Refurbishment & building in White City.

We know
White City.

White City is one of west London's biggest regeneration stories, with new apartment blocks and campus development sitting alongside older estates and terraces.

Most of our work here is inside the newer flats, refurbishment, fit-out and the compliance landlords need, though the surrounding terraces bring the usual extension and loft work.

Typical W12 White City jobs are flat refurbishments, kitchen and bathroom fit-outs, and landlord compliance certificates.

Gas and electrical
certificates in White City.

White City mixes post-war estates, older terraces and newer blocks around Wood Lane. Purpose-built blocks bring landlord supplies, communal lighting and plant rooms alongside the flats themselves, so a building can need commercial gas safety and commercial EICRs as well as the certificates for each let.

Gas Safe registered engineers and registered electricians cover W12 for landlord gas safety certificates (CP12) and EICRs. 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.

An estate, older terraces
and a new district.

White City has three distinct kinds of housing. The White City Estate, built by the London County Council in the 1930s, is large blocks of brick-built flats around courtyards. To the north and west are the cottage-style streets of the Old Oak estate and Victorian and Edwardian terraces. And around Wood Lane, on the old BBC Television Centre and exhibition land, a new district of apartment towers, offices and university buildings has gone up.

Each part of White City has its own landlord structure. On the estate, many flats are council or housing association owned, with some leaseholders. In the new district, buildings are usually owned by a single landlord with an on-site management team. On the older streets, houses may be freehold or split into leasehold flats. Who owns the walls, windows and roof decides who can authorise work, so it is the first thing we check.

The area also sits close to Shepherd's Bush, East Acton and Wormholt, and we often work across all of them in the same week, which makes it easier to fit in small jobs and inspections quickly.

For businesses moving into the new office buildings, we can coordinate several trades under one programme: partitions, electrics, data, lighting, flooring and decoration, with a single point of contact for the building manager.

Many White City clients are landlords with several flats across the estate and the surrounding streets. We keep a record of each property, its certificates and its repair history, so the next tenant changeover or inspection is quicker.

Where a building is mid-regeneration, scaffold, hoarding and access arrangements change often. We confirm the current access rules with the site or building team before each job.

For households, the most common reasons to call are a leak from the flat above, a broken boiler, mould in a bedroom or a kitchen that has worn out. Each is inspected, explained and priced in writing before work goes ahead.

1930s estate flats

Flats on the estate are mostly leasehold or council owned. Leaseholders typically ask for new kitchens, bathrooms, rewiring and windows, within what the lease and the landlord allow.

Cottage estate and terraces

The Old Oak streets have a protected, uniform character. Work there is usually internal refurbishment, roof and window repairs and careful rear extensions.

New towers

In the new developments the work is fit-out, repairs and landlord compliance rather than structural change.

Maintenance for
managed buildings.

Large blocks need steady, organised maintenance. For freeholders, residents' management companies and managing agents we provide planned and reactive maintenance, fire door inspections and repairs, communal electrical testing, and refurbishment of flats between tenancies.

Fire safety in blocks

In residential buildings over eleven metres, communal fire doors must be checked every three months and flat entrance doors every year under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. We carry out, record and repair.

Reactive repairs

Leaks, door entry faults, broken closers and damaged communal areas are triaged and fixed, with a written record for each job.

Offices, labs
and shops.

The new district brings offices, research and teaching buildings, shops and restaurants. We take on commercial refurbishment and fit-out, commercial EICRs and emergency lighting, and fire safety work, with programmes planned around occupied buildings.

Hammersmith and Fulham
controls.

White City is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The Old Oak and Wormholt area is a conservation area with tight controls on external changes, and flats anywhere need permission for most external alterations. Leaseholders also need the freeholder's consent under the lease. We check what applies before pricing.

Kitchens, bathrooms
and windows.

In the 1930s blocks the flats are solidly built but services are often old. Leaseholders typically ask for a new kitchen and bathroom, a rewire, new flooring and decorating. Windows, front doors and external walls usually belong to the landlord, so we check the lease before quoting for them.

Working in occupied blocks

Deliveries, noise and waste are planned around neighbours, with common parts protected.

Damp and condensation

Solid-walled flats can suffer condensation. We look at ventilation and heating, fix the cause and repair the damage.

Terraces north
of the Uxbridge Road.

The Victorian and Edwardian terraces on the edge of White City follow the Shepherd's Bush pattern: many are split into flats, and whole houses suit lofts and rear extensions. External repairs such as roofs, pointing and front walls are common.

Fit-out in
new apartments.

In the newer towers the flats are modern, so work is mostly fit-out and upkeep: flooring, built-in storage, decorating, small electrical changes and repairs, plus landlord certificates when a flat is let. Most buildings require a method statement and booked lift time before any trades can start, and we arrange both.

Offices, labs
and retail units.

Commercial buildings in the new district range from office floors and retail units to university and research space. Typical work is Category A and B fit-out, partitioning, lighting and power changes, flooring, decorating and making good after a tenant leaves. Statutory testing, including commercial EICRs and emergency lighting, and fire risk assessments keep the building compliant.

Working in occupied buildings

Noisy work is scheduled out of hours where required, with dust control and permits agreed with the building manager.

End of lease

When a tenant leaves, we carry out the dilapidations reinstatement work and provide a written record for the landlord.

Planned care
for big buildings.

For estate blocks and newer developments alike, a planned maintenance schedule keeps small problems small: gutters and roofs checked, communal lighting and door entry maintained, fire doors inspected, and repairs logged with photographs. We agree a schedule with the freeholder or managing agent and report after every visit. See property maintenance for details.

Door entry and lighting

Faulty door entry systems and communal lighting are common complaints in large blocks, and we repair or replace them.

Compliance diary

Gas safety, electrical testing and fire safety checks are recorded with due dates for each building.

Your flat,
within the lease.

Before any leaseholder refurbishment on the estate or in a new block, the lease and the freeholder's consent decide what can change. Structural walls, windows and anything in the common parts usually need permission. We provide the drawings and method statement the freeholder asks for, then manage the work inside the flat.

Paperwork that
buyers ask for.

Flats in W12 change hands and come onto the rental market often, and the questions from a buyer's solicitor or a letting agent tend to be the same. They want the certificate for any electrical work, a record for any gas work, confirmation that work needing building regulations sign-off was signed off, and the freeholder's consent for alterations under the lease. When we refurbish a kitchen, bathroom or the wiring in a White City flat, we hand over the certificates for the work we did and keep copies, so they are easy to find when you sell or let. If you are about to let, we can also carry out the EICR and the gas safety check on one visit.

How we take on
work in White City.

1. Who owns what

   Tell us whether it is a house, a leasehold flat or a block, and who the freeholder or agent is.

2. Inspection and scope

   We inspect and write down exactly what is to be done.

3. Written fixed quote

   Agreed before work starts, with access and working hours set out.

4. Managed and recorded

   One contact, photos before and after, and certificates where relevant.

Frequently asked
in White City.