How the job runs in Ware
Ten to sixteen working days for a typical SG12 kitchen. Strip-out and protection first, then first fix, then walls made good and levelled, then cabinets, worktop template, tiling, appliances and snagging. We work consecutive days rather than dipping in and out, and you get the day-by-day programme before we start so the family can plan around it.
Riverside cottages and the old maltings
Along the Lea between Ware and Stanstead Abbotts there are converted maltings and cottages with solid floors, thick walls and low-level damp. We check for rising damp before boarding or fitting tall units against an outside wall, because sealing a kitchen carcass tight against a wet wall traps the moisture rather than curing it. Where damp is present we say so and price the remedial work separately rather than fitting over it.
The 1930s semis on Musley Hill and Kingshill
The interwar semis nearly all have a small kitchen, a larder and a back lobby. Absorbing the larder into the kitchen run gets you a full-height larder unit and a proper work triangle without touching the structure, and it is by a distance the best value change in these houses — typically £7,400 to £9,800 with a laminate top.
Hard water: the SG12 problem
Ware sits in one of the hardest water areas in the country. It scales boilers, blocks aerators, kills tap cartridges and permanently marks an unsealed stone top. We fit brassware with replaceable cartridges, seal quartz and granite on install and again after the first month, and quote a scale reducer or softener on the incoming main as an optional line. On a Ware kitchen it is genuinely worth the money.
One team, one accountable name
Plumbing, electrics, carpentry, tiling, plastering and decorating are in-house. Gabriel has been on the tools since 2001, prices the work himself and is on site, which is why the quote and the invoice match.
