Air conditioning in Coulsdon
Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon and the new streets at Cane Hill Park are all covered for air conditioning. Houses on the Downs catch the sun on one side and the wind on the other, and a reversible unit evens that out, cooling the bedrooms in August and warming them when the frost sits in the valley.
Get a Coulsdon quote
Name, number and postcode. We ring you to go through it.
- Postcodes CR5
- Croydon Council
Can you fit air conditioning at Cane Hill Park?
Usually, after reading the paperwork. The former asylum grounds became 677 homes on a 210-acre site, built by Barratt and David Wilson Homes from about 2015 and completed in November 2021. Homes on a new estate come with two things to check before any unit goes on a wall: a planning condition on the original permission that may have removed permitted development rights, and covenants from the developer or management company about the outside of the house. Ask for both before the survey. Sources: Wikipedia; Planning Portal.
Why is Coulsdon colder than central Croydon in winter?
Height. The town sits in the dry valleys of the North Downs, and the Met Office climate station at Kenley Airfield, a short way up the valley, averages about 35 days of air frost a year and a January daytime high of only 7°C. Houses on Rickman Hill and the slopes above Old Coulsdon feel it most. A reversible unit sized for heating as well as cooling earns its keep here from October to March, which is the case for an air-to-air heat pump. Sources: Wikipedia; Met Office.
Which parts of Coulsdon have conservation area controls?
Old Coulsdon around Bradmore Green, and the Kenley Aerodrome area to the east, are two of Croydon's 21 conservation areas, and the council has an Article 4 direction over the Kenley Aerodrome area that removes further permitted development rights. Grange Park, in the heart of Old Coulsdon, sits inside a conservation area too. On those streets an outdoor unit cannot go on a road-facing wall or roof under permitted development, and anything Article 4 covers may need an application regardless. The bulk of Coulsdon's housing, built between 1890 and 1970 as the farmland was sold off from 1921, falls outside these areas and is usually straightforward. Sources: Croydon Council; Croydon Local Plan; Wikipedia.
What do we do in Coulsdon?
Every service on this site is available in Coulsdon. Choose one to read what the job involves.
Air conditioning installation in Coulsdon
A survey, a written price, then units, pipework and electrics fitted properly.
Home air conditioning in Coulsdon
Bedrooms, top-floor flats and loft rooms, with heating thrown in.
Air-to-air heat pumps in Coulsdon
Cheaper warmth than a plug-in heater, and cooling from the same box.
Multi-split air conditioning in Coulsdon
Two to four rooms from one outdoor unit, each on its own controller.
Conservatory air conditioning in Coulsdon
Turns a glass room you use in May into one you use in August and January.
Office air conditioning in Coulsdon
For offices where people, screens and south-facing glass make the heat.
Commercial air conditioning in Coulsdon
Shops, cafés, salons, bars and restaurants, with the flats upstairs in mind.
Server room cooling in Coulsdon
A unit of its own for the rack, sized from the power the kit draws.
Air conditioning servicing in Coulsdon
A yearly check on any make, with the legal leak test where it applies.
Air conditioning repairs in Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
Do you cover Old Coulsdon and Chipstead?
Old Coulsdon yes, along with Purley and Kenley to the north. Chipstead and Hooley are on the edge, so send a postcode and we will say.
Our Cane Hill house has a management company. Will that stop the job?
Not usually, but it can decide where the unit goes. Read the covenants or ask the company, and get any yes in writing before the survey.
Is the weather on the Downs really different?
A little. Kenley sits higher and sees more frost than the town centre. The figures are on our Croydon air conditioning page.
Where these facts come from
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 Coulsdon quote
Leave your postcode and a line about the room, and we ring you. Or ring 020 8194 3009.