Fulham's transformation from market gardens and riverside industry to one of London's most sought-after family neighbourhoods is written in its streets. The Victorian terraces that spread across SW6 from the 1860s onwards — thousands of them, built in London stock brick with bay windows, decorative cornice work, and the characteristic side-return passage — represent one of the finest concentrations of Victorian domestic architecture in the capital.
The neighbourhood divides into distinct villages, each with its own character. Parsons Green, centred on its triangular green, draws families with its village atmosphere and excellent schools. Munster Village, the tight grid of streets around Munster Road, is prized for its intact Victorian streetscapes. The Peterborough Estate offers larger terraces with deeper gardens. Sands End, once Fulham's industrial quarter, has been reborn with riverside new-builds alongside original Victorian housing. And Hurlingham, tucked behind the famous club, combines Edwardian grandeur with leafy seclusion.
For homeowners in SW6, this housing stock creates enormous potential. Fulham's Victorian terraces respond brilliantly to modern renovation: side-return extensions that transform narrow galley kitchens into generous open-plan living spaces, loft conversions that add a master suite, rear extensions that open the house to the garden, and basement conversions that create home offices, gyms, or playrooms beneath. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is generally supportive of sympathetic extensions, making Fulham one of the most rewarding places to renovate in London.
