Whole-House Refurbishments · Pontypridd & South Wales
Whole-House Refurbishments.
Top To Bottom,
One Team.
Top-to-bottom refurbishments for whole properties across Pontypridd, Cardiff and South Wales. Plaster off, floors up, rewire, replumb, reinsulate, replaster, redecorate, kitchen and bathrooms in. One team, one written programme.
30+ Years Combined Trade Experience · Fixed Written Quotes · Same-Week Surveys
Service Overview
Whole-House Refurbishments —
The Brief, In Plain English.
What It Is
A whole-house refurbishment strips a tired property back and rebuilds it as a modern, efficient, comfortable home. Plaster off, floors up, rewire, replumb, reinsulate, structural alterations where needed, full replaster, new kitchen, new bathrooms, decoration and flooring.
Who It's For
Buyers of recently-purchased tired properties; people inheriting houses that need bringing up to modern standards; landlords gutting and reletting a unit; anyone wanting the keys-to-keys job handled by one accountable team instead of juggling six trades themselves.
When You Need It
Before you move in, if at all possible — a whole-house refurbishment around occupied rooms takes twice as long and costs more. If you're already in, the project should be planned in phases to keep a working kitchen or bathroom at all times.
Why It Matters
Refurbishments go wrong because nobody owns the whole programme. The plasterer waits for the electrician, the kitchen fitter waits for the plasterer, and nobody chases the tile delivery. A single accountable team holds the programme together and absorbs the small problems that always come up.
What Happens If You Wait
The Cost Of
Doing Nothing.
Half-finished refurbishments cost more to rescue than to do once, properly. The damage compounds.
Risks Of Ignoring It
- →Wet rooms tiled before tanking — water in the joists, ceiling down below within 18 months.
- →Kitchens fitted before electrics signed off — appliances on the wrong circuits, units pulled off to refix.
- →Plaster skim straight onto damp walls — pattern staining and blown plaster six months in.
- →Cheap underlay, cheap insulation, cheap silicone — the cost is hidden until you live with it.
- →No contract, no programme, no paper trail — disputes you can't win.
Common Mistakes Customers Make
- ×Picking finishes before the structural programme is locked.
- ×Paying large stage payments up front before any milestone is hit.
- ×Letting your kitchen supplier project-manage the build.
- ×Skipping the building control sign-off paperwork.
Our Process
First Call To
Final Sign-Off.
01
Site Survey
Walk the property, photograph every room, take measurements and listen to how you actually want to live in it.
02
Fixed Quote & Programme
Itemised written quote and a dated programme with milestones — strip-out, first fix, plaster, second fix, finishes, sign-off.
03
Strip-Out & First Fix
Out with plaster, floors and old services. In with rewire, replumb, insulation, structural alterations and steel where needed.
04
Plaster & Second Fix
Wall and ceiling plaster, screed where required, then kitchen, bathroom, doors, skirting and electrical second fix.
05
Decor & Sign-Off
Paint, tile, floor coverings, snag list walked together, building control sign-off paperwork handed over with the keys.
Why It's Worth It
What You
Actually Get.
One Phone Number
Owner-led. Same number from quote to sign-off — no project manager turnover halfway through.
Programme On The Wall
Dated milestones agreed up front. You know exactly what should be happening each week.
Building Control Handled
Notifiable work signed off via building control — paperwork bundled into the handover.
Finishes Specified Properly
Tanking under wet rooms, proper underlay, correct silicone bead. The bits you don't see are the bits that fail first.
Tidy Site, Every Day
Floors covered, debris bagged, dust contained. You can still live in the rest of the house.
In Detail
Whole-House Refurbishments —
Every Variation Covered.
Materials, methods and the situations each variation applies to — so you know what you're buying before you buy it.
Working across
Pontypridd · Aberdare · Merthyr Tydfil · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Newport · Bridgend
Full Service Area MapRecently-Bought Properties
Strip back to a known starting point, structural alterations where needed, full rewire and replumb, new heating, insulation, plaster, kitchen, bathrooms, decoration and flooring. Suitable for the period between exchange and move-in when the house is empty.
Inherited & Probate Houses
Tired homes left as-is for years — usually a full strip, services renewal and modern finish. We coordinate clearances, salvage and disposal as part of the programme.
Landlord Multi-Unit Refurbs
Programmes covering multiple properties on a tight commercial timetable — durable finishes, easy-clean surfaces, EICR-ready electrics, EPC-conscious insulation upgrades. Built to relet quickly.
Period Property Sensitivity
Victorian and Edwardian terraces across the valleys — lime plaster where needed, sympathetic detailing, breathable build-ups so you don't trap moisture in old solid walls.
Live-In Phased Refurbs
Where moving out isn't possible we phase the work — keep a working kitchen and bathroom at every stage, isolate the active area with dust screens, and step through the house room by room.
Questions
Straight
Answers.
Cost, timeline, guarantees, lifespan, emergency availability — the questions everyone asks, answered before you call.
Ask Yours
How much does a whole-house refurbishment cost in South Wales?
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Cost scales with size, condition and finish — a basic 3-bed cosmetic refurb is very different from a full strip, rewire and extension. We give fixed written quotes after a site visit, itemised so you can see and adjust the scope.
How long does a whole-house refurbishment take?
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A full 3-bed house strip-and-refurbish generally runs 10–16 weeks depending on scope and any structural work. Larger or listed properties take longer.
Can we live in the house during the refurbishment?
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For a kitchen or bathroom alone, usually yes. For a full house strip we strongly recommend moving out — it's faster, safer and almost always cheaper than working around occupied rooms.
Do you handle the building control sign-off?
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Yes. We coordinate inspections at the right stages for notifiable work and hand you the completion paperwork — important when you come to sell or remortgage.
What paperwork comes with a refurbishment?
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Manufacturer guarantees on installed kits (kitchens, boilers, sanitaryware), plus building control sign-off and any electrical/gas certificates — all bundled and handed over on completion.
Do you supply the kitchen and bathroom suites or do we?
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Either works. We can spec and supply through trade suppliers we trust, or fit suites you've bought yourself — we'll just want to see the spec before pricing labour.
How do you handle changes mid-project?
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Written variation orders — anything you change gets quoted in writing before we proceed. No verbal extras that turn into invoice arguments later.
Do you take a large deposit?
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No. We work on stage payments against completed milestones, not large up-front deposits. You're paying for work done, not work promised.
Next Step
Ready To Stop Living In A Building Site?
Free site survey within our coverage area, written quote typically within 48 hours, no obligation. 30+ years' combined trade experience across the team, public liability insured, Pontypridd-based.
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