Foxter
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Balham Side Return Dining Extension — Completed completed house extensions

South West London · SW12 · 2025

Balham Side Return Dining Extension — Completed

Category

House Extensions

Area

Balham (SW12)

Duration

12 weeks

Completed

2025

Overview

Completed side return with a long glazed roof strip over a herringbone-floored dining room. Sample house extension case study in Balham (SW12) — completed stage, built by the Foxter site team.

Works were sequenced to keep the property secure and weathertight throughout, with a single site manager coordinating every trade from strip-out to final snagging.

Portfolio example — concept case study

Services provided

  • Planning & permitted development
  • Structural design & calculations
  • Building control sign-off
  • Groundworks & foundations
  • Drainage & manhole works
  • Brickwork & blockwork
  • Steel beam installation
  • Roofing, lanterns & rooflights
  • Glazing & external doors
  • Electrics & plumbing first fix
  • Plastering, flooring & decoration
  • Snagging & handover

Materials used

Herringbone oak floorGlazed roof stripPanelled joineryPlaster skim

Before & after

After completion
Before works
BeforeAfter
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Timeline

01

Survey & design

Measured survey, drawings and approvals.

02

Strip-out & structure

Demolition, groundworks and steelwork.

03

First & second fix

Services, joinery, plaster and tiling.

04

Finish & handover

Decoration, commissioning and snagging.

Total programme: 12 weeks

Gallery

Balham Side Return Dining Extension — Completed — Completed side return dining extension
Completed side return dining extension
Balham Side Return Dining Extension — Completed — Roof framing stage on the side return
Roof framing stage on the side return

Client feedback (illustrative)

“Communication was steady from first survey through to snagging.”

Illustrative feedback — SW12 house extension (portfolio example, not a real client review)

Project area

Approximate area only — Balham, SW12. No property addresses are published.

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