Before you spend the first centime, get an independent craftsman's eye on your project. I study your building, I tell you what is sound, what is not, and where to start.
A good project starts with a good conversation. The advice visit is the time we take together to ask the right questions, before the work starts and it is too late to change your mind.
This visit is a service in its own right, and it is paid for one very simple reason: it guarantees total objectivity. My opinion is not influenced by a quote I might hand you afterwards. I can advise you not to do certain works, to do them in a different order, or to entrust them to a trade other than mine.
In practice, I examine what holds your house up: the condition of the , the health of the walls and the joinery, damp, the points to watch. Then I take on the role of a light : I turn your wishes into concrete steps, in the right order.
It can feel superfluous before you start. But ask around: almost everyone who has renovated will tell you that a review like this would have spared them costly surprises. The cost of the visit is marginal, if not nil, compared with what it helps you avoid.
The gold-underlined words are explained on hover. All definitions are in the joinery glossary.
You call me and describe your project. I tell you the cost of the visit, set in advance.
A careful visit of your building: structures, materials, constraints. With experts if needed.
The technical options, their advantages and their limits, the priorities and the order of the steps.
With me, with others, later or not at all: the opinion is yours. No pressure.
| Pre-works advice visit | Amount set in advance |
| What you receive | A written opinion, independent of any quote |
The amount depends on the scale of the project and is given to you before the visit, over the phone. It is a service in its own right, paid for itself: the guarantee that my advice stays completely objective.
Precisely so that it stays objective. Free advice is always influenced by the quote that might follow. Here you pay for the opinion, not for the promise of works: I can tell you not to do certain works, to do them in a different order, or to entrust them to another trade. My only goal is to give you a clear picture.
The amount is set in advance, before the visit, based on the scale of the project: you know exactly what you are paying before you commit. It is a service in its own right, paid for itself: that is what guarantees my opinion stays completely objective.
After the visit you have a clear picture of your project: the real condition of the building, the points to watch, the technical options with their advantages and their limits, the priorities and the order of the steps. Enough to decide calmly, compare quotes with full knowledge, and avoid nasty surprises once work is under way.
No, and that is the whole point. The advice visit is a service in its own right: you leave with my opinion and you do what you want with it, including consulting other craftsmen. It is the opposite of a sales approach.
As early as possible: before buying a house to renovate, before signing quotes, before freezing the plans. People who have done works often say it: a review like this early on would have spared them costly surprises. The cost of the visit is marginal compared with what it helps you avoid.
The original oak beams kept and reinforced, to start again from a sound base.
An impossible space, solved by studying before the first cut of the saw.
Call me to talk it over: the call itself costs nothing. I will tell you frankly whether the advice visit makes sense for your project. I speak English, so feel free to call or write in English.
+33 6 03 57 45 47Reply within 48 hours, or in writing: contact@agencementklein.fr
