Need Footings & Foundations in West Dulwich for an extension, garden room or retaining wall? Fine Landscaping delivers engineered excavation, reinforcement and concrete to Building Regs standards. We work across SE21 with tidy sites and clear communication from start to pour.
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Solid groundwork is the difference between a structure that lasts and one that cracks. Our team designs and installs wall footings, strip footings and pier footings for home extensions, garden walls and outbuildings across SE21. We’re regularly working near West Dulwich station and around Belair Park, where access and levels can vary street to street. Expect careful excavation, accurate setting-out and concrete placed to specification.
West Dulwich has a strong mix of Victorian villas, Edwardian houses and period conversions, often with side returns, basements, and mature gardens. These properties commonly need foundations that respect existing walls, neighbouring boundaries and older drainage runs. We’re used to tight side passages and protecting original brickwork while forming new strip footings. If you’re in Dulwich Village, Herne Hill or close to Thurlow Park, we tailor the build sequence to minimise disruption.
We start with a site visit to confirm loads, levels and access, then coordinate with your engineer and Building Control. Excavations are kept neat, spoil is managed responsibly, and reinforcement is installed exactly as detailed before concrete is poured. Every job is documented with photos and checks for depth, width and bearing strata. Local homeowners trust us for straight answers, clean workmanship and foundations that pass inspection first time.
Ground conditions across the footings & foundations west dulwich area can change quickly, from made ground to heavier clay, so we verify bearing levels during excavation. Parking and access near West Dulwich station and the SE21 streets often require planned deliveries and smaller plant. We coordinate inspections with Building Control for footings & foundations in London Borough of Lambeth and keep records ready for sign-off. Where gardens back onto trees near Dulwich Wood, we factor root influence and protection measures into the build.
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Costs vary with depth, access, spoil removal, reinforcement and the size of the footprint. As a guide, small garden wall or pier footings often start around £900–£2,500. Foundations for a typical single-storey extension commonly fall in the £4,000–£10,000 range, with more complex ground conditions or restricted access increasing costs. We provide a detailed itemised estimate after a site visit.
Most small footing jobs take 1–2 days including excavation and concrete pour. For an extension, allow roughly 3–7 working days depending on the footprint, soil conditions and inspection timings. Factors that affect duration include depth requirements, unexpected obstructions (old drains, rubble), access for machinery, and curing time before building continues. We plan the sequence so Building Control checks happen without delays.
Planning permission usually relates to the structure you’re building (extension, outbuilding, retaining wall), not the footings themselves, and many projects can be permitted development. However, Building Regulations approval is typically required for foundations that support buildings, and inspections are standard. In the London Borough of Lambeth we’ll help confirm whether you need planning, party wall notices, or tree-related constraints, and we coordinate with Building Control for sign-off.
We provide a 10-year warranty on our workmanship for footings and foundations, covering defects arising from installation errors such as incorrect formation, reinforcement placement, or concrete workmanship. The warranty applies when the foundations are used as intended and built in line with the agreed specification and engineer’s details. We also keep photo records and pour documentation to support any future queries. Structural design responsibility remains with your appointed engineer.
We install strip footings for load-bearing walls, pier footings for posts and point loads, and wall footings for garden and retaining structures. Concrete can be specified to suit exposure and load requirements, with steel reinforcement (rebar/mesh) added where needed. We can also form stepped foundations on sloping plots and prepare bases for blockwork or beam-and-block floors. We’ll work with your engineer and Building Control to choose the right option for your build.
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