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What it covers
Stripping out, structural alterations, rewiring and replumbing, kitchen and bathrooms, plastering throughout, joinery, flooring and decorating.
OUR SERVICES
House refurbishments in Oldham and Greater Manchester
Bring a tired property up to date, with each stage of the work clearly planned.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
What a full refurbishment involves
Bring a tired property up to date, with each stage of the work clearly planned.
Why in one go
The trades follow each other in an order. Room by room means paying for that order several times. A rewire is cheaper with the floors up.
Why quotes differ
By how much of the unknown is priced. Older houses hide notched joists and walls not carrying what they look like. A quote that ignores that is unfinished, not cheaper.
IN THE QUOTE
What is in the quote
Strip out and disposal, priced as its own item- Structural work, where walls are coming out or openings being formed
- First fix electrics and plumbing through the whole property
- Plastering throughout, including making new work meet old
- Kitchen and bathroom installation
- Joinery, flooring, decoration and the making good that ties it together
- A written statement of what has been allowed for where something cannot be seen yet
It runs for months and stops looking like progress around the middle. A written programme and one person to ring are what make it go well.
HOW WE DO IT
How a house refurbishment job actually goes
Four steps, start to finish, so you know what happens and when.
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Tell us what the house needs
Whole house or a floor at a time. Photos of each room are genuinely useful here, and so is saying what you are not touching.
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A walk round, room by room
What is sound, what is tired and what is actually a problem. Older houses turn up things behind the plaster, so the visit is about finding those before the quote rather than during the job.
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A written quote in a sensible order
Priced room by room and stage by stage, so you can see what moving something out of the job would save and decide with the numbers in front of you.
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Done in one run rather than a room a year
The dirty work first, plastering, then second fix and decoration, so you are not living through the same mess twice.
THREE WAYS TO START
Talk to us about your house refurbishment
Whichever is easiest. You get the same answer from all three.
Or send it in a minute
Three boxes and a photo if you have one.
PAST WORK
Recent house refurbishments
Photographs of his own work.
Call us for your house refurbishment quote
A written quote, itemised, with no obligation.
USEFUL TO KNOW
Refurbishment questions
Can we live in the house while it is done?
On a full refurbishment, usually not comfortably, and on some of them not at all. If there is a stage where you have to be out it is much better to know at the quote than in week three. Where a phased approach makes that easier it is worth discussing, accepting it costs more overall.
What happens when something unexpected is found?
You get told, with what it means and what it costs, before it is done. That is the whole answer, and it is the thing that separates a job people are happy with from a job people tell stories about. A variation that appears on a final invoice without a conversation is not acceptable on any job.
Do you handle damp?
Making good after damp has been dealt with, yes. Diagnosing the cause of damp is a different discipline with its own qualifications and that is not held here, so no damp survey and no diagnosis is offered. Where a property has damp the sensible order is to have it properly investigated first, because plastering over it is money spent twice.
Is it cheaper to refurbish or to extend?
Different questions. Refurbishment makes what you have work; an extension gives you more of it. Plenty of houses need the first and not the second, and being told that is worth more than being sold the bigger job.
Often booked alongside
Kitchen refitsGET A PRICE
Tell us about your job
Three boxes and a photo if you have one. We price it in writing, with no obligation.
Where we work from
Based in Oldham, covering Greater Manchester.
07542 569 403
office@akjohnbuilders.co.uk
Oldham, Greater Manchester