Renovation and Building Services in Colchester
House renovations and refurbs, home and kitchen extensions, kitchen and bathroom renovations, and building work large and small, for homes and businesses in Colchester and the surrounding area.
Renovations in Colchester
- House renovations
- Extensions
- Kitchens
- Bathrooms
- Refurbs
- Building work
Builders for every part of a renovation
Property renovations in Colchester rarely fit neatly into one trade. A new kitchen can mean a wall coming out; an extension needs groundworks, a roof and a finished interior; a refurb runs from plastering to flooring to decorating. I FIX Property Maintenance is a building business first, so the structural work and the finishing are done by the same people, and you have one builder to deal with.
Each section below explains what the work involves and what is worth thinking about before you start. If your project is not listed, or you are not sure what it needs, call 07947 222057 or send the form and describe it. Quotes are free.
House renovations in Colchester
A house renovation usually starts with a home that works against you: a kitchen cut off from the rest of the house, a bathroom that has not been touched in years, small rooms where one big one would do. We take the whole job on, from stripping out to the last coat of paint.
Because we are builders first, the structural side is part of the job rather than something to subcontract. Internal walls can come out with steelwork put in to carry the load, door openings can move, and the kitchen, bathroom, plastering, flooring and joinery follow on with the same people.
What a renovation can include
- Stripping out and making good
- Internal walls removed, with steel beams where needed
- New kitchens and bathrooms
- Plastering, skimming and new floors
- Doors, partition walls and carpentry
- Decorating, inside and out
Worth thinking about first
House refurbs
Not every house needs walls knocking down. A refurb is about bringing what is already there back up to standard: repairs to walls, ceilings and floors, fresh plaster, new flooring, worn fittings replaced and the whole place decorated.
It is often the job that comes before a sale or a new tenancy, or after a house has stood empty for a while. Landlords use us to turn properties round between tenants, and homeowners to make rooms that have gone tired feel new again.
Refurbishment work we do
- Repairs to walls, ceilings and floors
- Plastering and skimming
- New flooring: laminate, vinyl, wood and tiles
- Worn fixtures and fittings replaced
- Painting and decorating
- Deep cleaning when the work is done
Common reasons to refurbish
Home extensions
Moving house to get more space is expensive and disruptive. An extension adds the room you need to the house you already like, whether that is a bigger kitchen, an extra bedroom, a utility room or a home office.
Every extension starts with a visit to look at the space, take measurements and talk through what you want inside and out. From there we handle the build itself: groundworks and footings, walls, roof, doors and windows, then plastering, flooring and finishing, with the building checked over at the end.
Extension work we take on
- Groundworks, footings and slabs
- Single-storey extensions
- Garage conversions
- Garden rooms and outbuildings
- Flat and pitched roofs, with rooflights
- French and patio door openings
What the extra space can become
Kitchen extensions
The kitchen is the room most people want more of. A kitchen extension pushes out at the back or side of the house and opens it up into the new space, so cooking, eating and sitting can happen in one bright room that looks out over the garden.
It is two jobs in one, and we do both: the building work, with a steel beam where the old back wall comes out, and the new kitchen fitted in the finished space, with the plumbing moved to suit the new layout.
A kitchen extension can include
- The extension, from footings to roof
- The back wall opened up, with a steel beam
- French or patio doors to the garden
- Rooflights to bring light into the middle of the room
- Plumbing moved to suit the new layout
- The new kitchen fitted, tiled and floored
Good to know
Kitchen renovations
When a kitchen has had its day, the doors are dropping and the worktops are worn, a new one changes the whole house. Modern and sleek or traditional and homely, we strip out the old one and fit the new one with care over every detail.
We can help plan the layout as well as fit it. If the kitchen would work better with a wall gone or a doorway moved, that building work is done first, so the new kitchen goes into a room that suits it.
Kitchen work we do
- The old kitchen stripped out
- Units and worktops fitted
- Appliances fitted
- Wall tiling and splashbacks
- New flooring
- Walls moved or removed for a better layout
Before you choose a kitchen
Bathroom renovations
A bathroom that has not been touched in years is one of the most common jobs we see, in family homes and in rental properties alike. What people want varies: a bath put back where there is only a shower, or a big walk-in shower in place of a bath nobody uses.
We strip the old room back, sort out what is behind the tiles, and fit the new bathroom, shower room or wet room: tiling, flooring, the suite, the vanity unit and the finishing touches. The flooring can carry on through the hall so the two rooms match.
Bathroom work we do
- The old suite stripped out
- Baths, showers and shower enclosures
- Wet rooms
- Wall and floor tiling
- Vanity units, basins and toilets
- Flooring carried through to the hall
Things to decide early
Local builders in Colchester
Not every job is a renovation. A garden wall that has started to lean, a crack running through the brickwork, a window that should be a door, or a solid base for a new garden room all need a builder, and they are the kind of jobs we are happy to take on.
We have been in the building trade for over 25 years, since leaving school, so the work covers a lot of ground: brickwork and repointing, structural repairs, lintels, wall ties, concrete bases and slabs, flat roofs, patios, paths and fencing.
Building work we do
- Brickwork, garden walls and repointing
- Crack stitching and structural repairs
- Window and door lintels replaced
- Wall tie replacement
- Concrete bases and slabs
- Flat roofs, patios, paths and fencing
Jobs people often call about
Building contractors
Some projects are bigger than a single room: a new barn and workshop, a property turned into an HMO, an office or shop fitted out for a new tenant, or a house put back together after a fire or a flood. We take those on as the building contractor, for homeowners, landlords and businesses.
Each one starts with a visit to look at the property, measure up and talk through the materials and finish you want. Older and listed buildings get the care they need, with traditional materials such as lime plaster where the building calls for it.
Projects we take on
- New builds, barns and workshops
- Barn conversions
- HMO conversions
- Shop and office fit-outs and renovations
- Listed and older buildings
- Fire and flood renovation
Who we work for
Ask for a free renovation quote
Tell us what you have in mind and where the property is, and Graham will get back to you to arrange a visit and a free quote.
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- Covering Colchester and the surrounding area