Flat Refurbishment Fulham

Flat refurbishment covers the larger part of the housing in Fulham, because 76% of homes here are flats. They come in three broad kinds: floors of converted Victorian and Edwardian houses, blocks built after 1945, and newer blocks, with 24% of all Fulham homes dating from 2000 or later. Each renewal happens inside a shared building, so the lease, the managing agent, the neighbours below and, for a rented flat, the energy and licensing rules shape the job as much as the finishes do.

For Fulham, published UK averages put a full flat refurbishment at £33,000 to £48,000 and a basic one, with budget kitchen and bathroom fittings, at £15,000 to £18,000, and London flats usually cost more (Checkatrade and MyJobQuote, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Fulham: we refurbish the flat within the terms of your lease and licence to alter, protect the common parts throughout, and a registered electrician certifies the new consumer unit and circuits.

Leases, licences to alter and managing agents in Fulham

A flat refurbishment in Fulham is governed by the lease as much as by the building. With 76% of homes here being flats, much of the work is done under a lease, and a refurbishment often needs a licence to alter from the freeholder and must follow the managing agent's rules on working hours and access. Ask for the lease early and send the managing agent the scope before a start date is set. Some agents also want method statements, contractor details and a deposit against damage to the common parts.

The lease decides what counts as yours. Usually the plaster, floor finishes, kitchen, bathroom and the pipes and cables serving only your flat are demised to you, while the structure, the main walls and shared risers belong to the freeholder. Moving a bathroom, cutting into a joist or replacing windows can therefore need consent even inside your own front door. We price the job to the scope the licence allows, not to the one that was hoped for.

Housing in Fulham

Of the 24,310 homes the valuation list records in Fulham, 58% were built before 1919, 4% between the wars and 39% since 1945; 76% are flats and 24% are houses.

Working inside a Fulham block: hours, stairs and parking

Inside a Fulham block the council's hours are the outer limit and the block's own rules often sit inside them. Hammersmith and Fulham tries to limit noisy building work to set weekday and Saturday morning hours, with nothing on Sundays or bank holidays. A managing agent may shorten that to protect residents who work from home, so we plan drilling, breaking out and tile cutting for the permitted window and leave painting for the rest.

Communal areas are part of the job too. Materials and waste go through a shared hallway, so we protect the stairs and entrance, agree times for deliveries, and keep the common parts clear each evening. Where there is a lift, the agent usually wants it padded and booked. Outside, a van needs a legal place to stop, and a skip rarely fits outside a block, so we agree a loading point with the agent and remove waste in bags on set collection days.

Letting a Fulham flat: energy ratings and licensed streets

A landlord refurbishing a Fulham flat between tenancies has to reach the minimum energy rating before re-letting, unless an exemption is registered. Since 1 April 2020 landlords cannot let or continue to let properties covered by the MEES Regulations with an EPC rating below E without a valid exemption, and the council enforces the standard with a compliance notice and then a financial penalty. In a flat, the usual levers are heating controls, an efficient boiler or electric heaters, lighting and draught-proofing.

Location adds a second layer. Hammersmith and Fulham's selective licensing applies to every rented house or flat on 24 named streets in the borough, including Fulham Road, New King's Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road. If the flat is on one of those streets, bring the licence conditions to the survey so the refurbishment covers them in the same visit. A void period is the cheapest time to renew a consumer unit, fix damp and replace a tired kitchen.

Floors, leaks and fire doors in a Fulham flat

The neighbours below decide how a Fulham flat floor is finished. Take care over hard floors, because a board or tile floor laid over a bedroom below can breach the lease terms on sound. Where the lease asks for it, we lay an acoustic underlay or a resilient batten system and leave a gap at the skirting so the floor does not bridge sound into the walls. Bathrooms get a tanked floor and an accessible stop tap, so a leak cannot reach the ceiling below unnoticed.

Fire safety in a block is shared. The flat entrance door and the walls and floors that separate your flat from the rest of the building are matters for the freeholder or the responsible person, so a replacement front door or new holes for pipes need their agreement. Newer blocks matter here, since 24% of Fulham homes date from 2000 or later; in a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act, building control for some works sits with the Building Safety Regulator rather than the council. Work under a competent person scheme, such as a certified rewire, does not need its approval.

• Decoration throughout, with waste bagged and carried out of the block
• Leak repairs, and making good after water has reached the flat below
• Boiler replacement on the flue route the building allows, by a Gas Safe registered engineer

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Fulham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Flat Refurbishment in Fulham

A flat refurbishment is judged by the neighbours as much as by the owner. We send the managing agent a clear scope and programme, protect and clear the common parts each day and keep noisy work to the agreed window. We sequence strip out, first fix, plastering, kitchen, bathroom and decoration so the flat is out of use for as short a time as possible. A registered electrician certifies the electrics and any gas work goes to a registered gas engineer.

• Common parts protected, photographed and handed back as we found them
• Noisy days agreed with the managing agent and flagged to neighbours in advance
• Founder with 30+ years of hands-on experience

Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254).