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Kitchen fitters, bathroom fitters and builders for homes across Upminster, Cranham, Corbets Tey and Upminster Bridge.
Upminster has a very particular kind of housing. Much of RM14 was laid out between the wars as a garden suburb, which means generous plots, wide frontages and long rear gardens. Kitchens in these houses are often smaller than the house deserves, because the original plan put them in a back corner with a separate dining room next door.
That makes Upminster good territory for opening up. Taking down the wall between kitchen and dining room, or extending into part of the garden, usually transforms how the ground floor works without touching the character of the front of the house. We design around what the plot allows rather than dropping a standard layout into it.
The plot sizes here mean an extension is usually possible, and often possible under permitted development rather than a full application. Side returns, rear extensions and wrap-arounds all work well on the standard Upminster semi.
Lofts are the other option. The interwar roofs in this area frequently have the head height for a rear dormer, which turns unused space into a bedroom and bathroom without losing a single square metre of garden. We will tell you honestly which of the two makes more sense for your house.
The houses here are generally well built and worth doing properly. Original features like bay windows, panelled doors and parquet are worth keeping, and we work around them rather than through them wherever we can.
Because plots are larger, we can usually set up on site without blocking your access or your neighbour's, store materials properly and keep the disruption in one place. That matters more than people expect on a job that runs several weeks.
We also cover Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green and Rainham.
Upminster housing runs bigger than most of what we see. Interwar detached and semis along the main roads, newer closes towards Cranham, and older cottages out at Corbets Tey and Hacton. Plots are deeper, which changes what is worth doing. Here is the range across RM14.
Bigger rooms are not automatically easier. An Upminster kitchen often has three doorways and a run of windows before you place a single unit, so the design starts with circulation rather than cabinets. We draw it, supply it and fit it, and we build the awkward pieces rather than order a compromise.
A lot of RM14 kitchens were fitted well fifteen or twenty years ago and have simply dated. Where the carcasses are solid we replace doors, worktops and appliances and reuse the rest, which keeps the cost down and the disruption to about a week.
The larger Upminster houses usually have room for a separate bath and a walk-in shower, which most smaller stock does not. That is worth planning for properly rather than squeezing a suite in. We handle the tiling, the tanking and the second-fix ourselves.
Whole-house work here is often a family staying put and upgrading rather than moving on. That means phasing matters: which rooms come out of use, in what order, and how long the family is without a kitchen. We plan that with you before we start rather than working it out as we go.
Interwar roofs in Upminster are generally generous and take a full rear dormer with a bedroom and ensuite comfortably. Where the plot is wide there is sometimes a case for going out rather than up, and we will say so if the extension is the better answer for the money.
Deep Upminster gardens are the best case for a proper garden room: far enough from the house to be a real office or studio, with a foundation, insulation and power rather than a summer-only shed.
Original interwar doors and windows are often worth keeping and repairing rather than replacing wholesale, particularly where the frames are still sound. Where they are past it we make and fit replacements to match the openings you have, not the nearest standard size.
With more ground to work with, side and wraparound extensions are common in RM14, and conservatories still make sense on the right elevation. We manage the structural work, building control and the finish as one job.
Get a free, no pressure quote for your Upminster home. We would be glad to help.
