Bathroom Renovation Holland Park

GS Renovation renovates bathrooms and en-suites across Holland Park, working within the period villas, terraces and flats of W11. We deliver fully waterproofed, well-drained bathrooms and wet rooms that make the most of the space these older homes allow.

In Holland Park, a full bathroom refit typically costs £6,000 to £20,000 or more (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Holland Park: we carry the tanking, plumbing and tiling as one contract, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician.

How the job runs

1. Free design visit at your Holland Park home and an itemised quote.
2. Strip-out, then first-fix plumbing and electrics.
3. Tanking to the wet areas, then tiling.
4. Sanitaryware and second fix, with notifiable electrics certified by a registered electrician.

Wet rooms and waterproofing in Holland Park

A bathroom in a Holland Park period home only lasts if the waterproofing is done properly. We tank the walls and floor before tiling, so wet rooms and walk-in showers stay watertight for the long term rather than leaking into the structure below. In these solid-walled terraces and villas that detail is critical, because water finding its way into old lath and plaster or timber joists causes expensive damage.

Alongside the tanking we sort the parts homeowners often overlook. We upgrade drainage falls so showers run away cleanly, add proper mechanical ventilation to control condensation in rooms with little natural airflow, and lay underfloor heating under stone or porcelain tiles. Done together, these make a W11 bathroom that is comfortable, dry and genuinely durable.

Housing in Holland Park

Around 4,280 homes make up Holland Park on the valuation list; 81% are flats and 19% houses, and 67% date from before 1919, 4% from between the wars and 28% from after 1945. Where most homes are flats, a bathroom in a flat in Holland Park sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so it is tanked before tiling and a moved WC needs the freeholder's licence.

Bathroom windows in Holland Park's listed and unlisted houses

A bathroom refit in Holland Park is often when an old window finally gets replaced, and the rules differ by building. The Royal Borough's Householders' Guide to windows is plain that every replacement window falls under building regulations, so a new bathroom window meets the current thermal standard and keeps or improves ventilation, which counts in a small room full of steam. Planning is moving: a Windows Local Development Order has been out to consultation, aimed at lifting the need for a separate planning application when windows are changed in unlisted homes anywhere in the borough. Until it is confirmed and in force, whether a new window needs planning permission turns on whether the home is a house or a flat and how far the new window differs from the old.

Listed houses follow another route. A draft Local Listed Building Consent Order, also consulted on, would permit double-glazed sealed units in the original frames of Grade II buildings, but only in three conservation areas: Queen's Gate, Pembridge and Holland Park. A house listed at Grade II* would still need an application for listed building consent for the same work, as would one at the highest grade. For a bathroom, if the order is made, the practical use would be keeping the original sash and fitting a sealed unit into the existing frame, subject to its conditions, while a ducted extract fan does the real ventilation work.

Space-saving layouts for W11 homes

Bathrooms in Holland Park's period houses are frequently tucked into the rear closet wing or a narrow return, so every centimetre counts. We design layouts that fit a proper shower, basin and WC into an awkward footprint, using wall-hung sanitaryware, slim fittings and clever storage to keep the room feeling open rather than cramped.

Adding an en-suite to a main bedroom is another popular W11 request, and it usually means finding new drainage runs and routing services discreetly through the period structure. We plan the pipework and ventilation before a single tile goes down, and where a new soil connection is needed we work it into the design early. New circuits and work near the bath or shower are notifiable under Part P, and a registered electrician certifies them.

• Notifiable bathroom electrics certified by a registered electrician under Part P
• Tanking membranes and waterproof boards behind tiles
• En-suite creation in bedrooms and loft rooms

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Holland Park. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Bathroom Renovation in Holland Park

Holland Park homeowners choose GS Renovation because a bathroom is only as good as what sits behind the tiles. We get the tanking, drainage and ventilation right first, then finish with quality tiling, underfloor heating and fittings suited to a period W11 home. One team, tidy working in an occupied house and our founder's 30+ years on the tools.

Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254). Structural design is by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.