Renovation builders in Wandsworth
Wandsworth spans the widest range of property types on our patch — the tight Tonsleys artisan cottages, the large Edwardian grid of Southfields, and the riverside apartment developments around the Ram Quarter. Those three demand three genuinely different approaches, and pricing one as though it were another is how projects go wrong here.
The housing stock in Wandsworth
The Tonsleys are 1850s–1870s two-up two-down cottages: solid-walled, almost no floor void, and with lath-and-plaster ceilings, which makes them the most difficult properties on our patch to run services through. Southfields is a large 1900s grid of substantial Edwardian houses, mostly intact as family homes, with generous voids and logical layouts — much easier to work in. Earlsfield is smaller Victorian terrace, heavily converted to flats. The riverside developments are post-2010 with three-phase supplies, heat networks and management companies.
Planning in Wandsworth
Wandsworth is a comparatively permissive authority, and much of the Southfields and Earlsfield stock retains permitted development rights. Conservation areas apply around Wandsworth Common and parts of the Tonsleys. Riverside apartment blocks bring lease and management-company consent into play, and several require a permit to work and out-of-hours restrictions that materially affect the programme.
Services in Wandsworth
Each page covers what is specific to Wandsworth — the property types, the planning authority and the problems that combination throws up.
House renovations in Wandsworth
Whole-house refurbishment of Victorian and Edwardian homes, managed end to end.
Extensions in Wandsworth
Rear, side-return and wrap-around extensions that open up a Victorian ground floor.
Loft conversions in Wandsworth
Dormer, mansard and hip-to-gable conversions adding a bedroom and bathroom.
Basements in Wandsworth
Cellar conversions and full basement digs with underpinning and tanking.
Kitchens in Wandsworth
Kitchen replacement and open-plan reconfiguration, including structural openings.
Bathrooms in Wandsworth
Bathroom and en-suite refits with proper tanking, drainage and ventilation.
Period restoration in Wandsworth
Sympathetic repair of Victorian and Edwardian features, sash windows and lime plaster.
Design & build in Wandsworth
One contract from first sketch to completion — design, planning, and construction.
Renovating in Wandsworth?
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