Wraparound extensions to South Hampstead villas — combining a rear and side-return extension into one L-shaped ground floor, designed for the conservation area with structure and build in-house.
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A wraparound extension combines a rear extension with a side-return infill, wrapping the new space around the back of the house in an L. On a South Hampstead villa with a private rear garden it is the most generous single-storey extension possible — adding both width and depth to create a large, open garden-level room in one project.
Because it covers more of the plot, a wraparound has a bigger impact on neighbours and on the rear elevation, so the conservation-area planning case has to be made carefully. Camden will weigh daylight, outlook, the proportion of garden lost and how the extension sits against the original villa.
We confirm the garden allows it, design a wraparound that is both ambitious and consentable, engineer the structure across the larger opening, manage the party wall on two boundaries, and build it through to a finished room — one contract, honest budgets in pounds sterling.
A wraparound is the biggest single-storey footprint — so neighbours and garden coverage weigh heavily.
Combining rear and side return gives a large L-shaped room in one project.
Covering more of the plot, a wraparound needs a careful conservation-area design and justification.
With work on the rear and the side, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 usually applies on both.
Camden weighs how much garden is lost; the design keeps a sensible balance.
From an ambitious, consentable design to a finished L-shaped room — under one team.
Designing a wraparound that is generous yet consentable in the conservation area.
A Camden planning application and heritage-led justification for the larger footprint.
Steel across the larger opening and the new structure, with Building Control.
Notices and awards on both the rear and side boundaries.
Roof, rooflights and glazed doors to light the large room.
Walls, roof and weathering to current standards.
Kitchen and living fit-out, flooring and decoration.
Two-stage snagging and a clean handover.
We design and build wraparound 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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