Kitchens, lofts and extensions for Bristol houses

We were without a kitchen for five weeks, a week less than planned. Marek’s team swept and hoovered every evening, which mattered with a toddler in the house. The extractor is louder than we expected, but that was our choice of unit.

Tom took all fourteen sashes to the workshop in two batches, and we had boards up for three nights at a time. The windows open with one finger now. Renovel aren’t cheap, and they were clear about that from the start.

Renovel warned us at the first meeting that Wessex Water could hold things up, and it did, by about a month. Because they’d told us early, it didn’t wreck our plans. Siobhan handled the build-over and the party wall without us chasing.

Four weeks, as quoted. The tiler had to redo one section of the shower wall where a grout line drifted, which they spotted before we did. We’d have liked more warning about the day the water was off.

Clear quote, every line explained. Finished on the date in the contract.

We rented around the corner for eight months and Leila sent a cost report every fortnight. We added a heat pump halfway through, and the price she gave us for it was the price we paid.