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residential · 2024

From a new roof to marble bathrooms: a house finished top to bottom

AGL team working on the new timber rafters of a replacement roof against a clear blue sky.

The challenge

This house needed work from the top down. The existing roof was stripped back to the wall plate and rebuilt with new joists and rafters — and then we carried on inside, taking the whole house through to finished interiors.

What made it demanding

Works at height throughout
Occupied street with restricted access

What we did

Roof strip-out
New joists and rafters
New covering and insulation
First and second fix
Bathrooms
Kitchen
Decoration

The result

A new roof structure, covering and insulation above, and below it a house finished to a high standard: marble-lined bathrooms, new joinery and bright, finished living spaces.

Photography

AGL team on the new timber rafters of a replacement roof, one checking drawings on the scaffold.

The new roof structure going up.

AGL team working across the new timber rafters of a replacement roof, one holding drawings.

AGL team setting out the new rafters, one reading drawings on the scaffold as another stands on the timbers.

AGL team measuring and setting out the new rafters, one holding drawings, with a tape stretched across the timbers.

Carpenter leaning over roof drawings on the scaffold while two colleagues stand on the new rafters.

AGL team walking along the new timber rafters between two chimney stacks, with suburban rooftops behind.

Operative in sunglasses and an AGL hoodie standing on the new rafters, with the team at work behind.

Carpenter in an AGL hoodie standing on the new rafters with a water bottle, as the team works along the roof.

Roof structure drawings, tools and fixings laid on the new plywood deck beneath the rafters, with insulation bagged up.

Working from the structural drawings on the new deck.

View from the scaffold over back gardens and a side garden stacked with materials, with AGL vans beyond.

AGL vans parked on a rear service road beside garages and back gardens, seen from above.

Completed two-storey house with a white-rendered first floor and grey windows, and an AGL banner on the front wall.

The house on completion.

Completed house behind a brick front wall and railings, with an AGL Construction Services banner on the wall.

Entrance hall with a grey composite front door and glazed side panels, marble-effect floor tiles and herringbone flooring.

Hallway with a four-panel glazed internal door, a white console table, an arched mirror and herringbone flooring.

Open-plan living room with a crystal chandelier, navy velvet sofas, a glass coffee table and herringbone flooring.

The house was completed through to finished interiors.

Open-plan living room with a tiered crystal chandelier, wall-mounted TV and herringbone floor leading to the kitchen.

Living area with a tiered crystal chandelier, wall-mounted TV, glass coffee table and navy velvet sofa.

Stairwell with a grey aluminium window with integral blinds, a marble-effect sill and a brass wall light.

Bathroom with dark-green marble-effect wall tiles, a vessel basin on a tiled plinth and a wall-hung WC.

Bathroom from the doorway with dark-green marble-effect walls, a vessel basin on a plinth and a wall-hung WC.

Bathroom with a bath and black-framed screen under a grey window, a vessel basin on a tiled plinth and a wall-hung WC.

Tiled vanity plinth in dark-green marble effect with a vessel basin, lit ledge and open niche beside a grey door.

Close view of a marble-effect vessel basin on a dark-green tiled vanity plinth with a lit shelf and niche.

Vessel basin on a tiled plinth with a lit shelf and niche, beneath black-and-gold pendant lights.

Vessel basin on a dark-green marble-effect plinth with gold pendant lights, beside a wall-hung WC with concealed cistern.

Close-up of a polished blue-green veined vanity top with a brushed-metal edge trim.

Walk-in shower with a black-framed glass screen, rain shower head and onyx-effect wall tiles beside a wall-hung WC.

Shower room with a navy wall-hung vanity, wall-hung WC and a walk-in shower lined in onyx-effect tiles.