Decorating Hugon Road

Hugon Road is a residential street in the heart of Fulham, SW6, running between Wandsworth Bridge Road and Harbord Street in the tightly packed Victorian grid south of Fulham Broadway. The street was developed in the 1880s and 1890s and is lined with two and three-storey London stock brick terraced houses typical of the late-Victorian speculative building that characterises this part of Fulham. The houses on Hugon Road are modest in scale but well-proportioned, with the simple brick elevations, bay windows, and small front gardens typical of the area's unpretentious late-Victorian residential character.

The bay-fronted terraced houses on Hugon Road typically present painted timber bays and rendered bay cheeks alongside unpainted stock brick main elevations, meaning exterior decorating work concentrates on the joinery and render elements. Front doors are a key decorative feature in this street where owners favour bold colours; preparation is critical as these doors are exposed to strong sun from the south-west. Internal works are frequently whole-house redecorations carried out around kitchen and bathroom refurbishments.