Home Renovation Fulham
Whole-home renovations in Fulham, layout, structure, kitchen and bathroom planned as one job, structure first, then services, then finishes.
- Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder
- London guide: £40,000 to £150,000+
- Free site survey, itemised quote
GS Renovation carries out house renovations and full refurbishments across Fulham, from tired Victorian terraces near Fulham Broadway to Edwardian houses close to Bishops Park and the flats many of them have been divided into. We manage the full project with one team, sequencing structural work, services, plastering, kitchens, bathrooms and decoration so a dated house becomes a modern, comfortable home.
In Fulham, 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 Fulham: 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 Fulham and bathroom renovation in Fulham. With 76% of homes in Fulham flats, the soil stack usually fixes where a bathroom can go, and the lease may need the freeholder's consent for either room.
Price guide
| Work | Indicative London range |
|---|---|
| Full house refurbishment | £40,000 to £150,000+ |
| Kitchen renovation | £18,000 to £60,000+ |
| Bathroom renovation | £6,000 to £20,000+ |
Indicative London ranges (MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026), not a quotation. Prices checked September 2026. Full breakdown: Full House Renovation Cost.
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Whole-house refurbishment in Fulham terraces
A full Fulham refurbishment usually means stripping the house back, rewiring and replumbing throughout, then replastering and reconfiguring layouts that no longer suit modern life. The closet wing off the rear reception often becomes part of an open kitchen-diner, a rear extension or side infill adds space, and structural openings on steel beams knit the ground floor together. We run all these trades in the right order so the house comes together as one coherent project.
Older SW6 terraces bring the usual challenges of solid walls, aged wiring, dated pipework and sometimes damp in the lower floors. We deal with these properly, upgrading insulation and services while we have the walls open, so the finished home performs far better than before. Working in an occupied street, we keep the site tidy, protect the neighbours and stick to an agreed programme. A full refurbishment normally takes in the kitchen and bathroom as well, and where one of those is the main job the same order applies at a smaller scale: structure and drainage first, then first fix, then the fit. With three in four Fulham homes now flats, many property renovations here are a flat refurbishment inside a converted house, where the lease and the freeholder's consent set the limits before any work is priced.
Housing in Fulham
The valuation list shows roughly 24,310 homes in Fulham, of which 58% are pre-1919, 4% interwar and 39% post-1945, split 76% flats to 24% houses. Most homes here are flats, and a whole-flat refurbishment in Fulham works to the lease: the freeholder's licence for alterations, agreed working hours and sound insulation between floors.
Outside work in a Fulham renovation under local designations
A whole-house renovation in Fulham usually reaches the outside of the building: windows, the front door, the garden wall, sometimes the roof covering. Those are the parts a conservation area or an Article 4 direction can control. The council's list of property-specific Article 4 Directions includes Central Fulham (1) and Central Fulham (2). An Article 4 direction removes permitted development rights for the changes it names, so a replacement window that needs no application on one street can need one on the next. Check the list against your address before the window order goes in.
Order the programme around that answer. Inside work and the external repairs that match the original can start while any application runs, and the decisions that need consent go to the end of the external programme rather than the beginning. Hammersmith and Fulham has 44 conservation areas covering about half of the borough, so the same check applies to paint colours on a rendered front, a new front path or a change of roof covering. When scaffold is up for one of those items, it makes sense to have every consent in hand so the scaffold only goes up once.
Restoring period features near Bishops Park
Fulham's Victorian and Edwardian houses have cornicing, ceiling roses, picture rails, panelled doors and cast-iron fireplaces worth keeping. Where these original features survive, we protect and restore them, matching mouldings and repairing plasterwork rather than ripping character out. The result blends the period charm buyers value in SW6 with the open, light-filled living space a modern family needs.
We balance restoration with a practical upgrade of everything hidden behind the walls, from new consumer units and heating to sound insulation between floors. Because one team handles the structure, the services and the finishes, decisions about a steel beam, a bathroom position or a run of cabling are all coordinated. You get a single point of contact and a clear sequence from first fix to final coat of paint.
