Zima Renovations., 196 bootfary riad, Hessle (2026)

10/08/2026

Can’t find furniture that truly fits your space, style and way of working? We can create it specifically for you.

Hi everyone! We’re excited to introduce a new service from Zima Renovations — bespoke furniture made to order.

We have already completed several individual projects for clients in the UK, including bespoke cabinets delivered to London and custom-made solid oak shelving.

Our latest project is a handcrafted hospitality service station made from natural Ukrainian ash for an Italian restaurant in Beverley. It has now been delivered, installed and is already in daily use.

Unlike mass-produced furniture, every piece we create is designed around the client, the available space and the way the furniture will actually be used.

We can produce:

• restaurant waiter and service stations;
• bar cabinets and storage units;
• reception desks and host stands;
• wardrobes, cabinets and shelving;
• furniture for cafés, restaurants, hotels, offices and salons;
• individual pieces based on your photograph, sketch or idea.

We can manage the complete process:

• visit your property and take accurate measurements;
• help develop the design and internal layout;
• select the wood, colour, finish and hardware;
• manufacture the furniture to your requirements;
• arrange delivery throughout the UK;
• assemble and professionally install it on site.

Depending on the project, furniture can be delivered fully assembled or produced in separate sections for installation at the property.

We work with skilled Ukrainian craftspeople, combining quality natural materials with individual design and practical UK-based service. European delivery can also be arranged.

Whether you need one statement piece for your home or bespoke furniture for an entire commercial space, we would be happy to discuss your idea.

Send us a photograph, sketch or basic measurements, and we can discuss the possibilities and provide an initial quotation.

If you know a restaurant, hotel, business owner or private client who may be interested, please tag them or share this post.

Zima Renovations
Bespoke furniture for homes and businesses across the UK.

06/08/2026

Final result of our London project 🇬🇧🔨
More experience than profit this time 😅
Would we do it again? Read the full post 👇

06/08/2026

Final post. 🎬

It’s been three months, and I’m only just getting around to finishing this story. 😄

It’s the busiest time of the year, and there’s been so much work that I’ve barely had any time for content. I’ve already got loads of projects on my phone that I still haven’t shared, but I really wanted to finish this story first.

And now, the project is finally complete.

We completed all the agreed work, got the house ready for sale, and the owner took care of a few small finishing touches after we left. The final property photos for the sale were taken by the estate agency’s professional photographers.

Most importantly, the client was really happy with the result.

To be honest, he said he never expected the house could be transformed so much for that kind of budget by London standards.

For our team, this turned out to be much more than just another renovation.

Over those three months, we gained an incredible amount of experience.

We learned how to work in London, how everything operates here, how to find the right people and materials, how to organise projects efficiently, and what standards and requirements you need to meet. We also met several great tradespeople on this project, and we still work with some of them today.

To be honest, this wasn't a project where we made a lot of money.

A huge amount went on travel, parking, toll roads, food, new tools, materials, and even a few fines. On top of that, we priced this job before we really understood the London market, so our rates were well below local market prices. Now, with the experience we've gained, we'd price a project like this very differently.

But this was one of those projects where the biggest reward wasn't the money—it was the experience, the connections we made, and the understanding of how to work in the London market.

A special thank you goes to our client, Ben.

Without exaggeration, he's one of the best clients I've ever worked with.

Calm, respectful, polite, and genuinely a pleasure to work with. Despite his age, he had so much energy that sometimes we could barely keep up with him running up and down the stairs. 😄

When the project was finished, he even said, "Whenever you're working in London, feel free to stop by and stay over." One of my teammates actually took him up on that offer later on.

Thank you for your trust, and for allowing us to share the entire journey of this project—from the very first day right through to the finish.

That's why the last photo in the carousel isn't another work photo—it's us having dinner together after completing the project.

It was genuinely a pleasure working together.

And thank you to everyone who followed this series of posts.

Projects like this don't come around very often. They're the ones that push you to grow as a professional, make difficult decisions, take responsibility, and keep improving.

I've already got plenty more projects and stories waiting on my phone, and I'll do my best to share them with you over time.

Thanks for following our journey. See you in the next project! 💪

18/05/2026

Hi everyone, Ivan here 👋

I’m currently offering pressure washing / jet washing services around Hull, Hessle and nearby areas.

