Cricklewood is characterised by edwardian terraces, concentrated across NW2 in the
Cricklewood / Neasden area. On Cricklewood plots, structure follows the edwardian terraces that is already there. For a typical Cricklewood house, edwardian plots here are wider, so a wraparound picking up both the side return and the rear is normally achievable within the 4 m detached / 3 m attached limits. On Brent stock it changes the party wall position. Massing on a Cricklewood scheme is argued against the Cricklewood Broadway street rhythm.
Lower-ground schemes in Cricklewood answer to neighbours and groundwater. One Cricklewood survey serves building regulations drawings for NW2 properties and loft conversion drawings too; we do not re-measure a NW2 property for each submission.
What the Cricklewood drawing pack contains
Here is what a NW2 instruction actually produces.
- existing and proposed ground-floor plans for the Cricklewood property
- proposed rear elevation
- long section through the extension
- site and block plans
- party wall position drawing
Streets and landmarks we survey around Cricklewood
- Edgware Road — terraced rear elevations — the Edgware Road party wall position is drawn first.
- Watling Street — terraced rear elevations — the Watling Street party wall position is drawn first.
- Gladstone Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Gladstone Park plot.
- Regent Street — shared flank walls, so Regent Street party structure notices go out before work starts.
- Golders Green — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Golders Green extension goes.
- Dollis Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Dollis Hill back addition.
- Childs Hill — shared flank walls, so Childs Hill party structure notices go out before work starts.
- Oxford Street — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Oxford Street extension goes.
- Cricklewood Broadway — the surrounding edwardian terraces takes its scale from it.
- Cricklewood Baptist Church — the surrounding edwardian terraces takes its scale from it.
Getting to a Cricklewood survey
Surveyors travel to NW2 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
Willesden Green, Cricklewood, Golders Green Underground station, Cricklewood station. Appointments are booked in Cricklewood on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard edwardian terraces takes two to three hours.
Where Cricklewood sits
Cricklewood lies 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ235855, inside the Brent East parliamentary constituency. London Borough of Brent validates the NW2 address against exactly that position. Source.
Practical detail for a Cricklewood submission: Cricklewood is served by Willesden Green and Cricklewood and Golders Green Underground station and Cricklewood station; the postal town here is LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Brent Council holds it.
Cricklewood postcode coverage
Surveys run across NW2 (Cricklewood / Neasden), shared with Mapesbury, Neasden throughout Brent.
Streets and stations in Cricklewood
Streets we survey in Cricklewood include Edgware Road, Watling Street, Gladstone Park, Regent Street, Golders Green, Dollis Hill, Childs Hill and Oxford Street. most Cricklewood sites are within walking distance of Willesden Green or Cricklewood or Golders Green Underground station.
Areas we cover around Cricklewood
Cricklewood aside, we also cover Primrose Hill (NW1), Kentish Town (NW5), Belsize Park (NW3), Bloomsbury (WC1), Fitzrovia (W1T), King's Cross (N1C) and the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary.
