Barnes Renovations & Design-Build — SW13

Yes. We are glad to renovate one bathroom on its own in a Barnes house or flat, whether it is an en-suite, a shower room or the family bathroom, and we also handle bathrooms as part of larger refurbishments. Measurements, a few photographs and the floor level help, and so does knowing whether you will have another bathroom during the work.

Check the council’s map with the full address. At the points checked, readings of the national dataset place The Terrace, Barnes High Street and Church Road in Barnes Green, northern and middle Castelnau and northern Lonsdale Road in Castelnau, and Rocks Lane in Barnes Common, which encloses the small Mill Hill area. The register labels the Thorne Passage streets Mortlake. A street name or an SW13 postcode does not establish the boundary.

Richmond: about conservation areas · planning.data.gov.uk: conservation area dataset · Barnes Green conservation area appraisal, adopted 8 February 2024 · Castelnau conservation area statement · Mill Hill conservation area statement · Richmond: Article 4 directions register · Barnes Common conservation area statement

Both can, address by address. Article 4 directions cover named Lion Houses in Barnes Green, 1–7 Castelnau Row and homes around Thorne Passage, which the register labels Mortlake, removing permitted development rights over porches, roof alterations, exterior painting and more. Historic England lists houses on The Terrace and paired houses of about 1842 on Castelnau at Grade II, and listed building consent can reach interior work. New basements need permission throughout the borough.

Richmond: Article 4 directions register · Article 4 direction for the Lion Houses, Barnes Green · Castelnau conservation area Article 4 direction, 1996 · Thorne Passage Article 4 direction, 2002 · Historic England: 84–122 (even) and 91–125 (odd) Castelnau, Grade II · Richmond: listed buildings · Richmond: Article 4 directions on basements, together covering the whole borough · Historic England: 10 The Terrace, Barnes, Grade II · Historic England: 13 and 14 The Terrace, Barnes, Grade II

Check the building’s status first. Listed building consent covers alterations to a listed building, inside and out. A flat has no householder permitted development rights, and where an Article 4 direction removes the right to alter the house, a change of window can need planning permission. Survey the existing frames and compare repair and secondary glazing before you order replacements.

Richmond: listed buildings · Householder permitted development technical guidance · Article 4 direction for the Lion Houses, Barnes Green · Castelnau conservation area Article 4 direction, 1996 · When planning permission is required

Internal changes to a flat are generally not development, so planning permission is rarely needed, though exterior work is another matter because a flat has no householder rights. For a leasehold flat, the lease sets out any need for written landlord or freeholder consent, with its terms. A listed building adds listed building consent for relevant internal work, and Building Regulations approval is a separate requirement for work such as a bathroom with new plumbing.

When planning permission is required · Householder permitted development technical guidance · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Richmond: listed buildings · When Building Regulations approval is needed

Have the wall and the floor structure assessed for load, then plan how waste, water and extract air will reach the new position. Listing can bring internal alterations within listed building consent. In a London Flat or a divided house, check the lease and the shared stack, consider sound between homes and serve Party Wall notice only where the work qualifies.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · Richmond: listed buildings · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · GOV.UK: Approved Document E, resistance to sound · Party-wall work requiring notice

Excavation and refitting an existing lower room are separate projects. Under two Article 4 directions in force from 1 April 2018, a new or extended basement needs planning permission anywhere in the borough, and Policy 54 resists more than one storey below ground. Most points checked in Barnes are in tidal Flood Zone 3, and Table 16.5 restricts basements according to the flood zone and breach-hazard category, so check the zone for your address first.

Richmond: Article 4 directions on basements, together covering the whole borough · Richmond Local Plan 2024–2039: interim version for adoption, October 2025 · Environment Agency: Flood Zones 2 and 3 (rivers and sea) data · GOV.UK: flood map for planning, checked by address

Confirm the council first; Richmond upon Thames normally allows noisy work on weekdays from 8am to 6pm and on Saturdays from 8am to 1pm, and none on Sundays or bank holidays. Scaffolding is treated as noisy work under Richmond’s January 2022 construction code, so putting it up follows the same hours. Check any lease too, as a building’s own rules can be tighter.

Richmond: construction noise and permitted hours · Richmond: Construction Code of Practice, January 2022 · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Find the council for the property

Each quotation should price identical rooms, quantities, repairs and finishes and spell out its provisional sums, exclusions and VAT; check that line by line. Ask how each one deals with listed fabric, Article 4 items, flood-related checks, licences and protection of shared parts. No quotation should add an uplift or fix a completion date because of the SW13 address.

Our studio is at Unit 3, Palace Court, 250 Finchley Road, London NW3 6DN, and we serve Barnes from this office. Please include the address, which rooms are involved, photographs and whatever drawings, lease extracts, planning papers or flood information you have, plus your budget priorities, and we can agree the next steps.