Lizard Peninsula · TR12
Cury renovations — a Lizard Peninsula studio
Cornish housing stock is brilliant and infuriating in equal measure. We renovate cottages, farmhouses, mid-century homes and post-war estates — opening up layouts, fixing damp, adding light and bringing the property up to a standard worth living in. In Cury, that work is shaped by the place itself — Cury is a rural parish in the TR12 area, with farmsteads, lanes and scattered homes defining its built character, with a building stock that leans toward smallholdings and farmhouses.
Cury sits in Lizard Peninsula — covering TR12 from Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack outward.
- Cornwall AONB
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ Plain-English feasibility before any drawings
- ✓ 30+ years of Cornwall Council approvals
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
- ✓ Fixed-fee planning packages, no surprise invoices
Who this is for
Cury runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every renovation enquiry from the use-class up.
Local watch-list
Cury-specific issues we screen on the first visit.
Watch #1
AONB landscape-impact scrutiny on visible elevations
Watch #2
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Local proof — Our Lizard Peninsula workload means a Cury renovation project never has to wait for an out-of-county team to drive down.
Get a free feasibility viewFAQs
Cury Renovations — local questions answered.
- Do I need planning permission to renovate internally?
- Usually no — except on listed buildings, where Listed Building Consent is needed for many internal alterations. We confirm the position before any wall comes down. In Cury specifically, we'd start by checking AONB landscape sensitivity before committing to a direction.
- Can you renovate and extend at the same time?
- Yes, and often it's the right call — the planning, regs and disruption all happen once instead of twice. We design and price it as a single project.
- How much does a full renovation cost in Cornwall?
- A whole-house renovation typically lands between £1,800 and £3,000 per square metre depending on condition, listed status and finish level. We survey before quoting and don't price by guesswork.
- How long does a renovation take?
- Single rooms in weeks, kitchens in two to three months, whole-house renovations in six to fourteen months depending on size and listed status.
- Can I live in the house during the work?
- Sometimes yes, often no. Single-room remodels and phased work can be liveable; whole-house renovations involving rewires, replumbing or floor lifting almost never are. We're honest about this at the brief.
Local context
Why Cury is its own job.
The planning backdrop in Lizard Peninsula is real, not abstract: open-countryside policy, access lanes, drainage and agricultural building history all need to be addressed before drawings go too far. For renovation specifically, the surrounding landscape falls inside the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so massing, height and landscape impact carry extra weight in any planning decision; Cornwall Council's Local Plan applies tighter tests to isolated rural dwellings here, so design rationale and policy fit need to be set out clearly from the outset. Treat the TR12 parish brief as the design brief and the Cury application has somewhere to land. Whether the project is on smallholdings in the centre or further out toward Mullion, the renovation response is locally tuned.
Planning note
Most Cornish renovations don't need planning — but listed status, curtilage listing, Conservation Area designation and material changes can all change that picture.
What we focus on
Renovations considerations specific to Cury.
01
Damp in Cornish cottages is usually a moisture management problem, not a chemical injection problem — fixing the cause is cheaper long term than treating the symptom.
02
Older Cornish properties are often built with cob, rubble or solid granite — modern insulation strategies that work in cavity walls cause damp problems in solid construction. Breathable build-ups matter.
03
Listed and curtilage-listed properties need Listed Building Consent for many internal alterations that wouldn't normally need approval.
04
Original fireplaces, slate floors, beams and joinery are often worth rescuing; the design conversation should start with what stays, not what goes.
Our process
How a Cury renovation project runs.
Step 1
Survey
Measured survey, condition assessment, services check and listed status review.
Step 2
Design
Layout options, material strategy and a clear list of what stays and what changes.
Step 3
Approvals
Listed Building Consent and building regulations as needed.
Step 4
Strip-out and works
Carefully sequenced demolition, structural works and rebuild.
Step 5
Finish and handover
Joinery, decoration, snagging and documentation pack.
Whole-house renovations typically run six to fourteen months on site; partial remodels two to four months.
Local fabric
Why Cury homeowners pick a local studio for renovation.
Building stock
Across Cury (TR12) we work on farmhouses, converted barns, rural cottages, smallholdings, scattered modern homes. Each stock type drives a different renovation response — smallholdings in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Cury sits in the parish of Cury, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a renovation application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular renovation jobs also running in Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack. Most Cury site visits get booked within the same week.
What does a first Cury consultation cost?
Nothing. We come to the property, walk the site, talk through what works on a TR12 plot and follow up with a written feasibility note inside a week — no obligation either way.
Request a free visitCury is part of Mullion
Cury sits inside the Mullion catchment — we cover both as one renovation territory.
See Renovations in Mullion →Other services in Cury
Nearby places we cover
The renovation jobs we're proudest of in Cury are the ones where the planning route was clear before a single elevation was drawn.