Greenwich · SE18 · Shed assembly
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Woolwich fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for shed assembly in Woolwich SE18? We work in Woolwich most weeks — the Arsenal's converted barracks, a market town centre and the ferry across the river — and price shed assembly against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £140, insured fitters, the frame squared before roofing and anchors fitted where needed.
Overview
This page prices shed assembly for Woolwich SE18 specifically: post-war stock, 25% privately rented and 13,241 households in total. Work starts at £140, fixed in writing, with parking and Royal Borough of Greenwich permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
Base checked for level and size, and the shed's height and position checked against the garden's remaining permitted development allowance.
Step 2
Panels, roof struts and fixings checked against the parts list — a shed with a bent panel or a short bag of screws is found before the frame goes up, not halfway through.
Step 3
Floor and wall panels built up and squared before the roof goes on, since an out-of-square frame is what makes doors stick.
Step 4
Roof panels fitted, felt or shingle lapped correctly and any window or vent sealed.
Step 5
Ground anchors or wall straps fitted in exposed gardens, doors hung and eased, packaging taken away.
Why choose us
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover. Most garden sheds fall under permitted development if they sit under 2.5m at the eaves within 2m of a boundary and the total of all outbuildings stays under 50% of the garden — we flag it if a build looks close to either limit rather than assume it is fine.
One fitter for a small shed on a ready base; two for anything over 8x6ft or where roof panels need lifting together. Royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers.
Most builds are booked within a week, longer in spring when garden project demand peaks across London. Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE18 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, and with 31% one-person households in Woolwich, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE18, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Woolwich stock goes, a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small shed up to 6x4ft, base ready | £140 | 2–3 hrs | A one-piece or simple panel shed on an existing slab, framed, roofed and felted in a morning. |
| Medium shed 8x6ft, base ready | £220 | 3–5 hrs | More panels and a ridged roof mean more bracing before the structure is rigid enough to felt. |
| Large shed or workshop 10x8ft+, base ready | £320 | 5–7 hrs | Heavier framing, often double doors and a window, and usually a two-person lift for the roof panels. |
| Paving-slab base, per m² | £45 | By area | Compacted hardcore and a sand bed under the slabs, laid to a slight fall so water runs away from the shed floor. |
| Timber bearer base on an existing hard surface | £85 | 2–3 hrs | Pressure-treated bearers levelled and packed to keep the shed floor off standing water without a full slab. |
| Anchor kit for an exposed or elevated garden | £60 | 45–60 min | Ground anchors or wall straps fitted so the shed does not lift in a gust funnelled between two terraces. |
Small shed up to 6x4ft, base ready
£140 · 2–3 hrs
A one-piece or simple panel shed on an existing slab, framed, roofed and felted in a morning.
Medium shed 8x6ft, base ready
£220 · 3–5 hrs
More panels and a ridged roof mean more bracing before the structure is rigid enough to felt.
Large shed or workshop 10x8ft+, base ready
£320 · 5–7 hrs
Heavier framing, often double doors and a window, and usually a two-person lift for the roof panels.
Paving-slab base, per m²
£45 · By area
Compacted hardcore and a sand bed under the slabs, laid to a slight fall so water runs away from the shed floor.
Timber bearer base on an existing hard surface
£85 · 2–3 hrs
Pressure-treated bearers levelled and packed to keep the shed floor off standing water without a full slab.
Anchor kit for an exposed or elevated garden
£60 · 45–60 min
Ground anchors or wall straps fitted so the shed does not lift in a gust funnelled between two terraces.
Prices are labour to build the kit you supply, on a base that is level and ready. Roofing felt, fixings and standard anchor kits are included; a bespoke concrete base is quoted separately by the m². We flag before booking where a build looks close to the 2.5m eaves height or 50%-of-garden permitted development limits so you can check before ordering. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Garden sets, loungers, BBQs, parasols and shed bases built outside and weather-fixed.
Fitted and flat-pack wardrobes scribed to the wall and anchored so doors stay square.
TVs, mirrors, shelves and curtain poles fixed into the wall you actually have, in one visit.
Wardrobes, beds, desks and storage built, levelled and anchored to the wall.
Sheds emptied, dismantled and the base left clear and swept.
Working in Woolwich
13,241 households sit inside the SE18 neighbourhood covering Woolwich. The build is post-war, the tenure profile social-housing-led, and 63% of those homes are flats.
Because 25% of Woolwich is privately rented and 47% socially rented, a lot of SE18 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, and with 31% one-person households in Woolwich, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Woolwich is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Woolwich stock goes, a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
The Arsenal's converted barracks, a market town centre and the ferry across the river. That character decides the practical detail of shed assembly here far more than the borough boundary does. Woolwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers. Nearest station is Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR), and one fitter for a small shed on a ready base; two for anything over 8x6ft or where roof panels need lifting together.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Woolwich and what they live in decides how shed assembly is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Woolwich Common and Woolwich Glyndon and Woolwich South and Woolwich West neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
34,767
Residents
Woolwich Common and Woolwich Glyndon and Woolwich South and Woolwich West neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,241
Households
Median age 33.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.3%
Privately rented
25.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Woolwich Common, Woolwich Glyndon, Woolwich South, Woolwich West (E02000317, E02000321, E02000323, E02000327) — the published geography that covers Woolwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE18 district: 51.4845, 0.0723 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Small shed up to 6x4ft, base ready starts at £140 in Woolwich on the streets near The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry, with 37% of Woolwich homes being houses — and The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Shed size and whether the base already exists. A slab or bearer base adds a separate charge but saves the shed floor from sitting on wet grass or bare soil through its first winter on the Woolwich rounds, with 28% owner-occupation locally — and 63% of homes here being flats.
5m at the eaves within 2m of a boundary and all outbuildings together stay under half the garden on Greenwich bookings, with 37% of Woolwich homes being houses. Many gardens in Woolwich are small enough that a large shed pushes close to that limit — we check before booking rather than after the kit is built in this 63% flats neighbourhood — and this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, with 47% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — a paving-slab base is £45/m², with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, or a timber bearer base from £85 where a full slab isn't needed on Greenwich bookings. With 37% of Woolwich homes being houses with a garden, most jobs here are base-plus-build in one visit in Woolwich, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
Not once anchored. Terraced gardens funnel wind between the houses more than an open plot does, so we fit ground anchors or wall straps as standard rather than leave it to the kit's own fixings on the streets near The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry, with 31% one-person households here — and The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry a few streets away, which is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Woolwich stock goes, a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here on unanchored builds we're called back to.
Royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers on the Woolwich rounds. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards for Woolwich (SE18) addresses — and The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry a few streets away, with 47% social-rented stock nearby.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover. 5m at the eaves within 2m of a boundary and the total of all outbuildings stays under 50% of the garden — we flag it if a build looks close to either limit rather than assume it is fine on SE18 jobs, with 25% of SE18 homes being privately rented. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Greenwich, with 47% social-rented stock nearby.
Laying a full concrete slab base — quoted separately as a groundworks job; Electrical supply to the shed for Woolwich (SE18) addresses, with 25% of SE18 homes being privately rented — and this being a short walk from Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR), which needs a registered electrician for the armoured cable and consumer unit work; Party wall or boundary consent where a shed sits within 2m of a neighbour's fence and exceeds the height limit. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Woolwich SE18 price you agree is the price you pay on the streets near The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry, with this being a short walk from Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR).
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Woolwich SE18 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
