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Full-Home Renovations

The whole house, by one accountable team.

Whole-home transformations handled end to end — so you are not the one coordinating six trades who have never met.

Renovation service

On a whole-home job, the schedule is the product.

Any crew can hang drywall. What decides whether a full-home renovation runs six months or fourteen is sequencing: what has to be opened before anything can be ordered, which trade blocks which, and what the long-lead items are. We plan the whole route before demolition, and one project manager owns it from permit to final walkthrough.

  • One contract and one point of contact for every trade
  • Structural changes and open-concept conversions
  • Mechanical, electrical and plumbing brought up to code
  • Phased so you can stay in the house where that is possible

What's included

What a full-home renovation includes.

Every project is scoped and priced before we start.

Scope & survey

What the house is, what it hides, and what you want it to become.

Design & permits

Drawings, engineering where structure moves, and the city process managed.

Fixed pricing

An itemised quote before demolition, with a contingency named out loud.

Sequencing

Trades booked in the order the build actually needs them.

Build & inspect

Structure, envelope, services and finishes, signed off stage by stage.

Handover

Deficiency list cleared, warranties collected, keys back to you.

How it runs

How the work runs.

Walkthrough and brief

We see the space, hear what you want and tell you honestly what is realistic for the budget you have in mind.

Design and selections

Drawings, materials and finishes agreed and priced before demolition — not chosen under pressure halfway through.

Permits and schedule

Permits submitted and followed through, trades booked in the order the build actually needs them.

Build, clean

Dust barriers, floor protection and a swept site every night, because you are usually still living in the house.

Walkthrough and warranty

We walk it with you, fix the list, and hand over the warranty paperwork. Your sign-off is what ends the job.

Live in it or move out

The honest answer is that it depends on the mechanical.

Most people want to stay in the house, and on a phased renovation you often can. What decides it is not dust or noise — it is how long the house will be without heat, water or a working bathroom. If the furnace, the main stack or the panel is being replaced, there will be days where the house is genuinely uninhabitable, and no amount of phasing changes that.

We map those days at quoting rather than discovering them mid-build, so you can book somewhere to stay for a known week instead of finding out on a Tuesday that the water is off until Friday.

  • The shutdown days named in the schedule, not discovered later
  • Work phased so one bathroom and a kitchen stay usable as long as possible
  • Dust barriers, floor protection and a swept site every night
  • One project manager who knows where every trade is this week

Common questions

Questions we get asked most.

Anything not covered here, just ask on the call.

How long does a full-home renovation take?

Four to eight months on site for most homes, and longer where structure moves or an addition is involved. The variable is rarely the trades — it is permits, engineering and the lead time on windows and cabinetry, which is why we order those before demolition.

Can we stay in the house?

Often, with phasing. The exception is the stretch where heating, water or the electrical panel is being replaced. We identify those days in the schedule up front so you can plan around a known week rather than an unpleasant surprise.

How do you keep the price from moving?

Selections are locked and priced before demolition, a contingency for concealed conditions is named in the quote, and every change is priced and approved in writing before anyone starts it. Those three things are what stop a renovation drifting.

Do you handle design as well as the build?

Yes. We bring in the designer and, where structure moves, the engineer, as part of one contract — so the drawings are made by people who know what they will cost to build, and you are not the one relaying messages between them and us.

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Renovating the whole house?

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