The housing stock in Notting Hill
Painted stucco terraces on the communal garden squares, Victorian villas and converted flats.
Notting Hill houses are the classic prime London brief. Four storeys, a rear garden, a basement to excavate and a family expecting to move back in on the date agreed. RBKC planning, party walls with the neighbours, protected trees in the garden square. We deliver here on a repeat basis, with directly employed trades and a project manager on site every day.
Most of our Notting Hill instructions come from owners of garden-square stucco houses, westbourne grove terraces, ladbroke estate townhouses, and from clients moving between Holland Park, Kensington, Bayswater, Ladbroke Grove who already know the type of building they are buying into.
Planning and consent with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
The Ladbroke and Pembridge conservation areas control the painted stucco, the communal gardens and the rear elevations that back onto them.
Rear extensions onto communal gardens are scrutinised closely, and garden committees often have a say before the council does.
Our approach is the same every time: establish the constraints before anything is designed, agree the route to consent with the client, and price the job against the scheme that will actually be approved rather than the one that looks best on a first sketch.
The work we carry out in Notting Hill
The bulk of our Notting Hill work is side return and rear extensions, loft conversions, basement digs and full refurbishments.
Whole-house refurbishment. End-to-end refurbishment of Notting Hill stucco townhouses, delivered on a programme designed around the school year.
Basement excavation. Basement dig and lightwell excavation to RBKC's basement code, with structural engineer and BIA in place before ground is broken.
Rear extension. Kitchen, garden-room and side-return extensions detailed for period properties, including structural glazing and lantern rooflights.
Access, neighbours and running a tidy site
Skips and scaffold on the crescents need careful placement, and Saturday working is restricted on most streets.
Every trade on a Notting Hill project is directly employed by Ushii. There is no chain of outside firms to chase, no pricing surprises when a trade turns up, and one team responsible for the work from strip-out to snagging.
Realistic programmes in Notting Hill
Six to twelve months for a full refurbishment, three to five for an extension and loft together.
Those figures assume consent is in place and decisions are made when they are asked for. The single biggest cause of delay on prime London projects is not construction, it is a client decision waiting on a specification that was never finalised. We front-load those choices into the programme so they are made calmly rather than under pressure.
Talk to us about your Notting Hill project
If you are planning work on a property in Notting Hill or nearby in Holland Park, Kensington, Bayswater, Ladbroke Grove, the useful first step is a site visit. We will walk the building, tell you what the council is likely to want, and give you an honest view of cost and programme before you commit to drawings.
Get in touch through the contact page and a director will arrange to meet you at the property.