Builders and renovators in Kensington.
Kensington's stucco villas and garden squares need a builder who is as comfortable with consents as with construction. CAP designs and builds extensions, lofts, basements and full refurbishments across Kensington, with one team from planning through to aftercare.
What a project in Kensington usually involves.
Most of Kensington lies within conservation areas and many of its buildings are listed, so almost any external change, and many internal ones, need consent from the Royal Borough.
The properties we are asked about in Kensington are mostly stucco fronted villas and terraces, mews houses and mansion blocks. Around Holland Park, Kensington High Street and Kensington Gardens, the character of the street shapes what can be built, and we design to suit it.
Planning applications in Kensington are decided by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Whatever the project, we check which consents your property needs before recommending any spend on drawings.
What we build in Kensington.
Every service below is available across the area, on its own or as part of one programme.
Heritage
Listed buildings and period property works to English Heritage guidance.
Planning
Viability, structure, building regs and the programme of works, sorted upfront.
New Build
Ground up, from single houses to apartment schemes, to NHBC standards.
Refurbishment
Full house and part refurbishments, finished to high-end standards.
Residential
Home renovation and domestic building for London's prime homes.
Commercial
Hotels, offices and commercial refurbishments on tight programmes.
Project Management
Budgets, schedules, party walls, building control and quality checks.
Extensions
Single and double storey, side and rear, designed to grow with you.
Lofts
Loft conversions and roof extensions, slate, zinc and dormers.
Basements
Basement and cellar conversions with proper waterproofing.
Building in Kensington.
Do you work in Kensington?
Yes. Kensington (W8) is about 6 miles from our base on Mitcham Lane in Streatham, and the work we are asked about there is mostly on stucco fronted villas and terraces, mews houses and mansion blocks.
Do I need planning permission to extend or alter a property in Kensington?
Almost certainly. Most of Kensington is within conservation areas and many buildings are listed, so external alterations need planning permission, and a listed building needs listed building consent for internal work too. The Royal Borough's basement policy generally limits a new basement to a single storey under no more than half of the garden. We establish what your property needs before design begins.
Which council decides planning applications in Kensington?
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Building regulations approval can come from the council's building control team or from a registered building control approver, and we arrange whichever suits the project.
What kind of properties do you work on in Kensington?
Mostly stucco fronted villas and terraces, mews houses and mansion blocks. Around Holland Park, Kensington High Street and Kensington Gardens, the character of the street shapes what can be built, so we look at the property and its surroundings before proposing a design.
Have you completed a project near Kensington?
Our project pages cover Notting Hill Project in West London, Weston Manor Hotel in Oxfordshire, Greystoke Drive in Ruislip, Arundel Project in South Woodford, Pinner Project in Harrow and 57 Windemeer Road in London. The nearest of those to Kensington is Notting Hill Project, roughly 1 miles away, and its page shows the scope and photographs of the work.
Do you cover the areas around Kensington?
Yes. Close to Kensington we also work in Chelsea, Fulham and Battersea, and we take on larger heritage and commercial projects further afield by arrangement.
A project in Kensington?
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