Eight selected projects across Pontcanna, Cardiff Bay, Roath, Cathays, Lisvane, Splott, Canton and Penarth — with real budgets and real timelines.
A young family wanted to open the rear of their Victorian terrace into one calm, sociable space without losing the period character.
Outcome — We took down the dividing wall with a flush steel, fitted hand-painted shaker units with marble worktops, and laid new engineered oak throughout. Light now reaches the front of the house for the first time in a century.
Convert an awkward box room and dated ensuite into a hotel-quality suite for a couple working from home.
Outcome — Travertine porcelain, brushed brass fittings, generous walk-in shower and a wall of bespoke wardrobes in stained ash. Quiet, warm and dignified.
Add a third bedroom with ensuite to a two-up two-down without compromising the existing first floor.
Outcome — Rear dormer, two Velux roof windows and a slim oak staircase. Insulation upgraded throughout. Permitted development handled in-house.
Bring a tired three-bed terrace back to life for clients relocating from London.
Outcome — New everything, sympathetically detailed. Restored cornices and skirtings preserved alongside contemporary kitchen and bathrooms.
Replace tired engineered boards with proper solid oak throughout the ground floor and add living-room joinery.
Outcome — Wide-board French oak, hand-finished with hardwax oil, paired with bespoke alcove cabinetry in deep green.
Replace a failing 1930s roof with matching natural slate and bring the rainwater goods up to standard.
Outcome — Welsh slate re-roof, new lead flashings, anthracite aluminium gutters. Twenty-year workmanship guarantee.
Create a 28 m² open kitchen-diner that opens to the garden and floods the back of the house with light.
Outcome — Steel-frame rear extension, anthracite aluminium bifolds, exposed brick chimney breast and a new bespoke kitchen built around it.
Make a first-time-buyer's house feel cared for, safe and ready to live in for the next decade.
Outcome — Replumbed bathroom, new consumer unit, full re-skim and decoration. Delivered on programme and on budget.