A whole house renovation is a sequence before it is a set of trades: strip out, structure, first fix, plaster, second fix, finishes. Get the order wrong and the same work gets done twice. We hold that sequence, appoint a structural engineer where the work needs one, and coordinate the building control applications and inspections. This page sets out what a renovation in Aylesbury has to account for.
The Old Town is dense with listed buildings
The National Heritage List for England records 149 listed building entries within 500 metres of the Church of St Mary in Aylesbury. Of those entries, one is Grade I, the church itself, and eleven are Grade II*. A renovation in the Old Town can therefore sit beside, or attached to, a listed building even where your own house is not listed.
The adopted conservation area appraisal notes that the Church is one of the few buildings in Aylesbury constructed of stone. We are a contractor rather than a heritage consultant. Where listed building consent is in question we say so plainly, and the application goes in before the work starts rather than alongside it.
The conservation area was assembled in stages, and the dates explain the paperwork
The Aylesbury Conservation Area was first designated on 10 March 1969. Walton was designated in July 1988 and is now Character Area 09 within the Aylesbury Conservation Area. The Wendover Road villas were designated on 3 March 2004 and are now Character Area 10.
Those designations now sit inside one area rather than standing as three separate ones, which is worth knowing if you are reading older documents about a property. The date a part of the town was brought in does not change what the current appraisal asks of you. It does explain why guidance written years apart reads differently.
The Old Town sits on a limestone outcrop, and that shaped the brick
Buckinghamshire Council's adopted appraisal states that the historic centre of Aylesbury sits atop a limestone outcrop, raised above lower lying surrounding mudstone. The ground beneath the historic core is therefore not the ground beneath the estates around it, and a renovation that opens up floors or foundations meets whichever it is standing on.
The same appraisal states that mudstone with a high clay content was used locally to produce bricks, tiles and ceramics, and that this resulted in a predominance of red brick and clay plaintiles in Aylesbury's historic building stock. On a renovation that makes matching brick and matching plaintile real questions rather than details. We raise them at survey rather than at second fix.
Radon potential is not uniform across Aylesbury
The BGS Indicative Atlas of Radon covers Aylesbury in 1 km grid squares. The square covering Aylesbury Old Town and the town centre falls in a band where the maximum radon potential is 3 to 5 per cent of homes above the action level. The square covering Walton Court and Hawkslade in south Aylesbury is in a band where the maximum radon potential is 10 to 30 per cent.
The grid squares covering Bedgrove, Berryfields, Quarrendon and Kingsbrook are all in the lowest band, where less than 1 per cent of homes are above the action level. Where a renovation takes up ground floors or forms a new slab, radon protection is a building control matter and it is settled at design stage. We put that to the council with the application rather than leaving it to be raised at inspection.
- Structural alterations and load-bearing wall removal
- Cornice, skirting and period feature restoration
- Project management from first survey to final handover
- External rendering, repointing and masonry repair
- Bespoke joinery, wardrobes and fitted storage
Trusted Home Renovation in Aylesbury
Aylesbury is 27.9 miles from our base in Potters Bar, so we programme a renovation here as a continuous block of work rather than fitting it around shorter local calls. That suits a whole house job, where the value lies in one team holding the sequence from strip out to handover. Founder Abdelaaziz Saaid has over 30 years of hands on experience, and you deal with one point of contact throughout. We appoint the structural engineer where the work needs one and coordinate the building control applications and inspections. The company is fully insured, registered in England under company number 14611254, and rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder.
- Itemised pricing, so you can see what every stage costs
- A whole-house programme sequenced so no trade doubles back
- One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre
- Kitchen and bathroom selections planned early to hold the programme
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell
- Free follow-up visit after completion if anything needs attention