Renovation, without the theatre
Old houses,
done properly.
Whole-house renovation, joinery and extensions for period homes — shown honestly, with the budget, the mess and the before photographs included.
16
Years renovating
74
Houses
02
Joiners, employed
100%
Staged budgets
The work
Four kinds of careful.
Every project is priced in stages, so you can stop, breathe and decide before the next one starts.
Structure, services and finishes brought up to a standard the house will hold for another fifty years.
- Structural opening and repair
- Rewiring and replumbing
- Insulation and draught proofing
Framlingham farmhouse — kitchen, after eighteen weeks
Renovation · Suffolk · 2024
Materials
Honest, and local where possible.
The four finishes that come up most often, and where we source them.
Breathable, repairable, and the only finish that behaves properly on a solid wall.
Ask about a materialLime plaster
Suffolk
Suffolk · North Essex2024How we work
The budget is part of the design.
We publish the cost of each stage before it begins, and we do not discover a problem and then discover a price. Old houses surprise everyone; they should not surprise your bank.
- 01Fixed-price stages, agreed in writing
- 02Two employed joiners, no subcontract chains
- 03Dust control and daily clean-down
- 04Before, during and after photographs on every job
The detail
Suffolk · North Essex — built to be looked at closely.
The build — film
Framlingham farmhouse · Suffolk · 2024
- 01
Strip out
Plaster down, floors up, and every surprise found in the first week, not the ninth.
- 02
First fix
Rewire, replumb and insulation before a single board goes back on.
- 03
Plaster & joinery
Lime plaster to the walls, oak cabinetry set out by the joiners who built it.
- 04
Finish
Paint mixed to the room, worktops, handles — and a kitchen that finally smells of dinner.
In their words
“A renovation is mostly decisions. Our job is to make sure you only have to make each one once.”
Founder, Hearth & Frame
Build sheet
How it was made.
Every build is hand-written, not templated: a bespoke layout system, custom motion, and content authored for the business it belongs to.
Recent houses
Where we have been.
The workshop
Two joiners, one workshop, and a rule about photographs: we show the before. If a builder will not show you the before, ask why.
2009
Founded
02
Employed joiners
74
Houses
18
Week average
Questions
Ask us the awkward one first.
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