Refurbishment & building in Notting Hill.

We know
Notting Hill.

Notting Hill is known for its pastel stucco terraces and garden squares, some of the most recognisable and most protected housing in London.

Much of W11 is conservation area, so external alterations are tightly controlled and finishes matter. We handle the planning-sensitive side and keep period detail intact.

Typical Notting Hill jobs are high-end whole-house refurbishments, period-sensitive alterations and high-specification kitchens and bathrooms.

Gas and electrical
certificates in Notting Hill.

Many Notting Hill houses were split into flats decades ago, and the gas and electrics in a converted stucco house are often a patchwork of different eras: a boiler in one flat, a shared meter cupboard, wiring that changes at every floor. Gas Safe registered engineers and registered electricians cover W11 for landlord gas safety certificates (CP12) and EICRs.

Lettings in W11 often turn over quickly, so we book around the check-in date. Where an EICR records C1, C2 or FI items, we quote the remedial work, carry it out and reissue the report, so you are not left chasing a second contractor. Certificates are emailed the day the inspection is completed.

Stucco, squares
and communal gardens.

Notting Hill was laid out in the mid-nineteenth century around crescents and communal garden squares, with tall stucco terraces between Holland Park Avenue and Westbourne Grove, and plainer brick streets towards Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road. Most of the large houses are now flats, though many have been turned back into single homes.

Notting Hill buildings vary from street to street: the grand houses of the Ladbroke area, the smaller terraces towards Portobello Road and the mews behind them. Each has its own constraints on access, materials and what the council will accept, and we take them into account when pricing.

Around the carnival weekend in late August, access to many W11 streets is restricted, and we plan deliveries and scaffolding around it.

Restoring single houses

Turning a converted house back into one home means new layouts, new services throughout and a lot of joinery and plaster restoration.

Flats in stucco houses

Upper flats share roofs and stucco facades with their neighbours, so external repairs usually need agreement across the building.

Front walls and railings

Garden and front boundary walls, steps and railings on these streets take a lot of weathering and need matching materials.

What W11
asks for.

Most Notting Hill work is full refurbishment, high-specification kitchens and bathrooms, decorating and plaster repair, plus garden and boundary wall work. You can read more about our approach in our guide to garden walls in Notting Hill and Holland Park.

Stucco, roofs
and lightwells.

Stucco needs regular care. Cracks let water in, which then lifts paint and render and rusts the hidden ironwork. We repair render, roofs, parapets and lightwell drainage, and coordinate redecoration across a building so the front is done in one go.

Shared external repairs

Where several flats share a facade, we price each part clearly so the owners or the freeholder can agree how to split the cost.

Communal gardens

Houses backing onto garden squares often have restrictions on access and works. We plan deliveries and scaffold with that in mind.

Kitchens, bathrooms
and services.

Inside, most Notting Hill refurbishments involve new kitchens and bathrooms, a rewire, new heating and a great deal of plaster repair. In tall houses we plan routes for pipes and cables from basement to top floor before anything is fixed, so every floor works and future access is possible.

Lath and plaster

Original ceilings are often lath and plaster. Where sound we repair them; where not, we replaster to suit the building.

Four steps,
one contact.

1. Walk round together

   We look at the whole building, not just the room, because services and structure run through it.

2. Consents checked

   Conservation and lease requirements are confirmed before pricing.

3. Written fixed quote

   A detailed price, agreed before work starts.

4. One contact throughout

   Every trade booked and managed, with you updated as the work goes.

Questions from
Notting Hill clients.