Extending and renovating homes in Hedge End
Much of Hedge End's housing dates from the post-M27 expansion, particularly the large Grange Park development to the north and east of the centre and the later Dowd's Farm area. These are typically three and four-bedroom detached and link-detached houses with the sort of rear garden that suits a single-storey or wrap-around extension, and the original kitchens are often small and closed off. An extension that creates a bright open-plan kitchen-diner is the most common project we are asked for here.
Around the older village centre and in West End and Botley the stock is more mixed, with Victorian cottages and 1930s and post-war semis. Those homes tend to need the full renovation approach: a proper survey, then rewiring, replumbing, replastering and new heating before the kitchen and bathrooms go in, and sensitive matching of materials on anything that fronts the street.
