Investment Property & HMO Renovation Specialists
One point of contact from stripped shell to ready-to-let. We manage the trades, the programme, the budget and the HMO compliance, so your property earns instead of sitting empty while you chase people who don't turn up.
No obligation, no hard sell, we answer the phone ourselves, Mon–Sun 9am – 7pm.
Who We Work For
Most of our work is HMO renovation for landlords and property investors across Oxfordshire, alongside full property refurbishment for owner-occupiers who expect the same standard of project management. The brief may differ, but the approach doesn't: every choice on site is weighed against your budget, your timeline and what the finished property needs to achieve.
RedFox Homes is owner-run and hands-on. We lead on project management and are personally involved in the decorating, furnishing and styling, so nothing is left to chance. Today that's a 4-person team backed by a trusted network of independent trades. Read more about RedFox Homes or see recent renovation projects in Oxfordshire.
Sourcing, design, build, furnish and through to ready-to-let or ready-to-sell, managed as one project.
Programmes are built around your available funds and your timeline, and flexed as the project moves.
Independent subcontractors we've worked with for years, who know the standard expected before they start.
Investors who don't live locally can hand the whole thing over and get the property back finished.
Services
Whole-house programmes taken from stripped shell to finished, lettable or saleable property under one point of contact.
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Tired shared houses brought back up to standard, with fire regulations and building control handled as part of the works.
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Single dwellings reconfigured into compliant, room-efficient HMOs, including licensing and building control.
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Kitchens specified and installed within a wider renovation, built for tenant durability rather than showroom fragility.
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En-suites and shared bathrooms designed around real occupancy, sequenced to keep the wider programme moving.
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Interiors designed for the booking platforms, a scheme that photographs well and survives back-to-back stays.
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Styling, furnishing and a photo-ready finish, available as two package tiers at an additional cost.
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Specification and scheme design that fixes the finish before the first invoice, so nothing is decided on site under pressure.
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Sourced, delivered and installed packages so a completed property is occupied rather than waiting on deliveries.
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Trades, sequencing, budget and schedule managed on your behalf: the core of what RedFox Homes does.
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The part that costs landlords money is rarely the building work: it's the licensing, the fire regulations and the building control sign-off that stall a property for months after the trades have gone. We handle that side directly as part of the project, so the conversion is finished when the last room is finished.
Layouts are planned for room count and compliance at the same time, so you aren't paying twice to correct a scheme that never had a chance of passing. Whether it's a tired existing HMO brought back up to standard or a single dwelling converted from scratch, you get one team accountable for the whole outcome.
How It Works
If you need the deal as well as the build, we help find and appraise stock that actually works as an investment.
Layout, scheme and finishes fixed on paper before trades arrive, so decisions aren't made under pressure mid-build.
Trades sequenced and managed daily. Licensing, fire regulations and building control handled as part of the works.
Furniture packages sourced, delivered and installed, with styling for short-lets taken through to a photo-ready finish.
You take back a property that can be tenanted, listed or sold immediately, not one waiting on snagging and deliveries.
Short-Let Design & Setup
A short-let earns on the strength of its listing photographs and how well it holds up between guests. We design the scheme, source and install the furniture, and style the property through to a finished, photo-ready state.
Styling, furnishing and setup are offered as two tiers so you can match the spend to the property and the nightly rate you're targeting.
Short-let setup comes at an additional cost on top of the base renovation, quoted clearly and separately rather than buried in the build figure.
Service Areas
Based in Wantage and working county-wide, with most projects concentrated around Oxford and the surrounding commuter towns.
Client Feedback
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How Pricing Works
The first site visit and consultation are free. You get an honest view of the property and the scope of work before any commitment, and the payment structure is agreed up front so there are no awkward conversations halfway through.
Completed works typically carry a 6-month workmanship guarantee, which can vary depending on the specific element of work.
Request Your Free Site VisitIndicative only: the structure flexes with the scale of the project and is confirmed in writing before works begin.
Questions
We handle the compliance side directly. HMO licensing, fire regulations and building control are managed as part of the project rather than left with you to chase separately.
Yes. Most of our work is for landlords and property investors, but we also carry out refurbishments for homeowners who want the same standard of project management.
Yes. We can run the whole thing end to end, sourcing, design, build, furnishing and through to ready-to-let or ready-to-sell, which is how most of our investor clients prefer to work.
No. The initial site visit and consultation are free. You get an honest read on the property and the scope before any money changes hands.
A typical structure is 25% deposit, 50% at the halfway point and 25% on the final visual inspection. This is indicative and flexes with the scale of the project.
Completed works typically carry a 6-month workmanship guarantee, which can vary depending on the specific element of work involved.
All trades are independent subcontractors, established businesses we have worked with over several years and bring in for the parts of a project they are best at. Specialist work is carried out by fully qualified independent tradespeople.
We are based in Wantage and work across Oxfordshire, including Oxford, Botley, Headington, Abingdon, Didcot, Kennington, Kidlington, Banbury and Witney.
Local Expertise
Oxfordshire is a difficult market to renovate in and an unusually rewarding one to get right. Demand from students, hospital staff, professionals and contractors keeps quality shared housing occupied, while short-let stock around Oxford performs well year-round. The constraint is rarely tenant demand: it's the gap between buying a property and having it genuinely finished, compliant and earning. That gap is what RedFox Homes exists to close.
A full property refurbishment with us is run as a single managed programme. Trades are sequenced rather than booked ad hoc, materials are ordered against a specification agreed before work starts, and the schedule is built around your funding and your deadline. For investors who don't live locally, that means being able to hand over a property in Abingdon, Didcot or Banbury and get it back finished, rather than trying to project-manage a site from two hours away.
HMO renovation and HMO conversion work carries an extra layer that general builders often push back onto the landlord. Licensing, fire regulations and building control are handled directly as part of the project here. Room layouts are planned for compliance and yield together, so you aren't paying to unpick a scheme that was never going to pass, and specification decisions are made with tenant durability in mind rather than showroom appeal.
Kitchens and bathrooms are delivered within these larger renovations, where they carry the most weight for both valuation and tenant retention. Where a property is destined for the short-let market, interior design, furniture packages and full styling take it through to a photo-ready finish, offered as two package tiers at an additional cost above the base renovation. The aim in every case is the same: a property that can be tenanted, listed or sold the week we hand it back.
We work across Oxford, Botley, Headington, Abingdon, Didcot, Kennington, Kidlington, Banbury and Witney, from a base in Wantage. If you have a property in mind, or one you have already bought and stalled on, the first site visit is free and comes with an honest view of what it actually needs.
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Send the property details and we will walk it with you, set out the scope, and tell you plainly what it takes to get it finished and earning.
07731 945813Mon–Sun, 9am – 7pm