Upminster in Havering, London

Air conditioning in
Havering

Installation, servicing and repair across Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, Gidea Park, Emerson Park, Harold Wood, Collier Row, Elm Park and Rainham. Forty five minutes to an hour from N14 round the M25 or out along the A12, so Havering jobs are booked a day at a time.

  • Free survey, usually within 48 hours
  • Fixed written price before any work starts
  • Permission position checked for your address first

Upminster. Photograph by Panhard, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

Brands we work with

DaikinMitsubishi ElectricSamsungBoschVaillant

Finished jobs nearest Havering

Our own installations, the closest to Havering first, photographed on the day. Tap one for the full story.

All 19 installations
Samsung monobloc air source heat pump in Leytonstone E11 Heat pump E11 Leytonstone Samsung monobloc air source heat pump On its own slab set clear of the fence line, with the condensate taken away below ground level instead of being left to run across the paving and freeze. View the project Air source heat pump with solar and battery storage in Tottenham N15 Heat pump, solar and battery N15 Tottenham Air source heat pump with solar and battery storage The whole electrical side on one wall: inverter, battery modules and every isolator in reach, with the conduit dressed in straight runs so a fault years from now can be traced without stripping the wall. View the project Samsung monobloc air source heat pump in Enfield EN3 Heat pump EN3 Enfield Samsung monobloc air source heat pump Set tight against the flank wall on anti-vibration feet, where it takes up none of the usable garden and the pipe run to the cylinder stays short. View the project Samsung monobloc air source heat pump in Wood Green N22 Heat pump N22 Wood Green Samsung monobloc air source heat pump Stood on a levelled base built up out of the border rather than on soil, so the feet stay out of standing water and the unit does not settle out of level over a winter. View the project Air source heat pump with roof-mounted solar in Winchmore Hill N21 Heat pump and solar N21 Winchmore Hill Air source heat pump with roof-mounted solar The panels sit across the rear pitch and the heat pump at the side of the house, which is the pairing that lets the pump run on its own generation through the middle of the day. View the project Mitsubishi Ecodan air source heat pump in Winchmore Hill N21 Heat pump N21 Winchmore Hill Mitsubishi Ecodan air source heat pump An Ecodan stood off the boundary fence far enough that the fan discharge is not bouncing straight back off it, which is what makes a badly sited unit sound louder than it is. View the project Samsung monobloc air source heat pump in Camden NW1 Heat pump NW1 Camden Samsung monobloc air source heat pump Levelled on packers on an existing tiled patio rather than bolted through it, so the tiling stays intact and the unit still sits dead flat. View the project Daikin multi-split condenser in New Southgate N11 Air conditioning N11 New Southgate Daikin multi-split condenser Wall-mounted on brackets rather than stood on the ground, which is usually what a narrow side return leaves you, and the refrigerant lines dropped in a single trunked run. View the project

Air conditioning installation in Havering costs 2,400 to 3,200 pounds for a single room, fitted and including VAT, and takes one day on site.

With this much outdoor space, the decision here is less where the unit goes than what it is for. A house this size is the classic case for a heat pump on the grant, with air conditioning upstairs on its own system.

Read the full guide: 5 sections, about 2 minutes

The housing stock in Havering, and what it means for the job

Havering has more houses than any other London borough on our list: 77 per cent of homes, and 41 per cent semi-detached. Hornchurch, Elm Park, Collier Row and Harold Wood are interwar semis with side access and proper gardens. Emerson Park, Upminster and Gidea Park, which was built as the Romford Garden Suburb, are larger detached houses. Flats are a quarter of the stock, mostly round Romford town centre. It is the borough where the outdoor unit position is least often the problem, and where a heat pump makes the most sense.

The typical Havering installation

A typical Havering job is a Hornchurch or Upminster semi with two or three rooms on one outdoor unit at ground level, done in two days, and often a heat pump survey on the same visit.

