Flat renovation in Prague: complete, turnkey renovations

Indicatively CZK 18,000 – 26,000 per m² for a basic panel-block renovation, CZK 26,000 – 38,000 per m² for a complete turnkey renovation, and CZK 38,000 per m² and up for high-specification work and older brick flats. Figures exclude VAT and exclude kitchen units and appliances. A figure specific to your flat only follows a survey – anything quoted over the phone sight unseen is a guess, not an offer.

Roughly six to eight weeks on site for a small flat, eight to twelve weeks for a typical three-bedroom flat, and four to five months for a high-specification renovation in an older brick building. Add two to four weeks of preparation before work starts: notifying the owners' association and ordering long-lead materials.

For a three-bedroom flat of around 70 m², a basic panel-block renovation works out at roughly CZK 1.3–1.8 million and a complete turnkey renovation at roughly CZK 1.8–2.7 million. These are indicative ranges excluding VAT and the kitchen. The gap between the lower and upper end comes mainly from the extent of layout changes and the specification of materials.

Survey and itemised budget, clearance and strip-out with rubble removal, new bathroom core and non-load-bearing partitions, water, waste, heating and electrical installations with certification, substrate levelling, floors, tiling, plaster and decoration, doors, sanitaryware and kitchen installation, the post-construction clean, and handover with documentation. You choose materials and layout; the coordination of trades and the programme are ours.

A normal renovation with no work to load-bearing structures and no change of use generally does not require a building permit. Consent or at least notification from the owners' association is needed almost every time, because it involves the common parts, working hours, the lift and the risers. Work to a load-bearing structure is a different matter: it requires an authorised structural engineer's assessment, documentation from an authorised designer and consent from the building authority.

A non-load-bearing partition, yes. The catch is that in panel construction most internal walls are structural and true partitions are scarce. Whether a particular wall is load-bearing is established from the building's documentation and the panel system used. We demolish non-load-bearing structures routinely; anything structural needs an engineer's assessment, consent and a licensed contractor – that part we do not carry out.

During a complete renovation, realistically no. For several weeks there is no water, no working WC and no power on parts of the circuits, plus dust and noise throughout. Living there also slows the work and pushes the completion date out. It is feasible for partial works – a bathroom alone where there is a second WC, or a phased renovation, which costs more and takes longer.

Yes, the quotation covers both labour and materials, listed separately. The budget works to a price level for each item – tiles up to a given price per m², for example. You choose the specific product, with us alongside you at the supplier's showroom if you want. If you go above the agreed level, you pay only the difference, and you know it in advance.

Payments are staged against genuinely completed phases, with the balance due after handover. Variations arise mainly once the structure is opened up and from changes you make along the way. Each one is dealt with by a variation record stating the price and the effect on the completion date, which you sign before the work proceeds – never something that appears for the first time on the final invoice.