Air conditioning in Hammersmith and Fulham

Mansion blocks, conversions and estates

In the 2021 Census, 48.1 per cent of Hammersmith and Fulham households lived in a purpose-built block of flats and 24.5 per cent in a flat or bedsit in a converted house. Only about a quarter lived in a whole house. Nearly 3 in 10 rent from the council or a housing association, and more than a third rent privately.

So freeholder or landlord consent is the first step in most installs. We give them a drawing, the outdoor unit's size and its sound data.

Homes in the borough and how we approach them

Planning in Hammersmith and Fulham

For most addresses, planning questions go to Hammersmith and Fulham Council. Its adopted plan is the Local Plan 2018, and a new Local Plan is being prepared.

The north of the borough around Old Oak is different. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, set up by the Mayor in 2015, is the planning authority for land across parts of Ealing, Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham, and still holds those powers. If your address is in its area, planning questions go to the OPDC instead of the council.

For a house that isn't listed, a heating-capable unit can often go in without planning permission under Class G of the national rules, as rewritten from 29 May 2025, if it meets the size, position and noise limits. A cooling-only unit can't. For a block of flats, the rules allow one heat pump per block with an outdoor unit no bigger than 0.6 m³. If the block already has one, a new unit needs planning permission.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

The council says it has 44 conservation areas covering about half the borough. Two more in the north, Grand Union Canal and Cumberland Park Factory, are in the OPDC area and managed by the OPDC. In any conservation area, no unit can go on a wall or roof facing a road without planning permission.

Since April 2018, Article 4 directions across the borough, outside the OPDC area, have removed permitted development rights for basement digs and for turning offices or storage buildings into homes. Separate directions remove some householder rights for named properties in conservation areas such as Central Fulham, Fulham Park Gardens, Hammersmith Grove, Parsons Green, Ravenscourt and Starch Green, The Mall and Walham Grove. The council publishes a list of the properties affected, so check yours before planning a unit.

• The Mall, St Peter's Square, Ravenscourt and Starch Green, and Westcroft Square
• Hammersmith Broadway, Hammersmith Grove, Brook Green and Bradmore
• Shepherds Bush, Coningham and Lime Grove, Wood Lane, and Old Oak and Wormholt
• Olympia and Avonmore, Barons Court, Queen's Club Gardens and Lakeside/Sinclair/Blythe Road
• Central Fulham, Walham Green, Walham Grove and Fulham Park Gardens
• Parson's Green, Hurlingham, Bishops Park, Putney Bridge and Sands End

Offices, shops and restaurants

We fit and look after systems for offices around Hammersmith Broadway and White City, shops and restaurants on King Street, Fulham Road, North End Road and Uxbridge Road, and smaller businesses around Olympia. We fit wall units and ceiling cassettes and service and repair existing systems in business hours.

Business premises follow different planning rules from homes, and many of the borough's high streets are in conservation areas, so we plan the outdoor position and sound data early.

Parking and access

Where a street has controlled parking, the van uses a paid bay or a suspended one. If your job needs a suspension, we apply to the council with enough notice and show its fee on your quote before you agree to it.

In mansion blocks, we agree access, lift use and working hours with the porter or managing agent before the day. Hammersmith and Fulham is outside the Congestion Charge zone. The ULEZ covers all of London.

Prices in Hammersmith and Fulham

Our standard prices. Home prices include VAT and business prices are plus VAT. Planning drawings, acoustic reports, lightwell access and long pipe runs are quoted after the survey.

• A bedroom or study

  2.5 kW wall unit, 5 m pipe, fitted in a day

  from£1,850inc. VAT

• A living room

  3.5 kW wall unit

  from£2,050inc. VAT

• Two rooms, one outdoor unit

  Multi-split

  from£3,650inc. VAT

• Three rooms

  Multi-split

  from£5,100inc. VAT

• Commercial wall unit

  Fitted in business hours

  from£1,795+ VAT

• Ceiling cassette

  In a suitable suspended ceiling

  from£2,750+ VAT

• An annual service

  Keeps the manufacturer warranty valid

  from£119inc. VAT

Neighbourhoods we cover

We work across the borough, including the W6, W12, W14 and SW6 postcodes and part of NW10:

• Hammersmith, Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park and Brackenbury
• Shepherd's Bush, White City and Wormholt
• West Kensington, Barons Court and Olympia
• Fulham, Fulham Broadway and Parsons Green
• Hurlingham, Sands End and Bishop's Park
• College Park and Old Oak

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