Metroland semis, kept the way they were built — properly
Greenford is 1930s London at its best: bay-fronted semis with proper gardens, built solid and still going strong where they’re looked after. Twenty minutes from Hounslow, I’m the looking-after: the doors, gates, taps and shelves that keep a ninety-year-old family house feeling like a well-run one.
UB6 lists are wonderfully consistent — original doors that need easing not replacing, garden-side jobs every spring, and the steady drip of small fixes a solid old house collects.
The UB6 menu
Original 1930s features — doors, handles, bays — get repaired and kept wherever possible. They’re better than the replacements.
Recent jobs around Greenford
- Greenford UB6recently
Original 1930s front door eased and refurbished
New weather seal, tightened ironmongery, easing where ninety summers had swollen it — kept, not replaced.
- UB6last month
Garden-ready visit
Gate rehung, fence panel secured, outside tap serviced, bench de-rusted with the laser and repainted.
- Perivale sidethis spring
Kitchen catch-up
Tap cartridge, silicone, two cupboard hinges and a drawer runner — the whole kitchen working in one morning.
“Very happy with his work. Very professional.”Syeda, Greenford · Sofa Bed assembly · MyBuilder, Nov 2025 — read all 50+ reviews
Also nearby
Same prices, same van, a few minutes further along.
Greenford questions
Can you repair original 1930s doors and windows rather than replace them?
Wherever they’re sound, yes — easing, new seals, tightened or matched ironmongery. Ninety-year-old joinery is usually better timber than anything replacing it.
Do you cover Perivale and the UB6 borders?
All of it — Greenford, Perivale, and the Sudbury and Northolt edges. Twenty minutes, standard prices.
Garden jobs too?
Very much — gates, fences, furniture, outside taps, and the laser for rusty ironwork. Spring slots go first.
Greenford semi due some care?
Photo the list — one visit usually clears what the house has been collecting.