North Cornwall · EX22
One studio for renovation in Week St Mary
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. Working in Week St Mary means starting from the EX22 context — Week St Mary is a rural parish in the EX22 area, with farmsteads, lanes and scattered homes defining its built character, with a building stock that leans toward converted barns and smallholdings.
Week St Mary sits in North Cornwall — covering EX22 from Bude, Stratton, Poughill outward.
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ One studio — design, planning and build under one roof
- ✓ Local to North Cornwall — not a national franchise
- ✓ 30+ years of Cornwall Council approvals
- ✓ Fixed-fee planning packages, no surprise invoices
Our process
How a Week St Mary 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 proof — Most Week St Mary renovation clients we work with are second-time builders — they've seen the templated approach fail once already.
Get a free feasibility viewWhat we focus on
Renovations considerations specific to Week St Mary.
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Listed and curtilage-listed properties need Listed Building Consent for many internal alterations that wouldn't normally need approval.
02
Original fireplaces, slate floors, beams and joinery are often worth rescuing; the design conversation should start with what stays, not what goes.
03
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.
04
Asbestos surveys are standard for anything pre-2000 — we factor a survey into the programme before stripping out begins.
Local context
Why Week St Mary is its own job.
Two things shape a Week St Mary application: parish character and policy. On policy — open-countryside policy, access lanes, drainage and agricultural building history all need to be addressed before drawings go too far. For renovation specifically, 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. Get that local reading right and the rest of the Week St Mary programme tends to run on time. On converted barns in particular — the kind you'll also find toward Flexbury — the renovation brief always has to read the existing fabric first.
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.
Local watch-list
Local snags worth knowing before drawing a Week St Mary renovation.
Watch #1
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Week St Mary is part of Bude
Week St Mary sits inside the Bude catchment — we cover both as one renovation territory.
See Renovations in Bude →Local fabric
One EX22 studio, one renovation job — start to finish.
Building stock
Across Week St Mary (EX22) we work on farmhouses, converted barns, rural cottages, smallholdings, scattered modern homes. Each stock type drives a different renovation response — converted barns in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Week St Mary sits in the parish of Week St Mary, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a renovation application.
Coverage
We cover EX22 from our studio, with regular renovation jobs also running in Bude, Stratton, Poughill. Most Week St Mary site visits get booked within the same week.
Can you handle both planning and build in Week St Mary?
Yes — design, planning, building regs and full construction run under one roof. For clients with an existing Week St Mary builder we can stop at a tender-ready Full Plans pack instead.
Request a free visitWho this is for
Week St Mary runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every renovation enquiry from the use-class up.
FAQs
Week St Mary Renovations — local questions answered.
- 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. In Week St Mary specifically, we'd start by checking the latest parish-level planning history before committing to a direction.
- 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.
- What about damp and old walls?
- We assess the cause first — usually rising damp myths, blocked vents, hard cement renders trapping moisture, or roofs needing attention. A breathable repair strategy fixes most of it without chemical intervention.
- 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.
- 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.
Other services in Week St Mary
Nearby places we cover
If you're balancing ambition against EX22 planning realism, our Week St Mary renovation work threads that needle without the usual drama.