Look at the whole plan.
Fennor starts with the awkward routes and unused corners, then turns them into priorities for your layout.
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Keep what matters.
Change how you live.
Love where you live, but not how the house works? Based in Slane, Co. Meath, Fennor helps homeowners in Meath and Louth plan renovations around better layouts, useful space and everyday life. Dublin enquiries are welcome too.
Play the motion study 8 secondsTHE EVERYDAY, RECONSIDERED
Keep the feeling.
Change the experience.
A home can look finished and still make daily life harder than it needs to be. Good renovation begins with those small, repeated frustrations.
LIGHT / MOVEMENT / MATERIAL / PURPOSE
The route to the kitchen.
The place to put everything.
The room you actually use.
A crowded doorway, nowhere for school bags or a kitchen cut off from the rest of the home: these are useful places to begin. Fennor listens to the routines behind your frustration and turns them into priorities for the renovation brief.
We then separate room-by-room options from changes that need a wider plan. You see what each direction involves, what needs assessment and how it relates to your budget before choosing what to take forward.
Explore the whole-home approach ↗YOUR PRIORITIES / YOUR STARTING POINT
What would make
every day better?
Choose the changes you care about. These become the starting points for your conversation with Fennor, alongside your budget and the parts of the home you want to keep.
A CONSIDERED START
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SMALL DECISIONS. LONG DAILY LIVES.
Choose for the way
you will live with it.
Surfaces with a job.
We bring samples and care information into the finish decisions, so you can weigh the look against everyday cooking, cleaning and wear.
Details you touch.
We work through the handles, switches and storage you use most, including reach and ease of operation. Your choices become part of the finish schedule rather than last-minute substitutions.
Light in layers.
We map the tasks and moods you want—preparing food, reading or winding down—into proposed lighting positions and controls before the room is finished.
Material swatches are illustrative colour studies, not product samples or specifications.
MORE WAYS WE CAN HELP
Find your starting point.
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Full-home renovations
When several rooms need to change, it helps to plan the house as a whole. Fennor brings your layout, comfort and day-to-day needs into one renovation journey.
Kitchen renovations
A better kitchen starts with the way you use it. Fennor helps you make room for cooking, storage and family life, with the layout and practical work considered together.
Bathroom renovations
A better shower, easier cleaning or more room to move. Fennor starts with what would improve your morning, then helps you choose a bathroom that works for the space and the household.
Older homes
Keep the character you fell for and improve the parts that make everyday life harder. Fennor helps you plan an older-home renovation with care for the building and the people living in it.
YOUR PROJECT WITH FENNOR
A better brief.
A more useful renovation.
We explain the choices, the work involved and what happens next, so you can decide with a clearer picture.
First, we get to know your home.
We start with the rooms that frustrate you and the things you want to keep. Together, we separate the essentials from the nice-to-haves and set priorities around your budget.
Then we look beyond the finish.
Before pricing the work, we identify the surveys needed for structure, damp and existing services. We explain what is known, what still needs investigating and how any allowance affects the price.
You know what happens next.
We explain the proposed stages, likely disruption and whether rooms can remain in use. Your proposal sets out the work included, any exclusions, payment stages and how changes and handover will be handled.
A SIMPLE START
What works today?
What needs to change?
- 01Photos or a rough plan of your home↗
- 02The things you most want to change↗
- 03Your budget priorities and whether you plan to stay at home↗
SUPPORT FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE IN MIND
A clearer budget.
The support to explore.
These are the relevant funding options to discuss with Fennor alongside your project. We explain the full price, the support that may apply and the steps before you commit.
Reviewed · Guidance, not an eligibility decision.
Grant support
Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant
Up to €50,000 / €70,000
Up to €50,000 for qualifying vacant-property refurbishment, or €70,000 including the confirmed derelict-property top-up.
Conditions & official guidance+
- Generally a pre-2008 property vacant for at least two years, becoming your principal home or an RTB-registered rental. Local-authority approval, inspection and eligible-cost rules apply.
- Current guidance provides an 18-month completion period and ten-year charge/clawback conditions. This is not a general renovation grant for an occupied home.
- SEAI support may apply to separate eligible work, but the same costs cannot be funded twice. Island and multi-unit cases have distinct rules.
Grant support
Disability-related housing adaptations
Up to €40,000
Means-tested local-authority support for necessary adaptations that help a person with a disability live at home. Not a grant for a cosmetic bathroom or kitchen makeover.
Conditions & official guidance+
- The maximum is €20,000 for a home built within the previous 12 months. Medical need, the necessary work, approval and available funding determine the award.
- The lowest assessed-income band is up to €37,500, with tapered support up to a €75,000 threshold. Applicable deductions and disregards are considered by the local authority.
- Secure local-authority approval before work. Fennor can discuss the building work; we do not decide eligibility or guarantee funding.
Grant support
Housing Aid for Older People
Up to €10,700
Means-tested support for essential repairs and improvements to make an older person’s home safe and habitable—not decorative renovation.
Conditions & official guidance+
- Normally for people aged 66 or over, with hardship exceptions considered by the local authority.
- Support tapers by assessed household income, with the full-rate band up to €37,500 and maximum threshold €75,000, subject to relevant deductions and disregards.
- The necessary work, available budget and approval before work determine the award.
USEFUL ANSWERS
Before the renovation.
A clearer conversation.
Plain language. No pressure to have it all figured out.
01Can I live at home during a renovation?
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Sometimes. We look at the work involved and explain whether safe cooking, washing, heating and access can be maintained. If a phased approach or temporary move is needed, we talk that through before agreeing the programme.
02Should I choose finishes before getting a quote?
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A few ideas are enough to begin. We help you weigh finishes against your budget and show any allowance for choices you have not made yet.
LET’S TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Talk to Fennor.
Tell us what you have in mind.
Based in Slane, serving Meath, Louth and Dublin. Tell us about a project further afield and we will confirm whether we can help.
089 403 2737 ↗info@fennor.ieWe will confirm the next step, availability and any assessment cost with you before a visit is booked.