A porch is a small enclosed structure built over a front or side door, adding a weatherproof entrance space for coats, shoes and deliveries, improving security and reducing draughts and heat loss from the house.
We offer a new porch across London, and Morden is one of the places we cover, along with nearby Mitcham, Wimbledon and Carshalton. Before anything is agreed we visit, check the existing structure and talk through your options. You then receive a written quote setting out the full scope; for most homes in London it sits within £4,600–£10,500 including VAT.
- Guide price
- £4,600–£10,500 inc VAT
- Time on site
- 1–2 weeks on site
- Postcodes
- CR4, SM1, SM3, SM4 and SW19
- Planning rules
- England
- Local area
- Greater London
- Survey
- Free, with a written quote
Porches prices in Morden
Use the table to gauge the cost of a new porch in Morden before we visit. Figures include VAT and are scaled for London, coming out about 30% above the national guide, which gives £4,600–£10,500 overall. After a free survey, you receive a fixed written price.
| Type of job | What it usually involves | Guide in Morden |
|---|---|---|
| Canopy or open porch | A tiled or lead canopy, or an open timber porch, over an existing door. | £1,300–£3,900 |
| uPVC or aluminium porch | A glazed enclosed porch on a brick dwarf wall with a new door. | £3,900–£7,200 |
| Brick-built porch | A fully brick-built porch matching the house, with tiled roof, windows and lighting. | £7,200–£13,000 |
Your price depends mostly on:
- Floor area and height of the porch
- Roof type and how it meets the house
- Door and window specification
- Drains, meters or paths that need moving
What do you get?
- Survey of the doorway, paths, drains and meters
- Foundations and a concrete base with damp-proof membrane
- Brick dwarf walls or full brick walls to match the house
- Guttering and a downpipe connected to drainage
- Electrics for lighting or sockets by a qualified electrician
- Plastering, sills, skirting and flooring ready to use
Homes in London
London's housing is dominated by Victorian and Edwardian terraces, often in yellow London stock brick, with Georgian terraces in central districts and mansion blocks across many inner areas. Outer boroughs have large belts of interwar semis, and there are extensive post-war council estates. Many houses have been split into flats, and conservation areas are widespread.
Terraces suit side-return extensions and rear dormer loft conversions; interwar semis commonly take hip-to-gable lofts. Shared party walls, restricted parking and conservation rules often shape the plans and the programme.
That variety is why a guide price for a new porch in Morden is only a starting point; the survey shows what your particular property needs.
Planning and building rules in Morden
As Morden is in England, read the following with that system of planning and building control in mind. We check what applies to your house with the council before you receive a quote.
In England, a porch is usually permitted development if its ground floor area is no more than 3 m², no part is higher than 3 m, and it is at least 2 m from any boundary with a road.
Small porches at ground level are usually exempt from Building Regulations if the front door stays in place between porch and house, but safety glazing and any electrics must still comply.
Rules change and every property is different, so we check the planning history and constraints for your address before we quote.
How does the job run?
We look at the job
It starts with a survey at the property, free of charge. We check condition, access and services, ask how you want the finished result to look, and answer any questions you have about a new porch.
Your fixed price
We put everything into a written, fixed-price quote: the specification, what's excluded, staged payments and the expected time on site. Take whatever time you need to decide; there's no pressure to commit.
Booking the work
We handle the paperwork side: checking whether planning permission or building control approval is needed, submitting applications where they are, and scheduling the trades and materials around your dates.
Build and hand over
During the work we protect the areas around it and tidy up at the end of each day. Once complete, we check the finish, remove our materials and hand over paperwork such as building control sign-off where it applies.
What you can expect from us
Porches in Morden: questions
Do I need planning permission for a porch?
Whether a porch needs planning permission depends on its size and height, how close it is to a road, your home's location, whether it is listed or in a conservation area, and which UK nation you live in. In England, a porch is usually permitted development if its ground floor area is no more than 3m², no part is over 3m high and it is at least 2m from a boundary with a road. We check before quoting.
How much will a new porch cost in Morden?
As a guide, expect to pay £4,600–£10,500 including VAT for a new porch in Morden. That range is adjusted for London, which runs about 30% above the national guide. Where your project lands depends on size, materials, access and the condition of what is already there. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey of your home.
Does a porch need building regulations approval?
Small porches are often exempt from building regulations, provided the existing front door stays between the porch and the house and the floor area is modest. Glazing must still be safety glass and any electrics must be certified. If you remove the front door so the porch becomes part of the house, it is treated like an extension. Rules vary between UK nations, so we confirm what applies.
Can I use my porch as a room?
A porch is designed as an entrance space for coats, shoes and deliveries rather than a habitable room. If you want to use it as part of the house, for example by removing the front door between them, it is likely to need building regulations approval like a small extension, with higher insulation standards. We can design the porch to suit either use.
Do you cover Mitcham, Wimbledon and Carshalton?
Yes. As well as Morden, we cover Mitcham, Wimbledon and Carshalton and the rest of London. Our coverage is UK-wide, so the process is the same wherever you are: a free site survey, a quote in writing that fixes the price for the agreed scope, and one point of contact while the work is planned and carried out.
Nearby towns
We cover every part of Morden, including CR4, SM1, SM3 and SM4, and nearby Mitcham, Wimbledon and Carshalton. Wherever you are within that patch, the survey is free and the quote comes to you in writing.