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We’re Fi + Neil
We help new renovators create their dream homes, minus the stress!
Summer’s over, you’ve got important work to do!
The summer hangovers have settled – there's work to do to get you your dream home & life!
This £70,000 Single Storey Extension is COMPLETE!
If you’re keen to know single storey extension costs, plus all the suppliers used in this makeover, keep reading!
How Much Does It Cost To Renovate a House in 2024?
How much did your house renovation cost?” is one of the most frequently asked questions Neil and I get. Our insights will help you budget effectively for your home renovation, so you can transform your space within budget.
REVEAL: Our Modern 1930s Kitchen Extension Client Project & How to Design Yours!
We’ve just completed another Hove renovation – and I’m bursting to share some sneak peeks with you!
Our Living Room Design Revealed: What we WISH we knew & How to renovate yours
Our living room renovation from start to finish: Is this even the same room?! 😱 Also, I have some reassuring design advice to level up your look & future proof your living room!
The DREAM kitchen renovation & how to renovate yours!
We’ve just completed another surrey renovation – and I’m bursting to share some sneak peeks with you!
How much does an interior designer cost? and do I really need one?
It can be baffling trying to work out contractors fees. Wondering how much an interior designer costs? Let me tell you. Plus, I’ve got an affordable solution if you’re looking for something different.
“Do I need a renovation project manager?” – Consider these 8 questions first
If you’re undecided about whether hiring a project manager is right for you, read on for the 8 questions to ask yourself first…
#FifiMcGee Office – Part 2: The progress
Take a look at the office progress so far – we’re so pleased with how it’s developing!
#FifiMcGeeOffice – Part 1: Before shots + Our goals
New project alert! Our plans for our home office… revealed.
Our Hillarys Shutters: An honest review
We just had shutters installed to our bay window by Hillarys – here is a full Hillarys review including a before and after reveal. We’re so proud of the transformation!
How we used our own online course to smash our renovation budgeting and layout
We spent an entire day doing the first two modules of our own course in order to create a budget and layout for our master bedroom, it brought into view once again just how much work and thinking is required in a renovation.
Our utility room makeover | 1930s House Renovation
This is one of my most requested blog posts, even though it was such a simple room to make over. Read how I transformed our unloved conservatory to a utility room…
My House Renovation Resolutions for 2019 + Ideas For Yours!
Every year I sit down with Neil and we make a list of the areas of the house we’d like to save for and work on. It’s a really great way to get focus on what you want to achieve with your house renovation. Have a read, and get ideas for yours…
My Bathroom Renovation (with Before & After pics)
After a 2 year wait living in the most retro bathroom you can imagine, finally we did it. Take a look at our bathroom makeover, with before & after pictures (and promo codes if you’re renovating too!)
Deciding bathroom plans, colours and tiles
It feels like only yesterday the house was full of dust from our kitchen diner renovation and I didn't see myself planning the next project so soon... but yet here I am putting early ideas together for our bathroom project which will hopefully start in Summer/Autumn depending on estimates.
Our kitchen diner renovation – 4 weeks in! [progress shots]
We are 4 weeks in to our kitchen diner remodel and honestly, it is amazing what can be done to a house in less than 1 month. I feel like the house has transformed!
A moment of work, house + life chaos
As we start the next phase of our home renovation in our 1930s home, I can't help but feel the pressure.
*and breathe*
How to design and order a new kitchen and why we're opting for Howdens
If you're in the early, first-time stages of renovating or redecorating a kitchen like me, and you too have no idea what the process to order a new kitchen entails, then I hope today's post will help walk you through how we have designed and (almost) ordered ours at Howdens.
Timber Windows Vs. PVC-U: Which is best and which will look right on my 1930s house?
If, like me, you are on the market to buy windows soon this post will help you work out whether PVC-U or Timber windows are the best option for you.