Renovations in Pinner, HA5.

Building in Pinner.

Pinner is Metroland with a medieval village at its centre: a High Street of timber-framed and Georgian buildings running up to the church, surrounded by streets of well-built 1930s houses and, on the hill, larger detached homes on generous plots. The Metropolitan line makes it one of the most sought-after suburbs in north-west London.

Most of the work is to the inter-war houses: rear and side extensions that turn a small kitchen into a family room, hip-to-gable and rear dormer lofts, and full refurbishments that modernise services and layouts while keeping the bay windows and brickwork that give the streets their character.

The Pinner High Street and Pinnerwood Park conservation areas cover the village and its garden estate; most other streets are unrestricted.