Air conditioning in
Hackney
Installation, servicing and repair across Dalston, London Fields, Hackney Central, Stoke Newington, Clapton, Homerton and Shoreditch. Thirty to forty minutes from N14.
- Free survey, usually within 48 hours
- Fixed written price before any work starts
- Permission position checked for your address first
London Fields. Photograph by Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Finished jobs nearest Hackney
Our own installations, the closest to Hackney first, photographed on the day. Tap one for the full story.
Heat pump
E9
Hackney
Vaillant aroTHERM plus air source heat pump
Fitted in three days as part of a renovation, replacing the gas boiler. It now runs the underfloor heating and the hot water, from a unit on blocks in the side return.
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Heat pump
N1
Islington
Vaillant aroTHERM plus 7 kW air source heat pump
There was no room for it in the garden, so it went on the flat roof, stood on rubber blocks over a protective mat so the roof covering carries no point load.
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Heat pump
E1
London
Vaillant aroTHERM plus 7 kW air source heat pump
Built around underfloor heating during a renovation: the old system out and the heat pump running in three days, set on anti-vibration feet on a level base against the fence.
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Heat pump, solar and battery
N4
Finsbury Park
Vaillant air source heat pump with solar panels and a battery
The panels on the roof run the heat pump through the day and the battery carries it into the evening, so the house buys far less from the grid. The unit sits on raised feet against the rear wall.
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Heat pump, solar and battery
N15
Tottenham
Air source heat pump with solar and battery storage
The whole electrical side on one wall: inverter, battery modules and every isolator in reach, with the conduit dressed in straight runs so a fault years from now can be traced without stripping the wall.
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Heat pump
E11
Leytonstone
Samsung monobloc air source heat pump
On its own slab set clear of the fence line, with the condensate taken away below ground level instead of being left to run across the paving and freeze.
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Heat pump
NW1
Camden
Samsung monobloc air source heat pump
Levelled on packers on an existing tiled patio rather than bolted through it, so the tiling stays intact and the unit still sits dead flat.
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Heat pump
N8
Hornsey
Vaillant aroTHERM plus air source heat pump
The owner wanted the indoor equipment out of the living space, so it went into the loft. The outdoor unit has its own base in the garden. Three days, gas boiler out.
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Air conditioning installation in Hackney costs 2,400 to 3,200 pounds for a single room, fitted and including VAT, and takes one day on site.
The warehouse conversions around London Fields and Hackney Wick overheat badly because of the glazing area, and they are the properties where cooling makes the most difference of anything we install.
Read the full guide: 6 sections, about 3 minutes
The housing stock in Hackney, and what it means for the job
Hackney is Victorian terrace with a very large proportion converted into flats, plus a lot of warehouse conversions and newer blocks around Dalston and Shoreditch. The warehouse conversions are the interesting ones: large volumes, huge single-glazed windows, and often no practical external wall for an outdoor unit that is not visible from the street. Those jobs are usually solved with a roof position and a longer pipe run rather than with the obvious wall. The Victorian terraces have the same rear yard situation as Islington, so the same noise logic applies.
The typical Hackney installation
A typical Hackney job is a warehouse or period conversion flat with a large south or west facing window and a serious afternoon overheating problem, solved with one 5kW unit and a roof-mounted outdoor unit.
How far we are from Hackney, and what we have finished nearby
Our own address is N14 5RH, which is 6.3 miles from the middle of Hackney in a straight line. A drive is longer than that and depends on the hour, so thirty to forty minutes from N14.
The three jobs of ours closest to Hackney, with the distance from the borough rather than from us, because that is the number that says whether we know the area:
- Hackney E9, heat pump: under a mile from Hackney. Vaillant aroTHERM plus air source heat pump.
- Islington N1, heat pump: 1.9 miles from Hackney. Vaillant aroTHERM plus 7 kW air source heat pump.
- London E1, heat pump: 2.1 miles from Hackney. Vaillant aroTHERM plus 7 kW air source heat pump.
What it costs here
| Job | System | Installed price |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | 2.5kW single split | £2,400 to £3,200 |
| One room in a flat | Consent pack included | £2,600 to £3,900 |
| Outdoor unit on a bracket | Rear wall or light well | £2,650 to £4,100 |
| Living room | 5kW single split | £2,750 to £3,850 |
| Two rooms | 2 unit multi-split | £4,300 to £5,800 |
| Pipework boxed in and made good | Where a surface run is not acceptable | +£180 to £600 |
| Annual service | Any make | £95 plus VAT |
Every figure on this site is an estimate built from the quotations we issued in 2026 and our own installation experience. It is not a quotation. The price you are given after the free survey is the price you pay.
