Plantation Shutters in Wimbledon

Wimbledon Village is mostly period terraces: Victorian and Georgian sash fronts around the High Street, Church Road and The Ridgway, much of it inside the Village conservation area, with the larger detached houses sitting up near the Common. A lot of that stock is multi-pane painted or stock-brick terrace, the sort of window the council itself flags as worth protecting from unsympathetic PVCu.

Shutters go on the inside, so they usually sit outside the rules that cover the front elevation. Tall Village sashes suit tier on tier or cafe style: privacy at street level without losing the light. If your home is listed we will point you to the council to confirm first, then spec the shutters to keep the original proportions right either way.

Away from the Village the brief changes. The bay-fronted houses around Wimbledon Park, Arthur Road and Bathgate Road want full height shutters measured to the exact bay angles, which rarely sit on a tidy 90 degrees. The newer apartments off Worple Road and around the Broadway want a cleaner, lower-maintenance finish.

That two-sides split is the real Wimbledon job: period-correct Hardwood for the protected Village windows, practical Polycomposite for the harder-working family rooms. We work it out at the survey, window by window, rather than forcing one style on the whole house.

Hardwood gives real timber character and suits dry living rooms and bedrooms, including the tall front sashes where a tighter louvre keeps the period look. Polycomposite is waterproof and reinforced, so it is the better fit for bathrooms, kitchens, and busy family rooms. Most Wimbledon homes end up with a mix, and we recommend room by room.

You can see recent installations in our gallery, then we talk through what actually works for your windows at the visit.

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 pricing in writing 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 and Polycomposite a 10-year guarantee.