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Expert living spaces services in Clapham, SW4. Trusted by homeowners across London Borough of Lambeth.
Clapham is a place where people have friends round, and a good living room sets the scene for it. We design reception rooms, snugs and open plan living areas for houses across Clapham Common, Abbeville Village and Northcote Road that are made for company and easy to be in.
These rooms are all about the Victorian features, so we make the most of them. Original fireplaces brought back as the focal point, ceiling roses and cornices repaired and improved, timber floors refinished to a warm, natural sheen. Against that we bring in modern lighting, media and joinery we build ourselves, so you get the comfort without fighting the architecture.
The rear reception in a Clapham terrace often gets knocked through into the kitchen, but the front reception usually stays as a separate sitting room. We treat that room as a retreat. Somewhere for reading, talking and quieter evenings, with built in bookshelves, a window seat and a working fireplace that earns its keep in winter.
Where there is a basement we also turn lower ground floor rooms into media rooms, home offices or playrooms. A second living space like that takes a lot of pressure off the main rooms upstairs and adds real use to the house.
Clapham's Victorian terraces have reception rooms with good proportions and plenty of period detail. It is a social, family sort of area, so these rooms need to work for everyday life and still look right when you have people over. A proper renovation does both.
The local market pays back a well finished reception room. Agents say the quality of the living spaces is one of the first things a buyer clocks, and a beautifully done sitting room makes them feel at home straight away.
“SOM took our tired front room and made it the cosiest spot in the house. Restored fireplace, bookshelves floor to ceiling and a lovely bay window seat. Every guest goes on about it. That room is the reason we had them do the rest of the house.”
Sarah & Tim K.
Near Clapham Common
Three simple steps to your new living spaces in Clapham.
We come round, see how you use each room, and suggest ideas that get the most out of the space and the light.
You get a clear quote for all the structural work, the finishes and the timings, set against what you want and what you can spend.
From knocking through a wall to the last coat of paint, our team delivers a neat finish with as little disruption to the house as possible.
Most families keep it as a separate sitting room, away from the open plan kitchen and diner. It gives you a quieter space to relax in and for smaller gatherings. We fit these rooms out with built in storage, comfortable seating and a working fireplace.
Yes, as long as the basement has the ceiling height and can be properly waterproofed and ventilated. We build media rooms with acoustic treatment, blackout and integrated AV so it feels like a proper little cinema.
We repair the damaged sections using traditional fibrous plaster, matching the original profile and material. Where a run is missing we recreate it from moulds taken off surviving original plasterwork elsewhere in the house.
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