RENOVATIONS & REFURBISHMENTS
Strip back what no longer works. Rebuild the house around what does.
Whole-house renovation and substantial refurbishment, coordinated from demolition and structural reconfiguration through services, finishes and the final rooms.
Discuss your renovationWHOLE-HOUSE THINKING
Renovation is rarely one trade following another.
Changing structure affects services. Changing services affects floors and ceilings. Changing layouts affects kitchens, bathrooms, joinery and lighting. The most successful refurbishments are coordinated as one project rather than a sequence of isolated decisions.
That becomes even more important where much of the existing building is being retained and the new work has to meet it cleanly.
THE TRANSFORMATION
Four very different versions of the same house.
A RENOVATION HAS LAYERS
Work from the building outward.
What is staying, what is being removed and what the strip-out reveals.
Walls, openings, stairs, ceilings and the new way the rooms connect.
Heating, plumbing, electrical, ventilation, data and specialist systems.
Floors, plastering, tiling, joinery and the interfaces between old and new.
Kitchens, bathrooms, storage, lighting and the final decisions that make the house usable.
LIVING THROUGH THE WORK
Can you stay in the house during a renovation?
Sometimes. But the answer depends on the scale of strip-out, whether heating and electrics are being replaced, how many bathrooms or kitchens remain usable, and whether the work can genuinely be separated from the occupied part of the property.
Phasing can make occupation possible, but it can also extend the programme and affect how efficiently the site can be run. It is a project decision, not a blanket promise.
One part of the house remains clearly separate and usable.
Occupation moves around the programme with temporary arrangements.
The practical answer may be to move out while the core work takes place.
FROM FOCUSED REFURBISHMENT TO WHOLE-HOUSE CHANGE
The scope can grow. The coordination still has to stay clear.
PLANNING A RENOVATION?
Start with the house as it is — and how you want it to work afterwards.
Send us the drawings if you have them, or tell us what is not working in the existing layout. We can then discuss what needs defining before reliable pricing.
Start your project