Design and build in Belgravia.
Knightsbridge · SW1 · Knightsbridge townhouse, whole house refurbishmentCompleted work, photograph
Listed stucco houses, designed and built by one team. The estate, the council and the costs handled together.
What design and build means in Belgravia.
- SW1X · SW1W
- Stucco terraces, squares and mews
- March 2024
- The Belgravia Neighbourhood Plan was made
- 7 days
- A budget estimate, typically
NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle design and build in Belgravia SW1, under one contract. The calculator gives your own range in a minute, by scope and finish. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.
Belgravia was laid out as one estate, and still reads that way. White stucco terraces face private garden squares. The houses are tall and deep, often five floors over a lower ground.
Much of it is Grade II listed. So a design here starts by surveying what survives. Plasterwork, stairs and chimneypieces are drawn around, not over. Consent takes longer, so we plan for it.
Our designers work with ARB-registered architects we partner with. Matt Coverley, our in-house quantity surveyor, costs it open book. We run the listed building consent, the estate licence and building control.
We have not yet built in Belgravia. Our nearest completed work is next door, a townhouse refurbished throughout in Knightsbridge. We also renovated a Grade II listed apartment in Marylebone.
What Westminster asks of a Belgravia house.
- Council
- City of Westminster, for planning and listed building consent alike.
- Neighbourhood plan
- Made in March 2024. Upward space by a mansard is favoured, where it suits.
- Plan form
- In a listed house, the original order of rooms carries real weight.
- The estate
- Where Grosvenor holds the freehold, its licence sits beside the council’s consent.
- Neighbours
- Policy BEL4 asks how noise, dust and vibration next door will be kept down.
- Ground
- Parts have a high water table. Several basements flooded there in July 2021.
Source: Westminster’s City Plan Policy 50, and the Belgravia Neighbourhood Plan of March 2024. Read on 3 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Built nearest to Belgravia.
Knightsbridge·Townhouse
Knightsbridge townhouse, whole house refurbishment
Our nearest built work, a townhouse refurbished throughout in Knightsbridge SW1.
See the project
Marylebone·Apartment
Marylebone listed apartment
A Grade II listed apartment in Marylebone W1, also in Westminster.
See the projectCompleted work, photographs
What design and build costs in Belgravia.
Nick prices a Belgravia house after a free visit.
Fees, VAT and contingency are priced separately.
What Belgravia owners ask about design and build.
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Further reading, from the journal
Can design and build handle a listed Belgravia house?
Yes. The survey comes first, then a design around the surviving fabric.
Listed building consent runs inside the same programme.
Where does a Belgravia house find more space?
Often upward. The neighbourhood plan prefers a mansard where it suits.
Mews basements are discouraged, as most mews had no cellars.
Who deals with the Grosvenor estate on my behalf?
We do, alongside the council applications.
We read the lease before design starts.
Has NU built in Belgravia itself?
Not yet. Our nearest work is a townhouse in Knightsbridge, next door.
We also renovated a listed apartment in Marylebone.
How are neighbours protected during a Belgravia build?
Policy BEL4 asks how noise, dust and vibration will be limited.
We set that out before the work begins.
Tell us about your home in Belgravia.
Your name and one way to reply are enough. It goes straight to the studio.
- Already have an architect or designer? We build to their design. Working with your designer
- An NDA on request, and your home is never published without your consent. How we work in confidence