Air conditioning in Bromley

Air conditioning installation in Bromley

Bromley is London’s largest borough by area, and it feels more suburban than most. Much of it is family houses: Victorian and Edwardian homes near the town centres, interwar semis, and larger detached houses towards Chislehurst, Petts Wood and the edge of the Kent countryside. There are flats too, around Bromley, Beckenham and Orpington. We install, service and repair air conditioning across all of it.

We’re based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, and we work across Bromley and the rest of south-east London. We’re an F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved for electrical work and MCS certified for heat pumps. We fit leading brands including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba and Samsung, and we explain the manufacturer’s warranty for the unit you choose on your quote.

The steps are always the same. We look at the property on a site survey, or from your photos for simpler jobs. You get a fixed-price quote. We do the work, then commission the system, record the refrigerant details for your F-Gas records and show you the controls. A single-room split system is typically £1,200–£2,200 + VAT; two rooms on a multi-split, £2,800–£4,500 + VAT. Our Bromley and Orpington cost guide explains what changes the price.

For an existing system, our servicing keeps it efficient and our repairs cover all makes, with diagnosis from £75 + VAT.

Once it’s in, a system needs looking after. A yearly service, typically £95–£150 + VAT, cleans the filters and coils, clears the condensate drain, checks the refrigerant circuit and electrics and tests the system in both modes. It keeps the unit efficient, catches small faults early and helps you meet the conditions of the manufacturer’s warranty. Our guide to what an annual service includes lists each step.

Cooling bedrooms in Bromley’s family homes

In a family house, the request is usually the same: the bedrooms are too hot to sleep in on summer nights, especially in a loft conversion or rooms facing south or west. A multi-split system handles that well. One outdoor unit can serve two to five indoor units, so you avoid a row of boxes on the wall outside. Three to five rooms is typically £4,500–£8,500 + VAT.

Position is the main design question. On a semi or detached house, the side return or the back of the house is often the best spot for the outdoor unit, out of sight from the road and away from the neighbours’ bedroom windows. A flat-roofed rear extension can work well too. On older houses with solid brick walls, we core drill neatly for the pipework and plan the inside route so it disappears behind furniture or in a cupboard where possible. Our guide to where to put the outdoor unit explains the trade-offs.

Flats need a little more planning. If the outdoor unit has to sit on a balcony, a shared roof or an outside wall, a leasehold flat usually needs the landlord’s consent first. We can supply the specification and positions to help with that request.

Many Bromley homes still rely on a gas boiler. A split system won’t replace it on its own for most families, but it does heat as well as cool. The Energy Saving Trust notes that air-to-air heat pumps are sometimes referred to as air conditioning. If you’re thinking about moving away from gas altogether, an air-to-water heat pump is the main option, and we’re MCS certified to install one. Heat pumps are £8,000–£16,000 with 0% VAT on homes, before the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant.

Garden rooms and home offices at the end of the garden are common in the borough, and they can overheat quickly. A small split system often suits them well, with the outdoor unit on the back wall of the building. Our guide to garden rooms and outbuildings covers the power supply and positioning. For a conservatory, we size the unit carefully, as glass gains and loses heat fast; see our conservatory guide.

Our services in Bromley

• Air conditioning installation (from £1,200 + VAT): Air conditioning designed, supplied and installed for your home or business, with a site survey, a fixed-price quote, F-Gas certified engineers and full commissioning.
• Air conditioning repair (from £75 + VAT call-out): Air conditioning faults diagnosed and repaired by F-Gas certified engineers, with the cause explained and a fixed price agreed before the repair goes ahead.
• Air conditioning servicing (from £95 + VAT): Annual air conditioning servicing that cleans, checks and tests the whole system, with F-Gas leak checks recorded where the rules require them.
• Commercial air conditioning (commercial systems priced after survey): Commercial air conditioning designed, installed and maintained for offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, schools, surgeries and server rooms, with the F-gas paperwork kept in order.
• Heat pump installation (£8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant): Air source heat pumps designed and installed by an MCS certified installer, with a heat loss survey, a fixed-price quote and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant applied for on your behalf.

We also offer 24/7 emergency repair, regas, air-to-air heat pumps, ventilation and MVHR, TM44 inspections, air con hire and maintenance contracts.

Around Bromley

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Bromley South station. Well-known places nearby include The Mall (less than half a mile east), Bromley Hospital (less than half a mile south-east) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (1.6 miles south-east). Homes and businesses we cover around the centre include those near places such as St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Bullers Wood School for Boys, Holy Trinity College Bromley and Church of St Peter and St Paul. Green spaces within reach include Downham Woodland Walk and Summer Hill.