Staying at home specialists

Staying at home isn’t always about one room.

Sometimes the bathroom is only part of the answer. We adapt the whole home around the way you live.

More than a bathroom

A step at the front door. A hallway that’s too narrow. Stairs that decide which parts of your own home you can use. A garage that could become a ground-floor bedroom.

They’re all part of the same question: how do you make this home work for the life you want to live in it?

That’s the question we help you answer. Not with a catalogue, but by looking at your home properly and working out – with you – what would genuinely make the difference.

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How we work

The right plan starts with the right conversation.

Before we recommend anything, we need to understand four things:

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Your mobility

How you manage stairs, steps and distances – whether you're walking, using a frame, or wheeling.

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Your life

Which rooms your day actually happens in, who else is at home, who helps you now – and what you want to be able to do for yourself once we've finished.

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Your home

The whole route, not one room: the front door, the hallways, the stairs, and the parts of the house you can't easily reach any more.

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The future

We plan around how you're realistically likely to be moving in the future, so the ramp, the doorway and the bathroom all still make sense together.

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We can't do this in five minutes on the phone. It takes an in-person visit – over tea and biscuits at your kitchen table – seeing your home and your bathroom, to know what will actually work. Sometimes the answer is an extension or a garage conversion. Just as often it's a ramp, a wider doorway and a better-lit hallway. Either way, you'll get a plan for the whole home – not a quote for the first thing we could sell you.

What that plan might include

The works we carry out.

These can be standalone projects or part of a wider plan for your home.

Ramping & level access

Steps at the entrance are one of the most common barriers to getting in and out of your own home. We install external and internal ramps, step reductions and level thresholds – built to last, and designed to look like they belong.

Door widening

Standard doorways don’t accommodate wheelchairs or walking frames. We widen doorways throughout the home to give you the space you actually need – cleanly finished, with no trace of the work.

Garage conversions

When the stairs put the bedroom or bathroom out of reach, a garage can give them back on the ground floor. We handle the full conversion, from structural work through to decoration.

Extensions

When the existing footprint can’t give you what you need, a single-storey extension creates the space – most often a ground-floor bathroom or bedroom in a two-storey home.

Through-floor lifts

When stairs become the thing that decides where you can go in your own home, a through-floor lift gives the whole house back – with less disruption than you’d expect.

Ceiling track hoists

For moving safely between rooms – bedroom to bathroom, for example – a ceiling track hoist provides support without relying on another person. We install fixed and gantry systems throughout the home.

Permissions & practicalities

Permissions we take care of.

Structural work often involves planning and building regulations. We know what’s needed, and we take care of it for you.

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Planning permission

Many adaptations fall under permitted development – but not all. We assess what’s required before work begins and manage any applications on your behalf.

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Building regulations

All structural work meets building regulations. We submit the notifications and work with the inspectors throughout, so you never have to chase anyone.

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Occupational therapy referrals

Some adaptations need an OT assessment. We work alongside occupational therapists regularly, and if you don’t have a referral we can connect you with local services.

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Aftercare & guarantees

Every job comes with a guarantee, and we'll pop over to make sure everything's right. If anything needs sorting once you're living with it, you're covered.

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★★★★★

"If I could give more than 5 stars I would. Lee, Charlie and their extended network of trades provided an exemplary service, with both Lee and Charlie managing everything.

We asked them to quote on a fairly extensive project to refurb an entire 4 bed property, including kitchen, 3 bathrooms, changing the house layout and new level access garden patio. They did everything including brand new electrics and plumbing and redecorated the whole house.

We’ll be using Lee and Charlie again if they’ll have us!"

KMB · TrustPilot Review