Part of Ward Property Services UK LtdWorcester Park is one of the most consistent areas we work in, because its housing is so consistent. The great majority of properties were built in a twenty-year window between the wars as the railway suburbs expanded, which means similar cavity construction, similar bitumen damp proof courses now approaching a century old, and similar retrofit histories of double glazing, loft insulation and rear extensions.
That consistency makes diagnosis quicker, but it also means the same problems recur street after street: winter condensation in the north-facing bedroom, cavity bridging where a patio has been raised, and leaks at the junction where a rear extension meets the original roof. We know these houses well.
Local property types
Worcester Park is dominated by 1930s bay-fronted semis and terraces with cavity walls, hipped tiled roofs and suspended timber ground floors, plus later post-war infill and a growing number of modern flats around the station and Central Road. Loft conversions and rear extensions are extremely common, and the junctions created by that work are the most frequent source of penetrating damp we find locally.
Neighbourhoods and landmarks we cover
- ✓ Worcester Park station and Central Road
- ✓ The Hamptons and the Hogsmill corridor
- ✓ Cuddington Recreation Ground
- ✓ Green Lane and Malden Manor borders
- ✓ Old Malden and the A3 approaches