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February 2025 - Full Apartment Renovation in Weymouth

Back in November, a local customer spotted our posts on Nextdoor and reached out by email, asking if we could handle a full renovation of his flat. Naturally, we jumped at the chance — these big projects are right up our alley!

The customer wanted a complete refurb, including a brand-new kitchen and two modern bathrooms. Since he wasn’t living locally during the work, meticulous planning and project management were key to keeping everything on track and ensuring smooth progress from start to finish.

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Just Stop Oil

Now hear me out... I know they're controversial and I know they wind a lot of people up but one thing they did do is get people talking.

Oil - it's bad. Most people would agree drilling for oil and removing fossil fuels from the ground is a bad thing for the environment, now this goes deeper (excuse the pun), if we are to save the environment we should live in a sustainable way - which includes photovoltaic panels, solar panels, wind farms, generating electricity from tides, all of these are sustainable.

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The Ultimate Guide to Scaffold Towers

With our birthday on the horizon we are already looking at new tools! So we bring this blog to you - all about the safe use of scaffold towers and the opportunities they bring. How exciting!

As with everything we do, detail is important and this includes access equipment. The regulations for scaffold towers aka mobile access towers are very strict to keep workers safe and prevent avoidable accidents & injury.

Scaffold towers are an essential piece of kit in any construction firm’s inventory, providing a sturdy platform for workers to perform various tasks at height.

A good understanding of the regulations is essential for anyone who uses, assembles, inspects and maintains scaffold towers.

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January 2025 - Kitchen Refurbishment in Weymouth

Our Weymouth client contacted us via WhatsApp after learning about us via a word-of-mouth recommendation, initially asking if we could install some kitchen cabinet doors.

Upcycle Interiors provided a reliable and professional service for this kitchen refurbishment project - we collected newly painted doors from the local spray workshop and installed them in time for the kitchen worktop templating team.

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Upcycle Interiors Ltd is VAT-registered

We're Now VAT Registered – What This Means for You

At UIL, we’re committed to providing top-quality handyman and renovation services across Weymouth, Dorchester, and Portland. As our business continues to grow, we are pleased to announce that from 1st March 2025, we will be VAT registered.

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November 2024- Heritage Sash Window Repair in Dorchester

Our Dorchester client approached us via email regarding a traditional sash window repair after being let down by all the other local heritage compaines they had tried. We were more than happy to help!

Refurbishment and renovation is what we are all about, we love to upcycle, repair, conserve and maintain, especially when it comes to traditional sash windows and conservation.

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October 2024 - Cloakroom Painting In Osmington

Our client in Osmington found us when they saw one of our corex advertising boards in Upwey at an "Open Garden" event.


We have agreed a rolling program of refurbishment and maintenance works. The next phase was to redecorate the utility room and cloakroom.

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Upcycle Interiors Limited - Not Your Average Builder

Upcycle Interiors Limited (UIL) specialises in renovations and also provides a reliable, professional handyman service, property maintenance, general building work, carpentry, landscaping, & interior/landscape design.

Based in Weymouth, our team are trustworthy, reliable & communicative - we only take on local jobs.

The business specialises in upcycling salvaged materials & our three pillars are: 

1) Professionalism;

2) Trustworthiness;

3) Reliability.

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October 2024 - Door Refurbishment in Winfrith

Our client in Winfrith Newburgh found us with a Google search a year ago when they asked us to build them a log cabin.


Since then we have been back to refurbish the back door, build a new hand made double gate, and now - lovingly restore an outhouse/workshop door. They had been meaning to do the work themselves, but as we know too well - life gets in the way and time slips by.

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October 2024 - Door Painting

Our client found us when they saw one of our corex advertising boards in Upwey.


They had a long (2 pages of A4) to do list for us of small niggles and tasks to complete following their house move.Our team flew through the list - this week we painted two doors and a handrail.

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October 2024 - Guttering Repair

Our client found us through a Google search and got in touch via WhatsApp (07971461101).

They enlisted us with repairing a malfunctioning built in dishwasher cabinet. While on site they requested our help with repairing some leaking gutters - they had scaffolding access for other works so we quickly jumped on the opportunity before the scaffolding was taken down.

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