Full-house renovations for period properties and tired housing stock across Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Rewires, replumbs, replastering, kitchens, bathrooms and decoration — one contract, one accountable team.
A full refurbishment has a hundred different trades, dependencies and sequencing decisions. Do them in the wrong order — skim before second-fix, floor before radiators, tiling before the plumber signs off — and the programme unravels. This is where contractors who are used to running small jobs quietly come unstuck.
We\'ve refurbished Victorian terraces in Stockport, Edwardian semis in Bolton and 1930s detached houses in Alderley Edge. The programme management is the same: every trade sequenced, a weekly progress meeting with the client, and no surprises on the final invoice.
From the first survey through to handover. Structure, M&E, plaster, joinery, kitchens, bathrooms and decoration — all under one contract and one programme.
Full condition survey — damp, electrics, heating, roof, drains — so surprises stay off the final invoice.
Existing kitchens, bathrooms, heating, wiring and flooring stripped back to plaster or brick.
New consumer unit, circuits, sockets, lighting and hard-wired smoke alarms — NICEIC-certified.
Mains upgrades, new central heating system, boiler, radiators, unvented cylinders.
Rising damp treatment, structural opening-up where needed, lintels over openings added or replaced.
Full replaster of rooms back to paint-ready finish, with lime plasters specified for older solid-wall properties.
New or restored skirtings, architraves, staircases, internal doors — sympathetically profiled for period homes.
Full kitchen and bathroom refits as part of the package — same team, same standard.
A 1920s detached family home, back to brick and plaster. Full rewire, replumb, new gas central heating, structural opening-up between kitchen and dining, bespoke kitchen, three new bathrooms, restored original parquet and full redecoration. 24 weeks on site, handed over on the agreed date.
View full projectA single accountable team, start to finish. No handoffs, no subcontractor blame-games, no surprises.
We visit your property and discuss your vision, requirements, and budget.
Our team prepares designs and handles planning and building regulations.
You receive a detailed, transparent quote with no hidden costs.
Our trusted team delivers your project to the highest standard, on time and on budget.
Final inspection, snagging, and handover. Your project, fully certified.
The questions we get asked most often when quoting a full-house renovation.
Usually full rewire, full replumb, central heating replacement, replastering most rooms, new kitchen and bathrooms, new flooring, full redecoration, and often some structural reconfiguration. Clients commissioning a refurbishment are typically just-moved-in, or coming back to a long-empty family home.
For a three- or four-bedroom house in Cheshire, a full strip-back and refit typically runs £120,000–£260,000+ depending on size, specification and how much structural work is involved. We'll itemise the quote so the headline figure doesn't hide anything.
A full refurbishment of a family home is typically 18–32 weeks on site. We don't usually recommend living in the house during this — the disruption of a rewire, replumb and replaster across every room at once is hard on a family.
Yes — we regularly refurbish Victorian terraces, Edwardian semis and 1930s detached homes across Cheshire. For listed properties we coordinate with the local conservation officer and specify lime plasters, matching mouldings and appropriate materials throughout.
We sympathetically restore what can be restored — plaster cornices, ceiling roses, skirting profiles, original floorboards — and sympathetically replicate what can't. A refurbishment shouldn't strip a period house of its character.
Yes — in-house space-planning and finishes, or we'll work alongside an interior designer or architect you've already appointed. Refurbishment is as much an interior decision as a construction one.
CDB have knowledge and experience they use wisely to achieve great outcomes. They are competent, experienced, knowledgeable, friendly, trustworthy, communicative, considerate, and hardworking.
Book a free site visit. We'll walk the house, talk through your priorities and come back with a staged approach and a transparent budget.