NOVACENE @ HOME

Whether it is a new build or a run-down property in need of care and attention, NOVACENE @ HOME can offer a full range of services to get your project completed as quickly and efficiently as possible. We can work with you from start to finish. Our Structural experts have vast experience with the design of extensions and interior structural remodelling and members of our core team can help with statutory planning and environmental surveys and advice.

Our project managers can provide a cost effective, friendly service that will ensure your project stays on track and within budget. Most of our project managers have a major civil engineering background and can oversee all types of building, geotechnical and construction work. 

Our consultants are fully trained in all aspects site safety and can ensure that any subcontractors you may use, adhere to relevant safety regulations, giving you peace of mind. 

We can provide the following services depending on your requirements and the scale of your project: 

• Management of professional inputs such as trades, specialists, utilities, authorities 
• Cash flow forecasts for lenders 
• Program and project management of key inputs 
• Help with procurement of supplies and services 
• Help with design and specification details for your building to enable matching of finished colours to accord with planning conditions 
• Arranging waste disposal and remediation where required 
• Specifying materials and compliance with fire safety and building details produced by our structural or architectural teams 
• Helping with disputes on site or changes to details 
• Compliance with safety regulations such as the CDM regulations and acting as the principal point of contact responsible for site safety 
• Dealing with contractors on site and arranging simple forms of contract for the work involved 
• Arranging more complex forms of build contract with staged payments for funded projects with our architecture teams such as JCT or RIBA required by e.g., lenders to support release of payment based on progress and completion stages for the programmed work 
• Helping with budgets and risk to ease through the early planning stages for a project, tests of affordability

Novacene @ Home has partnered with EMC Architects to provide a bespoke architectural design service for all your building needs. Whether you are looking for a traditional look to blend in with your existing house or, you want a modern flair, we can help turn your dreams into reality! 

We also offer AutoCAD drafting services for planning applications and offer a very competitively priced full colour printing service from A4 to A0 size. Prices depend on size, colour/black and white, quantity and delivery requirements. 

For more information and a no-obligation quote, please send your details to: admin@Novaceneconsulting.com

Do you want to do your part for preventing climate change? Do you want to save money on yearly fuel bills? Are you over reliant on fuel and electricity providers? Whatever your motivation, Novacene @ Home can help you every step of the way on your journey to net zero. 

We can show you how you can make your home more energy efficient and provide advice on energy saving measures that can save you real money. 

We only recommend trusted suppliers and manufacturers so you can be sure that whatever measures are installed will work in the way they are supposed to. In conjunction with our retrofit services and energy consultancy, we can also offer advice on available sources of grant and government funding where available.

Currently, the UK has less than a tenth of the total ground and air source heat pumps in use compared with the rest of Europe. Our passion for this energy source stems from our Consultancy work where we proved that deep geothermal heat was economical to use for district heat networks in UK Cities. Since then, we have collaborated with partners in Sweden and Germany to bring the latest technology and best practice to the UK market.

We can provide practical advice, design and then manage your foundation, earthworks and landscaping requirements. We work with trusted Contractors to get the job done efficiently. As with everything we do at Novacene, we aim to minimise the use of high carbon producing materials such as concrete and steel. The following are just some of the services we can provide:

• Foundation design for extensions, new builds, conservatories 
• Advice on planning related to groundworks
• Subsidence issues
• Retaining walls and slopes
• General earthworks and landscaping
• Design and advice on buried services, tanks and other features in the ground
• Ground investigations include boreholes, trial pits and non-obtrusive surveys such as GPR

Problems with your router? Do you have Wi-Fi dead zones in your house? Or are you just curious about what new technology can do for your home, keeping it energy efficient but also great fun. We can help with all of these issues and more. 

Our team has expert knowledge in installation and problem solving for most Smart Tech manufacturers. We can install or provide advice for Amazon, Nest, Hive, Phillips, Sonos, Google, in fact, the list is endless. And if we can’t install/fix it, we will find someone who can. 

Another of our passions at Novacene @ Home is keeping our more senior members of the community safe and self-sufficient in their own home for as long as possible. Smart Tech is really helping with this and we are able to give advice and help you select the perfect products for your or your loved one’s needs. 

Some of the things we can help with are:

• Monitoring and security
• Fall detection and alarms
• House automation including lighting, heating, blinds and doors
• Centralised and universal control units
• Whole house communications systems

We are also committed to ethical trading and commercial practices. That’s why we will NEVER approach a vulnerable or elderly customer only ever responding to carers and relatives prior to any contact with a vulnerable adult.

We are proud to work with Marsh Industries, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of both domestic and commercial off mains sewage treatment plants. Marsh manufacture a huge range of package plants from single dwelling septic tanks through to 500+ PE (person equivalent) Package Treatment Plants. Novacene @ Home has worked with Marsh to deliver the right plant for your requirements, also gaining Environment Agency approval to construct, procure, design and manage your system, whatever the ground conditions.

Novacene @ Home can help you with a wide array of environmental services. We can organise many types of survey that may be required under Planning Regulations. Some of the services we can offer are listed below:

• Environmental permitting (discharge and extraction licenses)
• Geo-environmental site investigation and contaminated land
• WAC testing for disposal to landfill 
• Waste Management
• Animal surveys
• Noise surveys
• Dust surveys