Plantation Shutters in Teddington

Teddington runs down to the Thames at the river’s tidal limit, the lowest weir on the Thames, which is why locals call it Tide End Town. The homes are a real mix: sash and bay windows on the older terraces and villas around Cambridge Road, Manor Road, Broom Road, and Waldegrave Road, detached family houses on the streets towards Bushy Park, riverside flats near the lock, and wider rear glazing on the homes opened up at the back. Shutters suit all of it, and they look right in a traditional room or a contemporary one.

We fit a lot of original sash and bay windows here, so we keep the proportions right and the room light. The trick is matching the shutter to the window, not forcing one style on the whole house. We work that out at the survey, window by window.

Teddington has two conservation areas, and shutters go on the inside, so they usually sit outside the rules that cover the windows and doors themselves. The Teddington Lock area runs from the riverside cottages with their leaded lights and timber-framed casements to the Victorian villas with canted bays on streets like Ferry Road and Langham Road. The High Street area is the red-brick Edwardian shopping parades, timber sash above and double-height canted bays below.

If your home is listed, or you are not sure, we will tell you to check with the council first, and we will spec the shutters to suit the original windows either way. On front elevations we tend to recommend a tighter 63mm or 76mm louvre so the proportions stay sympathetic to the older detailing.

Tall sash windows 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, because the original Edwardian bays rarely sit on a tidy 90 degrees. Front receptions and living rooms often take cafe style or full height depending on how much the room is overlooked; bedrooms tend to take full height for a calmer blackout.

Bathrooms and kitchens call for waterproof Polycomposite, reinforced and better insulated, with a 10-year guarantee. Dry living rooms and bedrooms can use Hardwood for real timber character, guaranteed 5 years. We talk it through room by room and recommend what actually works. You can see recent installations across TW11 in our gallery.

The survey is a single free home visit, no deposit until you order. We measure every window, bring physical samples of both ranges, and leave a written specification and quote within a couple of working days.

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, and we confirm the exact figure before you commit. Express shutters, made in the UK, are usually fitted in about 2 to 3 weeks. Plan & Save, made overseas to the same spec, takes around 8 to 9 weeks.