Recent projects
Every job below was built by Gabriel Stano and his team in Hertfordshire or Essex. Each one lists what it cost, how long it took and what we found once the walls came off — including the parts that went wrong.
Case studies
Costs are what the customer actually paid for our labour and materials, not a marketing "from" price. Where they supplied their own units, tiles or appliances, we say so.
Chimney breast removed on paper, media wall built in its place: recessed 65in TV, 1.5m electric fire, book-matched porcelain and hidden cable runs to a cupboard.
£2,400 · 5 days · March 2026
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Dated 1990s suite out, marble-effect porcelain in: reconfigured layout, walk-in shower, concealed cistern, underfloor heating and a rebuilt joist run we found rotten on day two.
£6,800 · 12 days · February 2026
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Wall between kitchen and dining room removed under building control, services re-run, sage shaker units fitted with quartz tops and a 900mm range.
£9,400 · 3 weeks · January 2026
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Step-free shower for a customer whose mobility had changed: recessed former, linear drain, full tanking, discreet grab rails and a slip-rated floor tile.
£5,200 · 9 days · December 2025
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4.8 x 3.2m garden office built to stay warm in February: insulated raft, 140mm walls, armoured supply on its own consumer unit, cedar cladding, kept inside permitted development.
£14,500 · 4 weeks · September 2025
Read the case study →Want to see something specific — a wet room, a knock-through, a rendered extension? Ask and we will send photographs of the last three we did, along with what each one cost.
Free quote
Send a couple of photographs and a postcode and you will get a realistic figure, not a guess. Gabriel prices the work himself after a free site visit — no salesman, no finance pitch, no pressure.
Prefer to talk? Call 07578 797937 or WhatsApp — photos get you a faster answer than any form.
