SPINNAKERS - THE BRIEF & THE PROJECT

In summary, the Client's Brief consisted of the entire renovation and refurbishment involving modernisation and reconfuguration with light-painted wall colours, floor tiling throughout including balconies, new kitchen and 3 new bathrooms. Providing curtain and blind solutions for all windows, supplying appropriate anti-glare glass for Velux windows, renewing staircase spindles, door furniture, removing artex to ceilings, updating light switch fittings, updating radiators and providing a solution for lighting.

Structural Engineers were commissioned to calculate load-bearings and DecCardy Interior Design were commissioned to identify suitable tradespeople, source materials, create design and colour scheme visualisations and provide design solutions according to Brief.

Structural Engineers reported that the property would not carry the weight of tiling throughout and created drawings identifying load-bearing walls for the builders. DecCardy Interior Design contacted approximately 30 tradespeople to obtain suitable quotations and collated this information to report back to the Client in order to be able to assess final budget and timescales.

The project involved applying to Building-Control and ensuring the finished design met with current regulations, particularly with reference to fire and safety.

DecCardy Interior Design specified "Karndean" flooring - tile-effect without the weight, recessed lighting, underfloor heating and provided the Client with various visualisations of the finished designs. Quotes were then fine-tuned from the various tradepeople and building companies and DecCardy Design & Build -

were commissioned to undertake the building and renovation works. Refreshingly, a new Company, DecCardy Design & Build has cherry-picked a team of contractors with many years experience in the relevant trades. The team carry a wealth of experience in numerous renovation and refurbishment projects. The project was on brief, on budget and was completed on Thursday 18th November 2010 - Nearly 1-month ahead of schedule.

Walls have been constructed to ensure bearings are underpinned, walls have been removed to enlarge 2-small rooms in to one and to open the kitchen up in to the sitting room with its fantastic views over Poole Bay. Floorboards have been ripped-out, recessed lighting installed, underfloor heating incorporated and boards have been replaced with both tongue and groove MDF and ply in order for the "Karndean" to be laid.

A different underfloor heating system was utilised on the screed-ground-floor, now covered with self-levelling compound. Doors have been altered to take in new floor heights and refitted with new furniture, new skirting has been put in, the artexed-ceilings have all been plasterboarded and plastered ready for painting and new "Forbes & Lomax" switches have been fitted throughout.

The (clickable) images opposite are representative of the processes undertaken in date order, from initial site-visits to date which will be updated shortly.

REMAINING IMAGES TO BE UPLOADED SOON!!

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