Extensions in Earl’s Court.

Chelsea · SW3 · Chelsea terraced houseCompleted work, photograph

Earl’s Court is tall terraces and mansion blocks, mostly flats. We extend garden flats and whole houses, and watch the fronts.

Get a cost estimate Call 020 7731 6841

Garden flats and big terraces.

Philbeach: Article 4 even for painting a front
HO1: The borough’s rule on merging homes
SW5: Stucco terraces and red brick mansion blocks

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle house and kitchen extensions in Earl’s Court SW5, under one contract. A rear kitchen extension typically runs £160k to £250k. A side return extension typically runs £140k to £220k. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.

Earl’s Court rises in tall stucco terraces and red brick mansion blocks. Most houses hold several flats.

The usual brief is a lower ground garden flat. Its kitchen pushes out under a glass roof, toward the garden.

A few owners want to reunite flats as houses. Policy HO1 resists merging self-contained homes, so feasibility starts there.

Big terraced houses that stayed whole can take a full width rear room. CD13 keeps it below the eaves.

Fronts are protected too. In Philbeach, even repainting a front needs planning.

What the council allows in Earl’s Court.

Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, under its 2024 Local Plan.
Conservation areas: Philbeach and Earl’s Court Village among others.
Article 4: In Philbeach, painting a house front needs planning permission.
Merging flats: Policy HO1 does not allow existing self-contained homes to be merged into one.
Rear additions: Policy CD13 keeps them to the neighbours’ rear line, below the eaves.
Mansion blocks: Flats there carry no householder rights to extend.