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A full renovation is the biggest thing we do, and Islington's Victorian terraces are among the best houses to do it to. Basement to loft, we strip the place back, rethink it and rebuild it, so you end up with a home that's sound underneath, well finished on top and set up around how you actually live.
Most whole house jobs here involve some structural work. Taking out internal walls for an open plan ground floor, adding a side return, converting the loft into a bedroom suite, digging out the basement for extra room downstairs. Alongside that goes a full rewire, replumb and new heating, which brings the guts of the house up to modern standards.
The terraces along Liverpool Road, Canonbury Square and through Barnsbury are a joy to work on. Good proportions, high ceilings, original features you can build a whole scheme around. Where there's cornicing, architraves, shutters or fireplaces, we restore them, copy them where they're missing, or bring them gently up to date.
We run the lot, from the first design sketches through planning, party wall agreements and building control, right down to snagging and handover. One project manager stays across every trade, every delivery and every quality check, so you always know the finished house will be right.
Islington's Victorian terraces make ideal candidates for a whole house renovation. A lot of them have been chopped about over the years, so you get muddled layouts, tired services and period detail that's been half lost. Doing the lot in one go fixes all of that at once and gives you a coherent, modern home inside a handsome old shell.
Property values here being what they are, a renovation done well usually adds a good deal more than it costs. So it stacks up financially as well as being a much nicer place to live.
“SOM did our whole Canonbury terrace, basement to loft, over about seven months. Side return extension, loft converted, the entire house rewired and replumbed, and every bit of Victorian detail brought back. We couldn't be happier with it.”
Mark & Sophie B.
Canonbury, Islington
Three simple steps to your new full home renovation in Islington.
We survey the property from top to bottom, go through every room with you, and put together a phased plan that fits your budget.
You get a room by room quote covering all the trades, the materials and a realistic timeline with clear milestones.
Our multi trade team works through the job phase by phase, from first fix to finishing, with regular updates and quality checks along the way.
A full renovation of a typical Islington terrace runs 5 to 9 months on site, depending on how much structural work is involved and how high the spec is. Add 2 to 4 months of planning and design before anyone starts on site.
For a full renovation we'd usually say no, given the amount of structural, electrical and plumbing work going on. Most of our Islington clients move out for the duration, and we can point you to local letting agents who handle short term lets.
Yes. We manage every trade ourselves, structural engineers, electricians, plumbers, plasterers, joiners, decorators and specialist restorers. You deal with one project manager and we coordinate the rest on site.
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