Request a quote to renovate an older house
E.g.: manor house, farmhouse, 1900s house
Describe the uses you want to improve and the features you want to retain. Provide available information without inferring condition from age alone. Before pricing, the contractor needs to distinguish defined services from investigations still required.
List features to retain or restore
Identify stairs, floors, joinery, decoration or masonry you want to preserve. Specify visible areas and those not examined. Distinguish protection, repair, restoration and replacement so proposals can be compared against the same objective.
Check the property’s status with the right contacts
The Institut national pour le patrimoine architectural, INPA, supports restoration of nationally or municipally protected buildings, among others. Check status and procedures with INPA and the municipality before selecting alterations. Age alone does not establish protection.
Have unresolved technical issues assessed
Report cracks, damp marks or known previous interventions as observations, not diagnoses. Ask how structure, utilities and substrates will be assessed before choosing solutions. Do not select insulation solely from a description of a « breathing wall ».
Prepare the schedule and grant applications
Separate investigations, procedures, orders and interventions. A restoration grant application must precede works. Confirm your project's conditions with INPA before treating support as secured.
Indicative prices in Luxembourg
By quotation
Request separate prices for defined interventions and investigations. No local square-metre price or contingency percentage is established without a defined scope and available evidence.
Subsidies and grants
Potential heritage support must be examined with INPA before works. Other schemes and combinations require separate checks; do not deduct them automatically from the quote.
Frequently asked questions
Must all utilities in an older house be replaced?
Age alone cannot establish that. Have installations and project needs assessed to define the necessary interventions.
How should I request work on a damp wall?
Describe marks, location and available observations. Ask for an investigation before selecting a treatment; a remote description cannot establish the cause.
Does restoration always take longer?
No universal duration is established here. Request a schedule linked to the work, studies, procedures and supplies actually needed.