Hammersmith W6 · Houses, flats, kitchens & bathrooms

Hammersmith Renovations & Design-Build — W6

Updated 10 November 2026

Riverside terraces, stucco squares and Victorian streets

Plan your house, flat or bathroom around the building as it stands, whether an 18th-century house facing the river, a stuccoed house on St Peter’s Square, a Victorian or Edwardian house in Starch Green or a flat on one floor of a divided house. Tell us which rooms should change and what any lease, list entry or flood map shows.

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Choose a focused room renovation or a coordinated refurbishment. Each service page explains the scope in more detail and gives you a direct route to discuss the work.

01 Riverside, square and terrace houses

House refurbishment in Hammersmith

A Hammersmith house may belong to an 18th-century riverside terrace, a stuccoed square built between about 1825 and 1840 or the Victorian and Edwardian streets of Starch Green. Fit heating, wiring and bathrooms around the roof, stucco, brickwork and windows you intend to keep, and confirm listing and any Article 4 direction before exterior work is priced.

Listing and Article 4 entries checked by address
Roof, stucco, brick and windows surveyed
Heating, drainage and wiring planned as one

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02 Flats in divided houses

Flat renovation in Hammersmith

A Hammersmith flat on one floor of a divided house shares its roof, drains, entrance and stair with the homes above and below. Read the lease and obtain any written landlord consent before settling a layout, find the soil stack and isolation valves, and remember a flat has no householder rights. Policy HO2 governs dividing a house or joining flats.

Lease terms and written consent confirmed
Soil stack, stopcocks and access traced
Sound and floor build-up planned with neighbours

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03 Bathrooms in houses and flats

Bathroom renovation in Hammersmith

A standalone bathroom renovation is welcome, from the family bathroom of a terrace house to an en-suite in a stuccoed house or the only shower room in a flat. Work out the waste run to the stack, the strength and build-up of the floor and an outlet for extract air, then choose waterproofing, lighting, tiles and fittings together.

Waste fall, stack and extract route fixed first
Joists and wet-area build-up assessed
A second bathroom or temporary shower arranged

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04 Kitchens in estates, blocks and terraces

Kitchen renovation in Hammersmith

Many Hammersmith kitchens are in flats, from the courtyards of Riverside Gardens to the red-brick Bridge Avenue Mansions. As GOV.UK notes, a lease sets out whether permission is needed for alterations, so a landlord's conditions on moving a sink, gas supply or extract are read first.

Lease conditions read first
Extract and gas routes mapped
Block access planned before delivery

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Chesterfield Street, Mayfair

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Marble bathroom and vanity cabinetry within the published St George's Square apartment refurbishment in Pimlico.

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Understand the building before changing it

Hammersmith homes run from 18th-century houses on the river and the stuccoed houses of St Peter’s Square, begun about 1825, to the Victorian and Edwardian streets of Starch Green. Before a layout is fixed, find out whether a conservation area applies, whether the building is listed, what the flood map says and who else shares it.

Hammersmith and Fulham’s profile of The Mall conservation area, designated in 1971 and lying between the river and the Great West Road, notes that fragments of 17th and 18th-century Hammersmith survive along Hammersmith Terrace, Upper Mall and Lower Mall, and that the land is mostly residential. Historic England lists 1A, 1–6 and 8–16 Hammersmith Terrace, built about 1760–70 with its garden front to the river as the principal elevation, at Grade II.

LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area character profile, character sections · Historic England: 1A, 1 to 6 and 8 to 16 Hammersmith Terrace, Grade II

St Peter’s Square was begun around 1825 and completed around 1840; its profile describes tall stuccoed houses of three storeys with the flavour of a suburban Belgravia, and Historic England lists 7–15 St Peter’s Square, three linked trios, at Grade II. The Ravenscourt and Starch Green profile describes a conservation area centred on Ravenscourt Park that takes in varied Victorian and Edwardian housing north of Goldhawk Road, with a more diffuse layout than most of the borough.

