Home Renovation Ealing

GS Renovation carries out whole-house renovations across Ealing, breathing new life into the tired Victorian terraces of Hanwell and the Edwardian villas of W5. We manage rewiring, replumbing, replastering and layout changes under one roof, restoring period features while bringing these homes up to a modern standard.

In Ealing, a full house refurbishment typically costs £40,000 to £150,000 or more (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Ealing: we carry the structure, services and finishes as one contract.

The two rooms that cost the most have their own pages, with prices: kitchen renovation in Ealing and bathroom renovation in Ealing. With 54% of homes in Ealing flats, the soil stack usually fixes where a bathroom can go, and the lease may need the freeholder's consent for either room.

Whole-house refurbishment in Ealing period homes

Many Ealing houses have not been touched for decades, still carrying old wiring, single-glazed sashes and a warren of small rooms. We take these homes back to a sound shell, rewire throughout, renew the plumbing and heating, and replaster over sound brickwork. Where the layout no longer works, we reconfigure it, often removing the wall into the rear closet wing to create the open, connected ground floor that suits family life today.

Because everything happens together, the sequencing matters. We complete structural work and first-fix services before plastering, then move through kitchen, bathrooms, joinery and decoration in a logical order. One team means the electrician, plumber, plasterer and carpenter are coordinated rather than working against each other, which keeps a full Ealing refurbishment moving and avoids the delays that come from juggling separate trades.

Housing in Ealing

For Ealing the Council Tax list gives about 149,900 homes; by type 54% flats and 46% houses, by age 42% post-war, 30% interwar and 28% older than 1919. Most homes here are flats, and a whole-flat refurbishment in Ealing works to the lease: the freeholder's licence for alterations, agreed working hours and sound insulation between floors.

Renovating a Bedford Park house in Ealing under its Article 4 direction

Ealing Council says six conservation areas are subject to further restrictions on development under Article 4 of the General Permitted Development Order. Bedford Park's direction is written broadly. There, an Article 4 direction means planning permission is also required for the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwelling house. That reaches parts of a whole-house refurbishment that owners elsewhere in Ealing treat as routine, such as replacement windows or a new front door that differ from the old ones, because those change the outside of the house.

So sort the refurbishment into two lists before anything is ordered. Inside work such as rewiring, plumbing, plastering and a new kitchen or bathroom layout runs under building regulations, although a house on the National Heritage List for England needs consent for inside work too. Outside work, meaning windows, doors and anything else that changes how the house looks, goes to Ealing as a planning application first. Hold back the long lead items such as made-to-measure timber windows until permission is granted, because ordering them first is how a Bedford Park renovation ends up with the scaffold standing and nothing approved to fit.

Restoring period character across W7 and W13

The appeal of an Ealing terrace or villa lies in its detail, the deep skirtings, ceiling roses, cornicing, panelled doors and the front bay. During renovation we protect and restore these features rather than strip them out, repairing plaster mouldings and reinstating anything lost in earlier makeovers. Original fireplaces in the reception rooms are retained and made a feature where the chimney is being kept.

At the same time we quietly upgrade the fabric, improving insulation, ventilation and the electrics to current standards. Notifiable electrical work is certified by a registered electrician under Part P, and any structural changes are signed off under building regulations by Ealing Council or a registered building control approver. The result across W7 and W13 is a home that keeps its Victorian or Edwardian character but performs like a modern house, warm, efficient and properly wired throughout.

• Waste clearance, dust protection and daily site tidying
• Complete property refurbishments and whole-house renovations
• Snagging list agreed and worked through before handover

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 41 statistical areas in Ealing. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Once the home renovation work in Ealing is scoped, people usually go on to read load-bearing wall removal in Ealing, our Ealing area guide, a building contractor for the whole job, renovations across London, how we handle home renovation across London and Snagging List Guide.

The GS Renovation Difference in Ealing

Ealing homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team runs the entire refurbishment, from rewiring and replumbing to plastering, joinery and decoration, backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools. We restore original features, sequence the trades properly and handle building control, so your W5 or UB6 home is delivered to a consistent standard without you managing separate contractors.

• One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre
• A snagging list agreed and worked through before handover
• Protected routes through the home so you can keep living in it

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.