Design & build in Regent's Park
MVV is a design and build contractor working on homes around Regent's Park and the NW1 area. We refurbish, restore and extend homes with one team responsible for design and construction, so decisions are clear and quality is consistent from start to finish. The terraces and villas around Regent's Park are among the most celebrated residential buildings in London, and the surrounding streets offer everything from grand apartments to mews houses. Work here demands respect for exceptional architecture and a well-organised approach to building in a protected setting.
Homes around Regent's Park
The park is framed by the stucco terraces designed by John Nash in the 1820s, such as Chester Terrace and Cumberland Terrace, many of them listed at the highest grades. Beyond them lie apartment buildings, Victorian terraces, mews houses and villas stretching towards Primrose Hill, Marylebone and Camden.
Homes in these buildings often combine grand principal rooms with dated kitchens, bathrooms and services. The aim of most projects is to bring comfort and function up to modern standards while preserving the plasterwork, joinery and proportions that make these interiors so special.
Listed buildings and estate consents
The area straddles the City of Westminster and Camden, and much of it lies within conservation areas. Many of the terraces around the park are listed, which means listed building consent is needed for works affecting their character, inside as well as out. Much of the land around the park is owned by the Crown Estate, whose consent is also needed for alterations to its properties.
We plan listed and estate approvals into the design stage, prepare the drawings and specifications needed, and schedule the work so that consents are in place before anything is altered.
The projects we take on in NW1
Around Regent's Park we focus on full refurbishments of apartments and houses, restoration of period features, kitchen and bathroom renovations, bespoke joinery and the careful upgrading of heating, electrics and plumbing. In mews houses and villas further from the park, we also design extensions and loft conversions where planning allows.
Large apartments in listed buildings need particularly careful protection and logistics, and we plan both before work begins.
Nearby work on Baker Street
A short walk away in Marylebone, we refurbished a former Michelin-starred restaurant on Baker Street in collaboration with Red Deer Architects, restoring original features and introducing new lighting and a custom sound system. It is the same careful balance of heritage and contemporary character that homes around Regent's Park call for.
The MVV approach
MVV brings design and build under one contract, with a team of 35 designers, builders and project managers and an office in Chiswick. You deal with one accountable team from first sketch to handover, and we carry £10M public and employers' liability cover.
What we do in Regent's Park
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Frequently asked questions
- Do I need listed building consent for an internal refurbishment?
- If your home is in a listed building, yes, for any work that affects its character, including removing walls, altering joinery or fireplaces or changing original plasterwork. Work without consent is a criminal offence. We identify what needs approval at the design stage.
- Does the Crown Estate need to approve my plans?
- If your home is on Crown Estate land, as many properties around Regent's Park are, alterations usually need its consent in addition to any planning or listed building consent. We prepare the information the estate needs and allow for its approval in the programme.
- Can you modernise a period apartment without harming original features?
- Yes. We plan new kitchens, bathrooms and services around the existing fabric, route pipes and cables discreetly, and repair original cornicing, doors and floors rather than replacing them wherever possible.
- Do you work on mews houses near Regent's Park?
- Yes. Mews houses often benefit from reconfigured ground floors, better use of the roof space and improved light. Their narrow access needs careful logistics, which we plan from the start.
- How long does a refurbishment in a listed building take?
- It depends on the scope and the consents involved. Listed building consent adds time before work can start, and careful restoration takes longer than standard work. We set out a realistic programme in your proposal.