Turnkey finishing of new builds
Most of our projects: new apartments handed over as a bare shell. Walls, floors, electrics, plumbing, bathrooms, doors, lighting — everything up to the furniture.
Turnkey finishing · Vilnius & all of Lithuania
Your new home in Lithuania, finished to the last detail.
Expat Mates is a renovation team for people who have just bought an apartment or a house in Lithuania. One contract, one team, 3–4 months from bare walls to move-in — with photo reports along the way. We speak English.
Reply within one working day · Free site visit in Vilnius
ElektrėnaiPrivate house · full finishing
3–4 monthsfull renovation of a 50–70 m² apartment
from €500/m²finishing works, prep materials included
100% officialcontract, VAT invoices, warranty
EN · LT · RUwe speak your language
Services
All kinds of finishing work. One team, start to finish.
From a bare developer shell to a home you can move into — or a full refit of an older apartment. You deal with one contact; we deal with everything else.
Renovation of existing homes
Older apartments and houses: dismantling, new layouts, replacing everything that is worn out. We will tell you honestly what is worth keeping.
Design projects, built as drawn
Have a designer? We build exactly what is on the drawings and coordinate every detail with them directly, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Electrical
New wiring and panels, sockets and switches planned around how you actually live, lighting scenes and LED profiles.
Plumbing & bathrooms
Pipework, underfloor heating, wall-hung toilets and built-in mixers, waterproofing and tiling — including terrazzo and large formats.
Plastering & painting
Perfectly level walls and ceilings, shadow-gap skirting, drywall ceilings with hidden profiles, decorative plaster and bold colour.
Flooring & doors
Engineered wood glued straight to the screed, tiles and terrazzo, hidden-hinge and flush doors.
Materials & delivery
We source, buy and deliver materials at trade prices — or you choose them yourself to save. Every receipt is shared with you.
Project management
Schedule, budget updates and photo reports in real time. You do not need to be on site — or even in the country.
Selected work
Recent projects.
Apartments and houses we finished from start to finish. We can arrange a visit to one of our completed projects.
Details
The details are the job.
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How it works
From first message to keys, in six steps.
- 01
Send us your plans
Message us your design project or floor plan, the address and when you would like to move in.
- 02
Sample calculation
Within 1–5 days you get a price per m², prices per type of work and estimates of finished projects with a similar layout. Need it faster? Say so — we will speed up.
- 03
Site visit & estimate
We measure the apartment, prepare a detailed estimate and tell you where to save — and where not to.
- 04
Contract & start
Fixed scope, clear schedule, official invoices. Work starts on the agreed date.
- 05
We build, you watch
We coordinate every detail with your designer and send photo updates and budget reports as we go.
- 06
Handover
Cleaned, checked and ready to move in. Warranty on all our work.
Why Expat Mates
Built by expats, for people settling in Lithuania.
We moved here too. We know what it is like to renovate in a country where you do not yet speak the language — and how much it helps to have one person who does.
- One English-speaking contact for the whole project
- Official company: MB Expat Mates, VAT payer, contract and warranty
- Work across all of Lithuania — Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Palanga and beyond
- 10+ years in finishing, our own electricians and plumbers
We have realised projects by Zrobim Architects, Archroom Studio and other studios.
Interior designer working in Lithuania? Let’s collaborate.
We bring your boldest ideas to life in 3–4 months, handle the renovation for your clients and share our subcontractor contacts. Write to us to see our projects and discuss terms.
FAQ
Questions we hear most.
A full finishing of a 50–70 m² apartment takes about 3–4 months. A rough rule for smaller flats: the area in m² plus 10 — that is the number of working days.
Finishing works start from around €500/m², including preparatory materials and labour. Finishing materials, fixtures and furniture add roughly €200–800/m² depending on what you choose, so a complete home usually lands between €700 and €1,300/m². You get an exact estimate after a site visit.
No. Most of our projects are in Vilnius, but we work across Lithuania — Kaunas, Klaipėda, Palanga, Elektrėnai and smaller towns.
It is not required, but we recommend it: you see the result before we start and there are far fewer surprises. If you already have a designer, we build from their drawings and coordinate with them directly. If not, we can recommend studios we have worked with.
Either. We can source, buy and deliver everything at trade prices and share every receipt — or you pick the materials yourself to save, and we tell you exactly what and how much to buy.
Yes. New builds are our main focus, but we also do full refits of existing apartments and houses, including dismantling.
Yes. MB Expat Mates is a registered Lithuanian company and VAT payer. You get a contract, official invoices and a warranty on our work.
English, Lithuanian and Russian.
Contact
Tell us about your place.
Send a few details and we will reply within one working day. A sample calculation takes 1–5 days — tell us if you need it faster.
Thanks — we have got it.
We will get back to you within one working day. Meanwhile, have a look at our latest projects on Instagram.
Renovation tips, in English and Lithuanian.