Air conditioning in
Camden
Installation, servicing and repair across Hampstead, Belsize Park, Kentish Town, Camden Town, Primrose Hill, Bloomsbury, Gospel Oak and Dartmouth Park. Twenty five to forty minutes from Southgate. Parking needs to be arranged in advance for most Camden addresses.
- Single room fitted from 2,200 to 3,900 pounds
- Free survey, usually within 48 hours
- Permission position checked for your address before we quote
- Fixed written price, one day on site for most single rooms
Covering NW1, NW3, NW5, WC1, N6, N7, N19.
- Electro Heating LimitedCompany 12609754, registered in England and Wales
- NICEIC and Gas Safe registeredHeld by the parent company
- MCS certifiedFor heat pump and solar work
- 10+ years in LondonSame engineers, same company
Air conditioning installation in Camden costs 2,200 to 3,900 pounds for a single room, fitted and including VAT, and takes one day on site.
In Camden, assume the address is in a conservation area until proven otherwise, and assume a flat needs planning permission as well as consent. Both assumptions are right more often than not.
The housing stock in Camden, and what it means for the job
Camden is the hardest borough in our patch and it is worth being straight about why. Conservation area coverage is very high, a large share of the stock is listed or in a listed terrace, and most of the residential property is flats within period buildings rather than whole houses. That combination means the two questions that decide a Camden job are the freeholder and the appearance from the street, and the technical work is the easy part. Where it does work well is in the rear of Kentish Town and Gospel Oak terraces, in the mews properties, and in the newer blocks around King's Cross where the building was designed with plant positions in mind.
The typical Camden installation
A typical Camden job is a single unit in a bedroom of a flat in a converted period house, with the outdoor unit at the rear, and a full licence pack prepared for the freeholder before we quote a date.
What it costs here
| Job | System | Installed price |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | 2.5kW single split | £1,750 to £2,400 |
| One double bedroom | 3.5kW single split | £1,900 to £2,800 |
| One living room | 5kW single split | £2,300 to £3,600 |
| Two rooms | 2 unit multi-split | £3,200 to £5,500 |
| Three rooms | 3 unit multi-split | £4,500 to £7,500 |
| Annual service | Any make | £95 plus VAT |
| Fault diagnosis | Any make | £89 plus VAT, waived if we repair |
Every figure on this site is an estimate based on published UK market ranges and our own installation experience. It is not a quotation. The price you are given after the free survey is the price you pay.
Permission in Camden
Conservation area coverage in Camden is high, so the first check on any address here is whether the street sits inside one. Inside a conservation area you keep permitted development rights, but the outdoor unit cannot go on a wall or roof slope fronting a highway, which in practice means the rear. Where the property is a flat, planning permission is needed regardless of any of that.
We check the conservation area boundary, any Article 4 direction and the listed building register for your exact address before quoting, and we tell you in writing what we find. We do not publish this council's individual position on this page, because we will not state a council's position we have not read. What we will do is confirm it for your property before you spend anything.
Everything else we do in Camden
Servicing
Annual service from 95 pounds plus VAT, any make, keeps the manufacturer warranty valid.
Book a serviceRepairs
Not cooling, leaking, tripping or showing an error code. 89 pounds plus VAT to diagnose.
Get it fixedHeat pumps and solar
Whole-house heating with the 7,500 pound grant, plus solar panels and battery storage.
See the grantAir conditioning in Camden: common questions
How much does air conditioning cost in Camden?
2,200 to 3,900 pounds for a single room, and the difference against outer London is access, parking and the extra care needed on a period building rather than the equipment. A two-room system on one outdoor unit is typically 3,200 to 5,500 pounds, and three rooms 4,500 to 7,500 pounds.
Every price includes the units, installation, commissioning, electrical work and VAT. The fixed price comes after a free survey. There is a full breakdown on the cost page.
Do I need planning permission for air conditioning in Camden?
Camden has a high proportion of its area inside conservation areas, so the first thing to establish is whether your street is in one. If it is, you keep permitted development rights but the unit cannot go on a wall or roof slope fronting a highway, which normally means the rear. If your property is a flat, planning permission is required regardless, because flats sit outside permitted development for this work.
We check the conservation area boundary, any Article 4 direction and the listed building register for your specific address before we quote. The full set of conditions is on the planning permission page.
How quickly can you get to Camden?
Twenty five to forty minutes from Southgate. Parking needs to be arranged in advance for most Camden addresses. For a survey we usually offer something within 48 hours, and for a fault call we will tell you the day we can genuinely attend rather than promising one we cannot keep.
Do you install in flats in Camden?
Yes, and a large part of our work is flats. It takes two permissions rather than one: the freeholder's written consent and planning permission from the council. We prepare the licence pack the managing agent will ask for at no charge, including the drawing, the sound data and the insurance.
The order matters, and doing it in the wrong order is what makes flat installations expensive. There is a full sequence on the leasehold flats page.
Free survey anywhere in Camden
Twenty five to forty minutes from Southgate. Parking needs to be arranged in advance for most Camden addresses. Tell us the postcode and the rooms, and we will give you a written fixed price and an honest answer on permission.