About · Bishop's Stortford CM23 · Hertfordshire & Essex
RenovationPlanltd is a real, local, one-name-on-the-job building company. Not a lead-generation website, not a call centre passing your details to three strangers. Gabriel Stano answers the phone, walks your site, writes the quote and works on the job himself — as he has done since 2001.
Company history
The short version: Gabriel learned every trade the slow way — on site, under people who did not tolerate a wonky tile course — and then put them all under one company so customers stopped having to project-manage five different tradesmen.
Gabriel starts out as an apprentice on domestic plumbing and bathroom strip-outs, learning first-fix pipework, waste runs and how to set out a room before anything gets boarded.
Moves into wall and floor tiling and wet plastering. Tiling becomes the trade he is recommended for most: everything laser set out, no cut tile hidden behind a door.
Adds first and second-fix carpentry — stud walls, staircases, doors, skirting and alcove joinery — after years of waiting on other trades to turn up and finish rooms he had prepared.
Starts delivering complete kitchen and bathroom refits solo: strip-out, plumbing, electrics coordination, boarding, tiling, fitting and final silicone. One crew, one programme, one price.
The business is formalised as a UK-registered limited company based in Bishop's Stortford CM23, trading on the same 16 years of hands-on work that came before it.
Scope grows to rear and side extensions, knock-throughs, roof lanterns, screeded floors and complete house and garden refurbishments across Hertfordshire and Essex.
Book-matched marble and porcelain media walls, hidden cabling, LED niches and fitted wardrobes become a specialism in their own right across Hertfordshire and Essex.
Every review across Checkatrade and MyBuilder is five stars, collected on those third-party platforms rather than typed onto this website. Gabriel is still on site every day.
Owner
Gabriel Stano founded RenovationPlanltd and still does the work. He is a plumber, tiler, plasterer, woodworker, carpenter and installer — trades that most companies subcontract out to six different people, and the reason a RenovationPlanltd job does not stall for a week waiting on somebody else's diary.
He is based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire (CM23), works across Herts and Essex daily, speaks English and Slovak, and prices work himself after a free site visit rather than sending a salesman. If you call 07578 797937, Gabriel is who picks up.
Recommended most often for tiling and bathrooms, but the bulk of the year is full kitchen fitting, bathroom refits, extensions and whole-house work.
At a glance
| Name | Gabriel Stano |
| Role | Founder & lead tradesman |
| On the tools since | 2001 (25+ years) |
| Based | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 |
| Trades | 31 in-house including plumbing, tiling, plastering, carpentry, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, decorating, landscaping, brickwork and roofing |
| Languages | English, Slovak |
| Contact | 07578 797937 · renovationplan.ltd@gmail.com |
| Reviews | Checkatrade 10/10 · MyBuilder 5/5 |
Trades & certifications
Gabriel holds hands-on competence across the trades below, built up and certificated over 25 years of site work.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Carried out in-house by Gabriel rather than subcontracted, so one person is accountable for the finish.
Twenty-five years of trade certificates, cards and training records are no longer to hand — plumbing, tiling, plastering, carpentry and installation qualifications gathered since 2001.
Rather than pretend otherwise: where a job legally requires a current scheme registration or certificate, it is re-issued, re-sat or brought in from a registered specialist before that part of the work starts — notifiable electrical and gas work included. Nothing gets signed off on a certificate that does not exist.
What has not been lost is 48 independent five-star reviews, a decade of photographed projects on Instagram, and customers across Herts and Essex who will take a phone call about their job.
Insurance
Insurance is arranged per project and to the level the work actually requires — the way independent contractors properly do it.
Held for every quoted job: kitchens, bathrooms, extensions, media walls, tiling, plumbing, plastering and landscaping. Certificate provided on request before work starts, and always before first fix.
Structural work, extensions and anything involving scaffold or building control carries the specific cover that project needs, arranged before the start date. Low-risk finishing work — laying a carpet, hanging a door — does not need an extension bolted onto the policy, and we do not pretend it does.
There is no gap: cover is in force for the duration of every job on site. Between jobs there is nothing to insure, which is how per-project cover works for independent tradesmen.
Ask for the certificate at quote stage — call 07578 797937 or WhatsApp — and it comes back the same day. Anyone who will not send you one is not worth booking.
