Design and build in Kensington.
Kensington · W8 · Kensington new-build housesCompleted work, photograph
We designed and built two new houses in Kensington W8. The same team takes on terraces and flats.
What design and build means in Kensington.
- W8
- Stucco terraces, villas and garden flats
- Two houses
- Designed and built where flats once stood
- 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 Kensington W8, 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.
Kensington mixes white stucco terraces with villas on Campden Hill. Many houses were built for one family, then divided into flats. Communal gardens lie behind a good number of terraces.
So a brief may be a single floor, or a whole house. Either way, one firm draws it, costs it and builds it. You hold one contract, not three.
ARB-registered architects we partner with work beside our architectural designers. Matt Coverley, our in-house quantity surveyor, measures the drawings and prices them open book. A budget estimate is typically ready within seven days.
Nick, our founder, found an old block of flats here. We designed two family houses on that site, 6,500 sq ft each. Both went three floors below ground, and one team built them.
What the borough asks of a Kensington home.
- Council
- Kensington and Chelsea governs all of Kensington, through its 2024 Local Plan.
- Divided houses
- Policy HO1 does not allow existing self-contained flats to be merged.
- Garden sides
- A rear elevation on a communal garden can matter like a front.
- Rear additions
- CD13 keeps the even rhythm of a row, with additions below the eaves.
- Leasehold
- For most garden flats, the freeholder’s consent runs beside the council’s.
Source: Kensington and Chelsea’s Local Plan 2024, Policies CD4, CD5, CD11 and CD13. Read on 3 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Designed and built in Kensington.
Kensington·New build
Kensington new-build houses
Two new houses we designed and built in Kensington W8, three floors deep.
See the project
Chelsea·Townhouse
Chelsea townhouse, full refurbishment
A family home in the same borough, in Chelsea, refurbished throughout.
See the projectCompleted work, photographs
What design and build costs in Kensington.
Nick prices a Kensington home after a free visit.
Fees, VAT and contingency are added.
What Kensington owners ask about design and build.
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Can I design and build a single Kensington flat?
Yes. Many houses here are flats now, and we work floor by floor.
The lease decides which changes need the freeholder.
Could I turn Kensington flats back into one house?
Usually not. Policy HO1 resists merging self-contained homes.
We check the lawful use before any design work.
Did NU design the Kensington new houses?
Yes. Our team designed both houses, then built them.
Two family houses of 6,500 sq ft each, on a former block of flats.
How does design and build handle a Kensington communal garden?
The garden side is drawn with the same care as the front.
The borough judges those rear elevations closely.
What does the first Kensington cost figure look like?
A budget estimate, typically within seven days of the visit.
It becomes a measured cost plan once drawings are done.
Tell us about your home in Kensington.
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