Permission in Hackney
Conservation area coverage in Hackney is high, so the first check on any address here is whether the street sits inside one. Inside a conservation area you keep permitted development rights, but the outdoor unit cannot go on a wall or roof slope fronting a highway, which in practice means the rear. Where the property is a flat, planning permission is needed regardless of any of that. Your street, any Article 4 direction and the listed building register are the first three things we check, and the answer is in writing before you pay anything.
What the housing in Hackney means for permission
Only 19 per cent of homes in Hackney are houses. 81 per cent are flats, 60 per cent of them in purpose-built blocks. A flat has no permitted development rights for an outdoor unit, so planning permission is needed however discreet the installation, and the freeholder has to agree in writing as well. The realistic first step in this borough is a consent pack rather than a survey date. The most common home in Hackney is a flat in a purpose-built block, 60 per cent, which usually means a managing agent, a licence for alterations and a plant position the building decides. By share of houses it is in the lower half of the 21 boroughs we cover north of the Thames.
| Home type | Share of Hackney | What it means here |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 1% | Almost none here |
| Semi-detached | 4% | Usually a side return, the best position there is |
| Terraced | 14% | No side access, so the rear or a bracket |
| Purpose-built flat | 60% | A large share here. Planning permission and freeholder consent, both |
| Converted flat | 19% | A high share. Two permissions, usually a smaller freeholder |
Shares of the 106,079 households counted in Hackney at the 2021 Census, table TS044, rounded. Percentages do not total 100 because homes in commercial buildings and temporary structures are counted separately.
Everything we fit in Hackney
81 per cent of homes in Hackney are flats, so most of our work here is cooling, servicing and repair. Where there is a house or a roof of your own, the same team fits heat pumps, solar and batteries.
Split air conditioning
One room or the whole house. Domestic and commercial.
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Air source heat pumps
Replaces the gas boiler. We take the 7,500 pound grant off your invoice.
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Servicing and repair
Book a service
Ducted air conditioning
The unit sits in the ceiling void. Only the grilles show.
How it is fitted
Solar panels
Get a roof survey
Battery storage
See if it pays
Your estimate
£2,400to£3,200
Supplied, fitted, commissioned and certificated. Includes VAT.
Send this on WhatsAppPrice it for your address
The same model the rest of the site uses. Tell us the postcode and the survey turns it into one fixed written price.
Last step: where do we send your written price?
Every figure on this site is an estimate built from the quotations we issued in 2026 and our own installation experience. It is not a quotation. The price you are given after the free survey is the price you pay.
Air conditioning in Hackney: common questions
How much does air conditioning cost in Hackney?
2,400 to 3,200 pounds for a single room, and the longer pipe runs typical of a warehouse conversion are the main reason for the upper end. A two-room system on one outdoor unit is typically 4,300 to 5,800 pounds, and three rooms 6,400 to 8,600 pounds.
Every price includes the units, installation, commissioning, electrical work and VAT. The fixed price comes after a free survey. There is a full breakdown on the cost page.
Do I need planning permission for air conditioning in Hackney?
It depends on which of the two you have. 81 per cent of homes in Hackney are flats, and a flat always needs planning permission for this work.
The section further down this page sets out what the housing stock here means in practice, and every condition is on the planning permission page. We check the conservation area boundary, any Article 4 direction and the listed building register for your exact address before quoting.
How quickly can you get to Hackney?
Thirty to forty minutes from N14. For a survey we usually offer something within 48 hours, and for a fault call we will tell you the day we can genuinely attend rather than promising one we cannot keep.
Do you install in flats in Hackney?
Yes. 81 per cent of homes in Hackney are flats, 60 per cent of them purpose-built and 19 per cent conversions, so it is a large share of what we do here. It takes two permissions rather than one: the freeholder's written consent and planning permission from the council.
We prepare the licence pack the managing agent will ask for at no charge, including the drawing, the sound data and the insurance. The order the two permissions are done in is what decides whether it is expensive, and there is a full sequence on the leasehold flats page.
Free survey anywhere in Hackney
Thirty to forty minutes from N14. Tell us the postcode and the rooms, and we will give you a written fixed price and an honest answer on permission.
Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm, Sunday closed
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