A whole-house refurbishment touches every trade you can name — structure, heating, power, plumbing, joinery, finishes. We hold all of it under one team, so there is one programme, one point of contact and nobody to blame but us.
Every house is different, but a whole-house project usually runs through most of this list. We scope it properly before we price it, so the number you get is the number you pay.
Most refurbishment problems are not build problems. They are coordination problems — the electrician who first-fixed before the joiner set out, the plumber who ran a pipe through a joist the structural engineer needed intact, the boiler commissioned three weeks after the plasterer wanted the heating on.
Alico runs heat, electric and build as one team rather than three subcontractors with three programmes. Services are set out together before first fix, the structural sequence drives the trades rather than following them, and the person who priced the job is the person on site.
It is a quieter way to build. It also means when something is discovered behind a wall — and on a period property something always is — there is one team on site to re-sequence around it rather than four diaries to reconcile.
A refurbishment that isn't certified isn't finished. These are the approvals a whole-house project typically needs, and who signs each one off.
We don't publish a price per square metre, because the honest answer is that two houses on the same street can differ by a factor of three. What we can tell you is what moves the number.
We walk the property with you, take levels and photographs, and establish what you actually want from the finished house before anyone talks about price.
A written, itemised quote against a defined scope — not a headline figure. Where a cost genuinely can't be fixed yet, it's flagged as a provisional sum rather than buried.
Structural calculations, Building Control application, party wall notices and any planning or listed building consent, coordinated before mobilisation.
Enabling works, temporary support, structural alterations and fabric repairs. The messiest phase and the one that governs everything after it.
Heating, electrical and plumbing routes set out together, then installed. Inspected before anything is closed up.
Plaster, joinery, kitchens, bathrooms, decoration and flooring, in the sequence that protects the finishes already installed.
Systems commissioned, certificates issued, snagging closed out, and a walkthrough of how the house now works.
For a typical London house, allow 12–24 weeks on site once work starts, and add lead time before that for design, structural calculations, Building Control and any party wall awards. Structural work, listed building consent or a difficult access position will extend it. We give you a realistic programme with the quote rather than an optimistic one.
Sometimes, on a phased project where we can isolate a floor and keep a working kitchen and bathroom. For a whole-house refurbishment involving a rewire and heating replacement it is usually neither comfortable nor faster, and we'll say so. We'd rather tell you before you commit than halfway through.
Both. If you already have an architect we'll price and build to their information and coordinate with them through the job. If you don't, we work with structural engineers and designers we trust and can bring them in — you're not obliged to appoint a design team before you talk to us.
On a period property, you generally will — a failed lintel, buried services, previous work that was never certified. We tell you as soon as we find it, price the remedy against the original scope, and get your agreement before proceeding. Nothing goes on the final account that you haven't seen coming.
Yes. We make the Building Regulations application, book the staged inspections, and issue the gas, electrical and structural certificates at handover. You end the project with the paperwork you'll need when you come to sell.
What it costs, what consent you need, and what to check before taking a quote.
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