What this work involves
Room layout, daylight, pipework and finishes are interconnected. Create a room schedule describing use, materials and connection points, and keep changes during construction controlled.
- Survey and investigations
- Demolition and retained elements
- New layout and structural changes
- Building services
- Complete finishing and handover
Use the following design considerations when coordinating this service with a wider project. Agree which parts apply to your request.
Identify mouldings and original elements that must be retained beforehand.
Decide this before construction
Photograph retained details before dismantling. Check the dimensions of new components against the actual facade before production begins.
Which trade-off matters?
Exact reproduction and a clearly contemporary addition are different design choices. Compare their junctions; an almost matching brick or profile can look less coherent than a carefully chosen contrast.
Compare the complete intervention
Allow a separate item for making good around the junction. The new wall may be precisely priced while adjustments to existing pointing, mouldings and finishes remain missing.
Cost factors for this service
A useful budget is divided by work package and room. Identify provisional sums for undecided products and explain how unforeseen conditions are handled.
Bring this to the discussion
Existing plans, room-by-room requirements, material preferences and temporary living arrangements.
Questions about the work
How is this different from a smaller renovation?
Much of the home is addressed at once. This usually requires closer coordination, more preparation and clearer arrangements for temporary accommodation.
The design situations here illustrate choices; they are not completed projects or a diagnosis of your property.