Renovation in Havering

GS Renovation provides the full range of home renovation and building services across Havering, one of East London's most sought-after areas. Known for 1930s semis, postwar estates and larger detached houses, Havering covers RM1, RM2, RM3, RM11 and RM12 and includes Romford and Hornchurch. With over 30 years of hands-on experience we handle everything from kitchens and bathrooms to structural alterations and extensions, all to building control standard.

Whether you live near Raphael Park, Upminster Windmill and Hornchurch Country Park or elsewhere in the borough, our local team delivers high-quality workmanship with one point of contact, transparent pricing and full insurance. Choose a service below to learn more about what we offer in Havering.

Havering is the far east of London and the housing shows it: wide streets, deep plots, and a stock made up largely of 1930s semis, postwar estate housing and, at Emerson Park and around Upminster, some of the largest detached homes in the capital. Romford, Hornchurch, Rainham and Upminster across RM1, RM2, RM3, RM11, RM12 and RM14 give us space to work in that inner London simply does not offer, and that changes what is worth building.

Interwar and Postwar Houses Reaching Their Limits

Much of the borough was built in two waves, the 1930s and then the 1950s and 1960s, to repeating house types. Both are now at the age where the original services have been outlived. Rewires under Part P, heating replacements, window and insulation upgrades under Part L, and reworked kitchens and bathrooms make up a large share of what we take on.

The flat-roofed rear additions and side extensions added in the 1960s and 1970s are the other recurring item. Many have failed coverings, no meaningful insulation and foundations designed for a much lighter structure. Replacing one properly means new foundations to a depth the structural engineer sets, a warm roof build-up, and building control inspecting the excavation before concrete is poured.

Bigger Homes at Emerson Park and Upminster

The detached houses in RM11 and RM14 sit on plots wide enough for schemes that would be impossible further west. Two-storey side extensions, wraparound extensions that turn the corner from side to rear, annexe accommodation and substantial garage conversions all come up regularly, and the permitted development allowance for a single-storey rear extension on a detached house is commonly four metres.

Havering Council has designated conservation areas in several of the older centres, and inside those the permitted development route closes. Elsewhere the practical conditions are as good as they get in London: a skip on the drive, materials stored securely on site, rear access down the side of the house, and enough room for trades to work in parallel rather than queueing for space.

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