Free site visits & fixed written quotes  ·  020 3131 0122  ·  WhatsApp
Chevron oak floor in a Dulwich Village period home

Bespoke Patterns · SE21 & SE22

Floor Sanding in Dulwich, SE21

Bespoke pattern specialists across Dulwich Village, East Dulwich and West Dulwich. Herringbone, chevron and basket weave, properly templated, properly fitted.

★★★★★  4.9 from 52 Google reviews

Book a Free Site Visit Call 020 3131 0122

Home · Floor Sanding London · Floor Sanding Dulwich SE21

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 over 40 years' hands-on experience between the directors, 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. Templated to the room and fitted with care. 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. Boards come from suppliers we trust with our name on the job, Natural Wood Floor Co, Flooring Sales and Staki among them, chosen to suit Dulwich period rooms rather than whatever the high street has in stock.

Whitewashed, Limed & Coloured Finishes

The LOBA stain chart runs from limed and whitened looks through smoky greys to deep browns, and any of it can go on your existing boards or a new floor. You see a trial patch on your actual floor before we commit to a colour. 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
  • Public liability insurance, certificate on request
  • Dust sheets, skirting masking, door seals
  • Daily clean-down: your home stays liveable
  • Aftercare guidance for years of good looks

No Obligation

We're in Dulwich all the time. One of us will come out, look at the floor, and put a fixed price in writing.

Book a Free Site Visit

Try Before You Book

See It In Your Own Room First

Not ready for a visit just yet? Upload a photo of your room and watch the floor transform, your first visualisation is free. Your personal code for ten more comes with your free site visit.

Try the Floor Visualiser

From Our Google Reviews

★★★★★

"Great job and attention to detail. A quality craftsman who loves wooden floors. He made his recommendations on what would look best and delivered. Thank you Luke and team."

Gerard Jacob · Google review

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 well ahead of our slot, so the earlier we're in the schedule the better.
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?
Honestly, often a few months ahead, because we never rush one floor to start the next. Installations add time where wood needs ordering, and larger build projects longer again where we're scheduling around other trades. Smaller repair jobs we can sometimes fit in sooner, and we'll always give you the honest position on the diary when you enquire.
Are you on Checkatrade?
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.

Run a business round here? We do commercial floor sanding too, from shops and pubs to schools and offices.

We fit patterned floors as well as sanding them: our herringbone and parquet fitting and wood floor restoration pages explain both.

Also serving: Balham (SW12), Clapham (SW4), Wimbledon (SW19), Tooting (SW17), Southfields (SW18), Purley (CR8), Kensington (W8), Gipsy Hill (SE19), Crystal Palace (SE19), Camberwell (SE5), Streatham Hill (SW2), Brixton (SW9), Sutton (SM1), Battersea (SW11), Chipstead (CR5), Fulham (SW6) and Putney (SW15).

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

Thirty Seconds, Five Boxes

Tell Us About Your Floor

Leave your details and we'll ring you back to arrange your free site visit.

We're booking about three months ahead at the moment, and a deposit holds your place in the queue. Dates tight? Ring us anyway, cancellations happen and smaller jobs can often be slotted in.

One of us comes out, Dean or Luke. We measure up, lift a corner if we need to, and go through the finishes with samples in your own light. Your fixed written quote follows shortly after. Nobody asks you to decide on the doorstep.

Free Quote, No Obligation

Ready When You Are

A free site visit, an honest conversation about what your floor needs, and a fixed written quote.

020 3131 0122
Book a Free Site Visit