Builders in
Merton

This page covers the London Borough of Merton beyond Wimbledon, which has its own page: Raynes Park in SW20, Morden in SM4 and Mitcham in CR4. Morden stayed largely rural until the Underground arrived, then grew around the station between the wars, and the council's character study notes a dominance of inter-war and 1940s and 1950s housing there. St Helier, the estate the London County Council built between 1928 and 1936, straddles the boundary, and its part north of Green Lane and Bishopsford Road is in Merton. Mitcham is mostly suburban, with historic fragments that include pockets of Victorian terraces. South of the railway at Raynes Park most homes date from the 1930s, and twelve terraced roads there are known locally as the Apostles.

On Morden's inter-war houses, a hip-to-gable or rear dormer loft conversion and a full-width rear extension are the usual ways to gain space, and where a house has an attached garage, converting it is another option. Victorian terraces in Mitcham may suit a side-return extension. Under Policy D12.11 of the Local Plan, a basement beneath an existing home is limited to one storey and needs a Basement Impact Assessment. A kitchen refit inside the existing walls is usually internal work, though removing a load-bearing wall brings in building regulations approval.

Applications go to the London Borough of Merton, which judges householder design under Policy D12.4 of its Local Plan, adopted in November 2024, alongside the Borough Character Study SPD (2021) and conservation area appraisals. Conservation areas here include Upper Morden, The Canons, Wandle Valley, Cricket Green in Mitcham and the John Innes areas at Merton Park and Wilton Crescent, and the character study notes a high incidence of them north of the railway at Raynes Park. The two John Innes areas have Article 4 directions, from 1986 and July 2007, that between them cover extensions, porches, hardstandings, boundary enclosures, window and door changes, roof alterations and painting. Metropolitan Open Land covers 26% of the borough, including Cannon Hill, Morden Park and Mitcham Common. Every house's planning route is checked before design.

The same team designs and builds your project, taking care of the planning application and building regulations on the way. A free, itemised Cost Proposal comes before anything else. Going ahead means a 10% deposit three weeks before the start date; from then on, billing is weekly, for completed work that you have approved.