Home Renovation & Bespoke Cabinetry in Tooting

An extensive home renovation and bespoke cabinetry project in a late Victorian / Edwardian terraced home on Garratt Lane, Tooting.

This project brings together bathroom renovation, home refurbishment and bespoke cabinetry and fitted furniture.

Completed in two stages, the work began with the bathroom before continuing through the hallway, landing, staircase and two bedrooms. The kitchen and sitting/dining room were outside the scope of this project.

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Finished bathroom with glazed bath screen, marble-effect tiling and timber vanity.

The project

A period home renovated in two stages

Stage one: bathroom refurbishment

The bathroom was completely replumbed and rewired, with waterproofing, a bath and shower, and a bespoke glazed enclosure. Marble, porcelain and ceramic tiles were used, with chevron-style tiling running around the room. Concealed shower and basin mixers created a clean finish, alongside a back-to-wall toilet and an integrated cistern with access from above for maintenance. Painting and decorating completed this first stage.

Stage two: hallway, stairs and bedrooms

The second stage covered the hallway, landing, staircase, single bedroom and main bedroom. During the strip-out, a concealed ceiling was discovered above the staircase and opened up. The stair banister was completely replaced and decorated, while the walls were repaired, replastered and decorated.

Both bedrooms received replacement ceilings, rewiring and timber flooring. Bespoke wardrobes were fitted in each room, with made-to-measure under-stair cabinets providing hallway storage. Plastering, painting, decorating, carpentry and joinery brought the spaces together.

Before

Original rooms and early preparation

The original bathroom had a pink bath, pedestal basin, close-coupled toilet and patterned floor tiles. The hall, staircase, under-stair area and bedroom photographs show the earlier finishes and the starting point for the wider renovation.

Original bathroom viewed towards the doorway, with the pink bath and earlier wall finishes.

The pink bath, pedestal basin and shower fittings before refurbishment.

The original bathroom layout with bath, basin, toilet and patterned floor tiles.

Hall and stairs at the start of the renovation, with the earlier carpet and wall finishes

Bedroom at the start of the work, before insulation, flooring and fitted cabinetry

The original carpeted staircase and hallway before renovation.

Original under-stair storage and washing machine before the bespoke hallway cabinets.

Stage one · During the bathroom renovation

Preparing, fitting and tiling

Wall preparation, the bath and concealed toilet frame, the floor membrane and the tiling are shown below, including the arched bath niche before grouting.

Bathroom walls prepared and replastered, with the bath and concealed toilet frame in position.

Uncoupling membrane laid across the bathroom floor before tiling.

Herringbone wall tiles and marble-effect lower tiling during installation.

The arched bath niche during tiling, before grouting.

Stage two · During the wider renovation

Flooring, stair panelling and fitted storage

These photographs follow floor preparation, ceiling work, fitted cupboard construction, stair panelling and preparation for the hallway cabinetry. They show the work at different stages before the final finish.

Bedroom floor preparation during the renovation.

Landing ceiling framing during the work.

Panelled cupboard door being fitted to the bedroom storage.

Staircase walls and balustrade painted while the treads remain unfinished.

Decorative stair panelling painted before the timber treads were finished.

Hallway services exposed before the new storage was built.

Pipework and wall preparation beside the staircase before cabinetry installation.

Bespoke hallway storage carcasses during construction.

The finished bathroom, rooms and bespoke cabinetry

Timber flooring, refreshed wall finishes and panelled bedroom wardrobes sit alongside decorative stair panelling and fitted hallway storage. The bathroom combines a bath and shower with an arched niche, concealed fittings and a timber vanity. Open cupboards and pull-out storage show the cabinetry’s internal arrangements.

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