LBHF: St Peter’s Square Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · Historic England: 7 to 15 St Peter’s Square, Grade II · LBHF: Ravenscourt and Starch Green Conservation Area character profile, designation and character

Kelmscott House on Upper Mall, a brown-brick house of about 1785 where William Morris lived from 1878 to 1896, is listed Grade II*. Conservation areas carrying the town’s name include Hammersmith Grove, Hammersmith Broadway and Hammersmith Town Hall, which was renamed from King Street (East) in 2018. The Local Plan gives the name Brackenbury Village to a neighbourhood parade on Brackenbury and Aldensley Roads, while an Article 4 direction in the Bradmore conservation area covers 32–50 even Brackenbury Road.

Historic England: Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Grade II* · LBHF: Hammersmith Grove Conservation Area character profile, designation · LBHF: Hammersmith Broadway Conservation Area character profile, approved 7 May 1997 · LBHF: Hammersmith Town Hall Conservation Area character profile, November 2018 · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · LBHF: Bradmore Conservation Area · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions

The first local check

Check the address, not the W6 postcode

The Hammersmith name belongs to several official areas, among them the Hammersmith Broadway, Hammersmith Grove and Hammersmith Town Hall conservation areas and the Local Plan’s Hammersmith Town Centre and Regeneration Area, each with its own boundary. No conservation area is called Hammersmith Riverside: Upper Mall falls within The Mall. Neither the name nor a W6 postcode tells you which council decides, whether a conservation boundary, listing or Article 4 direction applies, who owns the freehold or which consents you need; look the full address up on the council’s maps, the national list and the Article 4 property list, and read the lease or title and the planning history.

LBHF: conservation areas, character profiles and maps · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · Find the council for the property · Historic England: listed-building consent · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

Separate checks, one coordinated brief

Planning, listed buildings, building control and leases

One approval does not settle every requirement. Identify the applicable routes before ordering work, and record who will prepare submissions, arrange inspections and provide the relevant completion information.

Planning and householder rights

Which parts of a Hammersmith project count as development?

Most work inside a Hammersmith house or flat is not development and needs no planning permission; changes to the outside, a change of use and dividing or joining homes are considered separately. Flats and maisonettes sit outside householder permitted development altogether. Within a conservation area, a house is denied Class B roof additions and Class AA upward extensions, and Hammersmith and Fulham has removed householder basement rights everywhere outside the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation area, so check the limits, earlier conditions and the Article 4 list.

When planning permission is required · Planning Portal: permitted development rights · Householder permitted development technical guidance · GPDO 2015, Schedule 2 Part 1: householder permitted development · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · LBHF: borough-wide basement Article 4 direction, in force 26 April 2018 · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions

Listed buildings and conservation areas

Does listing reach the rooms inside?

It can. Carrying out internal or external alterations to a listed building without listed building consent is a criminal offence, the council warns, and not knowing the building was listed is no excuse; a structure built before 1 July 1948 within its curtilage counts as listed too. Check the entry for your own address rather than the street. Conservation-area control is separate, and Policy DC8 permits works affecting a designated heritage asset only where its significance is conserved or enhanced, with a statement of significance and impact.

LBHF: statutory listed buildings · Historic England: listed-building consent · LBHF: conservation areas, character profiles and maps · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

Building Regulations

Which approval covers how the work is built?

Where the Building Regulations apply, meeting them is a separate duty, untouched by planning permission, listed building consent or any lease. A bathroom that involves plumbing, electrical work near a bath or shower, replacement windows and doors and new heating can all need approval, and Hammersmith and Fulham’s building control takes Full Plans and Building Notice applications. Where a block reaches seven storeys or 18 metres and holds two or more homes, it is a higher-risk building, and the Building Safety Regulator approves the work.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · GOV.UK: Building Regulations approval · LBHF: make a building control application

Lease consent and Party Wall

Who else may have to agree?

Where a flat or house is held on a lease, the lease decides whether the landlord or freeholder must consent in writing and on what terms, and that consent can still be needed once planning permission or Building Regulations approval is in hand. Party Wall procedures belong to a separate Act that applies only to qualifying work on or near a shared boundary, such as cutting into a party wall or excavating close to a neighbour’s foundations.

LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Party-wall work requiring notice

Local facts that affect the brief

Apply the controls to the work you actually need

Character profiles 1996–2018

Find the profile for your conservation area

Hammersmith and Fulham approved character profiles for The Mall and St Peter’s Square on 3 June 1996; both areas were designated in 1971, and St Peter’s Square was extended in April 1989 to take in Theresa Road, St Peter’s Road and Beavor Lane. Ravenscourt and Starch Green, designated on 20 February 1974 and extended in 1982, 1990 and 1991, has a profile approved on 2 July 1997. The council notes that The Mall profile plots its archaeological priority area incorrectly.

LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · LBHF: St Peter’s Square Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · LBHF: St Peter’s Square Conservation Area · LBHF: Ravenscourt and Starch Green Conservation Area character profile, designation and character · LBHF: Ravenscourt and Starch Green Conservation Area character profile, approved 2 July 1997 · LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area

Hammersmith Grove, designated on 8 September 1982, has a profile approved on 14 December 1998; Westcroft Square, designated in May 1980, one approved on 12 October 1998; and Hammersmith Broadway, designated in June 1986, one of 7 May 1997. Brook Green’s profile was approved on 8 March 2004 and Hammersmith Town Hall’s is dated November 2018. The older profiles cite plans since replaced, and the council warns that some areas may have been extended since, so rely on its current maps.

LBHF: Hammersmith Grove Conservation Area character profile, designation · LBHF: Hammersmith Grove Conservation Area character profile, approved 14 December 1998 · LBHF: Westcroft Square Conservation Area character profile, designation · LBHF: Westcroft Square Conservation Area character profile, approved 12 October 1998 · LBHF: Hammersmith Broadway Conservation Area character profile, approved 7 May 1997 · LBHF: Brook Green Conservation Area character profile, approved 8 March 2004 · LBHF: Hammersmith Town Hall Conservation Area character profile, November 2018 · LBHF: conservation areas, character profiles and maps

Directions served 1978–1999; basements 2018

Match the address to the Article 4 documents

Hammersmith and Fulham publishes a short non-technical summary of each direction, which it says is not part of the legal documentation, and its list of affected properties was last amended on 1 October 2011. At The Mall, a direction served on 15 October 1980 covers front roofs, gables and dormers with their coverings, rear roof coverings, painting unpainted brickwork and rear extensions at 52–62 Mall Road; directions of 1982 and 1984 control painting the stucco at named properties.

LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions, list last amended 1 October 2011

At St Peter’s Square, directions served on 6 January 1978 and 6 June 1980 cover front roofs, gables and dormers and any structure at ground or first floor level at the rear. Ravenscourt and Starch Green’s run from front roofs and rear roof coverings in May 1979 to front hard surfaces in December 1999, and the council says its property list there is not complete. Bradmore’s cover rear structures at named numbers on roads including Brackenbury, Atwood and Perrers Roads.

LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions, list last amended 1 October 2011 · LBHF: Ravenscourt and Starch Green Conservation Area

Brook Green’s directions cover front roofs and gables, front elevations, porches, hardstandings, boundaries and painting at named addresses, and Hammersmith Grove No. 1 covers front elevations, porches, boundaries and exterior painting. Across the borough, apart from the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation area, a basement direction made on 25 April 2017, confirmed on 16 April 2018 and in force from 26 April 2018 removes householder rights to build basements and lightwells.

LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: Article 4 directions, including the borough-wide basement direction · LBHF: borough-wide basement Article 4 direction, in force 26 April 2018

Local Plan 2018; draft dated October 2025

Use the 2018 plan and treat the draft as emerging

Once the council is confirmed for the address, the plan to use is Hammersmith and Fulham’s Local Plan of 28 February 2018: it replaced the Core Strategy of 2011 and the Development Management Local Plan of 2013, and the adoption statement says it carries full weight. Policy DC4 wants alterations compatible with the scale and character of existing development, integrated into the building’s design and subservient to it, and its supporting text expects roof additions, front mansards included, to integrate with the building. Policy HO2 governs converting a house into flats.

LBHF: Local Plan, adopted 28 February 2018 · LBHF: Local Plan adoption statement · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

The Planning Guidance SPD, adopted the same day, applies its conservation-area guidelines in every conservation area: front roof extensions are generally unacceptable, the loss of significant original chimney stacks or original hipped roofs will be resisted, and brick or stone walls should not be painted, rendered or clad. A replacement plan running to 2042 reached its Regulation 18 draft, dated October 2025 and consulted on from October to December 2025; it is emerging, not adopted.

LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018 · LBHF: draft Local Plan, Regulation 18 consultation (emerging, not adopted) · LBHF: draft Local Plan introduction, October 2025

Policies DC11 and CC3

Separate a lower-ground refit from excavation

Fitting out a lower ground room that already exists is a refit; deepening it, extending it or digging under the garden is a different project, so ask the council how its basement rules apply. DC11 allows a new or extended basement only where it extends beyond the main rear wall by no more than half the depth of the house and under no more than half the depth of each garden, stays one storey except on large sites, sits back from neighbouring boundaries, keeps at least a metre of soil over any part under a garden and uses SuDS with active drainage devices.

LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

Environment Agency readings put points on Upper Mall, St Peter’s Square, Ravenscourt Road, Brook Green and Hammersmith Grove in Flood Zone 3, though the council notes that defences mitigate tidal flooding, so check your own address. CC3 then asks for a flood risk assessment and a non-return valve or equivalent for vulnerable basement uses, DC11 bars new self-contained basement flats in rapid-inundation areas without safe escape, and in conservation areas the SPD says basements under front and side gardens will not normally be acceptable.

Environment Agency: Flood Zones 2 and 3 (rivers and sea) data · GOV.UK: flood map for planning, checked by address · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018

Before ordering windows, repainting a brick or stucco front, changing a roof or committing to excavation at a Hammersmith address, find out which consents it needs. Each regime stands alone: planning permission, any Article 4 direction, listed building consent, conservation-area guidance, Building Regulations, a landlord’s written consent and the Party Wall Act, and clearing one clears none of the others. For a new basement, the borough-wide direction has removed householder rights, and Policy DC11 and the flood tests apply.

When planning permission is required · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · Historic England: listed-building consent · LBHF: conservation areas, character profiles and maps · When Building Regulations approval is needed · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Party-wall work requiring notice · LBHF: borough-wide basement Article 4 direction, in force 26 April 2018 · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

Local guidance checked 5 October 2026. The linked sources help you prepare a brief; requirements depend on the address, building and complete proposal.

From retained details to shared services

Windows, stucco, shared stacks and low-lying ground

Windows, doors and front elevations

Record how each window and door has fared, then weigh repair and draught-proofing against secondary glazing or replacement frames. The SPD encourages owners of PVC windows in conservation areas to change them, and directions in Ravenscourt and Starch Green, Brook Green and Hammersmith Grove control front elevations at named houses. A listed house needs consent first, and a flat never had householder rights, so confirm the route before ordering.

LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018 · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: statutory listed buildings · Householder permitted development technical guidance

Bathrooms, stacks and damp

In a divided house, the route and fall to the shared soil stack usually decide where a bathroom can go, so find out who controls the stack, the isolation valves and access to the ceiling below. Fix the waterproofed floor build-up and the extract outlet before choosing tiles, and trace damp to its source. Building Regulations can reach new bathroom plumbing and electrics close to a bath or shower.

LEASE: alterations and home improvements · When Building Regulations approval is needed · GOV.UK: Building Regulations approval

Floors, partitions and sound

Confirm the direction of the joists, any notches cut by old pipework and whether a partition is loadbearing before a wall comes out or stone goes down. In a house now split into flats, floor build-up, sound separation and lease terms are one decision, and Approved Document E may apply. In a listed house, internal alterations need listed building consent, so record the plan and internal features first.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · GOV.UK: Approved Document E, resistance to sound · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · LBHF: statutory listed buildings

Stucco, front gardens and trees

The Mall’s later directions control painting the stucco at named houses, and Ravenscourt and Starch Green’s direction of December 1999 covers front hard surfaces. In every conservation area the SPD resists losing planted front gardens and traditional boundaries, and creating or enlarging a front lightwell needs planning permission. Give Hammersmith and Fulham six weeks’ written notice before work to a conservation-area tree with a trunk 75mm or more across.

LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018 · LBHF: trees and tree preservation orders · Tree preservation orders and conservation-area trees

Lower floors, flood zones and archaeology

Check a lower ground room for damp, drainage and ventilation before fitting it out, and look up the flood zone for your address rather than the street. The Local Plan’s archaeological priority areas include Hammersmith Creek/Queen Caroline Street and Broadway, King Street, Ravenscourt Manor House (Palingswick) and the Ravenscourt leper hospital, where planning applications can need an archaeological field evaluation before a decision.

GOV.UK: flood map for planning, checked by address · Environment Agency: Flood Zones 2 and 3 (rivers and sea) data · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

Insulation, heating and ventilation

Decide insulation, heating, ventilation and moisture control as a package, because each changes how older brick and stucco walls behave. In a conservation area, Class A.2 of the householder rules restricts cladding a house, the SPD says brick or stone walls should not be clad, and Policy DC4 expects alterations to stay subservient. Read any list entry before fixing flues, vents or outdoor units to a visible elevation.

Historic England: a whole-building approach · GPDO 2015, Schedule 2 Part 1: householder permitted development · LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018 · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · Historic England: listed-building consent

A practical plan for the street and building

Working hours, deliveries and shared access

Street licences, TfL roads and deliveries

Plan how materials will reach the room, including any shared stair. Hammersmith and Fulham names the Great West Road, Hammersmith Flyover and Talgarth Road among the roads TfL runs, and TfL licenses building materials, scaffolds and skips on its red routes; King Street, Hammersmith Road and Goldhawk Road were not TfL roads at the points checked. On council roads, only skip companies may apply for a skip licence, which runs for at least 14 days, never allows the footway and follows a bay suspension; scaffolding licences go to scaffolding companies for a month or more, materials may stand only on the carriageway, and a suspension needs at least eight days’ notice, weekends included.

LBHF: roads, bridges and pavements, naming the roads TfL manages · TfL: red routes and the TLRN map · TfL: highway licences on red routes · LBHF: skip licences · LBHF: scaffolding licences · LBHF: building material, plant and machinery licences · LBHF: parking suspensions and road closures

Working hours, neighbours and living at home

Section 61 consent is needed for any noisy work outside Hammersmith and Fulham’s hours, which are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on Saturday, with none at any time on a Sunday or bank holiday. The council expects all construction sites to meet its Code of Construction Practice, issued in April 2023, which treats waste collection and concrete deliveries as noisy work and confines high-impact activities to 9am to noon and 2pm to 5.30pm on weekdays and 9am to noon on Saturdays. A lease or the building’s rules may set tighter limits; warn neighbours and any managing agent before work starts, and decide early whether the household will move out for the noisiest stages.

LBHF: construction site noise and permitted hours · LBHF: construction guidance and Code of Construction Practice, April 2023 · LBHF Code of Construction Practice, version 1.0, February 2023 · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

A clear scope before a price

Plan your renovation budget and quotation

Ask for prices based on a measured survey and a written scope for the Hammersmith building itself; a W6 postcode says nothing useful about cost. Keep room work apart from roof, stucco and front-boundary repairs, list listed fabric and shared-building items separately, and state which consents, licences and flood checks each quotation allows for.

Existing condition

Record what the building is like now, so the price rests on evidence rather than assumption.

Measured plans and a dated photo survey
Roof, stucco, brickwork and windows inspected
Joists, damp and drains marked for opening up

Rooms, finishes and services

Give every room a layout and finish list, so that the quotations can be laid side by side.

Layouts, quantities and chosen finishes
Waste, heating, extract and electrical scope
Client-supplied items and who installs them

Approvals and site arrangements

Include the approvals and street licences that this particular house or flat calls for.

Planning, listed building and lease approvals
Party Wall procedure only for notifiable work
Skip, scaffold and suspension with the right authority

Written allowances and sequence

Show what is uncertain, who carries each risk and the order of work before anything is signed.

Provisional sums, exclusions and VAT basis
Order dates for windows and fittings
Inspections, certificates and handover papers

Being in Hammersmith neither adds a standard uplift nor fixes how long the work takes. Each quotation should show where VAT, professional fees, street licences, any landlord’s conditions and problems uncovered on opening up are dealt with. If the job is a standalone bathroom, the quotation covers that one room.

