Air conditioning in Mitcham
Mitcham, Pollards Hill, Phipps Bridge and the streets around the Common are all on our round for air conditioning. Whether it is a terrace near the Cricket Green, a maisonette on the estates or a shop on the Fair Green, a reversible unit keeps it cool in a heatwave and warm in winter.
Get a Mitcham quote
Name, number and postcode. We ring you to go through it.
- Postcodes CR4
- Merton Council
Why does Mitcham's housing push you towards a multi-split?
Because Merton is a borough of terraces. The 2021 Census recorded 29,176 terraced households in Merton, 35.7% of the total, the highest share of any council on our patch, with only 5.7% detached. A terrace gets a single outdoor unit as permitted development, so a family wanting two bedrooms and a living room cooled is usually looking at a multi-split rather than three separate boxes. Sources: Census 2021; Planning Portal.
What changed for Mitcham landlords in 2022?
Merton's first Article 4 direction on shared houses was aimed squarely at Mitcham. From 17 November 2022, confirmed on 19 April 2023, converting a house into a small house in multiple occupation needs planning permission in Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Lavender Fields, Longthornton and Pollards Hill. A second direction extended it to the other 13 wards from 24 March 2026. The direction is about change of use, not cooling, but it tells you where shared lets are concentrated, and a tenant in one needs the landlord's agreement before anything is fixed to the building. Source: Merton Council.
Does the Cricket Green have special rules?
Yes. Cricket Green, Mitcham is on Merton Council's list of conservation areas, which runs to nearly 30, along with The Canons beside it and the Wandle Valley, whose sixth sub-area is Lower Mitcham. The green has a claim, which Wikipedia calls reasonable but not definitive, to be the oldest cricket ground in the world still in use, and the houses around it are watched accordingly. Under permitted development, an outdoor unit in a conservation area cannot go on a wall or roof facing the road. The Canons itself dates from 1680 and Eagle House on London Road from 1705, so listed building consent comes into it for some properties. Sources: Merton Council; Wikipedia; Planning Portal.
What about the estates?
Phipps Bridge is the largest council estate in Mitcham, and Eastfields and Pollards Hill were rebuilt after the war. In a council or housing association block, the landlord owns the outside wall and the permitted development rules for flats allow a single unit on the block. For a leaseholder on these estates the first step is the housing office, not the installer. For a tenant, a portable unit or a unit with no outdoor box may be the only practical answer. Source: Wikipedia.
What do we do in Mitcham?
Every service on this site is available in Mitcham. Choose one to read what the job involves.
Air conditioning installation in Mitcham
A survey, a written price, then units, pipework and electrics fitted properly.
Home air conditioning in Mitcham
Bedrooms, top-floor flats and loft rooms, with heating thrown in.
Air-to-air heat pumps in Mitcham
Cheaper warmth than a plug-in heater, and cooling from the same box.
Multi-split air conditioning in Mitcham
Two to four rooms from one outdoor unit, each on its own controller.
Conservatory air conditioning in Mitcham
Turns a glass room you use in May into one you use in August and January.
Office air conditioning in Mitcham
For offices where people, screens and south-facing glass make the heat.
Commercial air conditioning in Mitcham
Shops, cafés, salons, bars and restaurants, with the flats upstairs in mind.
Server room cooling in Mitcham
A unit of its own for the rack, sized from the power the kit draws.
Air conditioning servicing in Mitcham
A yearly check on any make, with the legal leak test where it applies.
Air conditioning repairs in Mitcham
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 Mitcham
Is Mitcham inside your normal area?
Yes, it borders Croydon along the Common. We cover CR4 and the Pollards Hill side of the boundary, and Morden if you ask.
Can you fit a unit in a flat on one of the estates?
Only with the landlord's written agreement, and only if a safe outdoor position exists. Ask the housing office first, then send us what they say.
Do you work on the industrial units off Willow Lane?
Yes. Offices and comms rooms in industrial units are a regular job. See office air conditioning.
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 Mitcham quote
Leave your postcode and a line about the room, and we ring you. Or ring 020 8194 3009.