Architectural & Interior Design in Kensington, W8
Architectural and interior design for homes in Kensington: measured survey, concept options, planning and building regulation drawings, and a complete interior specification.
Covered under one contract
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
Architectural & Interior Design in Kensington.
Good building starts with good drawings. Our in-house architects and interior designers take a project in Kensington from a first conversation to a set of drawings the council will validate and a builder can price, and because we are also the builder, the drawings are produced with construction in mind from the first sketch.
The design stage begins with a measured survey of the existing house and a conversation about how you live. From that we draw two or three options, develop the one you choose, and produce the planning application, building regulation drawings and interior specification: finishes, lighting, joinery, kitchen and bathrooms, all as one coordinated scheme.
We design to the policies of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from the outset, so schemes are not redrawn after a refusal, and we obtain pre-application advice where that would help. Many clients start with the design stage alone and decide later whether to build with us; the drawings are theirs either way.
- Area
- Kensington, W8
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Housing
- Stucco and red-brick Victorian terraces, garden squares, mews houses, mansion flats and large detached villas off Kensington Church Street
- Transport
- High Street Kensington, Gloucester Road
- Scope
- Survey to construction drawings
- Design stage
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Deliverables
- Drawings, specification, visuals
- Team
- Architects, interior designers, structural engineer
- Follows on to
- Fixed, itemised build quotation
Kensington: the houses and the planning rules.
Kensington is one of the most consistently protected residential districts in London: white stucco terraces and garden squares south of the High Street, red-brick Queen Anne revival houses around Kensington Court and Phillimore Gardens, and a scatter of mews behind them. Almost every street is in a conservation area and a large share of the houses are listed.
The projects we see here are deep refurbishments of houses that have been divided and reunited over the years, lateral flats in the mansion blocks, and basements under the larger houses where the borough's policy allows. Design quality is scrutinised closely, so drawings and heritage statements have to be right first time.
The Kensington, Kensington Square, De Vere, Edwardes Square and Kensington Palace conservation areas cover almost the whole district.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBKC decides applications and has some of the most detailed conservation area guidance in London, with Article 4 directions on many streets removing permitted development rights.
Basements
The borough's basement policy limits new basements to a single storey under no more than half the garden, with a construction traffic management plan and an impact assessment.
Listed buildings
Many houses are Grade II listed, so internal alterations need listed building consent alongside planning permission.
Approvals for architectural and interior design in Kensington.
Drawings are prepared to the council's validation requirements from the outset, so design and application are one exercise. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it before the application is submitted.
RBKC decides applications and has some of the most detailed conservation area guidance in London, with Article 4 directions on many streets removing permitted development rights.
What architectural and interior design in Kensington includes.
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit and brief
We visit, listen and measure, and agree the brief and a fixed design fee.
- 02
Concept options
Layouts and sketches for discussion, usually within two weeks.
- 03
Developed design
The chosen scheme drawn in full, with finishes and visuals.
- 04
Approvals
Planning, listed building and building regulation submissions.
- 05
Build quotation
An itemised price for construction from the finished drawings.
Architectural & Interior Design in Kensington: your questions.
Do you offer design only in Kensington?
Yes. Many clients start with the design stage, obtain approvals, and then decide whether to build with us. The design fee is fixed at the outset and the drawings are yours.
Will you design to the local planning rules?
We design to the policies of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from the first sketch, so the scheme is not redrawn after a refusal. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it.
Which parts of Kensington do you cover?
All of Kensington and W8, including Kensington Church Street, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington Square, Edwardes Square, Victoria Road, Campden Hill 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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