Refurbishment in London.
A whole-home refurbishment fails when trades move independently. Ours moves as one programme — from strip-out to handover, against a single written sequence.
Refurbishment in a London home is rarely a clean sheet. There is an occupied neighbour, a sash window with a hidden weight pocket, a stretch of damp behind a chimney breast, a kitchen that has to be procured eight weeks before the joiner walks on site. We manage these projects the way we believe they should be managed: with the works sequenced, every trade answerable to one name, the variations agreed in writing before any instruction, and the finish held to a single standard from the first room to the last.
Who it is for
Owners refurbishing a London home they intend to keep for a decade or longer.
Architects and interior designers looking for a contractor who reads drawings to architectural tolerance.
Property managers running a whole-home refurbishment between tenancies in prime central London.
Owners returning a recently-acquired property to a finished state before moving in.
What we handle
Strip-out and protection of retained fabric, joinery, and finishes.
Structural alterations — openings, steelwork, party-wall coordination, Building Control sign-off.
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing — full first and second fix, services routing, smart-home infrastructure where required.
Bespoke joinery — kitchens, wardrobes, panelling, sash windows, doors, library walls.
Flooring — solid and engineered oak, herringbone, stone, lime-screed and acoustic build-ups.
Decoration — period and contemporary, including lime-paint and conservation-grade systems where appropriate.
Completion management — snagging, defects, documentation, twelve-month aftercare.
Constraints we design around
Occupied buildings — neighbouring flats, communal stairs, listed common parts.
Listed and conservation-area properties — consent compliance, heritage-officer relationships.
Restricted parking, access permits, and London-borough working-hour limits.
Hidden defects in old fabric — damp, structural movement, asbestos, lath and plaster.
Party-wall obligations and surveyor-coordinated works.
Long-lead procurement of joinery, stone, and bespoke fittings against a fixed programme.
Our process
Pre-construction
Drawings, specification, programme, procurement schedule, protection plan, and risk register agreed before any tools turn up. Variations are priced and approved before instruction.
Strip-out and structure
Building protected. Structural alterations, services routing, and any heritage repair carried out before second-fix trades arrive.
Trades sequenced
Wet trades, joinery, flooring and decoration move through the property zone by zone, not in parallel. Each room is signed off before the next is opened.
Weekly written reporting
Photographs, progress against programme, variations log, decisions due, and next-week risk. Issued every Friday, without exception.
Completion and aftercare
Joint snagging, joint sign-off, full documentation pack, and a twelve-month defects period with a single named point of contact.
Materials and specification
Lime plaster and lime mortar where appropriate to the building fabric.
Quartersawn oak for floorboards and architectural joinery.
Natural stone, including limestone and Portland, for floors, hearths and surrounds.
Heritage-appropriate paints — Edward Bulmer, Papers and Paints, Little Greene Intelligent Matt where breathability matters.
Acoustic upgrades — joist resilience, isolation matting, mineral wool, decoupled stud build-ups.
Breathable wall build-ups in period properties — no impermeable membranes against old masonry.
Fire-rated partitions and intumescent strips where compartmentation is required.
Frequently asked
How long does a typical London refurbishment take?
A two-bedroom flat refurbishment is typically eighteen to twenty-two weeks on site. A four-storey townhouse refurbishment is typically thirty to forty weeks. Both figures assume drawings are fully resolved before we start and variations are agreed before instruction. We build the programme as part of pre-construction so the schedule and the contract align.
Do you work in occupied properties?
Yes — and we plan around it. We agree access windows, dust-control protocol, working hours, and which rooms remain habitable before the contract is signed. For listed buildings or properties with sensitive common parts, we coordinate with managing agents and neighbours in writing.
How are variations handled?
Variations are priced and approved in writing before any additional work begins. We never carry out work and present the cost afterwards. The variation log is part of the weekly written report so there is no ambiguity about scope, programme impact, or running cost.
What is included in your fixed-price contract?
Everything in the agreed specification, programme and drawing set is fixed. Where drawings or specifications are incomplete, we identify the items at pre-construction and either resolve them or agree an honest provisional sum. We do not use provisional sums to disguise unresolved scope.
Do you handle listed buildings?
Yes — under listed building consent and in coordination with the relevant conservation officer. We work with lime, traditional finishes, and the original building fabric. We do not improvise past a specification on listed work; if consent is not in place for an item, we do not carry it out.
Considering a refurbishment project?
Share the property, the drawings, or the brief. A Project Director will respond personally within one working day — with our view, in writing, before any commitment.
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