Eduard Marsheftaj

Ed and his team completely refurbished a room in my house to a very high standard. This included stripping away old wallpaper and plaster and re-plastering and painting the walls and ceiling, as well as a number of miscellaneous tasks. I approached Ed with a very tight schedule, and asked him to install custom carpentry. The work was was completed to an extremely high standard, and surpassed my expectations for what I thought could be achieved in such a short period of time. Even though I changed the requirements mid job, Ed made sure that he kept to the original schedule and quote, and ensured that everything was finished perfectly. Ed and his team were courteous and professional, and I had no qualms at all about leaving them to work alone in my house. It is obvious that Ed has a wealth of knowledge about his craft, that he is keen to share, and cares deeply about doing a good job. I am very happy about the standard of work and I will not hesitate to call Ed and his team for any future work I need to have done.

Ed recently completed the renovation of our Victorian maisonette to a very high standard. The extensive work he undertook included knocking though a load bearing wall and installing a supporting beam, adding underfloor insulation, re-plumbing radiators, replacing a ceiling complete with new cornice, substantial plastering, replacing/restoring architraves and woodwork, painting & decorating, and even some electrical works and roofing! Everything was done extremely well, with incredible attention to detail. Ed is a perfectionist and a multi-skilled craftsman, able to tackle a wide variety of tasks with the help of his trusty sidekick Ben. He also has a network of tradespeople he can bring in for anything requiring specific expertise, such as complex electrical works. Our project grew well beyond the original brief outlined to Ed, but he was always able to accommodate our wishes, and kept us regularly updated on how timings and costs would be affected. If you want a job done quickly and cheaply (and quality isn't a priority) Ed is not your man. But if you want work finished to a beautiful standard, by someone who takes pride in their work, and care of your property, then put your trust in Ed.

Based on our experience over many years - we have not had better work done inside our home. The work involved fitting a new oak floor, new skirting boards and making good and decorating plaster work following installation of a damp course. Both tradesmen were meticulous and paid attention to detail that resulted in a major improvement to our flat. We are pleased to recommend Edward Marcheta's firm.

We recently hired Ed to carry out some renovations to our property prior to us moving in. We were working to a very tight moving deadline and Ed worked very hard to meet that, as he understood our circumstances. The project was of varied scope. We had a walk-in wardrobe built and he was very useful in planning how to optimise the storage space as well as making it aestheically pleasing. We also had underfloor heating and wooden flooring laid, as well as new skirting. His team updated some old electrics in the house including a new fusebox. The whole house was also repainted and decorated, and Ed was very helpful in advising about colours and using his experience from other properties to help us decide on colour schemes and what would and wouldn't work. He also came up with a fun solution to disguise some old pipework in the kitchen which all of our visitors have commented on as being a clever feature. Ed and his team's work was very thorough and of a high standard. Ed is a perfectionist, and he also is great at coming up with practical and interesting ideas and solutions for decorating, storage etc. which was especially useful for first timers like us. He was honest and up front about all costs, and helped us understand what spending would be worth doing and not worth doing, which was refreshing. He and his team were careful with our property, and trustworthy, as well as being nice guys generally! We would not hesitate to hire Ed again for any work we will do.

We hired Ed in June to renovate our master bedroom and en-suite. Ed and Ben made good badly laid noggins and floorboards, fitted a glass sliding pocket door, built-in a wall of fitted wardrobes and built a partition wall. They worked to a very high standard, were extremely trustworthy and Ed often pro-actively recommended options to us. I second another Which reviewer who said "If you want a job done quickly and cheaply (and quality isn't a priority) Ed is not your man. But if you want work finished to a beautiful standard, by someone who takes pride in their work, and care of your property, then put your trust in Ed."

Ed and his helper, Ben, did some work in our 2 bed flat around May 2013. Our flat is part of a grade II listed house in London. The works included replacement of a ceiling that was falling down (which included adding extra fire and noise insulation), stripping back two walls to brick and replastering them plus skimming one additional wall. All the works were in the bedrooms. Ed was clear in communicating the work needed to achieve the results we were looking for. As the job went on we chose to explore and commission additional works (the original job was to replace the ceiling only though we also wanted to see options for the walls). Ed took time to discuss our options and provide quotes on the various action we could take. We were left feeling well informed and able to decide what would be best in our situation. The quality of the work was to a high standard, it was done without unnecessary delay in a single work block. Ed kept the mess from the works to minimum within reason. Additionally, Ed was sensitive to our daily routines as we prepared for work each day and we valued retaining our privacy whilst opening our home. In summary, we were very happy with the quality of the works done. Ed was clear about his limitations, offered a fair price for the works completed. We would recommend Ed to anyone doing interiors building works and we would have him back for suitable projects.

In 2013 Eduard and his team re-modelled our kitchen, a bathroom, sitting room and dining room. Over subsequent years they have attended for minor repairs such as leaks from the flat upstairs.

October 2013-10-23 After reading the recommendations in Which? I asked Ed to update a small kitchen, and I have not been disappointed. After removing the old units he and Ben made good the old lath- and-plaster walls, and fitted acoustic insulation under the floor boards. They sorted out the wiring and put in the new kitchen, later calling in an electrician to check things through. The kitchen looks great and has exceeded expectation. Ed is very client centred and at every stage in the job consulted with me over the possible options. He was genuinely interested in finding the best solutions rather than trying to add unnecessary items to the bill. He is very thorough and made sure that everything was left in safe operational order. Ed takes great care and pride in his work and pays attention to every detail, he is a perfectionist. He Ben made every effort not to disturb us more than necessary during the work and they also worked very tidily without leaving mess around the house. On the evening that the new Kitchen was due to be delivered Ed waited with me to help check the order and make sure things were taken carefully into the house. They were always very helpful and considerate. I definitely recommend Ed and would use him again in the future.