Flat Refurbishment in Holland Park, W11
Refurbishment of flats and apartments in Holland Park, from a single bathroom to a complete lateral conversion, with the licence to alter and the building's rules handled for you.
Covered under one contract
- Strip-out, replastering and new ceilings
- Rewiring and lighting design
- Plumbing, boilers and underfloor heating
- Structural openings and layout changes
- Kitchens, bathrooms and joinery
- Flooring, decoration and finishing
Flat Refurbishment in Holland Park.
Refurbishing a flat is a different job from refurbishing a house. The design questions are the same, but the approvals, the logistics and the neighbours are not. In Holland Park most flats sit in mansion blocks or converted houses, which means a freeholder or managing agent to satisfy, restricted working hours, lift and stair access to plan, and sound insulation between floors to prove at inspection.
We handle all of it. Before work starts we prepare the drawings and method statements the freeholder needs for a licence to alter, agree deliveries and hours with the building, and protect the common parts. On site, our own team does the strip-out, services, joinery, kitchen, bathrooms and decoration, so the flat is closed up and finished in one continuous programme.
Because we supply the Italian and German kitchens and the bathroom furniture ourselves, we can design the whole flat as one scheme and order everything at once, which matters when access is difficult and every delivery has to be booked.
- Area
- Holland Park, W11 · W14
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Housing
- Large detached and semi-detached Victorian villas, stucco terraces, artists' studio houses on Melbury Road and mansion flats
- Transport
- Holland Park, Kensington (Olympia)
- Scope
- Strip-out to handover
- Design stage
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Build, two-bed flat
- 8 to 12 weeks
- Contract
- Written, itemised, fixed scope
- Aftercare
- Snagging and workmanship guarantee
Holland Park: the houses and the planning rules.
Holland Park has the largest houses in west London: detached Italianate villas on Holland Park itself and Addison Road, the studio houses built for Victorian painters on Melbury Road, and the stucco crescents of Norland. Plots are generous, gardens are deep and the planning authority protects both.
The work we see here is at the top end of the residential market: whole-house refurbishments with new services, basements under the larger villas, garden rooms and pool houses, and interiors finished to a standard that matches the architecture. Programmes run for months, and coordination with neighbours and the borough is part of the job.
The Norland, Holland Park and Royal Crescent conservation areas cover the district, and many of the villas are listed.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBKC decides applications. Detached villas are assessed on their setting within the conservation area, and roof extensions and side additions are tightly controlled.
Basements
Large plots make basements possible but the borough's single-storey, half-garden limit still applies, with a full impact assessment.
Listed studio houses
The Melbury Road studio houses are listed; internal changes need listed building consent and specialist heritage input.
Approvals for flat refurbishment in Holland Park.
Flats need a licence to alter from the freeholder or managing agent as well as building regulations approval; the sound insulation between flats is checked at inspection, and any change to the exterior, including windows, needs planning permission.
RBKC decides applications. Detached villas are assessed on their setting within the conservation area, and roof extensions and side additions are tightly controlled.
What flat refurbishment in Holland Park includes.
- Strip-out, replastering and new ceilings
- Rewiring and lighting design
- Plumbing, boilers and underfloor heating
- Structural openings and layout changes
- Kitchens, bathrooms and joinery
- Flooring, decoration and finishing
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Flat Refurbishment in Holland Park: your questions.
Do I need the freeholder's permission to refurbish a flat in Holland Park?
Almost always, through a licence to alter. We prepare the drawings and method statements the freeholder or managing agent asks for and build their approval time into the programme so it does not hold up the start.
How long does a flat refurbishment take?
A two-bedroom flat typically takes eight to twelve weeks on site once approvals are in place. Lift access, parking and the block's working hours all affect the programme, so we plan around them from the outset.
Which parts of Holland Park do you cover?
All of Holland Park and W11 · W14, including Holland Park, Addison Road, Melbury Road, Royal Crescent, Holland Villas Road, Abbotsbury Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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We will visit, listen and explain what is possible for your property and how it would be approved. No pressure, no sales pitch.