Builders in
Croydon

Croydon's housing changes sharply from one ward to the next. At the 2011 Census, flats made up 69.4% of homes in central Fairfield, terraced houses were the most common type in Addiscombe at 35.7%, Selsdon and Ballards was 57.6% semi-detached, and 37.8% of homes in Sanderstead were detached. Chatsworth Road, in the council's words, is an area of well preserved large Victorian and Edwardian houses in a range of notable styles. The East India Estate, a grid of mainly Victorian streets, was laid out on land of the former East India Trading Company Military Academy.

Those differences shape each project. A terrace in Addiscombe usually gains space through a rear or side-return extension and a dormer loft, while semis in Selsdon and detached houses in Sanderstead may have the width for a side extension or a garage conversion and the roof for a hip-to-gable loft. Flats have no householder Permitted Development rights, so external changes to one normally need an application. The north of the borough is London Clay and the south is chalk, so foundations are designed for the ground at each address. A kitchen refit inside the existing walls is internal work, while building on a boundary brings in party wall notices, served between two months and a year before work starts.

The London Borough of Croydon decides applications under the Croydon Local Plan 2018. Since its Suburban Design Guide was revoked in July 2022 there has been no borough-wide householder guide, though the Conservation Area General Guidance SPD from 2013 still applies in conservation areas. The council's directory lists 20 of those, including Central Croydon, Church Street, Croydon Minster, Chatsworth Road, East India Estate and The Waldrons. Chatsworth Road and part of The Waldrons have Article 4 directions. The council's flood assessment places 97.8% of the borough in Flood Zone 1, the lowest risk. Each house's planning route is set out before design begins.

Design, planning, building regulations and construction all sit with one team. Your first step is a free, itemised Cost Proposal. If you go ahead, the 10% deposit falls three weeks ahead of the start, and during the build you pay each week for the work finished and signed off.