Renovation · Winchester
Home renovations in Winchester
Taking a tired house back to something you would want to move into, room by room or all at once.
Home renovations in Winchester
What the job usually looks like here.
Renovating in Winchester means working on buildings that will outlast all of us, and that changes the approach. On a period property lime plaster and lime mortar are not a nice-to-have — sealing an old solid wall behind modern gypsum and waterproof paint traps moisture and does real damage. Where a property is listed, internal work needs consent too, not just the outside. We would rather have that conversation before you have bought the tiles.
A Winchester renovation on a period property is a conservation job as much as a building one, and the materials decide whether it lasts. Lime plaster on solid walls, breathable paint, and no cement render on an elevation that was never designed for it. We have taken modern gypsum off Winchester walls and found brickwork behind it that has been quietly rotting for fifteen years. Done properly the house dries out and stays dry.
What we cover
- Full house and single room renovation
- Rewiring and replumbing with certificated trades
- New kitchens and bathrooms
- Damp treatment and re-plastering
- Flooring, joinery and decoration
- Windows, doors and insulation upgrades
Covering
Winchester (SO22 and SO23) and Kings Worthy, Littleton, Twyford, Compton, Badger Farm, Weeke.
30 minutes down the A34 and M3.
More on building in Winchester
The housing stock, the council, the postcodes we cover and the villages around Winchester.
Home renovations in Winchester — get a price.
Ring us or send a few lines about the job and we will come out and look at it. 30 minutes down the A34 and M3.
Do I need consent to renovate inside a listed building in Winchester?
Yes, for anything that affects its character — and that includes internal work such as removing a wall, replacing a staircase or changing original joinery. It is a common and expensive misunderstanding that listing only covers the outside. We check the listing and handle the application before anything is touched.
Can we use modern materials in a Winchester period house?
In the right places, yes. But not gypsum plaster and impermeable paint on a solid wall, and not cement render on an elevation built to breathe. Those trap moisture and cause real damage over a few winters. We use lime where the building needs lime and modern materials where they do no harm.
Get in touch
Home renovations in Winchester.
Tell us what you are planning and we will come out, look at the property and put a written quote together with the costs set out.
Tell us about the job
Six quick fields. We answer every enquiry ourselves.