Do it yourself, or have it done
Each guide walks through one job from start to finish: the steps, the days, the tools, what goes wrong. You decide what you keep and what you hand over.
Redoing a bathroom
Six square metres, seven trades, thirteen steps. What it really takes.
13 steps · 13 – 24 days
Fitting a new kitchen
Twelve steps between the old kitchen and the first saucepan.
12 steps · 10 – 20 days
Renovating a flat from top to bottom
Thirteen stages, ten trades, and an order you do not get to change.
13 steps · 49 – 102 days
Rewiring a home
Twelve steps, several of which the standard will not let you sign off yourself.
12 steps · 12 – 23 days
Plastering and painting
The result is decided before the paint. Twelve steps to see where.
12 steps · 16 – 32 days
Redoing your floors
Screed, tiles, wood: what it really takes, step by step.
12 steps · 8 – 15 days
Demolition at home
Breaking things is quick. What costs is everything around it.
12 steps · 5 – 12 days
Outdoor masonry
Concrete forgives nothing. And outdoors, your work is seen from the street.
11 steps · 10 – 20 days
Extending your house
An extension is a small building — with every obligation of a building.
12 steps · 35 – 70 days
Replumbing a home
What you can see takes two days. What is inside the wall decides everything.
12 steps · 6 – 14 days
