Moving house in Chiswick
Chiswick is west of our base, a straight run out past Hammersmith. Most of W4 is streets of Victorian and Edwardian houses off Chiswick High Road and around Turnham Green. Terraces are the most common kind of home, many still family houses, plenty split into flats with a shared front door.
North of the High Road is Bedford Park, begun in 1875 as one of the first garden suburbs. Its red-brick houses have tile-hung gables, deep porches and white-painted balconies, and many are listed. Doors and stairs are original and worth protecting. Most of Bedford Park, like Acton Green, is in Ealing rather than Hounslow, even with a W4 postcode, so the parking rules are Ealing's.
Down by the river, Chiswick Mall and Strand on the Green have some of the oldest houses in the area, facing the Thames. Several on Strand on the Green look onto the riverside footpath rather than a road, so the van parks on the nearest street and the crew carries. High tides can cover the path and the low road on Chiswick Mall, so check the tide times when you pick a slot.
South of the A4, Grove Park is quieter, with larger Victorian and Edwardian houses and semis on wide roads near Chiswick station. Getting there means crossing the A4 near the Hogarth Roundabout, which is slow at peak times, so we plan the start time around it.
Most of Chiswick is in Hounslow's controlled parking zones, from Mid Chiswick to Grove Park and the riverside, each with its own hours. Hounslow takes suspension requests on an online form and needs them ten working days before the first day.
