Basement cinema rooms in South London.
Fulham · SW6 · Fulham basementsCase study
A dark, quiet screening room below a South London house. Built as a room within a room.
A South London cinema, below the garden.
- Room in a room
- An inner shell on isolators
- Rack room
- Amplifiers kept apart from the seats
- Fulham
- A basement media room we built
NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle basement cinema rooms in South London SW and SE, under one contract. A new basement dig typically runs £500k to £900k. Converting an existing basement runs £180k to £300k. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.
Basements make natural cinemas, with no daylight to block out. The hard part is keeping sound in.
We build an inner shell that floats on isolators, apart from the house. The neighbour’s side of the party wall stays quiet.
Projectors and amplifiers run warm. They sit in a ventilated rack room, away from the seats.
We built a basement media room under a Fulham terrace, just across the river. Its joinery and lighting were drawn with the shell.
What applies to a cinema below ground.
- Council
- London Borough of Lambeth, under its Local Plan adopted in September 2021.
- Policy Q27
- One storey below ground, and none beneath an existing basement.
- The garden
- Beyond the footprint, rear only, with 70 per cent of the garden kept.
- Sound
- The inner shell floats on isolators, apart from the house structure.
- Rack room
- Amplifiers sit in a ventilated cupboard, apart from the seats.
Source: Lambeth Local Plan 2021, Policy Q27 Basement development. Read on 7 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
What a basement cinema costs in South London.
£180k to £300kConverting an existing basement. A project total, from our 2026 cost guide.
£500k to £900k+Digging a new basement. A project total, from our 2026 cost guide.
A South London cinema is priced from the basement it sits in.
Fees, party wall costs, contingency and VAT sit outside them.
What South London owners ask about cinemas.
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- Basement cinema rooms across London
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- Basement cinema rooms in Kensington
- Basement cinema rooms in South Kensington
- Basement cinema rooms in Holland Park
- Basement cinema rooms in Notting Hill
- Basement cinema rooms in Knightsbridge
- Basement cinema rooms in Belgravia
- Basement cinema rooms in Mayfair
- Basement cinema rooms in St John’s Wood
- Basement cinema rooms in Hampstead
- Basement cinema rooms in Fulham
- Basement cinema rooms in Weybridge
- Basement cinema rooms in Cobham
- Basement cinema rooms in Oxshott
- Basement cinema rooms in Marylebone
- Basement cinema rooms in Highgate
- Basement cinema rooms in Primrose Hill
- Basement cinema rooms in Earl’s Court
- Basement cinema rooms in Pimlico
- Basement cinema rooms in Westminster
- Basement cinema rooms in West London
- Basement cinema rooms in South West London
- Basement cinema rooms in North London
- Battersea and Clapham
- Wandsworth, Putney and Barnes
- Dulwich
- Wimbledon
Further reading, from the blog
How is sound kept inside a basement cinema?
The room is a shell on isolators, apart from the structure.
Doors and ducts are sealed to match.
Where does the equipment go in a South London basement cinema?
In a ventilated rack room beside the cinema.
Only the screen and speakers sit in the room itself.
Can a cinema sit under a South London garden?
Partly. Lambeth keeps most of the rear garden undug.
The cinema usually sits under the house itself.
What does a basement cinema cost in South London?
A cellar conversion is £180k to £300k as a project total.
A new dig is £500k to £900k and more.
See it builtNear South London
See it built.
Finished homes, designed, priced and built by NU.
Kensington · W8 New build
Kensington new-build houses
Two new-build houses with triple basements, built under one contract.
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Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted out
A 4,300 sq ft townhouse with a new basement under its whole footprint.
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Chelsea · SW3 Townhouse
Chelsea basement and extension
A new basement, a kitchen extension and a full interior renovation.
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