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Commercial Air Conditioning in Kensington
F-Gas certified and NICEIC approved, we cover Kensington for commercial air conditioning. A fixed price before any work starts, and a 24/7 emergency line.
- Planning ahead for the HFC phase-down
- Buildings that can’t close for the work
- Work raised by a TM44 inspection
Commercial air conditioning in Kensington
Installation is only the start. Maintenance contracts cover servicing, F-gas leak checks and the records that go with them with the cost agreed up front. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for breakdowns. If you’re dealing with fit-outs and refurbishments that need new air conditioning and work raised by a TM44 inspection, we can help.
Space for outdoor units is tight in much of London, Kensington included, so roofs, light wells and basements are common positions. VRF systems keep outdoor plant down by serving many rooms from few outdoor units, which helps in dense areas.
Refrigerant work is written up in the F-Gas records: what was done, the refrigerant type and any amount added or recovered. Keep the records with the manual and the warranty documents, ready for the next service or a warranty query.
- Location
- Kensington (W11, W8, W14, SW7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Credentials
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified
- Costs
- Quoted after a survey
- Pricing
- Fixed, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Business air conditioning in Kensington
Food Standards Agency data counts about 1,447 restaurants, cafés and canteens, about 138 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses and about 93 schools and colleges in and around Kensington, up to about a mile and a half out. Restaurants, hotels, schools and care settings each need cooling designed for their hours and heat loads. About 69% of homes in Kensington and the neighbourhoods around it were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax records, and the last census (2021) found about 85% of households live in flats. Where shops and offices sit below or beside homes, outdoor plant position and noise need extra care. London commercial jobs typically involve a landlord or managing agent, and plant space is often tight.
Offices near Kensington Olympia station often need cooling for meeting rooms and server cupboards as well as the main space. If you look after a school such as St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School, classroom, office and IT room cooling is usually installed in the holidays.
Kensington is about 5 miles west of London, in Greater London. Whatever kind of property you have in Kensington, our engineers can help with commercial air conditioning. We reply to enquiries the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Kensington is one of them.
Our nearest recent job to Kensington was on East Hill, Wandsworth (SW18), about 3 miles south: installing a Daikin wall-mounted unit in the open-plan living area.
The A402 and B316 pass through or close to Kensington, which keeps journeys to surveys and visits simple. We cover homes and businesses on Kensington High Street, Edwardes Square and Somerset Square and the roads around them. Nearby, we also cover commercial air conditioning in Holland Park (1 mile north), Notting Hill (1 mile north), Shepherd's Bush (1 mile west), Notting Dale (1 mile north) and White City (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (4 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (6 miles east).
What’s near Kensington
Typical jobs here are in properties near Holland Park, Scarsdale Tavern and Holland Park School and the streets around them. You’ll also find Kensington School (0.5 miles east) and Abdus Salam Library (1 mile east). There’s a railway station in Kensington itself: Kensington Olympia station. Well-known places in the area include Kensington Arcade (less than half a mile east) and London Museum (0.7 miles north-east). Open spaces near Kensington include WWT London Wetland Centre and The Long Water.
Places near Kensington
What else we do in Kensington
Kensington questions
Do I need planning permission for air conditioning in Kensington?
It depends on the property. The centre of Kensington is in the Holland Park Conservation Area. An air-to-air system used for heating as well as cooling can be permitted development on a house if it meets the conditions, but a cooling-only unit is not covered, listed buildings need consent and conservation areas restrict outdoor units facing a road. Where necessary, we check with the local planning authority (for Kensington, normally Kensington and Chelsea council).
Can you fit air conditioning in a London flat in Kensington?
In many cases, yes, once the lease and the building’s rules are checked. We look at where the outdoor unit could go, such as a balcony, flat roof or rear wall, and write it up for the freeholder or agent.
Can you work around our opening hours?
We can. Work can be scheduled around your hours, including phased work floor by floor.
Can you do our TM44 air conditioning inspection?
No, the inspection needs an accredited energy assessor. We help before and after, preparing the system and acting on the report.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule with a fixed price. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
Whose job is it to check the system for leaks?
Responsibility is shared between the operator, typically whoever owns or controls the equipment, and the service technicians. How often depends on the size of the refrigerant charge in tonnes of CO2 equivalent: at least yearly for 5 to under 50 tCO2e, and every 6 months for 50 to under 500 tCO2e.
Do you provide ongoing maintenance for businesses?
Yes, maintenance contracts cover servicing, F-gas leak checks and records. We agree the schedule and cost up front.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Gas boiler or heating plumbing work
- Major builder’s work such as new openings in structural walls
- Acting as the energy assessor
Not sure which it is? You can phone 07833 053749 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Ceiling cassettes
- Wall-mounted split systems
- Ducted systems
- Multi-split systems
- Server and comms room cooling
- VRF systems
The process
The work area is kept tidy throughout, with dust sheets down and offcuts and packaging cleared up. Any holes, fixings or cable routes are agreed with you before we drill. On site, it takes anything from a day or two for a small office to several weeks of phased work on a large building. For a job in Kensington, tell us about parking, permits and access to the building when you get in touch.
- We survey the site and talk through how each area is used.
- We recommend a system and send a fixed-price quote.
- We agree the timing, with evening, weekend or phased work as needed.
- The system is installed, wired and connected to its controls.
- We commission the system and hand over the F-gas records and controls.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear access to the fuse board
- Tell us about any building rules, permits or sign-in
- Plan for pets to be kept clear during the visit
How to get a quote
To get a fixed-price quote, phone us on 07833 053749 or email us with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. A few photos make it quicker. You will hear back from us the same working day.
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Looking after your system
A little care keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Note the 5-yearly TM44 date for systems over 12 kW
- Tell us early about fit-outs or changes of use
- Agree sensible control settings for each area
Make a note of when a TM44 inspection will be due if the system is over 12 kW. We can prepare the system and act on the report.
A maintenance contract keeps servicing and F-gas checks on schedule. The schedule and cost are fixed up front.
For landlords and property managers
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated record, with F-Gas records wherever refrigerant work is involved, ready for a tenant, a buyer or an inspection.
Bigger systems bring extra duties: a TM44 inspection by an accredited energy assessor is required at least every 5 years for systems over 12 kW. We can arrange it, prepare the system for it and fix what it finds.
From one of our customers
“Office air con broke down in the July heatwave. Called at 8am, engineer was here by noon and fixed within 2 hours. Brilliant emergency response. They now hold the service contract for the whole building.”
James T., Crawley, office manager