A whole house renovation joins structural work, services, plastering and finishes into one programme. In Stevenage the housing that comes up for it has a particular history, and parts of the town sit inside conservation areas with their own management plans. We run the work with one point of contact and coordinate building control where the job is notifiable.
The town was built in one concentrated push
Stevenage was designated as England's first New Town in 1946, its planning and growth were overseen by a Development Corporation from 1946 until 1980, and the first new homes were built in 1951.
Stevenage Borough Council states that its council housing stock has fallen from 32,000 homes to fewer than 8,000 since Right to Buy began in the 1980s. Homes that changed hands that way can carry covenants and earlier alterations, and both are checked at survey before a renovation is priced.
Seven conservation areas, each with its own management plan
Stevenage has seven conservation areas, each with an adopted Conservation Area Management Plan SPD: Broadwater, Old Town High Street, Orchard Road, Shephall Green, St Nicholas and Rectory Lane, Symonds Green and Town Square.
Those plans set what is expected of external work. The Broadwater plan states that artificial wall claddings and coatings would be considered inappropriate on any elevation, and that walls and stone detailing which have traditionally not been painted should remain undecorated. Render, cladding and external insulation therefore need checking against the relevant plan before they are specified.
Some roofs here resist conversion
The Broadwater Conservation Area Management Plan records that many properties in that area have monopitch and flat roofs, which it describes as difficult to convert.
If the loft forms part of your renovation, the roof shape decides whether that is a conversion, a dormer or a rebuild, and the answer changes both the structural design and the budget. It is worth settling at the outset rather than halfway through the programme.
Council homes are being upgraded under a funded programme
Stevenage Borough Council has upgraded 209 council homes in Wave 1 and 237 in Wave 2 of its Warm Homes Social Housing Fund programme, with a further 379 homes in Wave 3.
That work is the council's own, for its own tenants. On a privately owned house, insulation, glazing and heating upgrades sit inside the renovation programme, and the order matters: fabric first, then services, then finishes.
- Cornice, skirting and period feature restoration
- Sash window overhaul, draught proofing and secondary glazing
- Complete property refurbishments and whole-house renovations
- Full and partial rewiring, certified under Part P
- Snagging list agreed and worked through before handover
Trusted Home Renovation in Stevenage
Stevenage is 14.2 miles from our base in Potters Bar and sits inside the area we cover as a matter of course, so a renovation here runs as a normal programme rather than a special trip. Founder Abdelaaziz Saaid has over 30 years of hands on experience, and you deal with one point of contact from survey to handover. Building control applications and inspections are coordinated where the work needs them. The company is fully insured, registered in England under company number 14611254, and rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder. Quotations are free and without obligation.
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Honest updates if a date or a detail has to move
- Building control applications and inspections coordinated for you
- One itemised quote covering structure, services and finishes
- Room by room handover so you can move back in stages
- Kitchen and bathroom selections planned early to hold the programme