Renovations in Wimbledon, SW19.

Building in Wimbledon.

Wimbledon divides into the village on the hill beside the Common, with its Georgian and Victorian houses and some of the largest private homes in south London, and the town below it, with Edwardian terraces and semis running down to the station. Between them are the Parkside roads of detached houses that attract owners with substantial budgets.

Projects here range from complete refurbishments of village houses, with basements and garden rooms, to extensions and lofts on the Edwardian streets. Merton's conservation guidance applies in the village and around the Common; elsewhere permitted development covers much of what owners want to do.

The Wimbledon Village, Wimbledon North and Merton Park conservation areas cover the village, the common edge and the garden suburb; most other streets are unrestricted.