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Expert garden renovation services in Streatham, SW16. Trusted by homeowners across London Borough of Lambeth.
Streatham's Victorian and Edwardian houses often come with some of the largest gardens in South London. Big plots, real potential. We design and build garden renovations across SW16 that turn that space into a proper extension of the home.
Behind the Edwardian houses near the Common you can have 20 metres or more of depth. That is enough for several zones. A big entertaining terrace, a lawn, deep planting borders, and a quiet seating spot right at the far end. We plan these as a journey, using planting, level changes, and material changes to give the garden variety and a bit of discovery.
The Victorian terraces along Leigham Court Road and Streatham Hill have smaller gardens, but there is still plenty you can do. Efficient layouts that fit dining, relaxing, and planting into the footprint, with good materials and thoughtful planting so the space feels bigger than it measures.
Every garden we do here gets a proper lighting design. Path lights, uplighters, festoon overhead. It pushes the garden's use well into the evening and gives it a completely different feel after dark.
Streatham's gardens are among the most generous in South London, and the family crowd here really value outdoor space. The Edwardian houses near the Common sit on big plots, while the Victorian terraces offer more modest but still worthwhile gardens.
A good garden is one of the most rewarding improvements you can make here. The plot sizes let you be ambitious in a way you simply cannot in more central London, and a properly landscaped garden adds both to daily life and to resale.
“SOM redid our huge garden with a limestone terrace, a proper lawn, deep borders, a fire pit area at the back, and lovely lighting all through it. It is like having our own little park. The kids and the dog love it and we are out there entertaining constantly.”
Rebecca & Tim D.
Streatham Common, Streatham
Three simple steps to your new garden renovation in Streatham.
We come and see the garden, ask how you want to use it, and work up a design that suits the house and the way you live.
You get a clear itemised quote covering materials, landscaping and build costs, with a set timeline.
Our team handles the lot, from groundwork and drainage through to the planting and the finishing touches.
We split it into zones with their own character. Formal terrace, open lawn, planted borders, a tucked away retreat, linked by paths and sightlines that pull you through. Level changes, material changes, and feature planting keep it varied so it never reads as one flat expanse.
Yes. We build in fire pits, freestanding fire bowls, and outdoor fireplaces with the right surrounds and safety clearances. They stretch the garden season into autumn and winter and give you a natural focal point for evenings outside.
Streatham's clay soil holds water, especially in lower lying gardens. We put in land drains, soakaways, and permeable surfaces where they are needed to move surface water away. Good drainage keeps both the paving and the planting healthy.
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