
Design and build in Pimlico.
Belgravia · SW1 · Belgravia apartment, full refurbishmentCompleted work, photograph
White stucco terraces on garden squares, mostly flats now. One team designs within the limits and builds what is allowed.
What can change in Pimlico.
- SW1V
- Stucco terraces on garden squares
- Conservation area
- Pimlico, with an adopted audit
- 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 Pimlico SW1V, 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.
Pimlico was laid out as a single estate, in Belgravia’s era. Its white stucco terraces face garden squares. Most have been divided into flats.
That shapes design and build here. A whole house is the exception. More often the job is one flat, or one floor, replanned.
Roof storeys are a hard sell. Westminster turns them down where a roof line is complete and largely unaltered. Many terraces here fit that description.
Below ground, Policy 50 permits a single storey beneath the lowest original floor. Planning is always required, under a citywide direction from July 2016.
For a flat, we assemble the licence pack for the freeholder. Drawings, method statements and programme go in together. Work then starts on agreed hours.
Our nearest work is next door, a 2,000 sq ft Belgravia apartment.
- Council
- City of Westminster
- From the studio
- Our Fulham studio is about 3.5 miles away, as the crow flies.
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What Westminster allows in a Pimlico terrace.
- Council
- City of Westminster, under its City Plan of January 2026.
- Conservation area
- Pimlico Conservation Area, with an adopted audit. Street changes are judged against the whole terrace.
- Roofs
- Roof extensions are refused on complete terraces with unbroken roof lines.
- Basements
- Policy 50. One storey below the lowest original floor, under half the garden.
- Neighbours
- Westminster strongly encourages early talks with neighbours before an application.
Source: Westminster’s conservation area summaries, with its City Plan of January 2026. Read on 25 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Built next door to Pimlico.

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Belgravia apartment, full refurbishment
A 2,000 sq ft apartment next door in Belgravia, from the same building era.
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A central London apartment in SW1, designed and fitted out, joinery by Cochrane Bespoke.
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What design and build costs in Pimlico.
A Pimlico flat or house is priced after a free visit.
Fees, VAT and contingency are extra.
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Further reading, from the blog
Can I add a storey to a Pimlico terrace house?
Rarely. Westminster refuses roof extensions on complete, unaltered terraces.
Where a roof line is already broken, a mansard may be discussed.
We check the terrace before drawing.
What does design and build mean for a Pimlico flat?
One team replans the layout, prices it and builds it.
The lease and the managing agent come in early.
Services, kitchens and bathrooms are usually renewed together.
Is a Pimlico basement allowed under Westminster’s plan?
Under Policy 50, one storey below the lowest original floor.
It may take no more than half the garden.
Planning is always needed, under a citywide Article 4 direction.
Has NU built anywhere near Pimlico?
Yes, next door in Belgravia, an apartment finished in 2022.
We have not yet built in SW1V itself.
Tell us about your home in Pimlico.
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