Builders in Woodford
Brick By Brick are builders working across Woodford, South Woodford and Woodford Green. Loft conversions and extensions make up most of it, along with whole-house renovations in the larger properties around the Green.
Loft conversions in Woodford
Woodford is good loft country. The inter-war semis and detached houses here generally have the roof pitch and head height to take a conversion without lowering ceilings on the floor below, which keeps both the cost and the disruption down.
The usual result is a double bedroom with an en suite, built as a rear dormer, with a hip-to-gable where the roof shape allows and the extra width is worth having. On a larger property there is often room for two rooms rather than one. See our loft conversions page.
Two things worth checking early: where the stairs can land without losing a bedroom below, and whether the existing roof structure is cut timber or trussed, because that changes the job substantially.
Extensions
Plots here are wider than in the terraced parts of east London, so side-return and wrap-around extensions are genuinely available rather than theoretical. A rear extension of 3 to 6 metres combined with the side return turns the back of a Woodford semi into one large kitchen and family space.
Side access is the detail that decides the price. Where there is a path down the side, materials and spoil go straight out and the house stays liveable. Where there is not, everything comes through, and we will say so in the quote. See extensions.
Renovations and interiors
A good part of our Woodford work is a whole house: rewire, replumb, new kitchen and bathrooms, floors, joinery and decoration, usually running alongside the extension or loft so everything is finished in one programme rather than three.
Internal glazing and steel-framed screens have become a common request here, used to open a hallway or a reception room without losing the sense of separate rooms. They need the structure thought about early, not added at second fix. See renovations.
Planning and building control
Woodford falls under the London Borough of Redbridge. Plenty of single-storey rear extensions and rear dormers proceed under permitted development, subject to the usual limits on depth, height, volume and boundary distance, and whether the property has been extended before.
Parts of Woodford Green sit within conservation areas and close to Epping Forest land, where permitted development rights are reduced and the detail of what is allowed matters more. We will tell you which route applies at the first visit, and we handle building control and structural calculations as part of the job.
How we work
The first visit is free and is a proper survey rather than a sales call. You get a written quote broken down by element, so you can see what is essential and what is optional. Most clients stay in the house during the work, so we programme around keeping a usable kitchen for as long as possible and sheet and clean properly as we go.
We are fully insured, work to building regulations, and are happy to put you in touch with recent customers nearby.
Talk to us about your Woodford project
Get in touch for a free visit and a written quote, or call and WhatsApp 07535 813809.
