Streatham SW16 · Victorian tile paths
The front path your house was built with.
As local Victorian tile path installers, we lay tiled front paths across Streatham, usually as the centrepiece of a new front garden with a wall, a gate and fresh paving. Our documented tiled paths are in Clapham, Putney and Acton rather than Streatham; below is Ellie's front, side and back garden in Putney, with a new tile path to the door.
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Your garden, considered
On a Streatham terrace or semi, the front path rarely changes on its own. The wall beside it is often crumbling, the gate has dropped and the rest of the front is gravel or cracked concrete. Doing the path, the wall and the paving together means the levels, the colours and the pattern all line up.
In Putney we removed Ellie's old wall and gravel, built a new red-brick wall, laid around 15m² of anthracite porcelain and a grey-and-white Victorian tile path to the door, and rehung the existing iron gate between new pillars. In Clapham, 2.4 miles from Streatham, William's tile footpath was paired with black Brazilian slate.
Streatham's front gardens are mostly clay, so the path sits on a dug-out, solid base rather than on the old surface.
Real jobs · real prices
Our other documented tiled paths and front gardens, nearest to Streatham first.
A front and back garden transformation: two-level grey Indian sandstone, a sleeper retaining wall, steps, planters, eco drains, a Victorian tile path and black slate, in 2 weeks for £22,000 including VAT.
A front garden dug out for 15m² of 60x90 black limestone, plus around nine fence panels on concrete posts at the back, for £6,000 including VAT.
A Victorian tile front path with rope edging on both sides, on a new concrete base with metal bars, in 3 days for £3,820 including VAT.
Plants and old sandstone removed from a front garden, a new base laid and the front finished in light grey porcelain, with the back sandstone patio cleaned and regrouted, in three days for £5,860 including VAT.
Details from our portfolio
These photos are from Ellie's front, side and back garden in Putney SW15, including the new Victorian tile path. We have not yet documented a tiled path in Streatham.
Materials & possibilities
The paving beside a tiled path sets the tone of the whole front. These pairings are all from our own case studies.
A front path has fixed points at each end: the doorstep and the gate. The levels are set between them before anything is laid, so the path falls gently away from the house, the tiles meet the step cleanly and the gate swings without catching. The new wall and pillars are built to the same levels.
From first ideas to finishing touches
Look at the path, wall, gate, step and drainage.
Tile pattern, edging, wall and the paving alongside.
Dig out, base, wall, then the tiles and paving.
Gate rehung, everything cleaned and waste removed.
Documented project · Putney SW15 · 4.3 miles from Streatham
Ellie's house in Putney had a gravel front garden with a broken rendered wall. We dug out the front, built a new red-brick wall, laid around 15m² of anthracite 60x90 porcelain and a grey-and-white Victorian tile path to the door, and rehung the iron gate, then rebuilt the side passage and back too. Three weeks, £22,000 including VAT. Drag the slider to compare the front.
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A tiled path on its own, like Dio's with rope edging in Acton, was £3,820 in 3 days. As part of a full front garden the cost depends on the wall and paving: Emmanuel's black limestone front in Balham was £2,500 for the paving, and Ellie's front, side and back in Putney, with a new wall and tile path, came to £22,000.
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| Project | Where | Time on site | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian tile front path with rope edging in Acton | Acton W3 | 3 days | £3,820 inc. VAT |
| Black limestone front garden and new fence in Balham | Balham SW12 | – | £6,000 inc. VAT |
| Front garden porcelain paving in Stockwell | Stockwell SW9 | 3 days | £5,860 inc. VAT |
| Front and back garden transformation with grey sandstone and a Victorian tile path in Clapham | Clapham SW4 | 2 weeks | £22,000 inc. VAT |
| Front, side and back garden refurbishment in Putney | Putney SW15 | 3 weeks | £22,000 inc. VAT |
Prices as shown on each case study. Every garden is different, so your price is fixed in a written quote after a free survey.
Streatham · SW16
We lay tiled paths and rebuild front gardens across Streatham SW16, including Streatham Common, Streatham Park, Telford Park and the roads towards Streatham Hill. The nearest documented tiled path is William's in Clapham, 2.4 miles away, and Emmanuel's black limestone front garden is in Balham.
Our base is next door in Norbury.
A few useful answers
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Read our warranty termsNot one we have documented yet. Our tiled paths are in Clapham, Putney and Acton, and the nearest, in Clapham, is 2.4 miles away.
Yes. In Putney we replaced Ellie's broken rendered wall with a new red-brick wall and pillars, alongside the new tile path.
Often, yes. Ellie's existing iron gate was rehung between the new pillars.
Black Brazilian slate, as in Clapham, anthracite porcelain, as in Putney, or black limestone, as on Emmanuel's front in Balham.
It depends on the wall and paving. A tiled path alone was £3,820 in Acton; Ellie's front, side and back in Putney was £22,000.
Not usually if it is 1m or lower next to a road. Taller walls, listed houses and conservation areas need checking with Lambeth Council.
Dio's path alone took 3 days. A front garden with a new wall, paving and path takes longer, and the quote gives the timing.
All of Streatham SW16, including Streatham Common, Streatham Park and Telford Park, plus Furzedown, Brixton Hill and Tooting Bec.
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Tell us about your victorian tiled paths project in Streatham. We will get in touch to discuss your ideas and the next step towards a site survey.
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