What it costs here

Installed prices, Havering
JobSystemInstalled price
One bedroom2.5kW single split£2,400 to £3,200
Double bedroom3.5kW single split£2,550 to £3,500
Two rooms2 unit multi-split£4,300 to £5,800
Three rooms3 unit multi-split£6,400 to £8,600
Whole house, four or five roomsMulti-split, one or two outdoor£8,400 to £14,000
Heat pump, three bedroom houseAfter the £7,500 grant£5,700 to £8,700
Annual serviceAny make£95 plus VAT

Every figure on this site is an estimate built from the quotations we issued in 2026 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 Havering

Conservation area coverage in Havering is comparatively low, which is one of the reasons installations here tend to be straightforward. On a house, an installation meeting the Class G conditions is permitted development and needs no application. We still check the address, because one listed building or one Article 4 street is enough to change the answer.

What the housing in Havering means for permission

77 per cent of homes in Havering are houses, which is high for London and is the main reason installations here tend to be straightforward. 11 per cent are detached and 41 per cent semi-detached, and a semi with a side return is close to the ideal outdoor unit position. Only 23 per cent are flats, and those are the ones that need planning permission and freeholder consent. The single most common home in Havering is the semi-detached house, 41 per cent, and a semi with a side return is the best outdoor unit position there is. Of the 21 boroughs we cover north of the Thames, Havering has the highest share of houses.

How the Havering housing stock breaks down, and what each type means for a job
Home typeShare of HaveringWhat it means here
Detached11%The easiest, with a choice of elevations
Semi-detached41%The typical home here. A side return is the best position there is
Terraced24%No side access, so the rear or a bracket
Purpose-built flat20%Planning permission and freeholder consent, both
Converted flat2%Very few here

Shares of the 101,277 households counted in Havering at the 2021 Census, table TS044, rounded. Percentages do not total 100 because homes in commercial buildings and temporary structures are counted separately.

An outdoor air conditioning unit we fitted on brackets on a London rear wall

Your estimate

£2,400to£3,200

Supplied, fitted, commissioned and certificated. Includes VAT.

Price it for your address

The same model the rest of the site uses. Tell us the postcode and the survey turns it into one fixed written price.

How many rooms?
How big is the room?

Last step: where do we send your written price?

Every figure on this site is an estimate built from the quotations we issued in 2026 and our own installation experience. It is not a quotation. The price you are given after the free survey is the price you pay.

Air conditioning in Havering: common questions

How much does air conditioning cost in Havering?

2,400 to 3,200 pounds for a single room in Havering, and the space outside puts most jobs in the lower half. A two-room system on one outdoor unit is typically 4,300 to 5,800 pounds, and three rooms 6,400 to 8,600 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 Havering?

Most likely not. 77 per cent of homes in Havering are houses, and a house installation meeting the Class G conditions is permitted development.

The section further down this page sets out what the housing stock here means in practice, and every condition is on the planning permission page. We check the conservation area boundary, any Article 4 direction and the listed building register for your exact address before quoting.

How quickly can you get to Havering?

Forty five minutes to an hour from N14 round the M25 or out along the A12, so Havering jobs are booked a day at a time. 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 Havering?

Yes. 23 per cent of homes in Havering are flats, 20 per cent of them purpose-built and 2 per cent conversions, so it is a large share of what we do here. 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 the two permissions are done in is what decides whether it is expensive, and there is a full sequence on the leasehold flats page.

Do you service and repair existing systems in Havering?

Yes, any make and any age, including systems installed by companies no longer trading. An annual service is 95 pounds plus VAT and a fault diagnosis is 89 pounds plus VAT, waived if we do the repair the same day. See servicing and repairs.

Free survey anywhere in Havering

Forty five minutes to an hour from N14 round the M25 or out along the A12, so Havering jobs are booked a day at a time. Tell us the postcode and the rooms, and we will give you a written fixed price and an honest answer on permission.

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