched roof which certainly gave the project the WOW factor. The customer was delighted with the end result and remarked that the craftmanship was excellent.
Howard is happy to discuss any of the techniques used for this project in store and is on hand to guide you through your own project.
Bates Family House
October 2019
Kieran recently finished off this instantly recognisable Hollywood iconic symbol of eerieness. This house is a replica of the Bates’ family house from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece “Psycho”. It is such a good replica, you can almost see Mother through the window! This project uses reclaimed materials, weathering techniques and took Kieran a month to complete. He drew the plans from images of the house in the film and is delighted with the final results.
This dolls house is now sold and further custom work being carried out but at the moment is still on display in the shop.
Our Team
Howard Phillips
Howard began his business in 1985 when he changed careers from Firefighting to model building which explains the location of his business which is built on the former site of the Twyford Firehouse. Due to his remarkable attention to detail in dollshouse construction, he was inducted into the Guild of Master Craftsman in 1995 and has not looked back. After expanding the business from dolls houses and gifts into a much larger range of models and railway he strives to provide the personal touch to your projects and is always on hand to give advice and guidance.
Kieran Phillips
Kieran joined the team in 2018 as a custom project designer. He is mostly found in the warehouse designing custom builds, such as bespoke dolls houses and railway layouts for customers all over the world, who have been delighted with his work. Kieran has demonstrated that creativity and attention to detail runs in the family.
In his spare time Kieran enjoys building bespoke furniture from reclaimed materials as well as rennovating/ restoring antique furniture.
Extended Team
Over the years we have added a team of experts to help you while you create. The Train Doctor can keep your locos moving and healthy. A weathering expert can add character to your layout and stock. Our team also have many years experience in electrical installation and internal decorating of dolls houses.
Customer Reviews
Don’t take our word for it – here’s what our customers say:
What a fantastic shop! So much to choose from and super helpful to me (I know nothing about model railway building as i am a complete novice!) I’ll be back as soon as i am ready for the next stage of my first setup- the scenery!
*****
HH, June 2018
If you are looking for a model shop in the Reading area then this is the place to visit. Stocking model railways both new and second hand. Scalextric, model kits, paints and proper dolls houses. Howard the manager and owner is always friendly and helpful and full of great advice. If you are passing Twyford it is definately worth popping in.
*****
JH, April 2019
My wife and I are absolute newbies in the minaturist world, i bought my wife her first ever dollshouse as a Christmas present/ retirement project. we have visited the store twice in the last weeks and the staff, and other customers, are an absolute goldmine of information. This shop gives the kind of old fashioned customer service that i had thought was lost.
*****
JC, April 2019
Contact us
You contact us by phone 0118 934 3700 or by using the form below: