Luxury decorators in Kensington.
Kensington · W8 · Kensington new-build housesCompleted work, photograph
Decoration for Kensington villas, terraces and garden flats, from silk wallpaper to painted joinery. We keep your home running while we work.
Decoration in a Kensington home, handled with care.
- W8
- Villas, terraces and garden flats
- Hung by hand
- Silk and painted panels, set out first
- Priced after a survey
- Samples agreed before work starts
NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle luxury painting, decorating and specialist finishes in Kensington W8, under one contract. Decoration is priced room by room, after a survey. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.
Kensington is stucco villas, red brick terraces and garden flats around communal lawns. Ceilings are tall and walls are long. Good decoration here lets the proportions speak. It never competes with them.
The plan says rear elevations facing communal gardens may matter as much as fronts. So a repaint at the back can draw the same scrutiny. Many leases also fix an outside cycle and a colour. In a listed house, consent covers inside work that touches the historic fabric.
Silk on drawing room walls is a job for a specialist hanger. The wall is lined first, and drops are set out from the chimney breast. Seams are matched across the whole room. Hand painted panels are fixed the same way.
We built new houses in Kensington W8. Their bedrooms have oak floors and French windows. A garden flat needs the freeholder’s consent beside the council’s. One team plans, protects, prices and finishes the work.
What the council allows in Kensington.
- Council
- Kensington and Chelsea covers all of Kensington, under its 2024 Local Plan.
- Communal gardens
- Rear elevations facing communal gardens may matter as much as fronts.
- Listed houses
- Listed building consent covers inside work that touches the historic fabric.
- Garden flats
- Most are leasehold. The freeholder’s consent usually sits beside the council’s.
- Leases
- Many fix an outside repainting cycle and a colour. Read the lease first.
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.
Finished in the borough.
Kensington·New build
Kensington new-build houses
A bedroom with oak floors and French windows, in Kensington W8.
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Chelsea·Townhouse
Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted out
Panelled joinery in a living room, in a Chelsea townhouse nearby.
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What luxury decoration costs in Kensington.
Decoration is priced room by room, after a survey.
Specialist finishes are priced from samples, before work starts.
Nick visits first, and our quantity surveyor prices it.
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Further reading, from the journal
Can silk wallpaper be hung in a Kensington drawing room?
Yes. The walls are lined first so the silk lies flat.
Seams are matched across the whole room.
Do Kensington leases control how a house is repainted outside?
Many do. They can fix both the cycle and the colour.
We read the lease before anything is ordered.
Does decorating a rear elevation in Kensington need approval?
It can in a conservation area, especially facing communal gardens.
We check the guidance before choosing a colour.
What does decoration in a Kensington garden flat involve?
The freeholder’s consent often sits beside the council’s.
The managing agent sets hours, and we plan around them.
Can you repair cornices while decorating in Kensington?
Yes. Cracked mouldings are repaired before any paint goes on.
In a listed house, replacing them can need consent.
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