Floor Sanding Dulwich SE21 | Pattern Floors

Q: Are you Checkatrade approved?

Yes, and the reviews are public, both on Checkatrade (checkatrade.com/trades/howardnaishwoodenfloorsltd) and on Google. Same name on every job: Howard Naish Wooden Floors Ltd.

Why Dulwich Clients Choose Us

Patterns Worth Getting Right First Time

Bespoke pattern specialists: herringbone, chevron and basket weave properly templated and properly fitted
Comfortable working alongside architects, builders and project managers on larger renovations
Period restoration experience across Dulwich Village's Georgian and Victorian floors
LOBA-trained for premium finishes including limed, smoked and bespoke colours
Family-run, with 22 years' hands-on experience, same hands on every job

Dulwich is full of fond memories for Dean. His dad is a chimney sweep, Naish & Sons, the family firm sweeping since 1870, and Dulwich has always been one of his main patches, so as a kid Dean rode along to jobs here and first saw plenty of these streets from his dad's van. Two trades, one family, both looking after period homes.

Chevron oak floor in a Dulwich kitchen extension

What We Do Here

Our Services in Dulwich

Bespoke Pattern Installation

Herringbone, chevron, basket weave, mansion weave. Properly templated, properly fitted. The Dulwich favourite, and the pattern most often badly laid by general contractors. Worth getting right first time, especially across the larger floor areas in Dulwich Village family homes and on Court Lane.

Original Floor Restoration

Original pine boards, Victorian and Edwardian parquet, period oak: sanded, gap-filled, repaired and refinished. Common across East Dulwich's Lordship Lane terraces, and in the period properties around Calton Avenue, Burbage Road and Townley Road.

New Hardwood Installation

Engineered or solid oak supplied and fitted, in plank, herringbone or chevron format. Wide-plank engineered oak is increasingly the brief for Dulwich kitchen extensions and side returns. Sourced from Natural Wood Floor Co, Flooring Sales and Staki, premium suppliers, not the thin engineered boards you find on the high street.

Whitewashed, Limed & Coloured Finishes

LOBA's full colour range applied to your existing or new floor: Scandinavian whites, soft greys, deep walnuts, limed oak. Sample patches done on-site before you commit. Increasingly specified by Dulwich architects on contemporary renovations.

Working with Architects & Builders

We routinely come in as part of a wider build, slotting in around plastering, decorating and joinery. Detailed schedules, dust protection of unfinished areas, and clean handovers between trades. Comfortable on plans, comfortable on site.

Every Quote Includes

Free site visit, fixed written quote, no obligation
Industrial dust extraction on all machines
Full public liability insurance
Dust sheets, skirting masking, door seals
Daily clean-down: your home stays liveable
Aftercare guidance for years of good looks

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Straight Answers

Frequently Asked in Dulwich

We're doing a side-return extension, when in the build do you come in?

Last, or close to last. Floor goes in once plastering's signed off, mist-coats are on, and there's no further wet trades coming through. We'll happily talk to your builder or architect early to lock in the schedule and confirm the substrate is ready for the floor you've chosen. Most Dulwich extensions we work on, we're booked in 6–8 weeks before our slot.

Can you match a new herringbone to my existing floorboards?

Often yes, we can colour-match the finish across rooms so a new herringbone in the kitchen reads as part of the same floor as a sanded pine board hallway. We sample on-site so you can see the join before we commit. Some matches are more honest than others; we'll tell you straight at the quote stage.

I'm in a Dulwich Village conservation area property, anything different?

Mostly the substrate. Period floors in Dulwich Village have often been sanded multiple times already, so we're careful about how much wear layer is left before agreeing another full sand. For some heritage properties a re-oil or hardwax recoat is the right call instead of a full sand, better for the floor, and a lot less invasive.

How dusty is the work, really?

With our extraction in place, fine dust around skirtings and edges only. No clouds, no settling on every surface. Clients carry on living and working through most projects. We never use the older non-extracting machines that some companies still rely on.

What's the lead time in Dulwich?

Generally 2–4 weeks ahead for restoration work, 3–6 weeks for installations where wood needs ordering, longer for larger build projects where we're scheduling around other trades. Smaller repair jobs we can sometimes fit in within a week.

Are you Checkatrade approved?

Yes, and the reviews are public, both on Checkatrade and on Google. Same name on every job: Howard Naish Wooden Floors Ltd.

Local Knowledge

Dulwich Areas We Cover

All of SE21 and SE22 including: Dulwich Village, East Dulwich (Lordship Lane, Goose Green), West Dulwich (College Road, Norwood Road), Court Lane, Calton Avenue, Burbage Road, Townley Road, Eynella Road, Friern Road, the streets around Dulwich Park and Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the borders with Herne Hill (SE24), Forest Hill (SE23) and Sydenham.

Also serving: Clapham (SW4), Balham (SW12), Wimbledon (SW19), Purley (CR8), Kensington (W8), Camberwell (SE5), Gipsy Hill (SE19), Streatham Hill (SW2) and Sutton (SM1).

Read more about our local work: Wood Floor Sanding & Installation in Dulwich.

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