Area 10 / 12 · Greater London
Victorian streets near the market, Gidea Park's garden suburb, interwar Collier Row and post-war Harold Hill: kitchens, lofts and extensions.
Housing stock · Romford
Romford is the main town of the London Borough of Havering, with its market and shopping streets at the centre and Victorian and Edwardian terraces around them. To the north-east, Gidea Park began in the early twentieth century as a garden suburb of individually designed houses, and much of it is now a conservation area. Collier Row, Rush Green and the roads towards Harold Wood are mostly semis built between the wars, and Harold Hill further out is a large estate built after the Second World War. Romford, Gidea Park and Harold Wood are on the Elizabeth line.
For the interwar semis the projects are the familiar ones: a hip-to-gable loft, a rear extension, a new kitchen and bathroom. The Victorian terraces near the centre gain space in the side return and the roof. In Gidea Park the outside of the house is protected, so the work is mostly inside: kitchens, floors, staircases and joinery done to suit the house, while anything that changes the outside starts with Havering’s planning team. Harold Hill’s houses are straightforward to extend at the back and to refit inside.
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Where Collier Row, Rush Green and the roads towards Harold Wood
Hipped roofs and long gardens: hip-to-gable lofts, single-storey rear extensions, new kitchens and bathrooms.
Where The streets around the town centre and the station
Space comes from the side return and the roof: side-return extensions and dormer lofts.
Where Gidea Park, much of it a conservation area
Individually designed early twentieth-century houses with a protected outside. The work is mostly inside: kitchens, floors, staircases and joinery made to suit the house.
Where Harold Hill
Straightforward to extend at the back and to refit inside: rear extensions, kitchens and bathrooms.
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Reviews · near Romford
None of the reviews on our site comes from Romford itself yet. These are from the nearest places, word for word from MyBuilder, with the distance shown.
212 reviews
Verified on MyBuilder
5 mi from Romford
“[The team] were an absolute pleasure to work with. Their time keeping was impeccable and they completed the kitchen fit to perfection. There were many aspects that I had not considered or even noticed, but [the team leader] could see these things and did everything with great attention to detail. They worked fast and efficiently and didn't cut corners. …”
Mushtaq, IlfordDry Fit or Full Fit Nobilia Kitchen
| Place | Reviewed job | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hornchurch | Howdens kitchen | 2 mi |
| Ilford | Nobilia kitchen | 5 mi |
| Brentwood | Herringbone laminate | 6 mi |
| Abbey Wood | Log cabin | 6 mi |
Each line is a 5 out of 5 review on our MyBuilder profile. Straight-line distance from the centre of Romford.
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Questions · 5 · Romford
Planning, party walls, skips and parking: the questions to settle before work starts. Anything else: call or message us.
Planning is handled by the London Borough of Havering. Much of Gidea Park is a conservation area, so changes to the front of a house, such as windows, doors, roofs, porches and front gardens, usually need permission. Work inside a house that is not listed, such as a kitchen or new floors, does not.
Usually. On a semi it is often permitted development, up to 50 cubic metres of new roof space with nothing added at the front. The steels and the new floor are designed by a structural engineer, and building control inspects the work in stages.
Yes. Supplied kitchens from Howdens, DIY Kitchens, Schmidt, Wren, Nobilia and others are fitted level and square, and supplier problems such as a wrong or missing unit are dealt with during the fit. Our prices are for labour; you buy the kitchen.
On a semi or a terrace, if steels bear into the shared wall or new foundations come close to next door's, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies. Your neighbours get notice before work starts and can agree in writing or appoint a surveyor.
A skip or scaffold on the public road needs a licence from Havering Council. Streets near the town centre and the stations have controlled parking, where a bay may need suspending; a skip on your own drive needs no licence.
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or call +44 7999 221120Now on the sheet Kitchen · 12 m² · £3,800 – £5,700