A restored Victorian terrace in Walthamstow, East London

Home renovations & building restoration

The builder you wish you’d called first.

A small London builder, working on a small number of projects at a time, in Walthamstow and the postcodes around it.

We do home renovations and building restoration — bathrooms, kitchens, full house refurbishments, and the kind of period work most builders won’t touch. Most of our clients find us after a job has gone wrong somewhere else.

Featured project

Acacia Road

A Victorian front, brought back from a hundred years of paint.

Location Walthamstow, E17

Scope Full elevation restoration

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How we work

Consultation

We come and look at the project, listen to what you want, and tell you honestly whether we’re the right people for it. If we are, we put together a proper scope and a fixed price. If we’re not, we’ll usually know someone who is.

Build

A small team, on site every day, working through the project room by room. You get one number to call and one person who answers. Materials are agreed before we order them. Changes are agreed before we make them.

Handover

We don’t disappear at the end. The job isn’t finished until you’re walking around the house and not finding anything to point at. We snag our own work before you have to.

What we do

A small list, done properly.

We focus on a small number of services and do them well. If your project doesn’t sit on this list, get in touch anyway — we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a fit, or recommend someone else.

Home renovations Whole-house refurbishments, room by room, decorating to handover. View → Bathrooms Design, build, tile, finish. View → Kitchens Bespoke and trade cabinetry, installed properly. View → Internal remodelling Steels, openings, reconfigurations. View → Period property restoration Conservation-correct work for Victorian and Edwardian homes. View → External restoration Brickwork, elevations, paths, railings, garden walls. View →

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Featured project

Devonshire House

A full house refurbishment, finished to the last grout line.

Location East London

Scope Whole-house refurbishment

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About JAG

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Photograph of James
on a site visit

A small builder, doing a small number of jobs at a time.

I’m James. I started JAG because I’d spent too many years watching good houses get done badly. We’re a small team based in Walthamstow. Most of our work is in E17 and the postcodes around it.

— James Saunders, JAG Construction London