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Renovation and Energy Upgrades for Houses and Apartments in Geneva

Whether you are looking for a property to renovate or already own one and want to make informed decisions about its energy upgrade, Steemii helps you get off to the best possible start.

Your free renovation guide, with a price estimate.

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  • Local expertise in Geneva
  • Advice on energy upgrades
  • A network of trusted companies
A large renovated living room in a Geneva apartment building: herringbone parquet, tall French windows, a linen sofa and a sage-green armchairAn old apartment under renovation: a tradesman on a stepladder plasters the wall beside a new window, the parquet coveredA Geneva house during its energy renovation: scaffolding, insulation on the façade and solar panels on the roofThe Geneva harbour and the Jet d'Eau above the rooftops, mountains in the distance

Renovating? The hardest part is getting started.

Buying a property to renovate or having works done at home means making big decisions, often before you have all the answers.

  • Where do you start?

    You want to renovate, but you don't know which works are really needed, or who to call first: an architect, a general contractor or tradespeople.

  • How much will it cost?

    It's hard to make an offer on a property or set your budget without knowing whether the works will cost 100,000 or 300,000 francs.

  • Who does what, and in what order?

    Heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrics, floor and wall coverings, façades, insulation and finishes all depend on each other: if the works are done in the wrong order, or nobody coordinates the tradespeople, you risk paying twice.

  • Who can you trust?

    You're not in the trade, you've heard stories of poor workmanship, and you don't know how to spot a reliable company.

Understand first, then decide.

We created Steemii to answer these questions.

What is Steemii?

Steemii is an advisory service for the renovation and energy upgrade of houses and apartments in the canton of Geneva. This service is for projects that involve several rooms or the whole property.

Even if you don't know where to start yet, Steemii guides you in defining, scoping and pricing your works, and you decide who carries them out.

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  • 15 years of experience in construction and renovation

    Steemii draws on the experience of its co-founder, a site manager, to write your project's technical specification, price it and advise you on:

    • The documents to get before buying a property to renovate
    • Choosing the renovation scenario
    • Energy-efficient renovation
    • The subsidies available in Geneva
    • Possible tax deductions for your works
  • General contractors, construction managers, architects and tradespeople, all in one place.

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    A hand-picked network of professionals

    Each professional is selected according to specific criteria, and we ask our clients to rate them after each job. We require, among other things:

    • A debt enforcement register extract, checked every year
    • Registration in the commercial register
    • Verified references from past projects
    • Proof of payment of social security contributions
    • Proof of liability insurance

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  • À la carte support, tailored to you

    It's up to you: get involved as little or as much as you like, depending on the time you have.

    • You hand everything over and it all goes through a single company
    • orYou decide without coordinating everything and pay the companies directly
    • orYou follow everything closely and coordinate the companies yourself

How does a renovation with Steemii work?

We support your renovation project, from the moment you request your free guide until we introduce you to qualified professionals from our network.

The Steemii method: three clear steps, à la carte, with no commitment

  1. Renovation guide

    You receive an initial outline of your works, with a price range.

    • Within 3 working days of receiving the necessary documents
  2. In-depth study, item by item

    Each item of your works is priced according to the CFC (Code des frais de construction), the Swiss construction cost classification.

    This detailed file helps you back up bank loan and subsidy applications, and is the basis for the network professionals' quotes.

  3. Introductions to our network

    Depending on your choice, we consult several general contractors, construction managers or tradespeople within our network, and an architect if your project needs one, to get you competing quotes. You choose who to work with.

    GC
    General contractor: carries out all your works and commits to the price and the timeline.
    CM
    Construction manager: chooses the companies, proposes them to you and coordinates the works.
    Trades
    You choose them and coordinate the works.

Why get support from Steemii?

Renovate with peace of mind: with Steemii, your works are scoped and costed transparently, then you choose among professionals we vet before introducing them to you.

Here's what changes, point by point.

Without SteemiiWith Steemii
Your contacts

Chasing companies for quotes

Five companies, five visits, and each time explaining everything again. Then you spend your evenings chasing them for an answer.

One contact to prepare everything

Until we introduce you to our network, you have a single contact: Steemii. You explain your project once, with no chasing and no back-and-forth. We then present qualified professionals from our network, along with their quotes, and they are the ones who carry out your works.

The quotes

Price gaps you can't explain

Five quotes, five prices, and never for the same works. Is the cheapest really the cheapest, or did it simply leave out an item?

Quotes you can finally compare

Thanks to the in-depth study, every quote is based on the same scope, item by item: you compare prices, not interpretations.

The tradespeople

Hiring the wrong tradesperson

We have all heard someone close to us describe their renovation as a nightmare: tradespeople you can't reach, delays, poor workmanship…

Tradespeople vetted before they are introduced to you

We speak the same language as professionals, which attracts the right tradespeople. Before we introduce a company to you, we check that it meets each of our criteria.

The budget

Works that cost more than planned

A poorly defined project, and decisions get made on site: an extra here, an unforeseen cost there. In the end, the bill has little to do with the quote you signed.

A budget set before the works start

We involve you very early to frame the choices, which are made and costed during the study: as little room as possible is left for improvisation.