Air conditioning in Addington
Air conditioning in Addington, near West Malling
Apex fits and services heat-and-cool air conditioning for homes in Addington, the Kent village between Wrotham Heath and West Malling. Most houses here have gardens, so there is room for the outdoor unit. Olly surveys your home, checks the planning position and gives you a fixed written quote.
Garden rooms and home offices in Addington
With most Addington homes set in their own gardens, a garden room or garden office is often the first space people want to cool. A timber building heats up fast in summer and loses heat fast in winter, so a small wall unit that both cools and heats makes it usable all year.
The outdoor unit usually sits on the back wall of the garden room itself, with a short pipe run and a power supply brought down from the house.
We fitted one for a customer in the Borough Green area, on the far side of Wrotham Heath, and their review is below. If you are planning a garden office, our page on air conditioning for a home office or garden room covers sizing and running costs.
Sleeping with the windows shut near the M20 and M26
Both motorways cut through the parish. On a hot night that can leave a choice between an open window and the sound of traffic, or a closed window and a warm room.
A bedroom unit removes the choice: the window stays shut and the room stays cool. We place the outdoor unit away from your own bedroom windows and your neighbour's, and we run the noise calculation before anything is fixed to the wall.
Because the same unit heats as well as cools, it also takes the chill off a bedroom on a winter morning without turning up the heating for the whole house. See quiet air con for bedrooms for the models we tend to suggest.
Send a photo of the room and the outside wall in Addington, and Olly will say what fits.
Near Addington
A review from Addington
Olly came to quote the job promptly and the quote was very reasonable. The work was carried out in a professional, clean and friendly manner. He spent time making sure the unit was fully operational and fitted to a high standard. Very pleased with the service.
Older houses near the green and church
Some of Addington's older houses near the green and St Margaret's Church may be listed or sit in a protected setting, and rural parts of Tonbridge and Malling can fall in the Green Belt or the Kent Downs National Landscape.
None of that rules air conditioning out. It changes where the outdoor unit can go. A rear or side wall that cannot be seen from the green is the usual answer, and thick older walls need a carefully planned pipe route.
For an ordinary house, a heat-and-cool unit is usually permitted development in England, as long as it passes the MCS 020(a) noise check. We run that check and confirm whether your building is listed before we quote. Our planning permission guide explains the rules.
Covering Trottiscliffe, Ryarsh, Offham and Wrotham Heath
The villages around Addington are covered on the same trips: Trottiscliffe and Ryarsh to the north, Offham and West Malling to the east, and Wrotham Heath to the west.
Addington is about 12 miles from our Dartford base. If you would like a rough idea of what will work before Olly visits, send a photo of the room and the outside wall on WhatsApp.
Free survey and a fixed written quote in Addington.
Air conditioning services in Addington
Reviews
Reviews from Addington and across Kent
Word for word from Checkatrade and Google.
First class service! Ollie is very knowledgeable, provided a thorough service and deep clean of all our units and fixed a leak.
Had three units installed now and cannot fault either the equipment or Apex, from the initial unbiased advice, through to installation, I have no complaints whatsoever. Would recommend to anyone
Questions
Air conditioning in Addington: questions
Is this the Addington near Croydon?
No. This page is for Addington in Kent, the village between Wrotham Heath and West Malling in Tonbridge and Malling. The Addington near Croydon is a separate place in south London. If you live in the Kent village, or nearby in Trottiscliffe, Ryarsh or Offham, we can survey your home and give you a fixed written quote.
Can air con heat a garden room in Addington through the winter?
Yes. The units we fit are air-to-air heat pumps, so the wall unit that cools your garden room in July also heats it in January. In a well-insulated garden room it is often the only heating needed. We size the unit from the room's heat gain and loss rather than its floor area, so it copes on cold mornings without running flat out.
Do I need planning permission for air conditioning in Addington?
For most houses, no. Since 29 May 2025, a heat-and-cool unit on a house in England is usually permitted development if it meets the size rules and passes the 37 dB(A) noise check. Listed buildings, flats and cooling-only units are different. Some older homes near the green may be listed, so we check your address before quoting.
How do I get an air conditioning quote in Addington?
Call or send Olly a WhatsApp with a photo of the room and where you would like the outdoor unit. He then visits to measure up, look at the walls and the pipe route, and run the noise check. You get a fixed written quote showing the model, the kW size and where every part will go.
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