As Featured in Build It Magazine: Our expert advice on renovating a Victorian house

Victorian house renovation is one of the projects we’re asked about most. With beautiful bay windows, high ceilings and original detailing that most homeowners want to keep, these houses also bring the sort of hidden problems that only show up once you start opening up walls and floors. So when Build It magazine asked us to answer reader questions on renovating a Victorian property, we were happy to oblige.

A House with a Courtyard, FMB award-winning Victorian Kitchen Extension in a Southwark conservation area.

We spoke to Build It about the questions we hear most often from clients at the start of a Victorian house renovation: where the costs tend to hide, how to deal with damp properly, whether these houses can ever be made truly energy efficient, and why a survey should always come before a design brief.

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You can read the full set of answers in Build It magazine here: Victorian House Renovations – How to Extend & Upgrade an Old Victorian House

Thinking about renovating a Victorian house of your own?

If you’re weighing up a project like this, we’re happy to talk through what we’d look for in your property before any design work starts.

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