Builders in Fulham, SW6

What we build in Fulham

The Fulham terrace has a predictable shape: two rooms at the front, a narrow back addition running down one side of the plot, and a strip of unused ground beside it. Nearly every project we take on in SW6 is a response to that layout.

Side return infills open the kitchen out to the full width. Rear extensions push into the garden. Wrap arounds do both and give the largest ground floor gain. Upstairs, the back addition roof usually takes an L shaped dormer, which is what turns a two bedroom terrace into a four bedroom house with an ensuite.

• Side return and wrap around extensions
• L shaped dormer loft conversions
• Kitchen renovations with structural openings
• Bathroom and ensuite installations
• Full house renovations back to brick
• Sash window restoration and draught proofing

The Peterborough Estate and the red brick stock

The Peterborough Estate, the streets running off Peterborough Road and Sulivan Road, is one of the more distinctive pockets of SW6, known for the terracotta lions on the gables. It is a conservation area, and that constrains what can be done to the elevations and the roofline.

Work there needs a different approach from a standard terrace. Front elevations, roof coverings and windows are protected, so alterations have to be planned to the rear where they are not visible from the street. We establish the designation on your address before we price anything, because a quote based on the wrong consent route is worthless.

What is behind the plaster in SW6

Fulham terraces were built quickly for a rapidly growing population, and the construction reflects that. Solid nine inch brick walls with no cavity, shallow foundations, lath and plaster ceilings and joists that were sized for a bedroom rather than a modern bathroom.

Add a century of alterations and you get the conditions we routinely find: rotten joist ends where a Victorian back addition meets the main house, cement render trapping moisture in solid walls, wiring from three different decades in the same circuit and blown plaster where gypsum was applied over lime. We survey for all of it before quoting rather than issuing variations halfway through.

Getting to you

Our office is at Sterling House in Wimbledon, which puts Fulham inside a short run for our project managers and our delivery vehicles. That is a practical advantage rather than a marketing point: it means someone can be on your site the same day when something needs a decision, and it means materials arrive when the programme says they will.

We keep our coverage tight across south west London for exactly this reason. A builder spread across the whole of the capital cannot give you a project manager who is twenty minutes away.