Design-led carpentry and multi-trade services for Reading’s homes and gardens
Home repairs, fittings, and improvements across Reading.
Working across homes and outdoor spaces, we help people get things built, fixed, or rethought with a focus on clarity, craft, longevity and great design.
whether its fitting a flat-pack kitchen, assembling Ikea furniture or garden storage, designing a practical layout, or even hanging that perfect piece of art work on your wall, our work is founded on knowledge, skill, and a strong eye for detail.
Whatever your household needs, we can help.
Our Services
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Whether you’re preparing to sell, settling into a new home, or keeping on top of yearly maintenance, our home checks give you clarity and confidence at every stage of ownership.
We deliver these services as an authorised partner of AVC – the Added Value™ Checklist, using their trusted national standard for home assessment.
This ensures every check follows defined criteria, and your final report is produced in AVC’s own clear, impartial format.Our checks include:
Pre-Seller Check
Helps you understand what buyers will notice, where presentation can be improved, and how to unlock +added value™ before going to market.New Home Owner Check
A clear overview of what you’ve bought — highlighting priorities, potential, and areas to protect or improve as you settle in using +added value™Annual Maintenance Check
A thoughtful yearly review that helps safeguard your home’s condition, prevents small issues from escalating, and supports long-term value.Every assessment we carry out contributes to AVC’s growing ecosystem of structured home data — giving you independent insight and a reliable foundation for future decisions.
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Your may not have the time, the tools or the confidence to get it just right and that’s ok. We’d love to help.
We’ll come to you with everything needed to hang your beloved art works, paintings, prints and photographs securely and professionally.
Whether its a gallery wall or a single frame, we’ll measure, align and fix everything properly - without leaving behind a mess or a crooked line.
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Flat-pack furniture can be straightforward, but it can also take more time, tools and patience than people expect. If you’d prefer someone else to handle it, we’re here to help.
We assemble and install most flat-pack furniture — from IKEA (and other brands) wardrobes, storage systems, shelving, coffee tables, beds, garden units, kitchens and more — making sure everything is aligned, level and securely fixed. No cut corners, no wobbles and no guesswork.
Whether you’ve just moved in, you’re setting up a new room or adding a new piece of furniture to your existing layout, we’ll put everything together neatly and efficiently so your space is ready to use without the usual disruption.
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We design, build and install a range of well made pieces - everything from custom cabinets to bespoke bedside tables, made-to-measure shelving, and even boxing-in for meters and pipework.
Whether it’s something you need built from scratch or a piece that needs fitting properly, we’ll make sure it feels solid, looks right, and fits the space its meant for.
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We carry out a range of household repairs - floorboard fixes, loose skirting, misaligned doors, broken hinges, tired shelving and many other details than need attention.
Whether it’s one issue or a list that’s built up over time, we’ll take care of it with care and precision.
No fuss, no guesswork, just solid, tidy work that keeps your home running as it should.
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Door Hanging Service
Most doors are swapped into existing frames, but where this isn’t the case, we’re happy to take a closer look. If a frame needs adjusting or replacing, or if a door is heavier than usual, this will be discussed in advance so there are no surprises.
Although work is generally booked on a half-day or full-day basis, door hanging is priced per item due to the predictable nature of the task. As a guide:
£120 for the first door
£90 for each additional door
Solid wood doors, fire doors, or bespoke hardware may affect the overall cost due to additional handling and fitting time. Where this applies, we’ll always explain what’s involved before work begins.
Where multiple doors are being fitted, grouping them into a single booking usually offers the best value.
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We design and assemble bespoke, as well as store bought, sheds, bike and bin storage, raised beds, benches, and other outdoor features - all made to fit smaller city gardens and built to last.
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From painting and decorating to light demolition, garden work and internal fit-outs - we take on a range of small-scale jobs that support your project.
That might mean dry-lining a partition wall, fitting a bathroom, patching up after other trades, laying simple paving or helping clear the way for your next project. Its the practical stuff that needs doing properly and without delay.
We bring the tools, the experience and the care to get it done right.