A luxury renovation company in London. Full house and flat refurbishments, structural work and interiors, delivered design and build by one team from the first drawing to the final handover.
Some projects are too important to hand to a patchwork of contractors. A luxury renovation in London asks one firm to hold the whole picture: the architecture, the structure, the services, the interiors and the joinery that ties every room together. Noba & Stod is a design and build studio and renovation company in London that does exactly that. We take on complete house and flat refurbishments and deliver them with one team, one programme and a single point of contact.
What sets us apart is the workshop. Most high end builders in London buy their joinery in. We make ours. Every wardrobe, panel, media wall and staircase in a Noba & Stod renovation is built in our own London workshop, so the finished home feels designed as one piece rather than assembled from parts.
Noba & Stod is a luxury renovation and design and build company in London. We deliver full house and flat refurbishments, basements, loft conversions and extensions, with one dedicated team coordinating qualified electricians, plumbers and structural engineers, and a single point of contact from survey to handover. The bespoke joinery in every project, from wardrobes to staircases, is built in our own London workshop. Renovations are priced per project after a design consultation and survey, and the first consultation is free.
What Does a Luxury Renovation Company Take On?
Most of our work is luxury property refurbishment in London: whole homes rethought room by room, from the structure behind the walls to the last brass handle. These are the four kinds of project we take on most often.
Full House & Flat Refurbishment
A full house refurbishment takes a property back to its best self: new layouts, rewiring and plumbing, replastered walls, new flooring, bathrooms, kitchen and decoration, finished with fitted joinery in every room. It is the definition of luxury home refurbishment in London, and it is what we do most. See our complete flat refurbishment at Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge and our Coleherne Court luxury flat renovation for what a finished project looks like.
Structural Work: Basements, Lofts & Extensions
As a house renovation company in London we take on the heavy work that transforms how a home lives: basement excavations, loft conversions, side and rear extensions, removed walls and reconfigured floors. Structural engineers are part of the team from day one, not an afterthought. Our Victorian house renovation in Chelsea and our house renovation with basement in Greenwich both show structural work and interiors delivered as one project.
Kitchens, Bathrooms & Interiors
The rooms you feel every day deserve the most care. We design and install bespoke kitchens built in our own workshop, luxury bathrooms with tanking and underfloor heating done properly, and complete interior schemes: lighting design, hardwood flooring, wall finishes and decoration. If a kitchen is part of your renovation, our kitchen renovation cost guide is an honest place to start budgeting.
The Joinery Advantage
This is the difference between our renovations and everyone else’s. Bespoke joinery is not a trade we hire in; it is where we came from. Fitted wardrobes, wall panelling, media walls, libraries and staircases are designed alongside the architecture and built in our own London workshop, with every panel shaped to follow the contours of your walls. The joinery arrives when the site is ready for it, in the right finish, first time.
Why Choose a Design and Build Company?
The traditional route works like this: you appoint an architect, then tender the drawings to builders, then find a joiner, then hope the three of them agree. It can produce beautiful homes, and when a client arrives with an architect already appointed, we collaborate with them gladly. But every interface between separate firms is a place where time, money and detail leak away, and on a complex refurbishment there are hundreds of those interfaces.
Design and build in London closes those gaps. One company develops the design, prices it honestly and then builds it, with one dedicated team coordinating qualified electricians, plumbers and structural engineers under a single programme. When a question comes up on site, the person who drew the detail and the person building it talk the same day, not at next month’s meeting. You keep a single point of contact who is accountable for everything, including the things that fall between trades.
For us the model has one more advantage: the joinery is designed with the building, not squeezed in afterwards. Wardrobes land on walls that were set out for them, panelling aligns with door frames, and the staircase is drawn by the same studio that builds it.
How Does a Design and Build Renovation Work?
Consultation & Survey
We visit the property, walk it with you and listen. What works, what does not, what the home should feel like when it is finished. A measured survey follows, so every decision after this point is based on the real building, not assumptions.
Design & Planning
Layouts, elevations and joinery drawings develop through revisions until they are exactly right. We advise on planning permission, lawful development and listed building consent, and manage the applications where they are needed, so the paperwork never stalls the project.
The Build
Structural work, services and finishes proceed to an agreed programme, with one dedicated team coordinating qualified electricians, plumbers and structural engineers on site. You receive regular updates and one number to call, and decisions are put to you before they are needed, not after.
Workshop Joinery
While the site progresses, your wardrobes, panelling, media walls and staircase parts are cut, assembled and spray finished in our own London workshop. Building the joinery in parallel, off site, keeps the programme short and the finish immaculate.
Handover
Installation, snagging and a room by room walkthrough with the team that built it. We hand over a finished, cleaned home with certificates and guarantees in place, and we come back if anything needs attention once you have lived in it.
