Stavros Loizou
Editor, kitchens, bathrooms and finishes
Stavros covers the rooms that carry the most cost per square metre and the finishes that go into them. He tracks the order trades have to arrive in, which moves a Cypriot renovation bill further than any hourly rate does.
Covers
- kitchen design
- kitchen fitting
- kitchen renovation
- bathroom renovation
- tiling
- flooring
- carpentry
- painting decorating
- renovation
- window replacement
- double glazing
- glazing
Written by Stavros Loizou
18 guides
Tilers in Cyprus: The Questions People Ask
Cracked grout, loose tiles, hollow-sounding floors and what a tiler can actually repair versus what needs lifting. Plain answers for Cypriot buildings.
How to Choose a Painter and Decorator Company in Cyprus
Real painter and decorator ranges for Cyprus, what moves them, and what to check before accepting a quote.
How to Choose a Tiler Company in Cyprus
What a Cyprus tiling quote should itemise, which registrations you can actually check, and the substrate questions that decide whether the floor lasts.
How to Choose a Glazier Company in Cyprus
What can be verified about a glazier in Cyprus, which glass specifications matter in this climate, and what a window quote should itemise before you sign.
How to Choose a Carpenter Company in Cyprus
What carpenters charge in Cyprus, which registrations you can check yourself, and how to read a joinery quote before you accept it.
Painter and Decorator Maintenance in Cyprus: What and When
How often paintwork actually needs redoing in Cyprus, what you can handle yourself, and what it costs once neglect turns a coating job into a render job.
Tiler Maintenance in Cyprus: What and How Often
Tiles rarely fail. The grout, silicone and movement joints around them do. The maintenance schedule for Cypriot buildings, and what it costs to skip it.
Painter and Decorator: Comparing the Options for Cyprus
Four ways to get a Cypriot property painted, what each one really costs you in preparation, access and repaint cycles, and which suits which building.
Tiler: Comparing the Options for Cyprus
Porcelain, natural stone, large-format slabs, microcement and no-tiler options compared for Cypriot floors, wet rooms and terraces, with real laid rates.
Glazier Maintenance in Cyprus: What and How Often
Cyprus glazing rarely fails in the glass. It fails at the seals, the tracks and the drainage. What to check, how often, and when to call a glazier.
Carpenter Maintenance in Cyprus: What and How Often
Timber here is worn out by sun, not by rain. What to recoat, how often, which repairs you can do yourself, and when the job needs a carpenter.
Painter and Decorator in Nicosia: Local Prices
Real painter and decorator ranges for Nicosia, Cyprus, what moves them, and what to check before accepting a quote.
Painter and Decorator in Limassol: Local Prices
Real painter and decorator ranges for Limassol, Cyprus, what moves them, and what to check before accepting a quote.
Painter and Decorator in Cyprus: Your Questions Answered
Real painter and decorator ranges for Cyprus, what moves them, and what to check before accepting a quote for repair, maintenance or urgent work.
Tiler in Nicosia: What Local Companies Charge
Real tiling ranges for Nicosia, what moves them, and what to check on substrate, tanking and movement joints before you accept a quote.
Tiler in Limassol: What Local Companies Charge
Real tiling ranges for Limassol, Cyprus, what moves them on coastal and high-rise work, and what to check in a quote before you accept it.
Painter and Decorator in Larnaca: Local Prices
Real painter and decorator ranges for Larnaca, Cyprus, what moves them on damp and coastal work, and what to check before accepting a quote.
Painter and Decorator in Paphos: What Local Companies Charge
Real painter and decorator ranges for Paphos, Cyprus, what moves them, and what to check before accepting a quote.