The Brockley rooms we know well
Brockley is defined by large bay-fronted and double-fronted Victorian houses on streets like Wickham Road, Tyrwhitt Road and Upper Brockley Road, many around Hilly Fields. A good number were split into flats or HMOs decades ago and are now being reunified as family homes, which shapes the briefs we get.
Alcove units in double-reception rooms. These receptions are generous — ceilings often 2.9–3.1m — with tall alcoves either side of the chimney breast, typically 800–1000mm wide and rarely matched to one another. We build closed base cabinets with adjustable shelving above, measuring each alcove individually so the pair reads as symmetrical despite the difference.
Fitted wardrobes in bay-window bedrooms. The bay eats one wall of the front bedroom, so we usually run a full-height wardrobe along the opposite wall, and where the bay is deep enough we wrap a window seat with storage into the recess to make the whole room work.
Storage in HMO-to-family conversions. Houses coming back from flats leave behind redundant kitchenettes, blocked-up doorways and stray stud walls. Once those come out, we re-plan the storage — utility cupboards, boot storage and wardrobes — around the new single-home layout rather than the old subdivided one.
Conservation context in Brockley
Much of Brockley sits within a conservation area, which governs external alterations only; interior fitted furniture is entirely the owner’s decision. The houses often retain original cornice, ceiling roses and joinery, so where clients want to protect those features we keep fixings discreet and reversible and work around the existing detail rather than over it.
Nearby work
Brockley neighbours Crofton Park (SE4), Ladywell and Lewisham (SE13), New Cross (SE14) and Honor Oak (SE23). All fall within our South East London working area.