Air conditioning in Beckenham
We fit and look after air conditioning in Beckenham, Clock House, Elmers End and Park Langley. The town's big Victorian villas, many now divided into flats, and its later semis both throw up the same two questions: who owns the outside wall, and where can the outdoor unit go quietly. We settle both before quoting.
Get a Beckenham quote
Name, number and postcode. We ring you to go through it.
- Postcodes BR3
- Bromley Council
Why does a Beckenham villa behave differently from a modern flat?
Because it was built as one house. Beckenham was a village until the railway reached it in 1857, after which the Cator family leased and sold land for villas on wide roads with large gardens, and the population rose from 2,000 in 1850 to 26,000 by 1900. Many of those houses were later split into flats. A converted villa gives you tall rooms, thick walls and a garden the outdoor unit can sit in, but also a lease that may reserve the walls and roof to the freeholder and pipes that have to cross parts of the building you do not own. Sources: Wikipedia; LEASE.
Is Beckenham inside a conservation area?
Parts of it are. Bromley Council has 47 conservation areas across the borough, and the national planning register lists several in Beckenham, among them Southend Road, designated in 1990, and Beckenham Place Park, designated in 1993. The oldest streets near St George's church, rebuilt in 1885 to 1887 beside a 13th-century lych gate and almshouses of 1694, are the ones to check. Inside a conservation area, the permitted development rules exclude any wall or roof facing the road, so the back of the house is the starting point. Before the survey, send us the address and we will check it against the council's map. Sources: Bromley Council; planning.data.gov.uk, Southend Road; planning.data.gov.uk, Beckenham Place Park; Wikipedia; Planning Portal.
What about Clock House, Elmers End and the newer streets?
The housing there is mostly semis and short terraces from the early 20th century onward, with the usual loft conversions and rear extensions. A semi gets one outdoor unit as permitted development, which is why a family wanting two or three rooms done normally ends up with a multi-split. Bromley as a whole is a borough of houses, with 29.9% of households in semis and 18.1% in detached homes at the 2021 Census, so most Beckenham jobs have a garden to put the outdoor unit in. Sources: Census 2021; Planning Portal.
What do we do in Beckenham?
Every service on this site is available in Beckenham. Choose one to read what the job involves.
Air conditioning installation in Beckenham
A survey, a written price, then units, pipework and electrics fitted properly.
Home air conditioning in Beckenham
Bedrooms, top-floor flats and loft rooms, with heating thrown in.
Air-to-air heat pumps in Beckenham
Cheaper warmth than a plug-in heater, and cooling from the same box.
Multi-split air conditioning in Beckenham
Two to four rooms from one outdoor unit, each on its own controller.
Conservatory air conditioning in Beckenham
Turns a glass room you use in May into one you use in August and January.
Office air conditioning in Beckenham
For offices where people, screens and south-facing glass make the heat.
Commercial air conditioning in Beckenham
Shops, cafés, salons, bars and restaurants, with the flats upstairs in mind.
Server room cooling in Beckenham
A unit of its own for the rack, sized from the power the kit draws.
Air conditioning servicing in Beckenham
A yearly check on any make, with the legal leak test where it applies.
Air conditioning repairs in Beckenham
Stopped cooling, dripping, iced up or flashing a code: diagnosed first.
What happens next?
You tell us about the room
Ring 020 8194 3009 or send the form with a postcode, and say which room runs hot, and whether you own the outside wall.
We survey the building
We measure the room, find a place for the outdoor unit, check the electrics and ask about the lease or the freeholder. You get a written price with the electrics itemised.
Consents come first
If a freeholder, a landlord or the council has to agree, that happens before anything is drilled. We supply the drawings and the sound figures they ask for.
We fit, test and show you the controls
Units, pipework and the new circuit go in, the system is pressure tested, evacuated and charged, and you leave with the certificates. A yearly service keeps it right.
Asked in Beckenham
Do you cover Park Langley and Eden Park?
Yes. Beckenham, Clock House, Elmers End, Eden Park, Park Langley and Kelsey Park are all within our area, with West Wickham and Penge next door.
My flat is the top half of a Victorian villa. Where would the outdoor unit go?
Usually in the garden or on a rear wall at ground level, with the pipes run down the back of the house. That needs the freeholder's consent and often the ground-floor flat's cooperation, so we raise both early.
Is the Tramlink side of Beckenham any different?
Only in that homes near Beckenham Junction and Beckenham Road get more road and rail noise, which is one reason people there keep windows shut and ask about cooling.
Where these facts come from
- Wikipedia: Beckenham
- LEASE: do I need my landlord's permission to alter my flat
- Bromley Council: conservation areas
- planning.data.gov.uk: Southend Road, Beckenham conservation area
- planning.data.gov.uk: Beckenham Place Park conservation area
- Planning Portal: heat pumps on houses and flats, permitted development
- Census 2021: accommodation type in Bromley
Useful to have ready
With these we can give you a straight answer on the first call.
- Your postcode
- Flat, house or business premises
- Who owns the outside wall, if you lease or rent
- Which room, roughly how big, and which way the window faces
- Any conservation area or listing you know of
Get a Beckenham quote
Leave your postcode and a line about the room, and we ring you. Or ring 020 8194 3009.