The London & Home Counties Renovation Survival Guide

The London & Home Counties Renovation Survival Guide

The London & Home Counties Renovation Survival Guide

Avoid budget-breaking mistakes and the trades that cause them.

Avoid budget-breaking mistakes and the trades that cause them.

Avoid budget-breaking mistakes and the trades that cause them.

This guide is for you if you're:

Starting to plan a kitchen or bathroom renovation
Starting to plan a kitchen or bathroom renovation
Trying to work out a realistic budget
Trying to work out a realistic budget
Weighing up whether to manage the trades yourself
Weighing up whether to manage the trades yourself

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The guide covers the decisions. Here are the results they lead to.
The guide covers the decisions. Here are the results they lead to.

How to Avoid the 9 Most Common Renovation Disasters

How to Avoid the 9 Most Common Renovation Disasters

Why the cheapest quote costs the most 

The question that proves you have a budget

Fixed price vs. cost-plus

How one late trade becomes three lost weeks

The renovation triangle: fast, good, cheap

Why scope creep adds 20–30% to your budget

The right order to run a kitchen – or pay twice

The move-back-in mistake

The hidden costs that never reach the first quote 

The Team Behind The Guide

A beautiful renovation starts with good design. It survives because someone is leading it.

That's what we do. We manage your project from start to finish – coordinating suppliers, every team member, vetted trades, and keeping you updated from the first conversation to the final walkthrough. 

You hand over the brief. We take on the rest, and the complexity that comes with it.

Delivering beautiful spaces, with a process you trust.

Mike Rudland, Project Director

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House of Fitters are London's kitchen and bathroom renovation specialists. From design through to installation, we coordinate every trade required for your project – transparent pricing, vetted trades, and guaranteed timelines from start to finish.

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