Living room with a glazed wall onto a planted light well.

Luxury refurbishment in Kensington.

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

Kensington terraces, villas and garden flats, renewed throughout. One team designs, prices and builds.

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Renewing a Kensington house behind the stucco.

W8
Terraces, villas and garden flats
CD13, 2024
An even rhythm of rear additions
7 days
A budget estimate, typically

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle luxury refurbishment in Kensington W8, under one contract. A full renovation runs £250 to £650 a sq ft, construction only. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.

Kensington is stucco and brick terraces, with villas on Campden Hill.

Many terraces back onto communal gardens, shared by every house around them.

The plan treats those rear walls almost like fronts.

We built two new houses in Kensington W8, three floors deep.

Inside, a refurbishment renews services and structure first. Joinery and finishes follow.

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, the plan says.
Listed houses
Listed building consent covers inside work that touches the historic fabric.
Rear additions
Policy CD13. Keep the even rhythm of rear additions, and stay below the eaves.
Garden flats
Most are leasehold. The freeholder’s consent usually sits 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.

Built in the same borough.

Family room with a grey corner sofa below a floating stair.

Kensington·New build

Kensington new-build houses

Two new houses we built in Kensington W8. Kitchens, bathrooms and joinery by the same team.

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Cinema room with a deep corner sofa and copper shelving.

Chelsea·Townhouse

Chelsea townhouse, full refurbishment

A family home refurbished throughout, in the same borough.

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Completed work, photographs

What luxury refurbishment costs in Kensington.

£250 to £650a sq ft, construction only. Our full renovation band.

£500 to £800a sq ft, construction only. Our super prime finish band.

Kensington houses often finish at prime, or in the super prime band.

Stucco, listed fabric and communal gardens all shape the figure.

Both are rates per square foot, construction only. Fees, VAT and contingency are extra.

Open the calculatorThe 2026 cost guide

My Kensington terrace backs onto a communal garden. Does that change things?

Yes. The plan says those rear walls may matter as much as fronts.

Windows, doors and additions at the back are judged closely.

We design the rear as carefully as the street side.

Can I refurbish a Kensington garden flat?

Yes. Most flats here are leasehold.

The lease and the managing agent decide what can change.

We read the lease before anything is drawn.

Will a rear addition upset the terrace?

It must not unbalance the terrace’s symmetry, under Policy CD13.

Additions keep the even rhythm of the row, below the eaves.

We draw it against the neighbours, not on its own.

How is a Kensington refurbishment priced?

Our full renovation band runs £250 to £650 a sq ft, construction only.

Super prime finishes run £500 to £800.

Our own quantity surveyor prices every line, open book.

Have you built in Kensington yourselves?

Yes. Two new houses in Kensington W8, three floors deep.

Kitchens, bathrooms and joinery were by the same team.

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