# Air Conditioning Central London | Installation and Repair

> Air conditioning installation across central London from 1,900 pounds fitted. Mansion blocks, conservation areas and freeholder consent packs handled.

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![Air conditioning outdoor unit mounted on wall brackets above brick, with isolator and trunking, on a central London property](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/jobs/job-04-1200.webp)

# Air conditioning in Central London

Mansion blocks, conservation areas and porters. Central London is not a harder installation than anywhere else, it is a harder set of permissions, and the price difference is almost entirely access rather than the work itself.

- Free survey, no charge and no obligation
- Fixed written price before anything starts
- Permission position checked for your address first

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## Book a free survey

We come out, measure, and send a written price. No charge, no obligation, and no deposit before you have seen the number.

## Brands we work with

![Daikin](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/brands/daikin.ce47c11f.webp) ![Mitsubishi Electric](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/brands/mitsubishi-electric.2977d309.webp) ![Samsung](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/brands/samsung.3b6b3325.webp) ![Bosch](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/brands/bosch.7d80a7ce.webp) ![Vaillant](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/assets/img/brands/vaillant.573f9864.webp)

Air conditioning installation in central London costs 1,900 to 3,300 pounds for one room fitted including VAT. The premium over outer London is 150 to 400 pounds and it is travel, the congestion charge and parking, not a different rate for the same job.

What actually costs money in central London is the consent, the access equipment and the hours you are allowed to work in.

## The three things that make a central London job different

Consent first. Almost everything inside the congestion charge zone is either a flat or a listed building or inside a conservation area, and usually two of the three. A flat needs written freeholder consent and planning permission regardless of how discreet the installation is, because flats have no permitted development rights for this work. A managing agent will want a drawing, the sound data at the nearest window, our insurance and often a licence for alterations.

Access second. If the outdoor unit cannot go at ground level, and in a mansion block it usually cannot, it goes on a bracket, in a light well or on a flat roof. Each of those brings its own equipment and sometimes a permit to put a tower on the pavement.

Hours third. Many blocks restrict noisy work to weekday daytime and some restrict it further. That is not a problem, but it does mean a two day job cannot be compressed into a Saturday, and anybody who tells you otherwise has not read the house rules.

## What the congestion charge and parking actually add

We quote it rather than hiding it. The congestion charge is a daily figure for every day the van is inside the zone, and central London parking is either a suspended bay, a permit from the building, or a meter for the length of the job. On a one day installation that is usually 150 to 250 pounds. On a three day multi-split it is more.

It goes on the quotation as a line you can see. It is not a London surcharge and it is not a percentage on the price of the units.

## Noise, and the neighbour who has not been asked yet

In a terrace or a mansion block the outdoor unit is going to sit near somebody else's window, and that is the objection that stops more central London installations than price does. It is a solvable problem and the solution is arithmetic rather than persuasion: a modern inverter unit runs at 46 to 52 dB(A) at one metre on low fan, which is roughly a fridge, and sound falls off with distance and with anything solid in the way.

We take the sound pressure figure for the specific unit, the distance to the nearest habitable window and calculate what arrives there. That number is what goes in the consent pack, and it is the thing that makes a freeholder say yes.

## What it costs in Central London

| 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.

## The Central London boroughs we cover

Each of these has its own page with the local housing stock, the conservation area position and the postcodes inside it.

[Westminster W1, W2, W9, SW1, NW8 Westminster page](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-westminster/) [Camden NW1, NW3, NW5, WC1, N6, N7, N19 Camden page](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-camden/) [Islington N1, N5, N7, N19, EC1 Islington page](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-islington/) [Kensington and Chelsea SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14 Kensington and Chelsea page](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-kensington-chelsea/)

## Everything else we do in Central London

[Servicing Annual service from 95 pounds plus VAT, any make, keeps the manufacturer warranty valid. Book a service](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-servicing-london/) [Repairs Not cooling, leaking, tripping or showing an error code. 89 pounds plus VAT to diagnose. Get it fixed](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-repair-london/) [Commercial Offices, shops, salons and server rooms, with out of hours fitting where the space cannot close. Commercial work](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/commercial-air-conditioning-london/)

### Book a survey in Central London

Leave a number and we will call back with a realistic range and the first date we could come out.

### Postcodes

W1, SW1, WC1, WC2, EC1 to EC4, NW1 and SW3 to SW10. If yours is not listed we probably still cover it, so ask.

Call 07976 704160

## Air conditioning in Central London: common questions

### Do I need planning permission for air conditioning in central London?

If it is a flat, yes, always, regardless of the borough or how the unit is positioned. Flats do not have permitted development rights for this work.

If it is a house inside a conservation area, and most central London houses are, you keep permitted development rights but the unit cannot go on a wall or roof slope fronting a highway. If it is a listed building, listed building consent is needed as well as planning permission. Every condition is set out on the [planning permission page](https://climateshieldlondon.co.uk/air-conditioning-planning-permission/).

### Can you work in a mansion block with a porter and a licence for alterations?

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do in W1, SW1, SW3 and SW7. We prepare the pack the managing agent asks for at no charge: the drawing, the specification, the sound calculation at the nearest window, the method statement and our insurance.

We would rather do that before you have paid for anything, because the answer from the freeholder is what decides whether the job is worth starting.

### Is there a congestion charge on top of the quote?

It is inside the quote, as a visible line, calculated from the number of days the van has to be in the zone. We do not add it afterwards and we do not bury it in a rate.

### How quiet can you get the outdoor unit?

The best domestic units run at 46 to 52 dB(A) at one metre on their lowest fan speed. At four metres, which is a normal distance to a neighbour's window, that arrives at somewhere around 34 to 40 dB(A), below the level of a quiet room.

Anti-vibration mounts matter as much as the unit's own rating, because in a masonry building the complaint is usually about structure-borne hum rather than about air noise.

## Free survey anywhere in Central London

Tell us the postcode and which rooms, and you get a written fixed price and an honest answer on whether it needs permission.

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