Holland Park · W11 · W14

House Refurbishment in Holland Park, W11

Whole-house refurbishment in Holland Park: new services, reworked layouts, kitchens, bathrooms and restored period detail, delivered by one team under one contract.

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
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House Refurbishment in Holland Park.

A full refurbishment is the project that resets a house. In Holland Park it usually means stripping back to the structure, rewiring and replumbing, replanning the ground floor around a new kitchen, fitting new bathrooms and then bringing back the detail that gives the house its character: cornices, joinery, fireplaces and sash windows.

We run the whole job. Our architects draw the new layout, our engineers design any structural openings, and our own site team builds it, so there is one programme, one quotation and one person to call. Kitchens and bathrooms are designed and supplied by us rather than by a subcontractor.

Every refurbishment starts with a site visit and a measured survey. From that we produce drawings, an itemised specification and a programme, so you know exactly what is being done before anyone lifts a tool.

House Refurbishment across London

At a glance
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, whole house
4 to 6 months
Contract
Written, itemised, fixed scope
Aftercare
Snagging and workmanship guarantee
Central London

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 house refurbishment in Holland Park.

Internal refurbishment does not normally need planning permission, but it does need building regulations approval for structural work, electrics, plumbing and insulation, and listed houses need listed building consent for most internal changes.

RBKC decides applications. Detached villas are assessed on their setting within the conservation area, and roof extensions and side additions are tightly controlled.

What house 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
How we work

From site visit to handover.

  1. 01

    Site visit & consultation

    We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.

  2. 02

    Design & itemised quote

    Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.

  3. 03

    Planning & approvals

    Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.

  4. 04

    Build, managed weekly

    Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.

  5. 05

    Handover & aftercare

    Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.

Common questions

House Refurbishment in Holland Park: your questions.

How long does a house refurbishment take in Holland Park?

A whole house with structural changes, a new kitchen and two or three bathrooms usually takes four to six months on site. We give a written programme with the quotation and report progress weekly.

Can I stay in the house during the work?

For a partial refurbishment, usually yes: we keep a bathroom and a basic kitchen working and seal off the rooms we are in. For a full strip-out it is faster, cleaner and cheaper to move out for the duration.

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.

Start a project

Talk to us about a house refurbishment in Holland Park.

We will visit, listen and explain what is possible for your property and how it would be approved. No pressure, no sales pitch.