Extensions and loftconversionsin Welling

Welling is a few minutes from our office at Onega House, 112 Main Road, Sidcup, DA14 6NE, and a steady share of our work sits in the roads between the two. Surveys and site visits are arranged Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and being this close means the same people who design your project are the ones on site during it.

The housing here is dominated by inter-war semi-detached and terraced houses built through the 1920s and 30s, with pockets of post-war housing and later infill. That stock has recognisable characteristics: a narrow side passage, a decent rear garden, small separate reception rooms, a kitchen tucked at the back, and a roof with a hipped end and reasonable but not generous head height.

Those characteristics point to particular solutions. A side return filled in and combined with a modest rear extension usually transforms the ground floor for less than a full wraparound. Hip-to-gable and rear dormer loft conversions work well on this shape of roof. Knock-throughs between the two reception rooms open up the middle of the house that currently gets the least use.

We show the layout options at design stage, where the kitchen sits, where the glazing goes, how the circulation works, so you can compare them before committing money to a single scheme. That conversation is far cheaper on paper than it is once brickwork has started.

Much of Welling's housing stock is inter-war semi-detached, which suits side-return and wraparound extensions particularly well. We show you the layout options at design stage so you can see the difference before committing.

Every Welling project runs through the same five stages: design, planning and preparation, procurement, construction and project supervision, all managed in-house by a team with 30 years of experience, with principals who are members of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. You can request an estimate or read more about how we work.