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Refurbishment Case Study Market Street, St Andrews

Full refurbishment of a dated inherited property to holiday let use.

  • Central St Andrews
  • Holiday let, from a student let
  • Managed remotely for an owner in France

The brief

Client Brief

The property was advertised as For Sale, but with little movement at the time of marketing, our client approached us to offer another option.

The property was a long time student let and was run down, poorly laid out and in need of some general TLC.

The owner wished to take advantage of the buoyant “staycation” holiday let market and commissioned us to refurbish the property for holiday let use.

The plan

Project Objectives

As our client lived in France, we remotely detailed a plan and timeline to make the necessary improvements to the property. Our team stripped out the old kitchen to convert to a new bedroom; installed a new boiler and flue; fixed and re-carpeted over the old wobbly floorboards; installed a new kitchen in the large living area; formed new bespoke bunk beds to make the most of the small space; supplied and installed the beds and furniture; formed a window seat; and fully decorated.

What we delivered

Delivered Project Outcomes

  • Kitchen designed and installed

  • Partial electrical re-wire

  • Partial re-plumb and new combo boiler

  • Carpeting throughout

  • Bathroom improved

  • Sourced and installed furniture

  • Artwork sourced and installed

  • Full redecoration completed

Before and after

See the transformation

Drag the slider on each photo to compare before and after.

New kitchen in the living area after the refurbishmentNew kitchen in the living area before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
New kitchen in the living area
Old kitchen, now a bedroom after the refurbishmentOld kitchen, now a bedroom before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
Old kitchen, now a bedroom
Bedroom after the refurbishmentBedroom before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
Bedroom
Bespoke bunk room after the refurbishmentBespoke bunk room before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
Bespoke bunk room
Bathroom after the refurbishmentBathroom before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
Bathroom
Window seat after the refurbishmentWindow seat before the refurbishmentBeforeAfter
Window seat

The outcome

See the final result and book today

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