Dublin renovation contractor
A Dublin renovation contractor and design studio under one roof.
RK Designs works from Hillview House in Sandyford, Dublin 18, and has renovated hundreds of houses across the city and county — Sandymount, Clontarf, Ranelagh, Rathgar, Howth, Dalkey and the Wicklow coast. Because the design and the site management sit in the same studio, there is no gap between the drawings you approved and the house the trades build.
What we take on in Dublin
Whole houses, period homes and apartments.
- Whole-house renovation
- Structural work, rewiring, plumbing, insulation, joinery and full furnishing in one continuous programme.
- Period and Victorian restoration
- Red-brick and Georgian houses across the city, including protected structures and conservation areas.
- Rear and attic extensions
- Designed, lodged for planning and built, with the kitchen and garden connection resolved together.
- Apartments and penthouses
- City fit-outs where management-company rules, lift access and delivery windows drive the programme.
- Kitchens and bathrooms
- Bespoke Irish-made joinery, stone and brassware, specified and installed by the same team.
- Rental and holiday lets
- Durable, well-furnished interiors specified for short-term letting and quick turnaround.
Why owners choose us
One contract, one programme, one weekly report.
Most Dublin renovations run late because responsibility is split. We hold design, tender, trades and furnishing together, and report every week with photographs and costs tracked against the approved budget.
- Fixed, itemised scope
- You see exactly what is priced and what is excluded before the first invoice.
- Vetted Dublin trades
- Builders, electricians, plumbers, plasterers and joiners we have worked with for years, not whoever is free.
- Weekly site reporting
- Photographs, progress and cost position every week — the same report whether you are in Rathgar or Chicago.
- Turnkey finish
- Snagged, cleaned, furnished and dressed before you get the keys back.
Based in Dublin 18
Hillview House, Bracken Road, Sandyford.
Call +353 1 667 8659 or email info@rkdesigns.ie and we will arrange a site visit anywhere in Dublin or Wicklow. Overseas owners get the same service run remotely, with filmed walkthroughs and calls scheduled to your time zone.
From owners who did it
“Thank you for the care and attention you and your staff have given to our new home. You made it happen. My husband and I are truly enjoying our newly finished and furnished holiday home. I hope you have saved before and after pictures, because no one would believe it was the same place. It is warm, comfortable and elegant — just what we had planned. You worked very hard to get just the right touches.”
“Ruth Kennelly designed and managed a complete refurbishment of my house. I trusted her judgement and style, so much so that I handed her the keys and went away on holidays for three weeks! And what a result — a fantastic revamp from old to new. I have no hesitation in highly recommending RK Designs to family and friends alike.”
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