Home Improvement Services in Nottingham

Nottingham sits on soft sandstone, and it shows up in the housing. Cellars are common in the Victorian terraces across Sneinton, Radford and Hyson Green, and a good number are cut into rock rather than lined — so they move moisture into the floor above and change what flooring is sensible at ground level. Laminate over an unventilated rock cellar is a short-lived floor.

The rental belt around Lenton, Dunkirk, Beeston and parts of Sherwood is one of the largest in the country, and the work it generates is turnaround work: redecoration between tenancies, damage repairs and flooring chosen for durability over appearance. Deadlines there are set by tenancy dates rather than preference, which is the single most useful thing to tell us early.

West Bridgford, Wollaton and Mapperley Park are largely Edwardian and interwar, with bay windows, original panelled doors and proportions worth working with rather than against. Decorating those houses is mostly a preparation job — a century of paint on woodwork generally needs taking back rather than another coat adding to it.

Red brick dominates rather than stone, which makes exterior work more predictable than in Calderdale. The catch is that older Nottingham brick is often soft and porous, so hard modern pointing and sealing coatings trap moisture and spall the face off the brick. On the older stock, like-for-like lime-based repair is usually the right answer.