Renovations
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Renovations
Homes, bathrooms, kitchens and commercial premises, one point of contact.
We renovate whole homes, bathrooms, kitchens and commercial premises. The practical difference in working with us is that the electrics, plumbing and air conditioning are ours: you are not left coordinating three trades who blame each other.
One point of contact
On a typical renovation the client hires the electrician, the plumber, the tiler and the decorator separately, and ends up running the site without meaning to. When the electrician turns up and the plumber has not run the pipes, the week is lost and nobody is accountable. We cover the services ourselves and coordinate the other trades, so there is one person to ask and one programme.
Sequence matters
A properly planned renovation follows an order: strip-out, services, partitions, tiling and flooring, joinery, decoration, fittings. Working out of sequence is exactly what leads to cutting into new tiling to run a forgotten pipe.
What we tell you before we start
What can and cannot be done in your property, some walls do not move and neither do soil stacks, in what order, how long each stage takes, and which part of the estimate could change if opening up reveals something that was not visible. In older buildings that happens often, and we would rather flag it beforehand than argue about it afterwards.
Commercial premises
In a commercial fit-out the programme usually matters more than the price, because every closed week costs money. Planning runs backwards from the opening date.
What this covers
- Full renovation of homes and apartments
- Bathroom and kitchen refits
- Renewing electrical and plumbing installations
- Flooring and tiling
- Painting and finishes
- Coordination of all the trades involved
- Commercial premises fit-outs
Completed work
Frequently asked questions
Do you need to visit before quoting?
For well-defined jobs, moving a socket, swapping a tap, fitting a split unit on an ordinary wall, usually not: photos and a few measurements are enough.
We do ask for a visit when something has to be opened up to know what is behind it, when the installation is old, when the work affects several rooms, or when access shapes the job (upper floors without a lift, internal courtyards, façades with restrictions). In those cases a price given blind is almost always too low, and that hurts both of us.
How and when do I pay?
On small jobs, on completion, once you have checked everything works.
On renovations and jobs with significant materials up front, payment is normally split into stages tied to actual progress: a deposit at the start, interim payments as each stage closes, and the balance on handover. That schedule is written into the quote before you accept it, with the amounts and the timing of each payment.
We accept cash, bank transfer and Bizum. In every case we issue an invoice with VAT.
How long does a bathroom or kitchen refit take?
A full bathroom usually takes two to three weeks of actual working time; a kitchen a little longer where bespoke units are involved.
What stretches a programme is almost never the work itself, it is lead times on the chosen materials and decisions still open. A shower tray from stock arrives in days; a made-to-measure one takes weeks. That is why we close the choices before the strip-out starts, not during the job.
The quote gives you an estimated duration by stage and which milestones depend on a particular delivery.
Can I stay in the house during the work?
During a partial renovation, usually yes. We work zone by zone, protect what is not being touched and clear up daily.
There are two uncomfortable stretches worth planning for: the strip-out days, with noise and dust, and the days when water or power is off for work on the main services. If you have one bathroom and it is being refitted, you will have days without it, better planned than discovered.
On a full renovation it is almost always more practical to move out: the programme is shorter and there are no restrictions on working hours.
Shall we put a quote together?
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a clear assessment. Free and with no obligation.