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ABOUT US
Tough Oak specialises in full home refurbishments and open-plan extensions, consistently striving to create spaces that are both practical and suited to the client’s comfort and long-term needs. The team collaborates closely with clients to make the most of the available space, delivering seamless and well-connected living environments. Their designs emphasise natural light, creating warm and inviting areas, often incorporating rear or side glazing to open the home up to the garden. The founder of Tough Oak brings over 20 years of experience in the Irish construction industry, with a deep understanding of local building standards and practices. Fluent in both English and Chinese, the founder has worked extensively with Chinese clients, offering clear communication and a strong appreciation of their specific preferences and requirements. This cultural insight enables Tough Oak to deliver a more tailored, thoughtful service to a diverse client base. Tough Oak believes its success is built on a strong commitment to understanding and fulfilling clients’ expectations in terms of design, safety, craftsmanship, timely completion, and cost-effectiveness. The team manages every stage of the project from beginning to end, including design, planning, and structural engineering certification. At Tough Oak, continuous innovation and staying current with modern materials, energy-efficient solutions, and construction methods are key priorities. The company takes pride in delivering projects that balance high energy performance with excellent design and finish.
About Us
Tough Oak specialises in full home refurbishments and open-plan extensions, consistently striving to create spaces that are both practical and suited to the client’s comfort and long-term needs. The team collaborates closely with clients to make the most of the available space, delivering seamless and well-connected living environments. Their designs emphasise natural light, creating warm and inviting areas, often incorporating rear or side glazing to open the home up to the garden. The founder of Tough Oak brings over 20 years of experience in the Irish construction industry, with a deep understanding of local building standards and practices. Fluent in both English and Chinese, the founder has worked extensively with Chinese clients, offering clear communication and a strong appreciation of their specific preferences and requirements. This cultural insight enables Tough Oak to deliver a more tailored, thoughtful service to a diverse client base. Tough Oak believes its success is built on a strong commitment to understanding and fulfilling clients’ expectations in terms of design, safety, craftsmanship, timely completion, and cost-effectiveness. The team manages every stage of the project from beginning to end, including design, planning, and structural engineering certification. At Tough Oak, continuous innovation and staying current with modern materials, energy-efficient solutions, and construction methods are key priorities. The company takes pride in delivering projects that balance high energy performance with excellent design and finish.
THE PROCESS
CONTACT
After you have contacted us by contact form, phone call or e-mail we will call you for a brief chat and to go true outlined details and potential design of your project. An approximate timeline and budget for your project will be discussed. All of this is free of cost.
HOME VISIT
Our designer will call to your home where they will have a chat about what you are hoping to achieve. We will advise you on how to make the best use of the space available and discuss which is the right service for you to create a bright and spacious, open, light filled, well insulated home. In this meeting specifications, design brief, timeline and budget details will be discussed. If you would like to go ahead a project, 3D drawings, a detailed quote and a detailed survey of your house will be made, for a small fee.
STARTING THE PROJECT
In this meeting you will have agreed with the design, budget and specifications, we will then confirm a starting date + prospective timeline for the project.If you are happy to proceed, work will then commence at the scheduled time and will be completed in the agreed time frame.
INTERIORS
Tough Oak also providean additional complete interiors services where you will be given a list of approved suppliers where you can go to look at flooring, interior doors, tiles etc. This allows us to give our clients with busy life-styles the option of an additional full bespoke service where we can take care of all the running around and help you make all the decisions on kitchen, bathroom suites, flooring, appliances, windows, doors, furniture, garden design and layout, etc.
COMPLETION
Let us build and design your home. Unwind and watch while your project takes shape. You will be updated regularly.
Contact Us
Address: 51 Bracken Road Sandyford Dublin Ireland D18Cv48
Tel: 087 164 7000
Email:INFO@toughoak.ie
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