Plantation Shutters in Kingston

Kingston upon Thames is its own Royal Borough, an ancient market town with Saxon roots and the Coronation Stone by the Guildhall. The housing reads that history: period sash and bay windows across the conservation-led streets, riverside flats by the bridge, and newer glazing on the family homes out at Coombe.

We fit a lot of original timber windows here, so we keep the proportions right and the rooms light. We work it out at the survey, window by window, not a stock style forced across the house.

The Victorian railway estate around Grove Crescent and Canbury is the clearest example: tight bay-fronted streets where shutters need to follow the original sash proportions exactly. Tall sashes usually suit tier on tier or cafe style, privacy at street level without losing the light. Bays suit full height shutters, measured to the exact angles.

Out at Kingston Hill and the Coombe conservation areas, the homes are larger and set back on wider plots, so the brief shifts to whole rooms and broader rear glazing. There, tracked shutter runs sit on a top track across bifold or sliding doors, clearing aside when the doors open and closing flat for evening privacy.

We pick the material by the room, not the postcode. Bathrooms and kitchens call for waterproof Polycomposite. Dry living rooms and bedrooms can use Hardwood for real timber character. Riverside flats by the bridge and along Canbury Gardens usually suit Polycomposite too, for the easier maintenance on exposed, sunlit glazing.

You can see recent installations in our gallery, and pricing is confirmed in writing before you commit. We talk it through room by room and recommend what actually works.

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.

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. Hardwood carries a 5 year guarantee, Polycomposite a 10 year guarantee.