I can help clean:
✔ patios
✔ driveways
✔ garden paths
✔ paving slabs
✔ brickwork
✔ outdoor areas

Very satisfying transformation and a fresh clean look for summer ☀️

Reasonable prices depending on size and condition.
Feel free to message me for a quote or send photos on WhatsApp.
+447474819482

17/05/2026

Part 3.
The problems nobody really talks about 😅

By this point the project was fully moving forward… but together with the work came a huge amount of problems we honestly weren’t fully prepared for 😄

One of the biggest problems was logistics.

The house was located almost in central London, right near the Underground, with terrible parking and very awkward access.

At times I was basically driving into the courtyard almost through the entrance area near the Tube station, where loads of people were constantly walking past 😅

People looked at me with complete confusion when I was practically driving next to the station entrance.

And getting back out afterwards was another adventure 😄

Every delivery became a mission:
— where to stop
— how not to get a parking ticket
— how to unload materials
— how to carry everything into the house

At one point our plasterboards were delivered to the other side of the road, and we had to carry them manually across the traffic lights 😅

Because the project constantly changed, materials were always running out too.

Most days looked something like this:
— Jewson
— MP Moran
— Toolstation
— Screwfix
— paint shops
— plumbing suppliers
— electrical suppliers
— back to site
— realise something is missing
— go buy more materials again 😅

At some point it felt like we spent half our lives driving around London searching for materials and tools 😄

Storage became another huge problem.

The project got so big that tools, cables and materials were literally everywhere.

Because the house had multiple floors, finding anything became an adventure 😅

Someone moved the tools.
Someone took extension leads downstairs.
Nobody knew where the charger was.

Sometimes we spent more time looking for things than actually using them 😄

And then another challenge started:
people.

Finding workers for a large renovation sounds easy in theory.

In reality? Not really 😅

Some people worked well.
Some wanted big money immediately without proving their skill level.
Some talked a lot but worked very slowly.
Some enjoyed smoking and drinking more than actually renovating the property 😄

Some proudly spoke about their “20 years of experience”, but in reality couldn’t even properly organise their own work.

So besides the renovation itself, we constantly had to:
— organise workers
— manage tasks
— control work quality
— solve conflicts
— redo work after certain “specialists”

And honestly, we lost both time and money trying to build the right team.

The client was also heavily involved in the project, which is understandable for a property of this level. But because many ideas kept changing during the renovation, the project constantly evolved.

Some tasks had to be redone multiple times.
New works kept being added.
Priorities changed 😅

And of course all of this affected:
✔️ timelines
✔️ stress
✔️ organisation
✔️ budgets

Sometimes it felt like new problems were appearing faster than we could solve them 😅

At times the whole house looked like complete chaos:
— dust everywhere
— open ceilings
— exposed cables
— tools in every room
— materials spread across multiple floors 😄

And then… there were the rats 🐀😅

Technically they were already there before us. But because of the amount of rubbish and construction work, we started seeing them much more often.

At one point it honestly felt like they wanted to join our renovation team too 😄

In the end we almost defeated them… but they definitely tested our nerves 😅

Despite all of this, the project slowly kept moving forward.

Looking back now, I realise this project taught us much more than just renovation work.

It taught us:
— organisation
— problem solving
— working with people
— logistics
— planning

Now I realise that this was the project where we truly started understanding what large-scale renovations really look like from the inside 😄

In the next post I’ll finally show:
— how the house looked after renovation
— what we actually achieved
— and the final result 👀

14/05/2026

Part 2.
How this London project actually started 😅

So… we finally took on the project and started getting everything moving.

At first we arrived in London with a very small team and, honestly, we still didn’t fully understand how we were even going to manage a house of this scale 😄

At that time, this was the biggest project we had ever taken on in the UK 😅

The first days looked something like this:
— unloading tools
— buying materials
— clearing rooms (cleaning up after previous tenants so we at least had somewhere normal to sleep, eat and live)
— trying to organise storage
— and constantly thinking: “Where do we even start?” 😅

The house was so big that sometimes we spent 10–15 minutes just trying to find a tool or another person somewhere on the different floors 😄

One of the main tasks from the beginning was the electrical work.

