Melbury Court Refurbishment, Kensington | £350,000

Location: Kensington
Type: Residential
Service: Turnkey Design & Build
Value: £350,000
Completed: November 2025

The Brief

The client wanted a full refurbishment to modernise this dated flat for his family. He had four priorities:

One of the original bathrooms, with brown marble worktops and beige tiles — Before One of the original bathrooms

Air Conditioning
The flat had no cooling. Air conditioning now runs to every bedroom and the living room, concealed in a new dropped ceiling.
Lighting
Every room ran off a single pendant. The dropped ceiling made room for recessed spotlights and LED strips throughout.
Bathrooms
Two bathrooms and a WC became four full bathrooms.
Storage
Fitted wardrobes in every bedroom, a dressing room and hallway storage, all by Yasmeen Joinery.

Overview

A flat in Melbury Court, a managed building in Kensington, rebuilt from five bedrooms to six and delivered turnkey. We handled planning, approvals, construction and furnishing, so all the client had to do was move his clothes in.

Stripped back to brick, with every service renewed, the flat was shaped by one decision: a new dropped ceiling throughout. It created the void for air conditioning, wiring and lighting, with insulation and fire rated plasterboard. The floors were rebuilt with insulation over a new subfloor.

Living room with two teal velvet sofas facing a grey stone fireplace, under linear ceiling lights — After The living room, with the new dropped ceiling

Scope Of Works

Floor Plan

The flat originally had five bedrooms, a breakfast room, two bathrooms and a separate WC. We turned the breakfast room into a sixth bedroom, then took down and rebuilt partitions to turn the two bathrooms and WC into four full bathrooms.

Original floor plan: five bedrooms, a breakfast room, two bathrooms and a separate WC

Drag the slider to see the original layout against the finished one.

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The Challenge

Every system was replaced, which meant many trades on site at once inside a managed building with restricted hours and booked delivery slots.

The tightest part was the ceiling void. Air conditioning, electrics, lighting, plumbing and heating all shared the same space, and each had to be installed and tested before the plasterboard went up. We programmed the trades to the day so no ceiling closed with work still open above it.

The smart heating was commissioned by the plumber and electrician working as one team, not handing over between trades.

Approvals

Licence To Alter And Building Management: The structural alterations needed the freeholder's consent. We prepared and submitted the Licence to Alter, had it granted before work started, and building management's inspector reviewed the works with us through to completion.
Building Control: All works were inspected and signed off, with the completion certificate issued at handover.

Before And After

Living room after, with teal velvet sofas, a grey stone fireplace and linear ceiling lights — Living room. Drag to compare.

Living room before, with pink sofas, an old fireplace and a wooden floor — Living room. Drag to compare.

Dining room before the refurbishment, with a pendant chandelier, wooden floor and a rug — Dining room

Dining room after the refurbishment, with a long dining table under linear lights in the new dropped ceiling — Dining room

Bedroom before, lit by a single pendant, with red curtains and an old radiator — Bedroom

Bedroom after, with a grey panelled bed wall, lit shelving either side and recessed ceiling lights — Bedroom

Bedroom before, with old painted built in wardrobes beside the window — Bedroom wardrobes

The same bedroom after, with a full height mirrored wardrobe wall and a lit dressing table — Bedroom wardrobes

Room before, filled with bookshelves and furniture — Twin bedroom

The same room after, as a twin bedroom with two navy velvet beds and linear ceiling lights — Twin bedroom

Bedroom before, with a table lamp, old curtains and a single pendant — Bedroom

Bedroom after, with a pink upholstered bed and recessed ceiling lights — Bedroom

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Joinery Work

The wardrobes, dressing room and hallway storage were designed around the new layout, then made and installed by Yasmeen Joinery from our Park Royal workshop, each built to the finished dimensions of its room.

The Result

Six bedrooms, four full bathrooms, cooling and proper lighting throughout, and every service behind the finishes new and certified.

Handed over in November 2025 fully furnished and ready to live in.

“From the first meeting, the YPS team understood exactly what my family needed from this flat. They took care of everything, from the Licence to Alter and the building management to the furniture, and kept me informed at each stage. When it was finished, we only had to bring our clothes. They delivered all we agreed, with real attention and honesty. I recommend them with full confidence.”

Ahmad A.Homeowner, Kensington