Builders in Ealing
The 1930s semis — double-storey country on plots that reward doing both extension and loft.
Arrange a site visit →Ealing is 1930s stock done properly: deep gardens, wide semi-detached plots and bay-windowed houses that take double-storey side extensions better than almost anywhere in London. The exceptions matter — Brentham Garden Suburb is a strict, beautiful conservation area with its own design code, and Castlebar's mansion terraces play by different rules again.Ealing Council is a pragmatic planning authority: well-designed double-storey extensions are routinely consented outside conservation areas, and the borough's planning service publishes exactly what it expects. Our Ealing projects usually pair a side or wraparound extension with a loft conversion.
The double-storey opportunity
The classic Ealing house has a side passage and a garage that was never wide enough for a modern car. Extending into that space — kitchen below, bedroom and bathroom above — is the highest-value move the plot allows, and the house extensions page covers the sequence. Matching brick and tile matter here more than most places.
Brentham Garden Suburb
One of England's earliest garden suburbs, with a genuine design code — casement proportions, plain tile, humble rooflines. Alterations are consentable when they follow the suburb's grammar; we design inside the code and enjoy the discipline.
Castlebar and West Ealing renovations
The larger properties and the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of West Ealing bring the full renovation work: strip out, rewire, replumb, open the ground floor and finish properly.
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What we build in Ealing
Answers, before you ask.
Can I do a double-storey side extension in Ealing?
Usually yes — the 1930s plots are made for it, and the borough consents well-designed schemes outside conservation areas.
What is special about Brentham?
A garden suburb conservation area with a real design code. Alterations are consentable when they follow the suburb's grammar — which we design to routinely.
Are Ealing lofts straightforward?
Generally yes — hipped 1930s roofs convert well as hip-to-gables, often under permitted development.
Planning a project?
Send us the drawings and we will price it properly — one contractor, fixed programme, itemised quote.
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