Plantation Shutters in Claygate

Claygate homes are a real mix. There are older cottages near The Green and the railway station, the early-20th-century semis of the Foley Estate, larger detached and semi-detached family houses along Hare Lane and the roads towards Oxshott Heath, plus flats and rear-extension glazing in between. We fit shutters across all of it, and they look right in a traditional room or a contemporary one.

Claygate shares its KT10 postcode with Esher but feels like its own village. Much of the centre sits inside the Foley Conservation Area, one of the largest in Surrey, covering the planned development around Foley Road and Foley Avenue. Shutters go on the inside, so they usually sit outside the rules that cover windows and doors, but we always spec them to suit the original openings.

The Foley Estate semis and the older cottages near The Green keep tall, narrow window openings that suit tier on tier or cafe style: privacy at street level with the light kept above, and the original proportions left intact. Hardwood gives real timber character in a dry reception room or bedroom, with a 5 year guarantee.

Bathrooms, kitchens, and the harder-working rooms in the larger detached homes off Hare Lane call for Polycomposite: waterproof, reinforced, easier to maintain, and better insulated, with a 10 year guarantee. Most whole-house Claygate schemes mix the two, room by room. We talk it through at the survey and recommend what actually works, not a stock template across the house.

Tall sash and front-room windows on the Foley Estate semis and the cottages near The Green suit tier on tier or cafe style, sized so the proportions stay sympathetic to the older window detailing. Bay windows in the front receptions suit full height shutters, measured to the exact angles.

Wide rear glazing on the larger detached homes towards Oxshott Heath, bifolds and sliders off a kitchen or garden room, suits tracked shutters that slide clear when the doors are open and close flat across the full opening for evening privacy.

We price by the square metre, so the cost tracks the size of your windows. Express is £315/sqm in Polycomposite and £380/sqm in Hardwood. Plan & Save is £260/sqm either material. The survey is free, there is no deposit until you order, and we leave a written specification and clear pricing within a couple of working days.

Express shutters are UK-made and usually fitted in about 2 to 3 weeks. Plan & Save, made overseas to the same spec, takes around 8 to 9 weeks. Both carry the same guarantee: 5 years on Hardwood, 10 years on Polycomposite.