Notting Hill · W11

House Refurbishment in Notting Hill, W11

Whole-house refurbishment in Notting Hill: 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 Notting Hill.

A full refurbishment is the project that resets a house. In Notting Hill 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
Notting Hill, W11
Council
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Housing
Stucco villas and crescents on the Ladbroke estate, painted terraces around Portobello, communal garden squares and converted flats
Transport
Notting Hill Gate, Ladbroke Grove, Holland Park
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

Notting Hill: the houses and the planning rules.

Notting Hill is the Ladbroke estate: crescents of paired stucco villas laid out in the 1840s around private communal gardens, with painted terraces sloping down towards Portobello Road and the red-brick mansion blocks of Pembridge Square. It is one of the largest and most recognisable Victorian suburbs in London, and it is protected accordingly.

Most of the houses have been through several lives, from single family homes to bedsits and back again, so refurbishments here often involve reinstating original layouts, repairing stucco and cornices, and adding basements and rear extensions that the communal-garden rules and RBKC policy allow.

The Pembridge, Ladbroke, Norland and Kensington Park conservation areas cover almost all of Notting Hill.

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

RBKC decides applications. The Ladbroke and Pembridge conservation areas have Article 4 directions, so most external changes, including rear extensions and roof works, need a full application.

Communal gardens

Houses backing onto the communal gardens are covered by garden committee rules as well as planning, which affect rear extensions, terraces and boundary treatments.

Basements

New basements follow the borough's single-storey policy with a construction traffic management plan and structural method statement.

Approvals for house refurbishment in Notting Hill.

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. The Ladbroke and Pembridge conservation areas have Article 4 directions, so most external changes, including rear extensions and roof works, need a full application.

What house refurbishment in Notting Hill 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 Notting Hill: your questions.

How long does a house refurbishment take in Notting Hill?

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 Notting Hill do you cover?

All of Notting Hill and W11, including Lansdowne Road, Ladbroke Grove, Elgin Crescent, Pembridge Square, Westbourne Grove, Clarendon 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 Notting Hill.

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