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Home Renovation in Westbury
Renovating a Westbury house means deciding what to open up, what to leave and in what order the trades go. One person coordinates it from start to finish.
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Home renovation in Westbury covers a wide spread of houses. There are Victorian terraces with solid walls and chimney breasts, interwar semis with bay windows, post-war estate houses with original services, and newer builds with plasterboard and tight finishes. Each needs a different approach, and the first job is always working out what is actually there.
A renovation with us can include strip-out, plastering and skimming, plasterboard and partitions, plumbing, electrics, tiling, flooring, joinery and decorating, with one person responsible for how it all fits together. Doing it one room at a time keeps the rest of the house liveable, and you only ever have one person to ask when something needs deciding or has turned up behind a wall.
Damp, condensation and old services are the usual surprises. We look at the cause, such as gutters, pointing, ground levels and ventilation, before decorating over anything. Send photos of the rooms, a rough list of what you want done and any concerns on WhatsApp, and we will give you a free, no-obligation quote.
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How we approach home renovation
A 31-second look at the way we work, from our base in Frome to homes in Westbury and the villages around it.
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- One person, many trades
- Plastering to painting
- Planned once, done in order
Homes in Westbury
Home Renovation in Westbury: what we look out for
- 1950s–70s estate homes
- Estate houses in Westbury are straightforward to plan, because the layouts are standard, but the plumbing and wiring behind them are often original. A refurbishment is the moment to renew them while walls are open. If you have a textured ceiling from that era, leave it alone until it has been checked, because some older coatings contained asbestos. We can explain how to arrange that.
- Victorian & Edwardian terraces
- Damp tops the list of worries in old terraces. We start outside, looking at gutters, downpipes, pointing and the level of the ground against the wall, before blaming the wall itself. Inside, chimney breasts and sagging lath-and-plaster ceilings are common, and we assess walls and ceilings before deciding what to strip. Cleaning up and drying a wall properly comes before any new plaster or paint.
- Modern & new-build homes
- Newer Westbury homes are plasterboard on stud with basic finishes, so the typical jobs are new partitions, replacing builder-grade kitchens and bathrooms, and dealing with condensation in well-sealed rooms where ventilation is poor. Extractors, trickle vents and airflow matter. If the house is still within any cover from the builder, check what changes could affect it before you start.
- 1920s–30s semis & detached homes
- Cavity walls, bay windows and small original kitchens and bathrooms are typical of 1930s semis around Westbury. Cold spots and condensation around bays and chimney breasts often show up as mould in corners. These houses suit a room-by-room refurbishment, and we plan the sequence so there is always a working kitchen or bathroom while another is being torn out.
Planning in Westbury
What to plan for with home renovation in Westbury
Strip out and find the surprises
Old finishes hide things: patched plaster, cables running where they should not, pipes in the wrong place. Strip-out is where those show up, so leave room in the plan for a few decisions. We flag each one with a photo and agree what to do before going on. That is easier when one person is on site and answers to you.
Dust, access and living in the house
Plastering, sanding and stripping make dust, and a terrace with one staircase has nowhere to hide it. We sheet doorways, protect floors and clear as we go. Access matters too: narrow stairs, parking near the house and the route for skips and deliveries. If you are staying put, say so, and we will plan the rooms so you keep a bed, a kettle and a working toilet.
Order of trades, room by room
First fix plumbing and electrics, then plasterboard and plastering, then second fix, tiling and flooring, then joinery and paint. Reversing that order costs time. Plaster needs to dry before painting, and floors go in late. Because one person runs each stage, there is no waiting for another trade to turn up. Tell us your priorities and we will propose the sequence.
Our work
Home Renovation: photos from real jobs
What customers say
Real reviews from real homeowners
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Getting started
Getting a home renovation quote in Westbury
- 1Message us on WhatsApp with photos, rough measurements and what you would like done.
- 2We ask anything else we need and give you a free, no-obligation quote. Larger jobs usually need a visit first.
- 3You agree the plan and we book you in. One person, one point of contact, start to finish.
- Our base in Frome
- Main areas
- Local villages
- Also covering
- Areas we cover →
- Frome
- Beckington
- Rode
- Westbury
- Warminster
- Radstock
- Trowbridge
- Bradford on Avon
- Great Elm
- Berkley
- Lullington
- Buckland Dinham
- Whatley
- Nunney
- Chapmanslade
- Mells
- Trudoxhill
- Corsley
- Cloford
- Dilton Marsh
- Witham Friary
- Norton St Philip
- Wanstrow
- Southwick
- North Bradley
- Freshford
- Bratton
- Hilperton
- Midsomer Norton
- Shepton Mallet
- Bath
- Melksham
- Wells
- Keynsham
- Corsham
- Devizes
- Chippenham
- Bristol
Questions
Home Renovation in Westbury: FAQs
Can you renovate one room at a time while we live here?
Yes, and that suits many Westbury houses. We work out which room goes first, keep a working kitchen or bathroom, and sheet doorways against dust. It makes the job a little longer than doing everything at once, but you stay put. Tell us who lives in the house and whether anyone works from home.
Is the damp in my terrace rising damp?
Not always. Gutters, downpipes, pointing, high ground levels and poor ventilation are common causes, and condensation is often mistaken for damp. We check outside first and look at the pattern on the wall. Repainting over damp only hides it, so it is worth finding the cause before any plastering. Send photos of the wall and the outside beneath it.
Do you handle plastering and decorating as well as the other trades?
Yes. Plastering and skimming, plasterboard, partitions and painting are part of the work, alongside plumbing, electrics, tiling, flooring and joinery. One person covering them means fewer hand-overs. If the job involves moving structural walls, the right approval is needed first, and we will tell you what to check with Building Control.
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The quickest route to an accurate price is a WhatsApp message with photos. The more you can tell us, the more precise we can be.
- A few photosThe room as it is now, from the corners, plus anything awkward like pipes, windows or radiators.
- Rough measurementsWall lengths are plenty to start with. We will confirm exact sizes before ordering anything.
- What you wantWhat stays, what goes, any products you have already chosen, and when you would like it done.