Apartment and House Renovation : Architectural Firm

Rénovation appartement et maison
cabinet d'architecte

Your best plan might not be the one you initially thought of.

+2,000​

Completed renovations

100

Professionals to assist you

+95%​

Satisfied customers

4,8/5

The guarantee of a custom apartment renovation

Renovate my main residence

Because it’s where you live, your primary residence deserves quality renovation. Re-enchant your daily life, you deserve it.

Renovating a second home

A pied-à-terre or a vacation home is true happiness. Imagine it with the layout and decor of your dreams.

Renovating a rental property

Renovating my primary residence Renovating a secondary residence Renovating a rental investment

More than an architectural firm,
a team dedicated to your project

A small and accessible team,
composed of qualified and experienced architects
Gestion de projets

Your project in 4 steps

Discovery Meeting

Schedule a meeting. A project manager will assist you in defining the project. Following this discussion, you will receive a quote within 48 hours.

Technical Site Visit

During an on-site visit, the project manager, along with the architect, will validate the proposed improvements with you.

Project Design (plans, costing)

During this phase, we propose a plan tailored to your desires. You approve the plan and the choice of materials.

Execution and Work Monitoring

The work begins. We conduct regular monitoring to guide the craftsman and ensure that the work is carried out according to best practices. Until the site is delivered.

Recently completed projects

Each space is meant to accommodate a life story.
Our team helps you live out the most intense stories in reinvented places.

Reno accompanies you at...

Our construction teams are locally present to manage your projects as closely as possible.
In around twenty major cities across France.
Paris
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies
Nice
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies
Lyon
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies
Bordeaux
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies
Lille
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies
Marseille
  • 790 projects delivered
  • 8 architects
  • 17 trusted construction companies

Our partners

Every project has a story: Reno Stories

Discover the renovations delivered by our teams. Spaces transform, places come alive again, new stories are written. Explore the Reno Stories.

A question?

Do you have a renovation project and still have questions
about Reno's services? The answers are here.

How to Renovate an Apartment?

To renovate an apartment, you can hire a contractor or an architect to oversee the work.

For a minor modification, you can go directly through a contractor, whereas a complete renovation requires planning, a detailed specification document, and project management during the construction phase. The Reno firm handles all these steps for you to ensure your renovation project is a success.

How to Choose an Architect?

To choose an architect, you should check their references, online reputation, and feedback from previous clients, and discuss your project with them.

Finally, budget is always a concern. Architect fees typically range from 8% to 15% of the total project cost, so it’s important to ensure you have the necessary funds before delegating the work. Reno. charges a management fee starting from 7% plus VAT; contact us for a personalized quote. 

Beyond professionalism, it’s also about shared vision and feeling. Reach out to our Reno. firm and form your own opinion.

How to secure your construction budget and ensure there are no additional costs ?

When our clients want to secure their construction budget, especially for a significant project, we recommend starting the design phase by creating detailed plans for the property (existing plan, project plan, demolition/construction plan, electrical plan, materials plan). These plans allow us to agree on a clear project roadmap that has been co-created between the client and the architect. They enable us to draft the specifications while taking into account the specific needs of the property, as we have all the measurements (amount of paint, number of outlets, brands, tile references, flooring, etc.). 'What is well conceived is clearly expressed,' and the more rigorous the project framing, the more it reflects in the success of the project.

Energy performance improvement works: what solutions for what results?

In the context of the new legislation on building energy performance, the authorities aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the French real estate sector by 40% by 2030. After freezing rents for housing units considered as thermal strainers in 2022, measures are being specified for properties rated G, F, and E by 2023, 2028, and 2034. Undoubtedly, by the specified deadlines, these properties cannot be rented out for more than 4 months per year.

To counteract this issue, our architects primarily focus on :

  • "Insulation of heat-loss walls with special attention to reating thermal bridges.
  • The controlled mechanical ventilation hygro B (CMVH).
  • Replacing the windows (double glazing with argon gas), to which adjustable humidity-sensitive ventilation grilles are attached on the windows of dry rooms.
  • The dry inertia electric heating system (when we are not in the case of a condominium where heating is collective).

 

A multitude of other options exist in addition to the aforementioned elements (heat pumps, solar panels, etc.).

The new DPE legislation has the consequence of creating new opportunities in the rental market in particular. It also underpins two issues on which actors like us must act: poor housing and the associated public health issues.

How to Choose a Renovation Company?

Choosing a renovation company wisely is an expert task. On our side, our firm refrains from conducting tenders for every project proposal. Indeed, working with quality requires pre-existing trust between the architect and the contractor, and this trust must be factual. This is how we have developed our network of partners across France. These are multi-disciplinary companies supporting us on the more than 1,000 projects we undertake each year. Their insurance and guarantees are checked daily. We minimize the involvement of multiple companies on-site to ensure calendar efficiency and smooth organization and communication.

What are the deadlines from the design phase to the completion of my project?

The design deadlines for a project vary depending on the scope of the project. On average, it takes a maximum of 3 weeks between the first visit, the creation of the 5 plans, and the drafting of the specifications by the architect. As for the construction phase, several variables need to be considered: what is the size of the property? What ergonomic/logistic constraints are there for the artisans? What work needs to be done? It is up to the architect, based on the uniqueness of each project, to establish a clear schedule that the collaborating companies must follow. It should be noted that there is still time to be respected in the construction process: different trades have deadlines to meet (e.g., drying times), which justifies that, for consistency, their interventions must be sequenced. Finally, for a turnkey project (including furnishing & decoration), it takes 3 months for a studio/T2. For buildings (6 to 7 units), on average 6 months depending on the size of the units. Administrative phases may also be involved in some projects: submission of building permit applications, requests for subsidies, creation of meters, etc.

Who will be my contact person at Reno?

We always work in pairs to ensure project continuity in case one of the stakeholders is unavailable.

That is why, our clients' contacts are the architect and the technical sales representative he interacted with at the beginning of the project. All our sales representatives are renovation experts by training (structural engineers, energy efficiency engineers, etc.).

Together, let's transform your real estate assets.

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