Plantation Shutters in Hampton

Hampton runs from the Thames up towards Bushy Park, and the housing changes as you go. There are older sash and bay windows around Thames Street, Church Street and the High Street, terraced and grid-pattern streets, and 1930s family homes and flats with wider glazing further out. Shutters suit all of them, and they look right in a traditional room or a contemporary one. We fit a lot of original timber windows here, so we know how to keep the slats sympathetic and the room light.

The strongest local job is managing river light without losing the sash. On a Thames-side elevation you want privacy at pavement level and glare control through the day, but the shutter still has to read as part of an old window. Cafe style or tier on tier does that: shut low, open high, slim frames that suit the original glazing. We work it out window by window at the survey.

The railway reached Hampton in 1864 and the population climbed from a village to a small town, so there are plenty of terraced and villa streets alongside the older houses near the river. North of the line you then get interwar and 1930s family homes with the regular bays that shutters suit so well. Three different windows, three different answers.

Tall sashes usually take tier on tier or cafe style. Bays suit full height shutters, measured to the exact angles rather than an assumed ninety degrees. Bathrooms and kitchens call for waterproof Polycomposite; dry living rooms and bedrooms can use Hardwood for real timber character. You can see the spread on our recent installations, and we talk it through room by room at the survey.

On the older streets near the river the detail matters as much as the style. We spec smaller louvres and slimmer frame profiles on the original sashes so the shutter sits quietly in the reveal instead of fighting the proportions. Shutters go on the inside, so they usually sit outside the rules that cover windows and doors, but if your home is listed or you are unsure, we will tell you to check with the council first and spec to suit the original window either way.

We price by the square metre, so the cost tracks the size of your windows. Express is £315/sqm in Polycomposite, £380/sqm in Hardwood. Plan & Save is £260/sqm either way. The survey is free, there is no deposit until you order, and we confirm the exact figure before you commit. Hardwood carries a 5-year guarantee, Polycomposite a 10-year one.

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.