Project Type
Full House Refurbishment
Duration
26 weeks
Project Value
£280,000
The Challenge
The property was a Grade II listed building, meaning that any alterations — including kitchen and bathroom layouts — required Westminster Listed Building Consent alongside standard Building Regulations approval. The client's specification included a Gaggenau kitchen, spa-level bathrooms, and a whole-home Lutron lighting system, all of which required invisible installation in a property with plaster mouldings, cornicing, and joinery of significant heritage value.
Our Solution
We appointed a Westminster-specialist heritage architect who managed the Listed Building Consent process. A detailed works schedule was agreed with Westminster's heritage officer before any work began. All service routes were pre-agreed to avoid any damage to heritage fabric. Smart home cabling was installed through floor voids and behind reinstated architraves. The kitchen was designed to sit within the existing room proportions without touching any listed fabric.
Results
- ✓Westminster Listed Building Consent obtained for full scope of works
- ✓All heritage fabric — cornicing, joinery, fireplaces — preserved intact
- ✓Gaggenau kitchen installed within existing listed fabric
- ✓Five spa-specification bathrooms with Kaldewei and Vola fittings
- ✓Lutron lighting system — 32 zones, no visible cable routes
- ✓Worcester Bosch cascade boiler system serving 22 radiators
- ✓Project completed to programme — client moved in January 2025
Key Features
- ✓Westminster Listed Building Consent — full heritage compliance
- ✓Gaggenau kitchen with marble worktops and island
- ✓Five bathrooms — Kaldewei baths, Vola taps, Lapicida stone
- ✓Lutron Homeworks QS — 32 lighting zones
- ✓Full replumbing — Worcester Bosch cascade system boiler
- ✓Original cornicing, plaster mouldings, and fireplaces preserved
Specification
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Kitchen | Hand-painted in-frame, Carrara marble worktops and island, Gaggenau Series 400 appliances |
| Bathrooms | Kaldewei Conoduo baths, Vola HV1 taps, Lapicida Calacatta marble floor and walls |
| Lighting control | Lutron Homeworks QS, 32 zones, keypad and app control, concealed cabling throughout |
| Boiler system | Worcester Bosch Greenstar 8000 cascade, twin 40kW units, pressurised system |
| Flooring | Reclaimed oak parquet ground floor; Lapicida stone in all bathrooms; Junckers oak upstairs |
| Joinery repairs | Lime putty to cornicing repairs; matching period profile to all new joinery |
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