Full House Refurbishment
Ealing earned the name Queen of the Suburbs for a reason: big Victorian and Edwardian villas, wide streets and a great deal of surviving period detail. We refurbish them properly — restoring what is worth keeping, replacing what is not.
What It Is
Refurbishing in Ealing is largely a period-property job. W5 and W13 are full of substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas and semis, many with their original cornicing, ceiling roses, panelled doors, fireplaces and encaustic tiled paths still in place. Those houses reward careful work and punish rushed work. A lot of what we do here is undoing an unsympathetic refurbishment from the eighties or nineties — putting back proportions, mouldings and joinery that were stripped out, while quietly modernising everything behind the plaster.
Behind that plaster the job is the same as anywhere: a full rewire, a replumb, a new heating system, damp and ventilation handled properly on solid walls, and insulation brought up to a standard nobody expected in 1900. The most common structural change in Ealing is the side-return extension — filling in the narrow alley beside the rear return to create a wide kitchen-dining space — often combined with a loft conversion, since these roofs have the height to take one.
Ealing also has a lot of conservation area coverage, so planning is a real part of the conversation rather than an afterthought. We establish what is and is not permitted before quoting, so the scheme we price is the scheme you can actually build.
The Full Scope
A full project can cover as much or as little of the house as you need. Here's how the work usually breaks down.
How It Works
We visit, look over the whole property and talk through what you want to achieve, your priorities and your budget — no charge and no obligation.
We pull the scheme together and send a clear written quote, a scope of works and a realistic timeline, so you know exactly what you're getting before anything starts.
We clear the space and get the bones right — structural work, rewiring and pipework — the parts that are hard and costly to change once walls are closed up.
Plastering, the kitchen and bathrooms, flooring, doors and joinery all go in, and the house starts to look like a home again.
Painting, decorating and all the final detailing that pulls the whole project together into one consistent finish.
We go through the work with you, sort any snags, hand over a spotless home — and back it with our 12-month guarantee.
Budgeting
Every refurbishment is priced individually after a survey — there's no honest one-size-fits-all figure, because no two homes (or wish-lists) are the same. These are the main things that move the budget:
Worth Knowing
None of these need to slow you down — we'll guide you through all of them — but it helps to have them on your radar.
Some changes need permission; many fall under permitted development. We'll tell you early which applies to you.
Structural, electrical and plumbing work must meet building regs — we handle compliance and the sign-off.
If you share a wall with neighbours, a party wall agreement may be needed before structural work begins.
Decide early whether you'll move out — for a full refurb it often speeds the job up and keeps costs down.
Good refurbishments take time. A little buffer beats rushing the finish on the home you'll live in for years.
Older homes spring surprises. Setting aside roughly 10% keeps things stress-free if something unexpected turns up.
Where We Work
We refurbish period and modern homes right across Ealing and the surrounding W postcodes, including:
Good to Know
Yes — W5 and W13 and the surrounding area, including West Ealing, Ealing Common, Pitshanger, Northfields, Hanwell, Acton and South Ealing.
That is a large part of what we do in Ealing. Cornicing, ceiling roses, panelled doors, architraves, fireplaces and tiled paths can usually be repaired, matched or reinstated. We will tell you which original elements are genuinely salvageable and which are beyond it, rather than defaulting to replacement because it is quicker.
Ealing has extensive conservation area coverage, and within it permitted development rights are restricted — windows, roofs, front elevations, boundary walls and sometimes rear extensions need consent. We check the designation and any Article 4 direction before we price anything, and coordinate applications with Ealing Council.
Yes, and in Ealing it is the single most requested structural change. Filling in the side return turns a narrow galley kitchen into a proper wide kitchen-dining room. Doing it within the refurb means the structural work, the new services and the finishes are all sequenced together.
Very often possible — these roofs generally have the head height. Combining it with the refurbishment saves a second scaffold and a second round of disruption, and lets us plan the wiring, heating and stair position once rather than twice.
All work carries our 12-month workmanship guarantee and we are fully insured throughout. Payments on larger projects are staged against agreed milestones, set out in writing before we begin.
Get in touch with the address and an idea of what you want to achieve. We will arrange a free survey in Ealing and come back with a clear, itemised written quote.
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Tell us about the property and get a free, no-obligation quote for your full house refurbishment in Ealing — from a team that sees it through from the first survey to the final sign-off.