Question 1

How much should I budget for a two-bed flat refurbishment in Westminster — SW1, W1 or W2?

Accepted Answer

A two-bedroom mansion-block flat in Belgravia, Fitzrovia or Paddington taken back to the structural shell — rewired, replumbed, new plasterwork, a fully fitted kitchen and a new bathroom — usually falls between £85,000 and £210,000 depending on the finish level and whether original cornices, parquet floors or sash windows are being conserved rather than replaced. Period-feature reinstatement protects capital value in a market where buyers scrutinise these details closely. Every cost line is separated out in the written quote we hand you on the day of the site visit, so no figure is hidden inside a lump sum.

Question 2

Which internal works inside a Westminster property still require formal consent?

Accepted Answer

Rewiring, replumbing and new kitchens in most Westminster addresses are not planning matters. Three circumstances alter that position. A listed building — and Westminster's register reaches well into W1, SW1 and NW8 — requires listed building consent for internal alterations however minor they look on paper. A leasehold flat requires the freeholder's written licence before any structural alteration or wet-room installation proceeds. Works that alter the external appearance of an address within a conservation area need a formal application even where the job would be permitted development elsewhere. We check all three against the title and address at survey stage before a programme is drawn up.

Question 3

How is the party-wall process handled for renovation work in Bayswater (W2) or Maida Vale (W9)?

Accepted Answer

The converted mansion blocks across W2 and W9 are more complex party-wall territory than a standard terraced house: shared floor slabs above and below count as party structures alongside the dividing walls to either side. Cutting through a shared slab for a wet-room drainage drop, removing a wall that adjoins a neighbouring flat, or any structural penetration into a shared element triggers a formal notice to adjoining owners under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. PrimeCraft serves all required notices, co-ordinates surveyor appointments where a neighbour appoints their own, and presents the notice programme as a separate schedule line in the quote so there are no surprises about build-start dates.

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