Chevron, herringbone, parquet and wide-plank hardwood, installed by master carpenters across W8 and SW7. The kind of floor that quietly fixes the proportions of a stucco-fronted terrace — and lasts as long as the building it sits in.
The housing stock between Kensington High Street and Holland Park — stucco-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces, Edwardian mansion blocks, garden-square houses around Kensington Square and Edwardes Square — was built around timber floors. The original boards have done their work for a hundred years and more. When they are replaced, what goes back has to belong in the room as much as the cornicing above it.
The most common Kensington brief is the same in shape: lift the existing flooring across the principal rooms, prepare the sub-floor properly, and install a hardwood floor that looks as if it was always there — herringbone or chevron in the formal rooms, wide-plank where the proportions allow, with the joints, edges and thresholds detailed by hand.
This is the work we do. We prepare the sub-floor without short-cuts. We acclimatise the timber on site before laying a single board. The pattern is set out from the geometry of the actual room, not the package on the box. The carpenters laying the floor are the same ones who measured it.
Every flooring installation we deliver in Kensington is end-to-end. One team. One point of contact. One standard. Sub-floor, acclimatisation, installation, finishing and snagging are all done by the same crew.
Measured survey, sub-floor moisture readings, acoustic build-up review and species selection appropriate to the room, the light and the rest of the interior.
Levelling, structural ply overlay where required, moisture barrier and acoustic underlay specified to mansion-block or freeholder requirements. The work that decides whether a floor lasts.
Chevron, herringbone, single-direction parquet and wide-plank set out from the actual room geometry — not the doorway, not the longest wall, but where the eye reads it correctly.
Solid oak, walnut, smoked oak, prime grade engineered boards. Sourced from established UK and European suppliers, acclimatised on site for 5 to 7 days before installation begins.
Borders, thresholds, scotia, bespoke transition strips and skirting reinstatement, finished by hand to a level you cannot reproduce with off-the-shelf trim packs.
Hardwax-oil or lacquer finish applied to specification, with full protection of adjacent rooms and skirting. Final walk-through and snag list signed off personally before handover.
A premium hardwood floor in a Kensington stucco-fronted terrace is not the same brief as the same floor in a new-build apartment. The variables that matter are different: original joists, suspended timber sub-floors, residual moisture, mansion-block acoustic specifications, the threshold detail at the door of an original cornicing room.
We have laid floors across W8 and SW7 long enough to know what those variables are, where they cause failure if ignored, and how to design around them. Sub-floor preparation, acclimatisation timing, pattern set-out and freeholder approvals are all factored in at quote stage, not discovered mid-project.
Real reviews from ProCraft clients in Surrey and Windsor. Further verified reviews available on request.
I’ve hired Igor to do the flooring in my kitchen and I can assure this has been one of the best decisions I made. My kitchen now looks immaculate and I couldn’t be happier with ProCraft’s services. Fast, reliable and delivers quality to your needs. Very well recommended.
We needed help with repairs after a water leak. Igor came back to me quickly with a quote and completed the job that weekend. Would highly recommend.
Many of our Kensington clients commission us for the surrounding work too — kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, complete refurbishment. Each can be delivered alone or as part of a single programme.
If you are just outside Kensington, we almost certainly cover you for premium flooring installation. Explore our adjacent area pages.
Igor will arrange a free consultation at your Kensington property within 48 hours. No obligation, no pressure — just an honest conversation about species, pattern and what is possible inside the building you have.