NORTH LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE
Bathrooms, Boilers and Air Con in Brent and Wembley
New bathrooms, new boilers and air conditioning for homes across Brent, from the Victorian streets of Kilburn and Queen’s Park to the interwar semis of Wembley, Kingsbury and Kenton. Ring 01462 506 374. We survey first, price in writing, and one firm does the work.
Pick the job
Each page explains how that job works in a Brent home, who has a say in it, and how the price gets fixed.
Bathroom fitters
Semis, conversions and loft bathrooms, 12 month guarantee
Boiler installation
Swaps from £2,375 + VAT, scale reducer included
Air conditioning
Units that cool and heat, 0% VAT for most homes
260 to 360
mg/l reported across Brent, depending on the supplier and the zone
Two water companies, and both are hard
Brent Council lists two water companies for the borough, Affinity Water and Thames Water. Local reporting puts Affinity in the north, around Wembley, Kingsbury and Alperton, and Thames in the south, around Kilburn and Willesden. Figures reported for the zones run from about 260 mg/l in Kilburn and Willesden to over 330 mg/l around Kingsbury. Hard either way, so every combi gets a scale reducer.
One borough, a century of building
Brent was formed in 1965 from Willesden and Wembley, and the two halves were built in different centuries. In the south, the Kilburn Park villas went up between the 1850s and 1870s, Queen’s Park filled in through the late 1880s and 1890s after the Royal Agricultural Show was held there in 1879, and Mapesbury was mostly built between 1895 and 1905.
In the north, the Metropolitan Railway reached Wembley Park in 1894 and the semis followed from 1925 to 1939. Kingsbury was building 1,000 houses a year in the early 1930s. On the 2021 census about 57% of Brent households live in flats or maisonettes, a third of them in converted houses, and about half of the rest live in semis.
What each part of Brent tends to ask for
Kilburn, Queen’s Park and Kensal Rise. Victorian houses, many split into flats. Shared stacks, long flue routes, Article 4 on the front.
Mapesbury, Brondesbury and Willesden Green. Big late Victorian houses and mansion blocks. Two or three bathrooms, so often a cylinder.
Wembley Park and Barn Hill. Semis of the 1920s and 1930s, including the mock-Tudor Corringham Road and Barn Rise. Loft bathrooms and combi upgrades.
Kingsbury and Kenton. Interwar houses, and Roe Green Village of 1918 to 1919. A second bathroom or a heat pump is often the question.
The new Wembley Park. Around 6,000 of a planned 8,400 Quintain homes are complete. Air conditioning there starts with the lease.
Converted flats in every ward. 19% of households, where the freeholder and the flat below have a say.
Twenty-two conservation areas, Article 4 in every residential one
Brent has 22 conservation areas, from Roe Green Village, designated in 1968, to Kensal Rise, added in May 2024. The council says all of its residential conservation areas are covered by Article 4 directions, which control front windows and doors, painting, front gardens and walls, roof tiles, chimneys and rear outbuildings. Its Residential Extensions and Alterations guidance, adopted in January 2025, calls heat pump units above ground floor or in view of the street generally unacceptable. We check the address against all of it before a price is written.
Parking, permits and event days
Brent has no trade permit, so we park on pay and display, a visitor session you buy, or a suspended bay at £67 per bay per day. Skips go through a licensed skip hire firm. On Wembley stadium event days the restrictions run until midnight, so we check the event calendar before agreeing a start date. Every one of these costs is a line on the quote.
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Why choose Vantage
Rated 4.9 on Google from more than 700 reviews across Google, Checkatrade and Trustatrader. Qualified, accredited engineers, a fixed price before any work begins and a labour guarantee on every job, from an established local company with an office team you can actually reach. No job too small.
Gas Safe registered
Company registration 956889. Every gas engineer carries their own Gas Safe ID card, and you can ask to see it.
Refcom F-Gas certified
REF1024550. Legally required for air conditioning installation and servicing, and we hold it.
CHAS Elite accredited
Veriforce CHAS assessed for health and safety, which is why commercial clients and landlords use us.
City & Guilds and BPEC qualified
Qualified, insured engineers on every job. No subcontracted strangers.
700+ reviews, 4.9 on Google
Across Google, Checkatrade and Trustatrader. Read them before you book.
Labour guarantee on every job
12 months on repairs, installations and everything else. Two years on a full bathroom refit. If anything we did develops a fault, we come back and put it right.
Fixed price before we start
The price is agreed with you before any work begins. No hidden extras on the invoice.
24/7, answered by a person
The emergency line is answered every day of the year by someone who can send an engineer, not a call centre.
Fully stocked vans
Five vans carrying the parts that fail most often, so most jobs are fixed on the first visit.
An office team behind every job
An established local business with multiple engineers and a dedicated office team to keep you informed.
Vaillant myREWARDS and Ideal Max accredited
Accredited installer status means extended manufacturer warranties on the boilers we fit.
Emergency response within the hour
Our average response to an emergency call is under an hour across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Trusted & Accredited Professionals
Why choose Vantage
Gas Safe registered under 956889, and REFCOM registered for air conditioning under REF1024550. We read the Brent rules before we price, not after: Article 4, the January 2025 guidance, the event day zone and the parking. The same team surveys and fits, and the quote is itemised and fixed. Company number 13248357, VAT number 392 8946 37. Our vans meet ULEZ, so there is no daily charge to pass on.
Where we work in Brent
North and south of the borough, including:
WembleyWembley ParkAlpertonSudburyPrestonNorthwick ParkBarn HillKingsburyRoe Green VillageKentonNeasdenDollis HillWillesden GreenMapesburyBrondesburyKilburnQueen’s ParkKensal RiseKensal GreenHarlesden
Beyond Brent
From Wembley and Kingsbury in the north to Kilburn and Kensal Rise in the south, and over the borough line into:
HarrowBarnetCamden
Everything else we cover in the capital is on the North London page.
Frequently asked questions
Do you cover Wembley as well as the rest of Brent?
Yes. Wembley, Wembley Park, Alperton, Sudbury, Preston and Northwick Park, Kingsbury, Kenton and Barn Hill in the north, and Willesden Green, Mapesbury, Brondesbury, Kilburn, Queen’s Park, Kensal Rise, Harlesden, Neasden and Dollis Hill in the south. We are based in Stevenage and travel in for bathrooms, boilers and air conditioning.
Which water company supplies my home in Brent?
It depends on the street. Local reporting places Affinity Water across the north, including Wembley and Kingsbury, and Thames Water in the south. Your bill will say. Both are hard, so we protect the system the same way.
Does a Wembley event day affect the work?
It can. Restrictions run from 8am to midnight on the main roads to the stadium, and a vehicle without a permit can be ticketed and removed. We check the event calendar and keep deliveries and the strip out off those days.
Is there a trade parking permit in Brent?
No. Brent’s permit list has no trade or builder permit, so we use pay and display, a visitor session bought by the resident, or a bay suspension at £67 per bay per day. Whichever the street needs is priced on the quote.
How long is the work guaranteed?
Twelve months on our own workmanship for a bathroom installation, 12 months for boilers and air conditioning, and the manufacturer’s warranty on top. A boiler can carry up to 12 years from the manufacturer depending on the model and an annual service.
Nearby: Harrow, Barnet, Camden, all of North London.
Start with the address
Ring 01462 506 374 or send the details. We will arrange a survey of your Brent home, and the written price that follows it does not change.