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Read the noteKitchens · bathrooms · whole homes
Rooms rebuilt around the way you live.
One project lead takes your renovation from the first measured visit to the final walk-through, with a fixed quote before any work starts.
- 480+Rooms renovated
- 11 wkAverage kitchen
- 10 yrWorkmanship guarantee
Example figures — set these in the site settings.
Free design visit
Usually booked within 10 days. Example lead time.
Fitted with care, supplied by
- Cabinet Partner A
- Stone Worktops Co.
- Tile Studio B
- Registered Installer Scheme
- Sanitaryware Partner
- Timber Floors C
15years renovating homesExample
About Tessel & Beam
A small firm that stays with your project.
We started as two joiners fitting kitchens and grew into a design-and-build team that handles the whole job: drawings, trades, materials and the clean-up.
You meet the person who will run your project on the first visit, and they are the one who hands you the keys back.
- 480+homes renovated
- 11average weeks per kitchen
- 3trades in-house
Example figures — set these in the site settings.
Founder’s nameFounder and lead designer
Kitchens, bathrooms and the whole house.
Pick a room to see how we approach it. Every project starts with a measured visit and a fixed written quote.
Kitchen remodels
New layouts, cabinets, worktops and lighting, planned around how you cook.
Kitchen refresh
New fronts, worktops and taps on the layout you already have.
Bathroom remodels
Showers, baths, tiling and storage, fully waterproofed and finished.
Accessible bathrooms
Level-access wet rooms and safer bathrooms that still look like home.
Whole-home renovation
Walls opened, rooms rearranged, wiring and plumbing renewed in one programme.
Lofts and basements
New rooms in the space you already own, from drawings to decoration.
Kitchen remodels
New layouts, cabinets, worktops and lighting, planned around how you cook.
Kitchen refresh
New fronts, worktops and taps on the layout you already have.
Bathroom remodels
Showers, baths, tiling and storage, fully waterproofed and finished.
Accessible bathrooms
Level-access wet rooms and safer bathrooms that still look like home.
Whole-home renovation
Walls opened, rooms rearranged, wiring and plumbing renewed in one programme.
Lofts and basements
New rooms in the space you already own, from drawings to decoration.
Why homeowners choose us
Four promises we put in writing.
Renovation is disruptive. These are the things we commit to before the first wall comes down.
One fixed quote
A written price before work starts; changes are agreed in writing first.
One project lead
The same person from the first visit to the final walk-through.
A clean home every evening
Dust sheets, sealed doorways and a swept site at the end of each day.
A written guarantee
Workmanship covered for a set period after handover.
Example commitments — set the guarantee period and wording in the site settings.
How a project runs
From measured visit to handover.
Four stages, each ending with something you can hold: a survey, a price, an update, a signed-off list.
- Stage 1
Visit and measure
We look at the rooms, listen to how you use them and measure everything.
You receive: a measured survey
- Stage 2
Design and fixed quote
Drawings, finishes and a written price, revised until it is right.
You receive: drawings and a fixed price
- Stage 3
Build
Trades booked in order, the site kept clean, the project lead on site every week.
You receive: a weekly update
- Stage 4
Handover
A walk-through together, snags fixed, guarantee papers handed over.
You receive: a signed-off snag list
Recent projects
Rooms we have finished lately.
Every project here started with the same measured visit.
BeforeAfterFamily kitchen
New layout and island
12 weeksExample
Galley kitchen
Handleless cabinets and quartz
8 weeksExample
Primary bathroom
Double vanity and walk-in shower
6 weeksExample
Shower room
Patterned floor, new drainage
4 weeksExample
Open-plan ground floor
Wall removed, new steel
16 weeksExample
Loft bedroom
Conversion with en suite
14 weeksExample
Questions
Before you start.
The things people ask on the first visit, answered plainly.
Still unsure?
Ask a project leadPlanning questions
Two to three months before you want work to start is typical, and design takes a few weeks of that (example timing).
We prepare the drawings and tell you on the first visit if any permission or notice is likely to be needed.
Yes. We price and build from their drawings and keep them in the weekly update.
Budget and quote questions
Yes, for the agreed scope. Any change is priced and agreed with you in writing before it happens.
Payment stages are set out in your contract (configurable in the site settings).
The quote lists exclusions line by line, such as appliances you buy yourself.
Living through the work
Usually. We seal off the work areas and plan a temporary kitchen or bathroom where one is needed.
Some days are loud; we say which in the weekly update, and we clean up every evening.
Our own joiners and fitters, plus named, insured trades you meet before they start.
Guarantee questions
Our workmanship for a set period after handover (example; the period is set in the site settings).
Manufacturers' warranties pass to you with the paperwork at handover.
Call your project lead. We come back and put it right.
Lead times, payment stages and guarantee periods are example figures — set these in the site settings.
Start with a visit
Tell us the room. We will measure it and send you a fixed price.
Prefer to talk? Call the office on your phone number.
What happens in week one of a bathroom renovation
Strip-out, first fix and what you will see each day.
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Book a design visit
Let's look at your rooms together.
Tell us a little about the project and we will call to arrange a visit.
- Your phone number
- Your email address
- Your opening hours
You will meet the person who runs your project on the very first visit.