The London Homes We Renovate
London’s housing stock is wonderfully varied, and each type of property asks different questions of a property refurbishment company. These are the homes we know best.
Victorian & Period Houses
Terraces and villas with original cornices, sash windows and proportions worth protecting. Our Victorian house renovation in Chelsea is typical: modern services and layouts threaded through a period shell, with new joinery made to sit comfortably beside the original mouldings. We renovate period homes from Chelsea to Belsize Park.
Penthouses & Apartments
Prime central London property refurbishment is a discipline of its own: freeholder consents, licence to alter, service lifts and neighbours on every side. Our flat refurbishments at Lowndes Square in Knightsbridge and Coleherne Court in Kensington were both delivered under exactly those constraints, and we bring the same care to loft style apartments in Shoreditch.
Basements & Extensions
Adding space is often the making of a renovation. Our Greenwich house renovation with basement added a full lower floor beneath a family home, and in west London we regularly design side return and rear extensions for houses in Chiswick and beyond, always as part of a whole house scheme rather than a bolt-on.
Listed Buildings
Listed homes and houses in conservation areas need patience and craft in equal measure. We work with conservation officers to secure consent, then repair or replicate historic fabric, with panelling, doors and staircase elements made in our own workshop. It is slower, more careful work, and some of the most satisfying we do.
Luxury Renovation Across London
We deliver luxury renovation across London from our base and workshop in the capital, with most projects in prime central and west London: Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Kensington, Belsize Park and Chiswick, alongside projects further east and south east in Shoreditch and Greenwich. Browse our portfolio to see completed homes in these neighbourhoods.
If you are comparing firms for a home renovation in London, we would encourage you to ask every candidate the same two questions we would ask: who exactly will manage my project day to day, and where is your joinery made? The answers tell you most of what you need to know.
How Is a Luxury Renovation Priced?
Honestly: there is no meaningful square metre rate for a luxury property refurbishment in London, and any firm quoting one before seeing the building is guessing. Every renovation is priced per project after a design consultation and survey, because the cost lives in the specifics: the structural scope, the condition of the existing fabric, the specification of finishes and the size of the joinery package.
| Project type | How it is priced | Where to start |
|---|---|---|
| Full house or flat refurbishment | Priced per project after a design consultation and survey | Discussed at your consultation |
| Basements, lofts & extensions | Priced per project following a structural survey | Discussed at your consultation |
| Kitchen renovation | Priced per project, with a published guide | Kitchen renovation cost guide |
| Bespoke joinery & furniture | Quoted from the drawings | Fitted wardrobes cost guide |
What we can promise is how the number behaves once you have it. Your quote is itemised across design, structure, services, finishes and joinery, so you can see where the budget goes and adjust the specification before work starts. The figure you approve is the figure you pay, and changes are priced and agreed in writing before they happen.
Renovation Guides & Ideas
Straight answers on real costs and design decisions, from the team that prices and builds these projects every week.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a design and build company do?
A design and build company takes responsibility for both the design and the construction of your renovation under one contract. Instead of appointing an architect, a builder and a joiner separately, you work with one dedicated team that develops the drawings, coordinates qualified electricians, plumbers and structural engineers, and delivers the finished home with a single point of contact throughout.
How much does a luxury renovation cost in London?
Every project is priced individually after a design consultation and survey, because scope varies enormously: a cosmetic refurbishment and a structural renovation of the same property sit in different worlds. The main cost drivers are size, structural work, specification and the joinery package. For a sense of how one part of a project is budgeted, see our kitchen renovation cost guide.
Do you handle planning permission?
Yes. During the design stage we advise whether your project needs planning permission, a lawful development certificate or listed building consent, and we prepare and manage the application with the local authority. Many internal refurbishments need no permission at all, but basements, extensions, loft conversions and work in conservation areas usually do, and we build this into the programme.
How long does a full refurbishment take?
An honest range: a full flat refurbishment typically takes three to six months on site, and a whole house renovation with structural work six to twelve months. Basements and complex listed building projects can run longer. Design and planning add time before the build starts, which is why we agree a realistic programme with you at the design stage.
Do you work on listed buildings?
Yes. We renovate listed buildings and homes in conservation areas, working with conservation officers to secure listed building consent before work begins. Sensitive fabric such as original panelling, staircases, cornices and sash windows is repaired or replicated by our joiners in our own London workshop, so new work sits comfortably alongside old.
Which areas of London do you cover?
We work across London, with most projects in prime central and west London: Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Kensington, Belsize Park and Chiswick, alongside projects in Shoreditch and Greenwich. If your property is in Greater London, we can usually arrange a design consultation and survey within days of your enquiry.
Start Your London Renovation
Tell us about your property and what you want it to become. Send floor plans, photographs or simply an address, and we will tell you honestly what the project would involve. Call 0207 118 9889 or book a design consultation, and a member of the team, not a call centre, will come back to you.