- Structural alterations and load-bearing wall removal
- Project management from first survey to final handover
- Planning permission and building control coordination
VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Fulham. Counts rounded by the VOA.
Why Fulham Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Fulham homeowners choose GS Renovation for a full refurbishment because we manage every trade in-house, from the structural openings to the last coat of paint. We understand the SW6 terrace, its services, its period detail and its quirks, and we sequence the work so the project runs smoothly. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, you get one accountable team and a lasting result.
- Wiring, pipework and boiler condition surveyed before we price
- Protected routes through the home so you can keep living in it
- Founder with 30+ years of hands-on experience
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Home Renovation Fulham
Is a cheap home renovation quote in Fulham worth taking?
Be careful with a cheap home renovation quote in Fulham, particularly if nobody has visited. Pricing a Victorian or Edwardian home unseen is how a low figure becomes a high one halfway through, because what strip-out finds in the wiring and timbers decides the programme. GS Renovation surveys, itemises within £40,000 to £150,000 or more (indicative) and holds the total. A second opinion on the SW6 quotation costs nothing.
Can you renovate my Fulham house while keeping the original features?
Yes. Many Fulham terraces still have cornicing, fireplaces and panelled doors worth saving, and we restore these while upgrading everything behind the walls, from wiring to heating and insulation. Internal renovation does not need planning permission, though rewiring and new bathroom or kitchen circuits are notifiable under building regulations. We coordinate the whole project as one sequence, from structure to decoration. A listed building is the exception: work that affects its character, inside or out, including an extension or taking out a wall or chimney breast, needs listed building consent from Hammersmith and Fulham Council, and doing it without consent is a criminal offence.
Where does a Fulham terrace renovation start, the top floor or the ground floor?
With the structure, then broadly from the top downward. Steel and new openings are installed before a single cable is run, so no service has to be moved twice. Plumbing on the upper floors is filled and pressure-checked while the rooms beneath still have bare ceilings, which means a weeping joint is spotted before any paint goes on. Kitchens and ground-floor finishes are usually the last trades through.
Should a Fulham renovation include insulating the solid walls?
It is worth weighing up. Fulham's stock is 58% pre-1919 on VOA figures, much of it solid brick, and renovating a thermal element such as an external wall triggers current insulation standards. Internal insulation takes some depth off each room and must let the wall breathe, so we choose vapour-open materials and check skirtings, sockets and window reveals before committing.
How are rewiring and replumbing timed in a Fulham renovation?
Both happen before plastering, with floorboards lifted and walls chased while the house is stripped. Cables and pipes are run while joists are exposed, with notches and holes kept to the zones that do not weaken them. Then the electrician tests and certifies, the plumber pressure-tests, and only once every hidden service is checked do the plasterers start.
What changes if my Fulham home is a flat in a converted house?
Mostly who has to agree. Your lease is likely to make structural changes, and relocating a kitchen or bathroom, conditional on permission in writing from the freeholder. Drainage is communal too: your waste joins a vertical pipe that other households depend on, so any change to it needs care. The floors and walls separating you from neighbours also limit what can be cut or chased.
Should a Fulham renovation plan for flooding at ground floor level?
Where the address is in a flood risk zone, it is worth doing. Two thirds of the borough is within one. A renovation that renews the ground floor is the moment to raise sockets, choose a floor finish that can be dried out and fit a non-return valve on the drains. None of this needs a planning application, and it costs far less during a strip-out than after the new floor is down.
What changes when renovating a Fulham flat built in 2000 or later?
The building works differently. 24% of homes in Fulham were built in 2000 or later, and a flat of that age usually has concrete floors, shared services risers and a fire strategy for the whole block. Changes to the front door, the ceilings or the service penetrations can affect that strategy. The managing agent's building rules and the original fire strategy are the first documents to ask for.
Is pre-application advice worth it before a Fulham renovation changes the outside?
Where the outside changes are the uncertain part, yes. For 2026/27 the council offers householder pre-application advice either in writing or as a meeting with a planning officer. Written advice suits a single question, such as a rear window pattern. A meeting suits a package of changes to windows, roof and rear doors, because the officer can react to options. Either way, it comes before the joinery is ordered.
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