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Design and build in Earl’s Court.

Chelsea · SW3 · Chelsea terraced houseCompleted work, photograph

Tall stucco terraces and red brick mansion flats. One team designs, costs and builds the work.

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Earl’s Court flats, and the houses they came from.

SW5
Stucco terraces and mansion blocks
Policy HO1
Flats may not be merged
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 Earl’s Court SW5, 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.

Most Earl’s Court terraces were built as single houses, then split into flats. Red brick mansion blocks sit between them.

Some owners now want to join the flats back into one house. Kensington and Chelsea’s Policy HO1 does not allow it. Existing self-contained homes may not be merged.

So we say this plainly at the first visit. A merger is not a scheme we can promise. Reworking one flat, or a house still held as one home, is.

Philbeach is one of the conservation areas, with Earl’s Court Village beside it. There, an Article 4 direction means even painting a house front needs planning.

Inside one contract, the sequence is fixed early. Survey, design, consents, cost plan, then build. Our crews and our joinery partner work from the same drawings.

Our nearest work sits close by in Chelsea and Fulham. A Chelsea terraced house was renewed over four floors. A Fulham family house was rebuilt inside, basement to roof.

Council
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
From the studio
Our Fulham studio is about 1.5 miles away, as the crow flies.

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What Kensington and Chelsea asks of an Earl’s Court scheme.

Council
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, under its 2024 Local Plan.
Merging flats
Policy HO1 does not allow existing self-contained homes to be merged into one.
Philbeach
An Article 4 direction there needs planning even to paint a front.
Basements
Policy CD11. One storey, under half the garden at most. Never beneath a listed building.
Plant
Outdoor air conditioning units are judged under Policy CD10, for look and siting.
On site
The borough’s Code of Construction Practice governs noise, hours and site traffic.

Source: Kensington and Chelsea’s Article 4 directions in conservation areas, and its Local Plan 2024. Read on 25 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.

What design and build costs in Earl’s Court.

An Earl’s Court flat or house is priced after a free visit.

Fees, VAT and contingency are extra.

Open the calculatorThe 2026 cost guide

Can I join two Earl’s Court flats into one house?

Not usually. Policy HO1 does not allow existing self-contained homes to merge.

We tell you that before any fee is spent.

Improving one flat, or a single house, remains open.

Who runs the site on an Earl’s Court design and build?

Our own site team, from strip out to handover.

The borough’s Code of Construction Practice sets hours and traffic rules.

Can an Earl’s Court design and build include a basement?

Sometimes. Policy CD11 allows one storey under half the garden.

Nothing may be dug under a listed building.

Every basement in the borough needs a flood risk assessment.

What has NU built nearest to Earl’s Court?

A Chelsea terraced house of 3,200 sq ft, finished in 2019.

And a Fulham family house, renewed from basement to roof.

We have not yet built in SW5 itself.

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