Concrete Foundations in Notting Hill for extensions, garden studios and structural upgrades. We design, excavate and pour reinforced bases that meet Building Regs, even on tight W11 access.
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From Portobello Road Market to Notting Hill Gate, projects here demand careful planning, tidy working and dependable structure. Our concrete foundation service supports extensions, outbuildings and retaining works with the right footing type for the load and ground. We install strip foundations, pad foundations, raft foundations and wall footings to engineered depths. Every pour is set out accurately to keep your build square and compliant.
Notting Hill’s pastel-painted Victorian townhouses, mansion conversions and mews houses often come with constraints: party walls, basement levels, and limited side access. In Holland Park and Ladbroke Grove, we regularly see mixed ground conditions and older drainage runs that need protecting. We tailor concrete foundations Notting Hill area homeowners need, with reinforcement where required and clean interfaces for brickwork or blockwork. If you’re extending a kitchen or adding a garden room, we’ll match the foundation design to the structure above.
We start with a site visit, levels, and a practical method statement for access and spoil removal. Our team handles excavation, shuttering where needed, steel reinforcement, and concrete placement with proper curing and protection. We coordinate with Building Control and follow engineering details so inspections run smoothly. Fine Landscaping is based in Norbury (around 40 minutes away), and clients trust us for clear communication, tidy sites, and foundations built to last.
Working in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea often means controlled parking, narrow mews access and strict site housekeeping. Around W11 we plan deliveries, concrete pours and spoil removal to minimise disruption and keep pavements clear. Victorian properties can hide shallow services and older foundations, so we expose and verify before pouring. Where access is tight, we adapt with smaller plant, staged pours and precise reinforcement placement.
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Costs vary with depth, access, spoil removal and the foundation type. As a guide in W11, small pad foundations for posts or a compact garden room might start around £1,200–£3,000. Strip foundations for an extension are often £4,000–£12,000+, while raft foundations can range £8,000–£20,000+ depending on size and reinforcement. Engineering design, Building Control and concrete pump hire can add to the total.
Most jobs take 2–7 working days from excavation to pour, plus curing time before heavy loading. A small set of pads may be completed in 1–2 days, while strip foundations for an extension commonly take 3–6 days including inspections. Raft foundations can take 5–10 days due to extra preparation and reinforcement. Timescales depend on access in mews streets, depth requirements, weather, and Building Control inspection availability.
Foundations themselves don’t usually require planning permission, but the structure they support (extension, outbuilding or retaining wall) might. In many cases garden works are permitted development, yet restrictions can apply to flats, maisonettes, conservation areas and listed buildings, which are common locally. Building Regulations approval and inspections are typically required for structural foundations. We’ll help you confirm what applies and coordinate with Building Control and your designer/engineer.
We provide a 10-year warranty on our concrete foundation workmanship, covering defects caused by installation issues such as incorrect set-out, inadequate compaction, or poor reinforcement placement where we’ve been instructed to install it. Materials are supplied to specification and placed to achieve proper cover and curing. The warranty doesn’t cover structural movement caused by changes in design, third-party alterations, or unforeseeable ground conditions beyond the agreed scope. We document the work for peace of mind.
We can install strip foundations for load-bearing walls, pad foundations for point loads, raft foundations for weaker ground, and wall footings for retaining or boundary structures. Options include reinforced or unreinforced concrete (as specified), deeper foundations where required, and engineered solutions for complex loads. We also plan for service ducts, drainage penetrations and damp-proof interfaces. If you have drawings, we build to them; if not, we can work with your engineer to select the right approach.
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