The Aldersbrook rooms we know well
The Aldersbrook Estate is one of the more consistent pockets of housing stock we work in — Edwardian terraces and semis laid out in the early 1900s on the edge of Wanstead Flats, built as family homes with slightly more generous proportions than the tighter terraces further into East London. That scale shapes almost every brief.
Fitted wardrobes in Edwardian master bedrooms. The front bedrooms on streets like Aldersbrook Road and Empress Avenue usually run 3.6–4m wide with ceilings around 2.7m and a shallow bay to the front. The common brief is a full-height wardrobe run across the wall opposite the bay, with hanging rails doubled up on one side and a bank of drawers on the other. Because these are family houses, we’re often asked to carry the same door style into a child’s room next door.
Alcove units in through-lounges. Many Aldersbrook houses have knocked the two ground-floor receptions into one, leaving two chimney breasts and up to four alcoves of differing widths — often around 700mm one side and 900mm the other. We measure each individually and build closed cupboards below with adjustable shelving above so the runs read as a matched pair despite the mismatch.
Boot-room and hallway storage near the Flats. Backing onto Wanstead Flats means muddy boots, bikes and buggies, so utility and entrance storage is a recurring request. A run of 300–400mm-deep cupboards with a bench, hooks and a drawer for gloves suits the wide entrance halls these houses tend to have.
A planned Edwardian estate
Aldersbrook was built as a planned estate and has stayed remarkably intact, which means predictable room shapes plus original skirting, picture rails and cornicing worth scribing to rather than covering.
Nearby work
We cover Aldersbrook alongside the neighbouring areas: Wanstead (E11) to the north, Manor Park (E12) to the south, Forest Gate (E7) to the west and South Woodford (E18) beyond the Flats. All sit within our regular East London working zone.