Full apartment and mansion-flat refurbishment in Holland Park — the converted stucco villas around Holland Park Avenue, the artists' houses of Melbury Road, and the purpose-built mansion blocks. We manage Licence to Alter, RBKC conservation consent, acoustic compliance and full design-and-build under one contract.
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Holland Park is defined by its scale: the wide white-stucco villas of the Ilchester and Phillimore estates, the grand terraces along Holland Park Avenue, and the celebrated artists' houses of Melbury Road and Holland Park Road, with Leighton House at their centre. Many of these buildings were divided into apartments decades ago, and others are purpose-built mansion blocks — so the majority of homes here are leasehold flats inside listed or conservation-controlled buildings.
That changes how a refurbishment is run. A Holland Park flat is not a blank canvas: the lease and the freeholder set what you can alter, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea controls external and (where listed) internal change, and a converted villa carries acoustic and services constraints that a modern flat does not. We coordinate the lease, the Licence to Alter, the managing agent and RBKC's conservation team alongside the design, so approvals and construction move together rather than in sequence.
As a Hampstead-based design-and-build studio with consultations at 2 Eaton Gate in SW1, we bring architects, engineers, surveyors and builders together under a single fixed-price contract — from measured survey and lease audit to the final coat of paint.
Four constraints decide what's possible in a Holland Park flat — and we plan for all of them before strip-out begins.
Most Holland Park flats are leasehold, so freeholder consent and a Licence to Alter usually sit ahead of structural change, new flooring or moved services. We audit the lease first.
Holland Park, Ladbroke and Norland conservation areas cover most of W11, and many villas and the Melbury Road houses are listed — controlling windows, external works and protected interior fabric.
Villas divided into flats rarely meet modern Part E sound separation. We re-engineer floors, ceilings and party walls to satisfy Building Control and the freeholder's surveyor.
Narrow stair cores, shared entrances and tight W11 streets mean booked deliveries, communal-area protection and considerate working hours are essential in an occupied building.
One integrated scope, delivered in-house and framed for leasehold flats in listed and conservation-controlled buildings.
Accurate survey plus a read of your lease — identifying alteration covenants, consent triggers and reinstatement risk before design begins.
Reconfiguration tuned to a converted villa or mansion flat — loadbearing lines, riser positions, ceiling voids and floor build-ups.
Lease pack, drawings, schedules and warranties for the freeholder; heritage statements and conservation or listed-building consent for the council.
Resilient floor build-ups, decoupled ceilings and party-wall treatments designed to satisfy Building Control and the freeholder's acoustic schedule.
Full electrical rewire, replumb, heating and ventilation, coordinated with the building's risers and waste stacks — certified and signed off.
Bespoke kitchens and fully tanked wet rooms with premium stone and joinery — engineered against the leak-claim risk that derails flat projects.
Fitted wardrobes, panelling, fine flooring and specialist decoration — period-faithful where cornicing, sashes and fireplaces are retained.
Two-stage snagging, a clean handover with all freeholder and RBKC conditions discharged, and a defined defects and aftercare period.
From the artists' quarter to the garden-square villas, we refurbish flats across the Holland Park conservation areas.
Holland Park sits within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, bordered by Notting Hill to the north and Kensington to the south — see our Holland Park area page and our South West London refurbishment overview.
Book a no-obligation consultation at 2 Eaton Gate in SW1, at our Hampstead studio, or in your flat. We will give you an honest read on Licence to Alter risk, conservation approvals, programme and budget band — in pounds sterling — before you commit.
Site visit · lease & approvals read · outline budget band (GBP) · programme indication. No obligation.
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