North London
Sash windows in Holloway.
Victorian terraces and townhouses across the ward. I repair, restore and draught-proof timber sash windows throughout Holloway, with 25+ years’ hands-on experience and the same honest, repair-first approach on every job.
The houses in Holloway
Holloway is almost entirely Victorian: long terraces of two and three-storey houses built from the 1840s through to the 1890s, many of them now converted into flats, with a few earlier villas around Camden Road and Tufnell Park. Box sash windows were standard, and a large proportion survive, often behind many coats of paint.
What usually goes wrong
The typical Holloway sash has snapped or perished cords, has been painted shut at some point, and has rot in the sill or bottom rail where water has sat. Tall windows mean heavy sashes and worn pulleys. Houses on main roads such as Holloway Road and Camden Road suffer from noise and dirt, and draught-proofing makes a real difference to both.
Planning and conservation
Islington has many conservation areas and a number of listed terraces, and the council expects original timber sashes to be kept and repaired. Repairs and draught-proofing of existing windows need no consent. Replacement sashes on a listed or conservation-area house should be checked with Islington first.
How I help in Holloway
Whether it’s one sticking sash or a whole house of period windows, here’s what I can do.
Questions from Holloway
Sash window questions in Holloway
Yes, very often. I can quote for one flat’s windows or the whole building and provide the paperwork a freeholder or managing agent will ask for.
More answers on the FAQs page.