From an idea to a workable scope

Prepare your brief and renovation budget

Describe the home and the rooms
Start with the full address and the type of home: a house by the river, on a square or in a terrace, or a flat, with its floor and who else uses the stair. Name the rooms in question and attach photographs of the frontage, roof, any lower ground room and any damp or cracking.
Share the records you hold
Include what you already hold: the lease or title, any building rules, old drawings, earlier planning or listed building decisions and completion certificates. Point out anything you have found about the address, such as its conservation area, an Article 4 entry, a listing or its flood zone, and any trees near the work.
Separate settled choices from unknowns
Mark the choices already made, from known repairs to preferred finishes, and the points that wait on lifting a floor, a structural inspection, a drain survey or a reply from the freeholder. Those open points can then sit in each quotation as named provisional sums until the answers come in.
Agree roles, access and occupation
Settle who will draw up applications, serve notices and call for inspections, and find out whether the street outside is a council road or a TfL one. Fit deliveries, bay suspensions and stair protection inside the permitted hours, say whether you plan to stay at home, and choose how variations are logged.

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Questions before you begin

Renovating in Hammersmith: practical answers

Can one bathroom be the whole job in a Hammersmith home?

Yes. A standalone renovation of a family bathroom, en-suite or shower room is welcome on its own, whether the home is a terrace house, a house on a square or a flat. Send the measurements, a few photographs and the floor the room is on, mark the soil stack if you know where it runs, and say whether there is a second bathroom to use during the work.

Is my Hammersmith home in a conservation area?

That depends on the full address. Areas here include The Mall, which takes in Upper Mall, Lower Mall and Hammersmith Terrace; St Peter’s Square; Ravenscourt and Starch Green; Bradmore, whose directions cover houses on Brackenbury Road; Brook Green; Westcroft Square; and Hammersmith Grove, Broadway and Town Hall. None is called Hammersmith Riverside or Brackenbury Village, so check the council’s current map.

LBHF: conservation areas, character profiles and maps · LBHF: The Mall Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · LBHF: St Peter’s Square Conservation Area character profile, approved 3 June 1996 · LBHF: Ravenscourt and Starch Green Conservation Area character profile, designation and character · LBHF: Bradmore Conservation Area · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: Brook Green Conservation Area character profile, approved 8 March 2004 · LBHF: Westcroft Square Conservation Area character profile, designation · LBHF: Hammersmith Grove Conservation Area character profile, designation · LBHF: Hammersmith Broadway Conservation Area character profile, approved 7 May 1997 · LBHF: Hammersmith Town Hall Conservation Area character profile, November 2018 · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document

Could an Article 4 direction or a listing affect my plans?

Possibly, and both are checked by address. Directions at The Mall, St Peter’s Square, Ravenscourt and Starch Green, Bradmore, Brook Green and Hammersmith Grove cover named properties, mostly front roofs, elevations, painting or rear structures, and the basement direction covers the whole borough outside the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation area. Listing is separate: Kelmscott House is Grade II* and 7–15 St Peter’s Square Grade II, and consent can reach interiors.

LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF: borough-wide basement Article 4 direction, in force 26 April 2018 · Historic England: Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Grade II* · Historic England: 7 to 15 St Peter’s Square, Grade II · LBHF: statutory listed buildings

Can I replace the windows or fit double glazing?

Start by surveying what is there. A listed building needs listed building consent for relevant changes, a flat has no householder permitted development rights, and directions in Ravenscourt and Starch Green, Brook Green and Hammersmith Grove control front elevations at named houses. The SPD encourages owners of PVC windows in conservation areas to change them, so compare repair, draught-proofing and secondary glazing before ordering new frames.

LBHF: statutory listed buildings · Householder permitted development technical guidance · LBHF: properties affected by Article 4 directions · LBHF Planning Guidance SPD, adopted 28 February 2018

What approval does work inside my flat need?

Rearranging rooms or replacing finishes inside a flat is generally not development, so planning permission is seldom involved, although dividing or joining homes is assessed under Policy HO2. Written consent from the landlord or freeholder, and any conditions attached to it, depend on what the lease says. Listing can bring internal work under listed building consent. New plumbing, electrics near a bath or shower and structural work can each need Building Regulations approval.

