Indoor swimming pool two floors below the street, lit along both walls.

MEP services in Kensington.

Kensington · W8 · Kensington new-build housesCompleted work, photograph

Heating, cooling and electrics for Kensington stucco houses and the flats inside them. Planned around the lease, the garden elevation and the lower ground.

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A Kensington house, split by floor.

W8 · W14
Stucco terraces around communal gardens
Lower ground
Common, and often where plant belongs
Two W8 houses
Built by NU, three floors down

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle mechanical, electrical and plumbing in Kensington W8, under one contract. MEP is priced from the drawings, after a survey of what is there. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.

Many Kensington houses were built for one family, then divided into flats. Each flat gained its own supplies, often squeezed into one shared riser.

A lower ground floor is common here. It is usually the right place for plant, away from bedrooms. It also needs dry air and a route for condensate.

Communal garden elevations are judged like fronts. A condenser on the back wall is seen by every neighbour around the garden. Policy CD10 governs where an outdoor unit may sit.

We built two new houses in W8, each going three floors below the street. They hold a pool and a steam room, with plant to match.

In a flat, the managing agent issues the licence and sets the hours. We send them method statements before anything is drilled.

What the council allows in Kensington.

Council
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Local Plan 2024.
Conservation
Most of Kensington sits in conservation areas. Garden elevations count as much as fronts.
Outdoor plant
Air conditioning units count as small alterations. Policy CD10 wants them discreetly sited.
Flats
Flats and maisonettes have no householder permitted development rights.
Blocks
The managing agent issues the licence for alterations and sets working hours.

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

Below a Kensington street.

Bedroom with oak floors, a dressing table and French windows.

Kensington·New build

Kensington new-build houses

An indoor pool two floors under a new Kensington house, W8. Its water, air and heat each run from plant.

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Living room with a television set into panelled joinery.

Chelsea·Townhouse

Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted out

Close by in Chelsea, a living room with the television set into panelled joinery.

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Completed work, photographs

What MEP costs in Kensington.

We price MEP from a measured survey and a set of services drawings.

Plant, distribution and controls are listed separately in the quote.

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Where can a condenser go on a Kensington house facing a communal garden?

Somewhere discreet, as Policy CD10 asks.

The garden side is judged like a front here.

We look at roofs, lightwells and enclosures before the back wall.

Do I need the freeholder’s permission to rewire a Kensington flat?

Usually the lease requires a licence for alterations.

The managing agent issues it and sets the working hours.

We supply drawings and method statements for the application.

Is the lower ground floor the right place for plant in a Kensington house?

Often, yes. It keeps noise away from bedrooms.

It needs ventilation, a condensate route and access for servicing.

What has NU built below ground in Kensington W8?

Two new houses, each going three floors below the street.

They include an indoor pool and a steam room on a lower leisure floor.

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