Full house refurbishments
Strip-out to snagging on a house you have just bought, or a rental that has stopped earning what it should. One contractor for every trade, one schedule, one price.
From £38,000 · typically 6–14 weeks on site
What a full refurbishment covers
A complete refurbishment usually means taking the house back to brick and joist in the areas that matter, then rebuilding it properly: full rewire to current regulations with a new consumer unit, replumb with a new boiler and heating system, damp treatment where needed, replastering, new internal doors and skirting, a new kitchen, one or two bathrooms, flooring and decoration throughout.
We sequence it in the order that avoids doing anything twice — strip-out, structural, first fix, plaster, second fix, decoration, snagging — and give you a week-by-week programme so you know what is happening when.
If you have just bought the house
The cheapest time to do this work is before you move in. Nothing needs protecting, nothing needs working around, and the trades can overlap instead of queueing. A refurbishment that takes fourteen weeks around a family in residence often takes eight or nine in an empty house.
If you are still at the offer stage, we are happy to walk the property with you before you exchange and give you a rough figure. It has saved people from buying the wrong house more than once.
Landlord and rental refurbishments
For rental property the maths is different: every week of work is a week of lost rent, so speed and compliance matter more than finish detail. We schedule around void periods, prioritise the things that affect the EPC rating and the licence, and work to a specification that survives tenants rather than one that photographs well and fails in a year.
Newham licenses property borough-wide, and Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest all run selective or additional licensing schemes. Fire doors, escape lighting, alarm grades and room sizes all come into it, and we build to those requirements from the start.
Common questions
How much does a full refurbishment cost?
A two-bedroom flat typically starts around £38,000, and a three-bedroom terrace with a rewire, replumb, kitchen and two bathrooms usually runs £60,000 to £95,000. The biggest variables are how much structural and damp work is hiding behind the plaster, and the specification of the kitchen and bathrooms.
Do you do partial refurbishments?
Yes. Plenty of jobs are a rewire and a kitchen, or two bathrooms and decoration. We quote the same way — itemised by trade, so you can see what each part costs and drop anything you want to defer.
Do you supply the kitchen and bathroom, or do we?
Either. Some clients want us to supply everything on one invoice, others prefer to buy their own units and have us fit them. Supplying it yourself usually saves money on the units and costs you time managing deliveries.
Can you work while tenants are in the property?
For smaller works, yes, room by room. For a full refurbishment we strongly recommend a void period — it is faster, cheaper, and avoids disrepair claims.
Get a refurb quote
Free site visit. Written price in 48 hours.
Just bought, or about to let?
Send us the address and we will walk it with you. You will get a written, itemised price within 48 hours — no deposit and no obligation.