When planning permission is required · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · LBHF: statutory listed buildings · When Building Regulations approval is needed

Which surveys come first if I want to take out a wall or put the bathroom somewhere else?

A structural engineer should say whether the wall is loadbearing and which way the joists span; the new bathroom position then depends on a workable waste fall, a water supply and a route for extract air. In a listed building, internal alterations need consent. In a flat, check the lease, the sound insulation between homes and whether the work touches a shared wall in a way that brings in the Party Wall Act.

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

Can I dig a basement under my Hammersmith house?

Excavating new space is a different project from refitting an existing lower floor. The borough-wide direction has removed householder basement rights, and Policy DC11 allows one storey, except on large sites, extending beyond the rear wall by no more than half the house’s depth and under no more than half the depth of each garden. Points checked on Upper Mall and Hammersmith Grove read Flood Zone 3, so check the flood map first.

LBHF: borough-wide basement Article 4 direction, in force 26 April 2018 · LBHF Local Plan 2018: policy document · Environment Agency: Flood Zones 2 and 3 (rivers and sea) data · GOV.UK: flood map for planning, checked by address

When can builders make noise in Hammersmith?

Where the council is Hammersmith and Fulham, it permits noisy work Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and on Saturday from 8am to 1pm, and at no time on a Sunday or bank holiday. Work outside those hours needs section 61 consent, and the council’s construction code confines high-impact activities to shorter windows within them. Your lease or the building’s own rules may set tighter limits.

LBHF: construction site noise and permitted hours · LBHF Code of Construction Practice, version 1.0, February 2023 · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

How do I compare quotations for a Hammersmith project?

First confirm the quotations price an identical scope, room for room, with the same quantities, repairs and finishes and with provisional sums, exclusions and VAT stated in writing. Then see how each deals with listed fabric, stucco or brick repairs, shared parts, licences on council or TfL roads and any flood-related work. The address alone justifies neither an uplift nor a fixed finish date.

Where is your studio, and what should I send?

Our studio is at Unit 3 Palace Court, 250 Finchley Road, London NW3 6DN, and we serve Hammersmith from this office. For a first enquiry, the most useful things to send are the address, the rooms involved, a few photographs and any drawings, lease extracts, planning papers or flood information you hold, with your budget priorities.

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Hampstead Renovations operates alongside Hampstead Chartered Surveyors & Building Consultancy — a firm providing chartered building surveying, fire safety and project advisory services, under shared directorship. Both practices are based in Hampstead NW3, giving Hammersmith clients access to professional oversight from survey through to handover.

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Hammersmith Renovations & Design-Build — W6

Choose the work your Hammersmith home needs

Ideas for your Hammersmith refurbishment

Photographs of our work elsewhere in London

Understand the building before changing it

Check the address, not the W6 postcode

Planning, listed buildings, building control and leases

Planning and householder rights

Listed buildings and conservation areas

Building Regulations

Lease consent and Party Wall

Apply the controls to the work you actually need

Find the profile for your conservation area

Match the address to the Article 4 documents

Use the 2018 plan and treat the draft as emerging

Separate a lower-ground refit from excavation

Windows, stucco, shared stacks and low-lying ground

Windows, doors and front elevations

Bathrooms, stacks and damp

Floors, partitions and sound

Stucco, front gardens and trees

Lower floors, flood zones and archaeology

Insulation, heating and ventilation

Working hours, deliveries and shared access

Street licences, TfL roads and deliveries

Working hours, neighbours and living at home

Plan your renovation budget and quotation

Existing condition

Rooms, finishes and services

Approvals and site arrangements

Written allowances and sequence

Prepare your brief and renovation budget

Describe the home and the rooms

Share the records you hold

Separate settled choices from unknowns

Agree roles, access and occupation

Talk to our Finchley Road studio

Renovating in Hammersmith: practical answers

Guides for your property and project

Plan a whole-house refurbishment

Renovate a flat in a divided house

Questions for the freeholder or agent

Make a small bathroom work

More help with your renovation brief

House refurbishment

Flat refurbishment

Bathroom renovation

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South West London refurbishment

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Private consultations near Sloane Square

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Services relevant to Hammersmith, W6

Loft Conversions

Extensions

Basements

Refurbishment

Kitchens

Bathrooms

Interiors & Joinery