Conversions - General jobs in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

Creation of kitchen/diner

  • Location: Welwyn
  • Hired: s,e builders&property maintenance
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

Remove non load bearing wall (surveying already done). Remove built in wall cupboards from dining area and dispose. Take off 2 layers of existing tiles in kitchen and replaster walls. Take up existing floor tiles and dispose. Re tile entire kitchen diner and utility area. Pull down existing artex ceilings to enable rewiring of new lights (separate job) and dispose. Set new plasterboard ceilings and fit new coving. Install new skirting boards in kitchen diner, utility room and hallway. Plumb in new tall radiator to diner area. Decoration - ad hoc plastering, emulsion painting all around new area.

Kitchen fitting already being done by kitchen company.

Knock 2 rooms together and finish

  • Location: Welwyn Garden City
  • Hired: Custom build and maintenance
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

We would like to knock 2 rooms together. The 2 rooms are within a single downstairs extension which was split into 2 by the previous owners - currently a bathroom and dining room. The extension is at the back of the property where there is a driveway for easy access.

Work required:
- 2 walls (we believe are non load bearing) will need to be removed - the walls are approximately 170cm and 190 cm long
- tiles in bathroom removed and wall replastered
- Removal of bathroom fittings (electric shower, toilet & sink)
- Floor levelled across opened up room, ready for carpet laying
- Removal of 1 radiator on wall to be removed
- Fitting of door to new room - There is currently an archway to the kitchen where we would like to place double doors
- Replacement of window in bathroom to clear glass

Garage conversion

  • Location: Hatfield
  • Hired: UPGRADE PROPERTY SERVICES
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

I am looking for a garage that was previously converted to an office to be converted into a smaller office and kitchen area laid on vinyl . A stud wall , and plumbing needs to be put in . Electrics already exist .

Garage conversion

  • Location: Broxbourne
  • Hired: UPGRADE PROPERTY SERVICES
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

We want to get rid of our old automatic double garage door system and replace it with a single garage door on one side and a normal exterior door and brick wall on the other.
Depending on whether affordable, we would also like to convert the interior of the garage into a single garage on one side and a utility area on the other (no plumbing required).
We would be grateful for a viewing and quote for the work. We are able to provide the dimensions of the garage on request, as we had plans drawn up for a bigger job last year which didn’t go ahead due to cost.

Stud Wall to divide room with Doorway

  • Location: Bishop's Stortford
  • Hired: Roc builders
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

1. supply and install 4x2 stud wall including door lining/architrave
2. supply fibreglass and plasterboard to new wall (will be adjoining new bathroom)
3. install door (supplied) and ironmongery (supplied)

Wall length is approx 3.5 - height 2.5

Concrete slab floor in large conservatory

  • Location: Hoddesdon
  • Hired: UPGRADE PROPERTY SERVICES
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

I need a concrete floor to be laid.
The floor is inside a large conseratory and the existing floor is sloped and paved. There is a 12" difference between the highest point and the lowest point. I need this floor to be leveled in order to lay down granite tiles on it
The area is 30 m sq. It will need 4" of concrete with reinforcing wire mesh and approximately 6" of hardcore/rubble below the concrete to build it up.

kitchen extractor and air vents

  • Location: Potters Bar
  • Hired: UPGRADE PROPERTY SERVICES
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

Job A: Re-install the current kitchen extractor with an external air vent. Currently there is an extractor installed in the kitchen but it is not connected to an external air vent.

Job B : The flat appears to have a condensation issue, so I would like to install an air vent in the living room and bedroom.

Additional Information
The property Type is a first floor maisonette

I would welcome quotes from tradesman that have done this type of job before and are familiar with solving condensation issues.

Please could I ask you to respond with a quote and some indication of availability?

Kind Regards,

Garage Conversion

  • Location: Buckhurst Hill
  • Hired: Mykola Laguta
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

Convert existing garage into half utility room / half study. size is roughly 5,000mm x 2,650mm already a door from kitchen to the utility part, will need to knock new door from hallway to study. remove existing garage door, brick up and add windows Insulate walls, raise floor, lower ceiling, add power points and lighting. add dividing wall between both areas.

utility room will probably require units to be fitted.

* Added 6th April, 2011 :
work will needed to be started soon as possible.

Fit downstairs cloakroom

  • Location: Bishop's Stortford
  • Hired: Databuild
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

Strip out existing suite and radiator
Replace existing surface mount pipework by burying in walls/floor/boxing
Plaster ceiling & walls
Fit new radiator and suite

Tandem garage conversion

  • Location: Potters Bar
  • Hired: ajc carpentry ltd
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

I have a tandem garage measuring approx. 31 feet long by 8.5 feet wide.
I am looking to partition it in half and use the rear of the garage as a fitness room.
I am looking for a quote to provide a stud wall partition with a door and provide a plaster board/skimmed finish and laminate flooring onto what seems a failry level concrete floor.
The rear of the garage has two wooden doors facing onto the garden which I would want to replace with upvc french doors.

This room will still be seperate from the main house but am looking for a competitive price that meets any/all building regs.

Get in touch if you are interested and thanks for reading.
Biagio

loft room

  • Location: Enfield
  • Hired: ECL Construction & Architectural Design Ltd
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

not a full loft conversion - a study in loft turing it into a loft room- windows to be fitted in roof - wooden flooring - storage space /cupboards at side - wiring / electrics itc

Garage convertion

  • Location: Buckhurst Hill
  • Hired: Buildleader
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

It is an integral garage, leading to back room/extention. At some stage, when house was extended, garage was slimmed down by making half of it as part of back room. I want to move the wall back to where it was originally, convert the remaining garage into a proper room, thus making it one long room.

1. Remove partition wall between garage and back room and move it to the original location.

2. Bring the existing garage floor in level with the converted/extended part.

3. Remove the garage door, build a base wall and put a double glazing window in place.

4. Plaster and skim walls, before painting.

5. Build a casing around the utility meters and consumer box on the wall.

6. Renew the ceiling.

7. Paint entire room and make good.

Above is a rough sketch of the job. A site visit is a must to fully discuss the project.

Kitchen renovation

  • Location: Enfield
  • Hired: primeexpert
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

Remove existing floor tiles (25sqm), wall tiles (10sqm). Selflevel screed & waterproof membrane applied (25sqm). Render wall 8 (sqm), ceiling (25sqm). Build & render plywood casing (3sqm). 1no. 20 amp spur socket, 3 nos 13amp new spur, 2nos dlb 13amp. 8 new ceiling light points. Move plumbing location.
Start end of Nov/Dec.

Covert Garage Window to Door.

  • Location: Winchmore Hill
  • Hired: Urbanworks
  • Trade: Conversions - General
Job Description

1930s garage attached to house. Has rear window that we'd like converted into a door.

Have freeholders written authority and council authority to proceed without planning authority so long as door complies to following - (a) not wider than window opening and (b) if any structural lintel replacement is required it must be like for like.

Can e-mail photographs prior to making quote, if required.

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