Greater London · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Kensington, Greater London
Heat pump installation, for Kensington and the surrounding area. Call for a fixed-price quote, and we will reply the same working day.
- No space for a hot water cylinder
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
- Questions about where the outdoor unit can go
How we handle air source heat pumps in Kensington
We install air source heat pumps in Kensington and across Greater London, and we’re MCS certified. Air-to-water systems feed your radiators or underfloor heating and hot water cylinder, while air-to-air systems heat rooms directly through indoor units and can cool them too. We’ll explain which type fits your home and why. Typical jobs include planning and permitted development questions and finding a place for the outdoor unit, across homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, underfloor heating and radiator systems.
For flats in Kensington, the lease, the freeholder and the rules for flats all come into it. The planning rules for flats are stricter than for houses, so we check the position before we design.
If a fault appears while the equipment is under the manufacturer’s warranty, tell us the make, model and installation date. We will explain how the manufacturer’s terms are likely to apply before anything chargeable is done.
- Place
- Kensington (W11, W8, W14, SW7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Guide price
- £8,000–£16,000 before the grant, 0% VAT on homes
- Response
- Answered the same working day
- Accreditations
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Pricing
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Do you need air source heat pumps in Kensington?
When a home is being extended or renovated, it’s a good moment to look at heat pumps. Pipework, radiators and space for a cylinder are easier to plan while work is going on.
What we are most often called about:
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
If your home is near Kensington Olympia station and heated by a gas boiler, an air-to-water heat pump can replace it where the survey shows it suits.
What to look for in a quote
- How VAT is shown, and which rate applies
- Whether the electrical work is done by a registered contractor, such as NICEIC approved
- Whether extra work needs your approval first
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Questions from Kensington
Do I need permission to put air conditioning in my flat in Kensington?
Typically, yes, though leaseholders normally need the freeholder’s agreement. Permitted development rules for flats are tighter than for houses, so we check the outdoor unit position and give you the details to send to the freeholder or managing agent.
Is planning permission needed for a heat pump in Kensington?
It comes down to the building and the spot chosen for the outdoor unit. The centre of Kensington is in the Holland Park Conservation Area. On a house, an air source heat pump can often go ahead under permitted development, with an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 cubic metres and an installation that meets MCS 020(a), which includes a noise check. Those rights do not reach the grounds of a listed building, and conservation areas rule out walls or roofs facing a road. If that might affect you, we ask the planning department at Kensington and Chelsea council, normally the authority for Kensington.
What’s the price of a heat pump installation?
Air-to-water installations cost £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. Air-to-air prices are set after a survey, and we confirm the VAT on the quote.
Do I need to service the system to keep the warranty?
Check the manufacturer’s terms. Some warranty terms require the system to be serviced regularly by a qualified engineer, so it’s worth checking. Keep every service record either way.
Do I need new radiators for a heat pump?
Some radiators may be fine as they are, and some may need to be larger. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface, and the survey checks each one.
What warranty do I get?
The manufacturer’s warranty, on the manufacturer’s terms. Each brand sets its own conditions and periods, so we explain them on your quote.
Which brands do you work with?
We install and work on the leading makes, including Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. Send us the make and model if you have it.
The process
If the system has to be off for part of the visit, we tell you before work begins so it doesn’t catch you out. For businesses, we can usually work room by room or zone by zone. The work takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Send us a few phone pictures and we can often price a straightforward job in Kensington before visiting.
- We find out about your home and the heating you have now.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- The design covers the heat pump, emitters, hot water and outdoor unit.
- You get a fixed price, with any grant and the VAT set out.
- Installation, commissioning and MCS registration complete the job.
How to prepare
- Dig out any previous service or F-Gas records
- Let us know if the units are on a roof, a high wall or in a locked area
- Clear the space around the indoor unit, or where it will go
Get a fixed-price quote
Getting a quote is straightforward. Call or email with a few details and we will come back to you the same working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits you.
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Before you call an engineer
Owners can handle the everyday basics: keep the outdoor unit clear of leaves, plants and clutter, check the settings and the remote, and follow the cleaning the manual describes. Anything inside the units, the electrics and the refrigerant is engineer’s work.
Never try to top up, release or handle refrigerant yourself. The law requires anyone working on equipment containing F gas to hold the right qualifications, and the company to be certified, and escaping refrigerant can cause cold burns. A suspected leak is our job, not yours.
Air source heat pumps around Kensington
About 69% of homes in the Kensington area were built before 1919, according to VOA council tax data, and the 2021 Census found about 85% of households live in flats. Period properties can still suit a heat pump, but the design has to start from accurate heat loss figures. For flats, the first questions are where an outdoor unit could go, whether a cylinder fits and what the lease allows. For a London home, the outdoor unit position and the MCS noise check need careful planning.
Older homes near Church of St Barnabas may need extra checks for planning and heat loss before a heat pump is designed.
Kensington is about 5 miles west of London, in Greater London. If you need air source heat pumps in Kensington, please call 07833 053749 or fill in the contact form for a fixed-price quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Kensington. In Greater London alone we list 764 places, and Kensington is one.
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.
All of W11, W8, W14 and SW7 is within our area. Getting to Kensington is easy by the A402 and B316. Other places close to Kensington include 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). Within a short drive, we also cover London (5 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (4 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (6 miles east).
Around Kensington
In Kensington, that means homes and buildings near Holland Park, Scarsdale Tavern and Holland Park School and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Kensington School (0.5 miles east) and Abdus Salam Library (1 mile east). Kensington has its own railway station: Kensington Olympia station. Well-known places in the area include Kensington Arcade (within half a mile east) and London Museum (0.7 miles north-east). The countryside around Kensington includes WWT London Wetland Centre and The Long Water.
System by system
Outdoor unit position and planning
Where the outdoor unit goes depends on airflow, access and the route into the house. Noise is part of the MCS 020(a) check, so we consider nearby homes too.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Eligibility depends on the property and the scheme rules, so we check before you commit.
A customer’s words
“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