Structural Alterations in Hammersmith, W6
Opening up the ground floor, removing load-bearing walls and forming new openings in Hammersmith houses, with our own structural engineers and building control approval.
Covered under one contract
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
Structural Alterations in Hammersmith.
Most of the houses in Hammersmith were planned as a series of small rooms. Opening them up, whether that is knocking two reception rooms together, taking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room, or forming a wide opening onto the garden, is structural work, and it needs to be designed rather than improvised.
Our engineers design the steel beams, padstones and any temporary works, and our team installs them. The beam is usually hidden within the ceiling so the finished room shows no trace of the wall that was there. Building control inspects the work, and where the wall is shared with a neighbour we serve the party wall notices.
Structural alterations are often the first stage of a wider refurbishment, and we plan them as such, so the services, floor levels and finishes that follow are all designed together.
- Area
- Hammersmith, W6
- Council
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Housing
- Victorian terraces in Brackenbury Village and around Ravenscourt Park, riverside houses along the Mall, mansion flats and new apartments
- Transport
- Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park, Goldhawk Road
- Rear or side return, on site
- 10 to 16 weeks
- Design and approvals
- 8 to 14 weeks before start
- Glazing lead time
- 6 to 10 weeks, ordered early
- Consent
- Permitted development or householder application
- Party wall
- Notices served by us
Hammersmith: the houses and the planning rules.
Away from the Broadway, Hammersmith is a district of tight Victorian terraces: Brackenbury Village's two-storey cottages, the larger houses around Ravenscourt Park, and the Georgian and Victorian houses along the river at the Mall. The terraces are narrow, the gardens are short and the demand for space is constant.
Side-return extensions are the signature project here, opening the ground floor into one kitchen and living space, often with a loft conversion in the same programme. The conservation areas ask for extensions that sit below the neighbours' sightlines and use matching brick.
The Brackenbury Village, Ravenscourt and Starch Green, and Hammersmith Mall conservation areas cover much of the residential district.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The borough decides applications and applies Article 4 directions in Brackenbury Village and other conservation areas, removing permitted development for rear and roof extensions.
Side returns
The council's guidance favours side-return extensions kept low with rooflights; full-width rear extensions are assessed against neighbours' amenity.
Basements
The borough's basement policy applies, with a construction method statement and limits on depth and garden coverage.
Approvals for structural alterations in Hammersmith.
Structural work needs building regulations approval and an engineer's calculations; where the wall is shared with a neighbour, party wall notices are required, and listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
The borough decides applications and applies Article 4 directions in Brackenbury Village and other conservation areas, removing permitted development for rear and roof extensions.
What structural alterations in Hammersmith includes.
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Structural Alterations in Hammersmith: your questions.
Can you remove a load-bearing wall in a Hammersmith house?
Yes. Our structural engineer designs the steel beam and padstones, building control inspects the work, and if the wall is a party wall we serve the notices. The beam can usually be concealed within the ceiling depth.
Do structural alterations need planning permission?
Internal structural work does not need planning permission, but it always needs building regulations approval. Listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
Which parts of Hammersmith do you cover?
All of Hammersmith and W6, including Brackenbury Road, Ravenscourt Road, Upper Mall, Hammersmith Grove, Dalling Road, Rylett Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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