One owner-led team, one point of contact, one fixed programme. From strip-out to snag list — plastering, joinery, electrics, plumbing, tiling and decoration coordinated so you're never chasing anyone.
A plain-English overview of what the DAB team delivers, who it's for and when it matters. No marketing filler.
A full renovation is the coordinated refurbishment of an existing house — internal reconfiguration, re-wiring, re-plumbing, re-plastering, kitchen and bathroom re-fits, new flooring and joinery, and full decoration — delivered as one programme rather than a series of separate trades.
Buyers of a tired property planning a full refurb before moving in, owners updating a family home after fifteen or twenty years of wear, landlords repositioning a rental to a higher spec, and investors turning a period conversion into a modern let.
When individual trades keep clashing, budgets keep drifting and the finish never quite ties together — renovation-as-one-project buys back the coordination that separate quotes lose.
The biggest cost in a bad renovation isn't materials — it's rework. A tiler on the wrong day, a first-fix electrician missed before the plasterer, a wall opened up without an RSJ calculation, a kitchen delivered before the floor's laid. Coordination is the trade you're really buying. That's what an owner-led main contractor delivers.
The specific ways this job goes bad when it's ignored, DIY'd, or handed to the cheapest quote in the WhatsApp group.
Separately-quoted trades hand each other 'not my problem' items — chases to fill, patches to make good, tiles to cut round a badly-placed socket. Every one is an extra day and an extra invoice.
DIY-managed renovations often skip Building Control notifications for structural, electrical and heating work. It surfaces at sale, and the delay costs sellers thousands.
Different plasterers on different rooms, different tilers on different bathrooms, different painters on different weeks. The house reads like a patchwork — because it is.
Uncoordinated renovations drag. A properly programmed refurb finishes in weeks or a handful of months, not open-ended chaos.
The exact system our team runs on every job — from your first message to the certificate in your handover pack.
We walk the property with you, understand the brief and the budget, and identify structural, drainage, electrical and heating implications before quoting. Where design input is needed, our architect and structural engineer join at this stage.
Within 2–3 days you receive an itemised quote and an outline programme showing trade sequencing, key milestones and a realistic completion window. Deposit and stage payments agreed in writing.
Site set up, skip on the drive, protection down. Existing kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and failing plaster stripped. Structural openings formed, first-fix electrics, plumbing, heating and drainage completed to Building Regs where notifiable.
Plastering, joinery second-fix, tiling, kitchen and bathroom installation, flooring, decoration and final electrics coordinated in the correct order. Building Control sign-offs booked as we hit each stage.
We walk the property with you and produce a joint snag list. Every item is closed out before final invoice. Certificates (Building Regs, electrical, gas) handed over in a folder for your records.
What you actually get when you hire us for this job — measurable, provable, and reflected in every one of our verified reviews.
Dave (or the site manager on larger jobs) is the single number you call. No trade round-robin, no finger-pointing.
First-fix before plaster, plaster before floor, floor before kitchen, kitchen before decoration. It's obvious — until you leave it to chance.
Building Regs, Part P electrical certificates and Gas Safe records issued as we go, handed to you at completion.
The number and the finish date you agree at signing are the ones you get, save for genuine variations you approve in writing.
You're not dealing with a phone bank. You're dealing with the family that owns the business — 15 years, 5.0 rated on Yell, £10M insured.
Same plasterers, same painters, same tilers, same standard from front door to rear extension.
The specification-level answers the internet usually skips.
Load-bearing wall removals with steel or timber goalposts, opening-up between kitchen and dining, chimney breast removal with gallows brackets or steel support, and structural surveys where the property's history is unknown. All calculations run through our structural engineer and Building Control.
Full re-wires to 18th Edition standards with Part P notification, boiler upgrades and re-piping (Gas Safe registered), drainage relocation for new bathrooms and kitchens, underfloor heating manifolds, and MVHR ducting where specified.
Every room re-boarded or re-skimmed to a paint-ready finish — the same standard across every wall, no patchwork. Feature walls in polished plaster where specified. Coving preserved or replaced to match era.
Kitchens supplied-and-fitted or fit-only from your chosen supplier (see Kitchens service). Bathrooms tiled floor-to-ceiling with wet-zone tanking (see Bathrooms). Bespoke joinery — media walls, alcove cabinetry, panelling, understair storage — built in-house or by our trusted joiner.
Domestic renovations are our core work — priced by the house and delivered in one continuous programme. Commercial refurbs (offices, salons, small units) are also welcome; we work outside trading hours where needed and can phase the works to keep you operating.
The questions we're asked at almost every survey. Not on the list? Call 07834 974462 — the DAB team is happy to talk it through.
A three-bed terrace typically runs 10–16 weeks depending on structural work and kitchen/bathroom lead times. A four-bed detached or a period property with structural changes usually runs 4–6 months. We give a firm programme with the quote.
In Surrey, budget renovations start around £900/m² and mid-range refurbs sit £1,200–£1,800/m² inclusive of kitchen, bathrooms and finishes. High-spec refurbs go higher. Every job is priced individually on a fixed written quote.
For single-room refurbs, yes. For full renovations, most clients move out (or move upstairs while we do downstairs) — it's faster, safer and cheaper than working around a live household.
Yes. We handle Building Control liaison, structural calculations through our engineer, Part P electrical and Gas Safe certification directly. Certificates are handed over at completion.
Bank transfer, staged. A deposit at signing, further stage payments against agreed milestones (first-fix complete, plaster complete, second-fix complete, snag complete). Nothing paid ahead of work done.
Any change of scope is priced and signed off in writing before the extra work happens — so you're never surprised by a variation on the final bill.
Yes — daily sweep, skip managed, dust-barriers maintained, and a final professional clean before handover included in the price.
Renovations across Staines, Egham, Ashford, Chertsey, Sunbury, Weybridge, Windsor, Feltham and Kingston upon Thames as standard. Further afield for larger, longer projects — ask us.
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Free on-site survey. Fixed written quote in 2–3 working days. No pressure, no hidden costs, no unknown extras. The DAB team replies personally.
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