We had to:
✔️ move sockets
✔️ install new lighting
✔️ run new wiring
✔️ cut channels into walls
✔️ drill through ceilings and floors
✔️ prepare everything for future lights and switches

Since the electrician from Hull didn’t come with us, we had to find a specialist in London. At some point we found a Ukrainian electrician and started working together.

We were cutting channels into the walls, drilling holes for sockets and preparing everything for the wiring, while he was pulling cables and connecting the system.

There was also a huge amount of plumbing work:
✔️ replacing pipes
✔️ reworking old plumbing
✔️ installing baths, sinks, toilets and taps
✔️ preparing bathrooms and kitchen areas

And then another separate challenge started 😅

During the day we worked on the site, and in the evenings I was still sitting and dealing with materials:
— what to buy
— where to buy it cheaper
— what was better to order online
— which tools we still needed
— which materials would work best for specific tasks

And honestly — that alone took a huge amount of time.

At that point we still didn’t fully understand how much chaos, stress and unexpected problems a large renovation project in London could create 😅

But step by step the project slowly moved forward.

And honestly — despite all the chaos — this project gave us a huge amount of experience.

Looking back now, I realise this project really levelled us up 😄

In the next post I’ll show:
— the problems we faced
— the behind-the-scenes chaos
— materials, parking, tools and stress
— problems with workers
— and even rats 🐀😅

12/05/2026

Part 1.
How we started renovating a 4-floor house in central London… and nearly fu**ed ourselves 😅

A huge property with a basement, lounge area, garden, and a sale price of around £1.3–1.5 million 👀

The previous builders were sleeping, smoking w**d and drinking alcohol right on site.

And at that point, we didn’t even really have a proper team ready for projects of that scale 😄

Honestly? Back then we didn’t fully understand what we were getting ourselves into.

Time to show one of the most interesting projects we had in 2025.

A full renovation of a historic residential property in Kennington, London — including major internal restoration and refurbishment works throughout the house.

We first met the client in Hull, where we had done a few smaller jobs for him before. He also owned property in London, and at some point he asked us to take on a much more serious project.

The house had been in his ownership for many years, but eventually he decided to prepare it for sale.

To be honest, me and my partner had serious doubts at the beginning 😄
It was far from home, and at that time we didn’t yet have a team ready to move to London and live there for several months during the works.

For us, this was the first project of this scale in London.

We travelled to London multiple times:
— inspected the property
— calculated the scope of works
— planned how to organise everything
— worked out budgets and renovation stages

The house was already under renovation, but the previous teams honestly worked terribly. The owner was often away from the property, so the situation became pretty typical 😅

People spent more time sleeping, smoking w**d and drinking than actually working.

At some point the client got fed up with it all and decided to find a team that would actually work instead of just “being on site”.

In the end, we took full control of the property and slowly started rebuilding and organising the entire process.

This project included almost everything:
✔ electrical works
✔ plumbing
✔ plastering and painting
✔ restoration of doors, skirting and woodwork
✔ vinyl flooring and engineered wood flooring
✔ interior and exterior works
✔ tiling at the front entrance and back garden
✔ gate installation
✔ roof repairs
✔ door replacements
✔ installation of a new kitchen worktop
✔ a large amount of electrical upgrades
✔ preparing the house for sale

In the end, we earned very little money from this project 😅
But we gained a huge amount of experience, content, stress, mistakes, and understanding of how large renovation projects in London actually work.

And this was only the beginning 👀

In the next posts I’ll show:
— the renovation process
— the problems we faced
— whether we actually managed to pull it off 😄
— and the final result after restoration.

📍 Based in Hull, available for projects across Yorkshire, London and other UK locations.

11/05/2026

Pressure Washing & Repointing Services

We now offer professional pressure washing using high-quality equipment, delivering strong and consistent results.

We can clean:
✔ Driveways
✔ Patios & paths
✔ Walls and brickwork
✔ Fences and outdoor areas

Removing moss, algae, dirt and years of build-up — bringing surfaces back to life.

We also carry out repointing and minor repairs, so your property not only looks clean, but is properly restored and protected.

Reliable service, fair pricing and attention to detail.
Based in Hull – covering surrounding areas.

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