Building your own house means choosing a window supplier, a kitchen company, someone for the wardrobes and someone for the living room, all while the builder keeps asking for dates. The Home Upgrade Co. does all of that fit out as one order: one design, one itemised quote and one fitting team, from the windows that close the house in to the wardrobes that go in last. This page explains what we supply, how we price from your drawings, and when to order each part.
What can The Home Upgrade Co. supply for a self build?
Windows and patio doors, the kitchen and utility, fitted wardrobes, media walls and other fitted furniture, designed together and fitted by one team.
Everything below is made to measure for the house you are building, and each part has its own page with the detail:
- Windows in uPVC, aluminium or timber, including tilt and turn, triple glazing and patio doors
- The kitchen, including the island, pantry or larder and the utility room
- Fitted wardrobes for every bedroom, including walk in wardrobes and wardrobes under a sloped ceiling
- A media wall, hallway storage, under stairs storage and a home office
Internal doors can go in with the rest of the order: when we are doing the windows, kitchen and wardrobes, the doors travel on the same shipment, priced from the drawings with everything else.
Can you price a self build from my house plans?
Yes. Send the floor plans, elevations and window schedule, and we price every window and draw the kitchen and wardrobes in 3D from them.
A self build is the easiest job to price early, because the architect has already drawn every opening and every room. Upload the drawings here, or WhatsApp them to us, along with anything you already know you want: frame material and colour, the kitchen style, which bedrooms get wardrobes.
From the drawings you get each window and door priced on its own line, a 3D design of the kitchen and utility, and the wardrobes and fitted furniture room by room. You can see what every part costs and decide what goes in the order.
Before anything is made, the sizes are checked against the house as built, because what gets built is never exactly what was drawn. Once you agree the quote, we visit the house to do that check.
When should I order windows and the kitchen in a self build?
Windows to arrive as the house is ready to close in, the kitchen and wardrobes after plastering. Allow about 12 weeks from sign-off for each.
Our windows and kitchens take about 12 weeks from signing off the design to fitted. On a self build, work backwards from your builder's programme. The windows are what make the house weathertight, so they need to arrive as soon as the openings are ready. The kitchen goes in after plastering and first fix plumbing and electrics. Wardrobes, the media wall and the rest of the fitted furniture usually go in last.
The simplest way is to get the whole fit out designed and priced at the start, sign off the windows first, and sign off the kitchen and furniture once the house is closed in. You know the full cost from day one, and each part arrives when the house is ready for it. How long a new kitchen takes sets out each stage.
How much does a self build fit out cost?
Kitchens start from €12,000 fitted, including VAT. Windows are priced opening by opening, and wardrobes and furniture room by room, from your drawings.
A typical family kitchen with a quartz worktop sits between €15,000 and €25,000. A large room with an island, stone worktops and integrated appliances can sit above that. What a new kitchen costs explains where the money goes.
Windows depend on how many openings there are, their sizes, the frame and the glass, so we price each one separately rather than give a figure per house. What decides the cost of new windows shows how to compare quotes. For wardrobes and fitted furniture, see what fitted wardrobes cost and what fitted furniture costs.
Everything we supply is premium and made to the highest spec, and it is priced to that standard. Quality at this level is not a budget purchase, and we would rather say so here than after you have sent the drawings. If you are working to a tight budget, we are honestly not the right fit.
Get the whole fit out priced from your drawings
Send the floor plans, elevations and window schedule. You get every window priced, the kitchen and wardrobes in 3D, and one itemised quote. No obligation.
Why use one company for the whole fit out?
One design, one quote, one fitting team and one person to call. The kitchen, wardrobes and media wall are drawn together, so the finishes match.
On a self build you are already managing a builder, an architect and a list of trades. Every extra supplier is another set of measurements, another delivery date and another person to chase. With one order, the windows, kitchen and furniture are on one quote and one programme.
Designing the rooms together also means they look like one house. The wardrobe doors can match the kitchen, and the media wall can match the alcove units and the hallway storage. Everything is fitted by our own team.
What is included, and what is not?
Design, supply and fitting of the windows, kitchen and fitted furniture, with our warranty. Building work, plumbing, electrics, tiling, flooring and appliances are not included.
- Included: the 3D design, every window, door, unit, worktop and wardrobe on the quote, delivery and fitting by our own team.
- Warranty: 10 years on windows and doors, and 2 years on kitchens, wardrobes and fitted furniture.
- Not included: the build itself, structural work, plumbing, electrics, gas, heating, tiling, flooring and appliances. Your builder and trades do those, and we fit around their programme.
Do you cover my area?
Yes, across Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Self builds further out in the commuter belt are looked at case by case.
Many self builds are on rural sites outside the towns, and that is fine. Tell us where the site is when you send the drawings, and if it is outside Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow we will tell you straight away whether we can take it on.
If you are doing up an empty house rather than building one, the vacant property refurbishment grant guide covers how windows and the kitchen fit into that.
Questions self builders ask
Can you price a self build from the architect's drawings?
Yes. Send the floor plans, elevations and window schedule and we price every window and draw the kitchen and wardrobes in 3D from them, then check the sizes against the built house before anything is made.
Do I have to order everything at once?
No. Most self builders order the windows first and the kitchen and wardrobes later, as the house gets to each stage. Each windows order still needs to be 5 or more windows or doors.
Do you build the house or do the plumbing and electrics?
No. We are the fit out, after the structure is up: windows, kitchen, wardrobes and fitted furniture. The build itself, plumbing, electrics, heating, tiling and flooring are for your builder and trades.
Is there a minimum order?
Windows and doors have a minimum of 5 in any mix, which a new house always meets. There is no minimum on kitchens, wardrobes or fitted furniture.
