Watch our latest basement construction update from a high-spec project in Notting Hill, London!
We’ve been transforming this property with a full basement extension and structural overhaul, including:
✔️ Full structural steelwork installation
✔️ Advanced underpinning across the site
✔️ Basement extension completed
✔️ Currently tanking the basement
✔️ Next up: a sustainable blue roof system install
This is basement construction done right — precise, innovative, and built to last.
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[Published: 25 Jul 2025]
Transcript
Welcome back to our Notting Hill site. So, ground floor. We have extended the So, ground floor.
We have extended the rear there, removed that irrated rear there, removed that irrated concrete that was failing, created a concrete that was failing, created a balcony area, and you can see the balcony area, and you can see the courtyard to the basement just in shot courtyard to the basement just in shot there. Stairs have now moved for the there.Stairs have now moved for the basement. Moving into the basement, tanking is Moving into the basement, tanking is underway.
The rear has been extended of the The rear has been extended of the basement and we've created a courtyard basement and we've created a courtyard here which will bring lots of natural here which will bring lots of natural light into the basement area. light into the basement area.Tanking's well underway. So we are Tanking's well underway.
So we are painting the walls with a liquid gas painting the walls with a liquid gas barrier and then we put the membrane barrier and then we put the membrane over the top of that. Floors are still to do. Also moving to Floors are still to do.
Also moving to the first floor. So the rear has been the first floor.So the rear has been opened up. Steel's in place and opened up.
Steel's in place and extended. this area to the rear. We're extended.
this area to the rear.We're going to put a roof in. There will be a going to put a roof in. There will be a roof light here also.
And there is also roof light here also. And there is also a balcony area. If we move up to the second floor, you If we move up to the second floor, you can see that we're putting steels in can see that we're putting steels in place.
This will help support the place.This will help support the structure of the new roof. We're putting structure of the new roof. We're putting a blue roof in here, which is a much a blue roof in here, which is a much more sustainable way to manage more sustainable way to manage rainwater.
Come back soon for more rainwater. Come back soon for more updates.