Single-storey rear extensions to South Hampstead villas — reaching into the private garden for a brighter ground floor, designed for the conservation area and Camden, with structure and build in-house.
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A single-storey rear extension is the classic way to give a South Hampstead villa the bright, garden-facing ground floor it was never built with — usually a kitchen-dining room that opens to the outside. Because the villas here typically own their rear gardens, it is a genuinely realistic option, not a non-starter.
Most of South Hampstead lies within the South Hampstead Conservation Area, so permitted-development rights are restricted and a rear extension needs Camden planning permission with a design that respects the original rear elevation and the neighbours’ daylight and outlook. Properties outside the conservation area may have more PD scope, so the first step is to confirm exactly where you stand.
We design the extension to suit the villa and the garden, win the consent, engineer the structure and the opening back into the house, and build it through to a finished room — one contract from drawings to handover, with honest budgets in pounds sterling.
South Hampstead’s private gardens make a rear extension viable — the conservation area shapes how.
Villas typically own their rear gardens, so a single-storey rear extension is genuinely possible.
Conservation-area restrictions mean a rear extension needs Camden planning, not permitted development.
Daylight, outlook and overlooking to neighbours shape the depth and the design.
Connecting the extension to the house means a structural opening, engineered and party-walled.
From a consented design to a finished garden room — under one team.
Designing a rear extension that suits the villa, the garden and Camden policy.
A Camden planning application and heritage-led design for the conservation area.
Foundations, steel and the opening back into the house, with Building Control.
Notices and awards on the shared walls with neighbours.
Walls, roof, rooflights and weathering to current standards.
Glazed doors and rooflights that bring the garden and light in.
Kitchen or living fit-out, flooring and decoration.
Two-stage snagging and a clean handover.
We design and build single-storey rear extensions on South Hampstead villas with private gardens, across NW6.
South Hampstead sits within the London Borough of Camden — see our South Hampstead area page and North London refurbishment overview.
Book a no-obligation consultation at our North London studio on Finchley Road, in Hampstead, or at your property. We will give you an honest read on approvals, programme and budget band — in pounds sterling — before you commit.
Site visit · approvals read · outline budget band (GBP) · programme indication. No obligation.
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