Not just builders — the design, conservation and structural experts behind prime London homes

OLBC — the Oxford & London Building Consultancy — is a multidisciplinary practice: architecture, interior design, conservation, structural engineering and construction, all in-house. For over twenty years, prime-London homeowners and their architects have brought us in for the work that needs more than a contractor:

Listed-building restoration
Structurally complex renovation
Whole-house projects, from Kensington and Chelsea to Wandsworth and Wimbledon

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Why a consultancy, not a contractor

Most prime renovations mean assembling a team — architect, structural engineer, interior designer, main contractor — and hoping the seams hold.

OLBC removes the seams. Design, planning, conservation, structural engineering and construction are all in-house, run by one team under a single point of accountability.

It’s why our planning consent record is 100%, why our own structural crews — never subcontracted — handle the most sensitive underpinning and basement work, and why a project that would otherwise pass through four firms passes through one.

20+ years
100% planning consent record
In-house design, structural & construction teams
£10m employers’ liability
£1m professional indemnity
JCT contracts
A Director on every project

What we take on

Listed buildings & conservation. Grade II and Grade II* restoration — securing listed building consent, matching original fabric, and adapting period homes to the way people live now without losing what makes them worth keeping.

Whole-house renovation. Major renovation of prime and period London houses, taken end to end — one team, from first survey and design through to the final coat.

Structural & complex work. The projects that defeat a general contractor: sensitive underpinning, basements beneath historic homes, structural stabilisation of listed buildings — handled by our own structural teams, never subcontracted.

Design & planning. Architecture, interior design and planning consultancy, in-house — including a 100% record on planning consents across central and south-west London.

Twenty years of these projects, across London’s prime and period housing — see the portfolio.

Selected projects

Kensington Gate, W8 — Grade II*
Full renovation of a substantial period house, including planning and listed building consents and a major basement extension.
Flanders Road, Chiswick, W4
A retrofit basement in waterlogged ground — formation level 1.5m below the water table. Built so tightly the pumps clear only condensation.
Routh Road, Wandsworth, SW12
Whole-house renovation and basement to a large Edwardian family home.
Marryat Road, Wimbledon, SW19
A very substantial family home extended and modernised, with a new basement swimming pool and a solar-thermal system to cut its running costs.

Their enthusiasm to create our perfect family home made OLBC the clear choice for us.

Tom & Leona Baker, Kensington

The result was well beyond our expectations.

Jonathan & Louise Bowen, Wandsworth

Unbelievably few snags on such a large project – we were also really impressed with the help and support we got after moving in.

David & Adrianna, Westminster

Every enquiry starts with a Director

If you’re considering a project — a renovation, a listed building, something a general contractor has turned down — the first conversation is with one of our Directors, not a sales desk. They’ll tell you honestly what’s possible, what it’s likely to involve, and whether OLBC is the right firm for it.

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