NORTH LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE
Bathrooms, Boilers and Air Conditioning in Islington
The three jobs worth getting right in an Islington home, done by one firm: bathrooms designed and fitted by one team, boilers sized and flued for terraces and converted flats, and air conditioning with the planning position worked out first. Fixed price in writing. Call 01462 506 374.
What we do in Islington
Pick the job. Each page tells you how it goes in Islington, with a fixed price agreed before we start.
Bathroom fitters
Full refits, en suites, wet rooms and lofts, 12 month guarantee
Boiler installation
Combi, system and regular swaps from £2,375 + VAT
Air conditioning
Splits and multi room systems, 0% VAT, planning handled
Why Islington needs a different kind of survey
Islington is the most densely populated borough in the country, and most of its homes are older than the rules they now have to meet. Barnsbury, Canonbury and Highbury are Georgian and early Victorian terraces that spent decades as bedsits before they were put back together as houses and flats. The Blitz took about 3,200 homes and the estates that replaced them are a different job again.
So a bathroom is about the joists and the old cast iron stack, a boiler is about where the flue can legally terminate, and an air conditioning unit is about the conservation area and the lease. We survey for those things first and price second.
Hard to very hard
Thames Water across every Islington postcode
Thames Water, and it is hard
Thames Water is Islington’s only supplier and describes its water as hard, in the 260 to 320 mg/l range across London. That is why every combi we fit here gets a scale reducer, every bathroom gets valves with replaceable cartridges, and the bigger houses get a conversation about a softener.
How it works
Call or send the details
A person answers, every day of the year. Tell us the job and the postcode.
Survey and fixed price
We come and look, including the lease, the conservation area and the parking, then put an itemised fixed price in writing.
Done and guaranteed
One team, one point of contact, and a written guarantee on our work.
Islington parking is planned, not hoped for. The borough runs 24 separate zones with their own hours, a tradesperson permit is £33.30 a day, a bay suspension is £320 for the first day and needs 14 days’ notice, and a skip licence is £127 a month. We book it, we price it into the quote and we show it as a line, so nothing appears on the invoice that was not on the quote.
The streets we know
Canonbury Square, Gibson Square, Arlington Square, Colebrooke Row, Duncan Terrace and Milner Square are listed Georgian streets where the outside of the building is protected and the inside wants modern plumbing. Highbury Fields, Barnsbury and Canonbury have been conservation areas since 1969. We treat that as the brief, not as an obstacle.
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Rated 4.9 on Google by the people we work for
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. One team per job, one fixed price, one person responsible. Parking, permits and skips booked and shown on the quote. Vans that are ULEZ compliant. Company number 13248357, VAT number 392 8946 37.
Where we work in Islington
Every part of the borough, including:
BarnsburyCanonburyHighburyIslington villageUpper StreetAngelClerkenwellHollowayTufnell ParkArchwayFinsbury ParkHighbury FieldsCanonbury SquareGibson SquareArlington Square
Around Islington
We work across the N1, N4, N5, N7 and N19 postcodes and the EC1 edge of the borough, and into the neighbouring boroughs:
CamdenHackneyHaringeyHighgateKentish TownStoke Newington
The wider area is on our North London page.
Frequently asked questions
Which parts of Islington do you cover?
All of it. Barnsbury, Canonbury and Highbury, the squares off Upper Street, Holloway, Tufnell Park, Archway and Finsbury Park, and the Clerkenwell end of the borough. We come in from Stevenage via the A1, so the northern half of the borough is our front door.
Do you only do the big jobs in Islington?
In Islington we concentrate on bathrooms, boiler installation and air conditioning, because those are the jobs where a survey, a design and one team make the difference. If you are in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire we do everything, and it is all on our plumbing page.
How do you handle parking in Islington?
By booking it. Tradesperson permits, bay suspensions and skip licences are all priced on the quote as their own line, with the council’s own rates, so the price you agree is the price you pay.
Do you work in conservation areas and listed buildings?
Most weeks. Islington has 42 conservation areas and around 4,500 listed buildings, so a large share of our Islington work is in one or the other. Internal work is usually straightforward. Anything on the outside, from a boiler flue terminal to an air conditioning unit, is checked against the council’s rules before we quote.
What guarantee do you give?
Twelve months on our own workmanship on bathroom installations, 12 months on everything else, plus the manufacturer’s warranty on the equipment. Up to 12 years on a boiler depending on the model.
Nearby: Camden, Barnet, Enfield, all of North London.
Talk to us about your Islington home
Call 01462 506 374 or send the details and we will book a survey and put a fixed price in writing.