New Malden’s streets are dominated by semi-detached and detached houses on generous plots compared to the terraces closer to Kingston town, which typically gives more scope for side extensions alongside the classic rear extension. Hip-to-gable loft conversions are also common here, since many of the borough’s semis have hipped roofs well suited to this type of conversion. As with the rest of the borough, we check whether a property sits within a conservation area, since parts of New and Old Malden do, before finalising a design.