Mobile Hair Extensions in LondonAt home fitting, the full shade stock brought to you

This is where mobile work genuinely carries risk. The studio has three permanent light sources, daylight, warm and cool, and every strand is checked under all three. In your home the lighting is most likely a warm bulb or a warm LED, because that is what people choose for living rooms.

Warm light hides ash and adds gold. A shade matched only under it will look nothing like what you saw when you step outside the next morning.

So we work like this. In daylight hours we match by the window, in natural light. We then switch on the cool lighting we brought and check again. Only a strand that agrees under both goes into the fitting. For evening appointments we move the colour matching to a daytime consultation or to the studio.

The stock comes in full rather than in part. That matters, because matching from a limited selection is the main reason mobile fittings sometimes come out worse than salon ones.

Our hair is single donor with the cuticle intact and aligned, never acid washed and never silicone coated. It is double drawn, so the ends stay thick rather than tapering away. Baby hair, the finest grade and never dyed, goes along the hairline and at the temples with the lightest bonds.

Every set carries a 12-month quality guarantee. Origin and quality documentation is shown on request, in your own home.

Wash your hair the night before or that morning. It must be clean, completely dry and free of styling product. Keratin will not grip a strand carrying oil, conditioner or hairspray.

Some mobile hairdressers advertise that you need not wash beforehand, since they handle everything. For a cut, a blow dry or colour that is true, because the hair gets washed as part of the service. Keratin bonding is different. The bond has to fuse directly to a clean, dry strand, so any residue of oil, conditioner or product sits between the two and weakens the grip. Arriving with clean dry hair is not an inconvenience we pass to you, it is the condition the method requires.

A chair with a straight back. A kitchen or dining chair is ideal. A sofa or an armchair will not work, because the stylist needs access to the back of your head.

A plug socket near the chair, since the pliers run on mains power throughout.

Clear space around it, roughly a metre on each side, so the stylist can move all the way around you.

Good lighting. Best of all is a window in daylight hours, and we bring extra lighting.

A mirror is not essential, but pleasant for watching the result take shape.

Nothing needs buying. No towels, no gowns, no consumables, we bring all of it.

The industry standard bond is one gram per strand. Our lightest is five times lighter and is pressed flat to under a millimetre after activation.

Bond weight does not change on a mobile appointment. That matters, because some visiting stylists use heavier bonds to work faster, and the difference lands on your roots.

The keratin is Italian, a hot melt copolyamide activated at 200°C. These pre-bonded strands are known as K-tips or U-tips, after the shape of the keratin tip. No metal, no glue, no tape.

A fitting takes several hours, so an evening booking means starting by a certain time. We agree the exact window on WhatsApp. Same day appointments are occasionally possible when a slot opens, and for an emergency before an event it is always worth asking.

The only restriction concerns colour. For an evening appointment the shade is better matched beforehand, in daylight, at a separate consultation.

Letting someone into your home for five hours is a decision, and it deserves proper answers rather than reassurance.

You get the name in advance. Before the appointment you are told who is attending, so nobody unexpected arrives at your door.

DBS checked. The stylist holds a current Disclosure and Barring Service check, and the certificate is available to view on request.

Qualified, insured and documented. VTCT Level 3, more than 18 professional certificates, professional insurance in place, and material documentation including the certificate of analysis and REACH compliance confirmation for the keratin and the hair.

Traceable work. Genuine reviews and before and after photographs of real fittings are on Google and on Instagram. No invented stories, just results you can judge for yourself.

Meet first if you prefer. Come to the studio for the consultation, then have the full fitting at home once you are comfortable.

We do not publish a price list, deliberately. Two clients with the same hair length can need very different quantities of hair, so a published figure would either undercut and rise on the day, which is the complaint we hear most often about other salons, or frighten off someone the service would have suited.

Your quote is written down before you book and does not move afterwards. There are no hidden charges.

The in person consultation with 5 trial bonds costs 50 GBP and comes off the full set.

The full stock comes with us every time. We do not match colour from whatever fitted in the bag.

Colour is checked under at least two light sources, daylight and the cool lighting we bring.

The pliers are always at 200°C, and equipment is checked before every appointment.

Tools are disinfected between clients and consumables are single use.

The working area is covered, and we clear up before leaving.

The gap from the scalp, the bond weight and the flat-press technique are identical to the studio.

Every fitting is documented, with before and after photographs, bond count and weight, and the shade map.

We decline when extensions would cause harm, exactly as we would in the studio. With active shedding, hair broken at the root or an inflamed scalp we postpone and refer you to a doctor.

Message the AV Extension team on WhatsApp on 07465656570 with your postcode. Free consultation by text, voice or video, no obligation.

Genuine reviews and photographs of real work are on Google and on Instagram.

Studio. Adenmore Rd, Catford, London SE6 4BT, fifteen minutes from London Bridge, private parking.