Bespoke joinery in Notting Hill
RBKC lists smaller changes that need listed building consent, including re-plastering, removing or adding cornices, skirtings, fireplaces, internal doors and architraves, removing floorboards, new openings, suspended ceilings, recessed lighting, air conditioning, any window alterations including secondary glazing, alarm boxes, CCTV and vents.
RBKC says licences are needed from the Council before erecting scaffolding, hoardings
RBKC lists smaller changes that need listed building consent, including re-plastering, removing or adding cornices, skirtings, fireplaces, internal doors and architraves, removing floorboards, new openings, suspended ceilings, recessed lighting, air conditioning, any window alterations including secondary glazing, alarm boxes, CCTV and vents.
RBKC says licences are needed from the Council before erecting scaffolding, hoardings, gantries, temporary crossings or fences on the highway, depositing a skip, or operating a mobile crane, aerial platform or concrete pump lorry.
RBKC's Code lists basement excavation or extension, full demolition and re-construction of a property, major developments and use of a full-size piling rig for three months or more as Category 1.
Sources: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: listed buildings explained, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice (April 2019), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice
The Ladbroke Conservation Area was designated in 1969 as one of RBKC's
The Ladbroke Conservation Area was designated in 1969 as one of RBKC's earliest conservation areas, and its appraisal (adopted 15 October 2015) locates the centre of the conservation area at the peak of Notting Hill, with the estate's concentric crescents, terraces and communal gardens fanning out from the summit following the contour lines of the hill.
The Pembridge Conservation Area (appraisal adopted 30 January 2017) covers quiet residential streets of late Georgian and Victorian date between Westbourne Grove to the north, Notting Hill Gate to the south and Pembridge Road and Portobello Road to the west, with those primary thoroughfares giving parts of the area a distinct commercial character.
Sources: RBKC, Ladbroke Conservation Area Appraisal (adopted 15 October 2015), RBKC, Pembridge Conservation Area Appraisal (adopted 30 January 2017)
Gov.uk says building regulations approval is not needed for exempt projects, including
Gov.uk says building regulations approval is not needed for exempt projects, including most repairs, replacements and maintenance (except heating systems, oil tanks, fuse boxes and glazing units), new power and lighting points or circuit changes (except around baths and showers), and replacing baths, toilets, basins and sinks.
RBKC Article 4 directions control small-scale external changes - windows, front doors, boundary walls and roof coverings - on Notting Hill streets including Ladbroke Grove, Ladbroke Square, Ladbroke Gardens, Kensington Park Road, Pembridge Crescent, Norland Square and Portobello Road.
Sources: GOV.UK: when you don't need building regulations approval, RBKC, Article 4 Directions in Conservation Areas
The existing bathroom service scope requires investigation of drainage, water supply, extraction
The existing bathroom service scope requires investigation of drainage, water supply, extraction, floor construction, waterproofing, supplier responsibilities, access, temporary arrangements and testing. These are design and quotation decisions, not promises that a particular layout is feasible.
Bespoke joinery in Notting Hill: questions
How is bespoke joinery in Notting Hill priced?
Pricing: quoted after a feasibility visit.
Rooms and elevations typical of Notting Hill
Design, joinery and the build, under one contract in Notting Hill
The same team stays with the project from the first visit to handover. In-house RIBA chartered architects, interior designers and IStructE chartered structural engineers draw and specify the work. Master joiners make the fitted furniture. Licence to alter, party wall matters, schedules of condition and Building Regulations sign-off sit with the sister practice, Hampstead Chartered Surveyors & Building Consultancy (RICS Firm No. 923064). One JCT contract covers the building work. Electrical installation is certified to BS 7671 by a registered competent person. Completed structural work carries a 12-month defects liability period. Cover is £5M public liability, £10M employers' liability and contractors' all risks cover. Studios: 2 Eaton Gate, Belgravia, London SW1W 9BJ, and 250 Finchley Road, Hampstead, London NW3 6DN. Telephone 020 7101 3168.
Licence to alter · Surveying support from the sister practice
What clients have said about the work
I would like to thank Ross and his team for their consistent commitment to quality and their unerring reliability.
We have worked with Ross and his company many times. They are extremely professional and hardworking individuals who can work under any circumstances. There was no variation to the works.
Verified Planning, Estate & Conservation Sources
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: listed buildings explained
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice (April 2019)
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice
- RBKC, Ladbroke Conservation Area Appraisal (adopted 15 October 2015)
- RBKC, Pembridge Conservation Area Appraisal (adopted 30 January 2017)
- GOV.UK: when you don't need building regulations approval
- RBKC, Article 4 Directions in Conservation Areas
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