Getting double glazing in Haringey often starts with a planning question, because so much of the borough is a conservation area. Inspired Glazing can help with the windows and doors once you know where you stand. We make aluminium windows and doors in our own workshop at Fifield, near Windsor, fit them with our own installers, and also supply UPVC windows, composite doors and conservatories. Haringey is roughly 32 to 35 miles from Fifield by road, usually around an hour or a little more, and we travel from Fifield for every visit.
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From the heights to the Lea
Haringey was formed in 1965 from Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green. Alexandra Palace, where the world’s first regular high-definition television broadcasts went out in 1936, is a landmark and, with its park, a conservation area in its own right. The ground rises to around 130 metres in the west, at Highgate and Muswell Hill, and falls away to the flat land beside the River Lea in the east. The coming of the railways from the mid-nineteenth century turned most of the borough urban by about 1900.
Muswell Hill is largely Edwardian, its street pattern laid out in the early twentieth century. Noel Park in Wood Green is a planned estate by the Artizans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company, designed by Rowland Plumbe, opened in 1883 and not finished until 1929, with around 2,200 model dwellings. Crouch End was largely rural until about 1880; the railways changed that, and by 1900 its merchants’ villas had given way to middle-class housing. In Harringay, flats are most often conversions of the largely Victorian housing stock. Along Tottenham High Road, five conservation areas protect the historic corridor. Across the borough only around 43 per cent of homes are owner-occupied, so many readers will be landlords or leaseholders.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Haringey Council’s list runs to 28 conservation areas, including Muswell Hill, Highgate, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Stroud Green, Noel Park, Bowes Park, Alexandra Palace and Park, Rookfield, Clyde Circus, Tower Gardens, Bruce Grove, Tottenham Green, Peabody Cottages and the Tottenham High Road corridor. The council says four Article 4 directions within conservation areas remove permitted development rights such as alterations to windows and doors.
Noel Park is a well-known example: the majority of the estate gained conservation area and Article 4 status in the early 1980s. If your house is in any conservation area, check with Haringey Council before choosing frames. If you live in a flat, remember there are no householder permitted development rights, and the freeholder normally has to agree. Our guide to planning and replacement windows explains more.
Suiting the frame to the street
Edwardian Muswell Hill and Crouch End
Where slim frames and proportions matter, choose our aluminium windows: the Reynaers SlimLine 68 is an outward-opening casement with narrow sightlines, and Cortizo and Alunet give other profiles. We do not make timber windows, so if Haringey requires timber, that job is not one for us.
Terraces in Tottenham, Wood Green and Bowes Park
Outside the Article 4 areas, our UPVC windows and doors in Selecta Advance 70 are a cost-effective replacement, with a composite front door for security and a timber-like finish.
The back of the house
Rear extensions on terraced streets often suit Reynaers ConceptPatio 130 sliding doors or Smart Visofold and Cortizo bifolds. We also build conservatories, orangeries and roof lanterns.
Where we go in Haringey
Muswell Hill, Highgate, Crouch End, Hornsey, Stroud Green, Harringay, Wood Green, Bounds Green, Bowes Park, Tottenham and Seven Sisters. Nearby pages: Enfield, Islington and Waltham Forest.
The process, start to finish
Because Haringey is an hour or so from Fifield, we plan the survey and the fitting days around the journey. At the survey we measure each opening, show colour and hardware samples and talk about access and parking. Your written quote follows; aluminium windows start from £400, and the cost guide explains the variables. Lead times start from 10 days for our workshop-made aluminium frames. Our installers do the fitting and leave the house clean, and the job is covered by a 10-year guarantee. We are a listed Reynaers at Home installer partner and Constructionline Silver.
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Phone 01753 965 005 (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm, Sat 9am to 1pm), WhatsApp 07934 152 343, or get a quote online.
Frequently asked questions
Do Article 4 directions in Haringey cover windows?
Yes, where they apply. Haringey Council says its four Article 4 directions within conservation areas remove permitted development rights such as alterations to windows and doors, so planning permission may be needed. Check with Haringey Council whether your street is covered before you order replacement windows.
Can I put new windows in a Noel Park house?
Possibly, but most of Noel Park is a conservation area with Article 4 status, so you should check with Haringey Council before doing anything. The estate was designed as a coherent whole, which is why appearance is controlled. Once you know what is allowed, we can survey and quote.
Do you make timber sash windows for Muswell Hill?
No. We do not make timber windows or doors. Our aluminium windows, including the Reynaers SlimLine 68 outward-opening casement, offer slim frames, and woodgrain finishes are available on UPVC and aluminium. Whether these are acceptable in a Muswell Hill conservation area is for Haringey Council to decide.
How far do you travel to reach Haringey?
Our only premises are at Fifield, near Windsor. Haringey is roughly 32 to 35 miles away by road, usually around an hour or a little more depending on traffic. We plan surveys and installation days around that journey, and the same team handles both.
Can you fit windows in a Crouch End flat?
Yes, once the approvals are in place. Flats have no householder permitted development rights, so you may need planning permission from Haringey Council, particularly in the Crouch End conservation area. Leaseholders usually need the freeholder's consent as well. We then survey, make and fit the windows ourselves.