Areas served
Core working radius is roughly 30 miles of CM23. Outside that, Gabriel will travel nationally, and internationally, for the right project — full renovations, specialist tiling and media wall installations included.
Local pages with pricing and recent work: kitchen fitters in Harlow, bathroom fitters in Harlow, builders in Bishop's Stortford, media walls in Hertfordshire, tiler in Bishop's Stortford and garden rooms in Essex.
Tools & equipment
Twenty-five years of buying the right tool instead of borrowing the wrong one. It is the difference between a job that runs and a job that waits.
Every wall, tile course and worktop is set out from a laser line, not a spirit level and a guess. It is why tiling is the trade Gabriel is recommended for most.
Vacuums that separate dust, paint and plaster residue at source, so cutting and sanding happen inside the house without coating it.
Large-format porcelain and marble slabs cut cleanly on site, including mitres for media walls and shower returns.
Mitre saws, track saws, planers, routers and jigs for staircases, wardrobes, alcove joinery and architrave.
Press-fit tooling, pipe freezers, pressure testing and leak detection before anything gets boarded or tiled.
Mixers, pumps and levelling gear so LVT, tile and engineered wood go down on a flat, sound subfloor.
Used on survey to find cold spots, leaks and damp before a fixed quote is written.
Racked out with a bench, extraction, power, materials and every trade's tools on board — Gabriel arrives able to finish, not to go shopping.
Suppliers & merchants
Trade accounts and long-standing relationships with national and local merchants around CM23. It means trade pricing passed on, next-day availability, and someone who takes the call when a delivery is wrong.
| Supplier | What we source there |
|---|---|
| Howdens | Kitchen units, worktops and internal doors — trade account, local depots in Bishop's Stortford and Harlow. |
| Wickes | Timber, insulation, sanitaryware and site consumables for quick same-day pick-ups. |
| B&Q | Fixings, paint and finishing materials when a job needs topping up on a Sunday. |
| Tile Giant | Porcelain, marble-effect and large-format tiles, adhesives, tanking kits and trims. |
| Screwfix | Fixings, power tool spares, consumables and next-morning click-and-collect. |
| Selco | Builders' merchant supply — plasterboard, cement, aggregates, timber and sheet materials. |
| Ridgeons | Structural timber, roofing materials and joinery supply for extensions and garden rooms. |
| Travis Perkins | Bulk building materials, aggregates and delivered loads for extension and refurb projects. |
| Jewson | General building supply and landscaping materials for patios, sleeper beds and retaining walls. |
| Topps Tiles | Specialist tile ranges, setting-out accessories and levelling systems. |
| City Plumbing | Boilers, radiators, valves, copper and pipework for full re-plumbs. |
| Plumbase | Sanitaryware, brassware, shower systems and underfloor heating components. |
| Toolstation | Consumables, PPE, abrasives and second-fix ironmongery. |
| Wren Kitchens | Fit-only installations for customers who have bought their kitchen direct. |
| Bishop's Stortford Building Supplies | Local independent merchant for sand, cement and next-hour deliveries into CM23. |
Supply-and-fit at trade prices, or fit-only if you have already bought your kitchen, tiles or sanitaryware elsewhere — we will happily fit somebody else's units, we just will not pretend they are ours.
What we do
FAQs
Gabriel Stano — founder, lead tradesman and the person who answers the phone. On site since 2001 as a plumber, tiler, plasterer, carpenter and installer, and on every job the company takes on.
Based in Bishop's Stortford CM23, working roughly within 30 miles across Hertfordshire and Essex — including Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Harlow, Stansted, Hertford, Ware, Epping, Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Chelmsford, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt. For larger projects Gabriel will travel nationally or internationally.
Yes — £5m public liability in place for every priced job, arranged per project and per trade as the work requires. Certificates provided on request before work starts.
Howdens, Wickes, B&Q, Tile Giant, Screwfix, Selco, Ridgeons, Travis Perkins, Jewson, Topps Tiles, City Plumbing, Plumbase and Toolstation, plus local independent merchants around CM23 — or we fit materials you have bought yourself.
Where a job requires current registration or certification, it is re-issued or brought in from a registered specialist before that work starts — and the work itself is evidenced by 48 verified five-star reviews.
Call or WhatsApp Gabriel on 07578 797937, or email renovationplan.ltd@gmail.com. Photos and rough measurements speed things up; site visits are free with no obligation.
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