One joiner runs the whole job, in the right order. Alex does the joinery and the plumbing himself, brings in the electrician, plasterer and tiler, and is your one point of contact from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
The worst part of renovating a house is not the work. It is being the person in the middle of it.
The joiner cannot start until the plasterer is out. The plasterer will not come until the electrician has been. The electrician is waiting on you to decide where the sockets go, and nobody has told the flooring people that the doors have not been hung yet. Six weeks of that and the job is three weeks late, and every trade on it is quietly blaming one of the others.
Alex runs the whole job instead. He does the groundworks and the plumbing himself, and brings in a qualified electrician, a plasterer and a tiler when each is needed, in the order they are needed. That means one person holds the programme, there is one number to ring, and the gaps between trades are his to close, not yours.
He has run sites before, in supervisory roles in rail and construction, and holds SSSTS, the site supervisors’ safety training.
It does not have to be the whole house. Plenty of renovations are two rooms and a staircase. The sequencing matters just as much on those, it is simply shorter.
A visit, proper measurements, and a conversation about what you actually want at the end of it. Then a written quotation setting out the scope and the cost. Free, always, and nothing to sign.
The messy weeks. Out with what is going, then the structural timber: joists, studwork, roof work and door linings. That is first fix, and everything after it sits on top of it.
Alex runs the plumbing, the electrician runs the cables, and the plasterer follows them both. This is the stage where a house looks worse than when you started and then suddenly does not.
The kitchen, the bathroom, and the flooring. Tiling goes in around it. This is where the rooms stop being rooms and start being yours.
Doors hung, skirting, architrave and window boards run: second fix. Then the job gets checked over, the place is left clean and tidy, and Alex walks it with you before the final balance is paid.
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Not a menu. This is the list one firm sequences so that nobody is stood waiting on anybody else.
A home renovation is usually weighed against moving. Stamp duty, agents, solicitors and a van, against a kitchen, a bathroom, new joinery through the whole ground floor and the house you already chose.
That changes what a renovation is for. It is not a flip, and nothing in it needs to photograph well for a listing. It needs to be right for the next fifteen years of living in it: doors that close properly in February as well as August, a floor that does not creak outside the bedroom, trim that matches from room to room because one person ran all of it.
Most of a renovation is indoor work, so it does not have to wait for summer the way decking does.
See finished workPanelled walls, a fireplace wall built out from scratch, and the rooms around them.
Three of Alex’s own, with where and when. Kitchens, rotten joists, doors, flooring and trim, which is what most renovations turn out to be.
Joinery and refurbishment across several rental properties: replacement kitchens and worktops, rotten floor joists and flooring, internal doors, skirting, handrails, newels and spindles (the posts and uprights of a staircase), loft hatches and general repairs. It was a bigger job, and Alex coordinated the other trades on it.
Alex supplied the doors, hung them throughout the property, fitted the ironmongery (handles, hinges and latches) and made the finishing adjustments. New flooring and skirting went in on the same job.
The old flooring came up, the subfloor was prepared and levelled, and new LVT (luxury vinyl tile) went down. New skirting and the finishing joinery went on after.
Here is what a renovation quotation is built out of.
£250 to £300.
Box & Beam’s own day rate, not a market average.
By the job, in writing.
A renovation is quoted as a scope of works with a cost against it, built from the days each stage takes. You see the number before a deposit is paid, not at the end.
Priced and agreed first.
Rotten joists and hidden pipework come up. Nothing extra gets done until it has been discussed, priced and agreed, which is what stops a renovation quietly doubling.
Free, always.
A visit, proper measurements, a conversation about what you want at the end of it, then the scope and the cost in writing. The visit and the quotation are free.
Our own prices, correct as of September 2026. The size of the house and how much is coming out set the rest, and the free quote is where that gets worked out. Box & Beam is not VAT registered, so there is no VAT to add to any price here.
Box & Beam is based in Morpeth, and most of the work is around Morpeth, Cramlington, Ponteland, Ashington, Bedlington and Alnwick, and in Gosforth, Jesmond and Heaton on the Newcastle side. Plenty of it is in older houses. Floor levels change between two rooms, nothing is square, and somebody has usually patched one corner badly already. The first visit is where all of that gets found and measured, before anything is priced.
Had Alex in to fit all the doors in my house. He did a fantastic job fitting them promptly for a fair price. He even shaved them to fit the door frames properly after we bought slightly bigger doors from an external supplier. He is friendly and a good laugh, who likes to turn up and do a good job for his customers. Would highly recommend. Attached photos of 2 of the doors he fitted on the day.
Really happy with the work from Box and Beam Joinery. Good quality work, turned up when they said they would and got the job done properly. Easy to deal with and no messing about. Would definitely recommend them.
Alex is just such a good guy. Honest hardworking and as straight as they come. Couldn’t recommend him enough top job every time 🙏
I got in touch with Alex as I needed some integrated appliances fitted in our kitchen and a new cupboard installed. He was very professional from start to finish. He did a brilliant job, was reliable and tidy, and really took pride in his work. Everything was finished to a high standard and we’re really pleased with the result. Would definitely recommend Alex and will happily use him again in the future.
Very professional amd quality job done ✔️ thanks
Yes, the whole job and not only the joinery in it. You have one point of contact from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
Yes. Box & Beam carries £5m public liability cover with Markel, plus employers’ liability insurance. Alex holds a CSCS card and is DBS checked.
Yes. The workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
Yes. When the work is complete it is checked over, the working area is left clean and tidy, and Alex walks through the finished job with you before the final balance is paid.
No. Alex does the plumbing himself and brings in a qualified electrician, plasterer and tiler, booked in the order the job needs them, so you have one point of contact from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
You get told before it is done, never after. Rotten joists under a floor and pipework nobody knew about are typical, and neither is visible until something comes out. Anything unexpected is discussed and priced first, and the decision is yours.
Usually yes, and the earlier the better. Moving a socket before the plasterer has been is a five minute conversation. Moving it afterwards is a chase in a finished wall. Anything that changes the scope gets priced and agreed before it happens so there is no argument at the end.
Would you rather talk it through? Ring 0191 743 3002 or email enquiries@boxandbeam.co.uk.
Every job carries a 12 month workmanship guarantee, and the balance is only paid once we have walked round the finished work with you. £5m public liability cover with Markel, employers’ liability on top, CSCS carded and DBS checked.
