“… a floor goes done to an amazing standard in 2 hours and it was a lot of floor … An absolute genius and his team.”
Chelmsford
Area 12 / 12 · Essex
Home renovation in Chelmsford
Victorian terraces in Moulsham and near the station, post-war suburbs, new homes at Beaulieu and Channels: floors, kitchens and extensions.
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- From Charing Cross
- 30 mi
- East-north-east, straight line
- Postcodes
- CM1CM2
- County
- Essex
- 4.9/5 · 212 reviews on MyBuilder
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- Insured
- Company No 13983887
Housing stock · Chelmsford
Homes in Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex and became a city in 2012. Close to the centre, in Moulsham and around the station, the streets are Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Around them, Springfield, Great Baddow and the other suburbs are mostly post-war and later houses, and to the north-east whole new neighbourhoods, such as Beaulieu and Channels, are still being built.
The terraces near the centre take the usual extra space: a side-return or rear extension for the kitchen and a dormer in the roof. The post-war and later houses have more room on the plot for rear extensions, and their gardens suit garden rooms and decking. In new homes the walls stay where they are; new floors, internal doors, fitted storage and decoration are usually the first jobs, and the kitchen comes later.
A client in Chelmsford reviewed a floor we laid there on MyBuilder; the quote is below, word for word. Choose the job on the sheet above for a guide price for the labour, excluding VAT, then send it on WhatsApp with your postcode and a few photos.
Homes and the work they ask for Chelmsford
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Victorian and Edwardian terraces
Where Moulsham and the streets around the station and the city centre
A side-return or rear extension for the kitchen and a dormer in the roof are the usual ways to add space.
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Post-war and later houses
Where Springfield, Great Baddow and the other suburbs around the city
More room on the plot: rear extensions, new kitchens and bathrooms, and gardens that suit garden rooms and decking.
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New-build homes
Where Beaulieu, Channels and the other new neighbourhoods to the north-east
The walls stay where they are. New floors, internal doors, fitted storage and decoration usually come first, the kitchen later.
Know what your house needs? Choose the job on the sheet for a guide range, or ask for a written quote.
Services · 12
Work we do in Chelmsford
Each link opens the service page: what is included and typical times. Starting prices are labour only, excluding VAT.
For the homes in Chelmsford
- Floor fitting in Chelmsford from £600
- Kitchen fitting in Chelmsford from £3,500
- House extensions in Chelmsford from £40,000
- Garden rooms in Chelmsford from £900 kit · £12,000 build
- Doors and carpentry in Chelmsford Price on request
- Loft conversions in Chelmsford from £30,000
- Decking in Chelmsford from £1,500
- Painting and decorating in Chelmsford from £3,000
Reviews · near Chelmsford
What clients wrote
Copied word for word from our MyBuilder profile. Reviews from Chelmsford come first; the others are from the nearest places, with the distance shown.
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212 reviews
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From Chelmsford
5-star jobs on MyBuilder within 8 miles
| Place | Reviewed job | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford | Kitchen and floor | < 1 mi |
Each line is a 5 out of 5 review on our MyBuilder profile. Straight-line distance from the centre of Chelmsford.
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Questions · 5 · Chelmsford
Building work in Chelmsford
Planning, party walls, skips and parking: the questions to settle before work starts. Anything else: call or message us.
Usually, yes: floors, internal doors and decoration are finishes. In a flat, check the lease for rules on hard floors and underlay. If the house is still under the developer's cover, read its terms before changing anything structural, and keep the receipts and details of what was changed.
Planning is handled by Chelmsford City Council. Many single-storey rear extensions, lofts and garden rooms on houses are permitted development, within size limits; flats are not. Conservation areas in the city and the villages around it have stricter rules, and some new estates have conditions that remove those rights, so check before you plan.
Roads in Chelmsford are run by Essex County Council, which licenses skips and scaffolding on the highway. Parking in the city's controlled zones is managed separately, so ask about bay suspensions before delivery day. A skip on your own drive needs no licence.
If the work cuts into a shared wall or new foundations come close to next door's, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies, in Essex as in London. Your neighbours get notice before work starts and can agree in writing or appoint a surveyor.
Choose the job on the sheet at the top of this page for a guide price: labour only, excluding VAT. For a floor, the area in square metres and the type of floor are enough to start; send them with your CM postcode and a photo of the room on WhatsApp.
Nearby areas
Nearest to Chelmsford
The area pages closest to Chelmsford, by straight-line distance between their centres.
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or call +44 7999 221120Now on the sheet Flooring · 25 m² · £700 – £1,050