Home Renovation Old Street

GS Renovation refurbishes whole homes across Old Street and EC1, from raw-shell warehouse conversions near Clerkenwell to tired new-build apartments around the Angel. With more than 30 years renovating North London properties, we manage rewiring, replumbing, replastering, layout changes and finishing as one sequenced project, run by a single team that respects the block rules these Islington buildings run on.

Whole-home refurbishment in Old Street

An Old Street conversion often arrives with generous volume but a dated fit-out: worn services, awkward stud partitions and finishes that no longer suit the space. We strip back, rewire and replumb to current standards, then replaster and reconfigure the layout to make the most of exposed brick, tall windows and open plan. Notifiable electrical work is certified and every stage is sequenced so trades never work over one another.

Running a full refurbishment inside a managed block takes coordination most builders underestimate. We book service isolations with the managing agent, protect lifts and common parts, and schedule the loud work within permitted hours so neighbouring leaseholders are not driven out. One project manager holds the programme, so the kitchen, bathrooms, joinery and decoration all land in the right order and the flat comes together as a whole.

Reconfiguring layouts near Old Street

Many EC1 apartments were carved up in ways that waste their best feature: space. We reopen these plans where the structure allows, removing non-loadbearing partitions or installing an engineered beam where a wall carries load, always confirmed before demolition. In a warehouse conversion that might mean freeing a kitchen into the living volume; in a new-build it might mean a cleaner en-suite and storage arrangement the original developer never bothered with.

Where a rare period property survives near Highbury or Clerkenwell, renovation shifts toward restoration: repairing cornices, salvaging original joinery and pairing them with modern services hidden behind fresh plaster. We match the approach to the building rather than imposing one style. Sound insulation between flats, a real concern in these blocks, is upgraded as we go, so the finished home is quieter as well as better organised.

• Sash window overhaul, draught proofing and secondary glazing
• Kitchen and bathroom design, supply and installation
• Roof repairs, gutters, fascias and rainwater goods
• Structural alterations and load-bearing wall removal
• Complete property refurbishments and whole-house renovations

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The GS Renovation Difference in Old Street

Renovating a home in a managed EC1 block rewards planning over improvisation. GS Renovation sequences structure, services and finishes into one programme, deals with the managing agent and building control, and keeps a single point of contact throughout. Thirty years across Old Street and Islington means we anticipate the block rules and access constraints that catch out less experienced firms.

• Wiring, pipework and boiler condition surveyed before we price
• Room by room handover so you can move back in stages
• Founder-led team with 30+ years of hands-on experience
• Waste cleared as we go, not left piled in the garden
• Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
• Notifiable electrical work certified under Part P

Written and reviewed by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder of GS Renovation Ltd, who has spent more than 30 years on the tools and on site in London homes. Structural design is specified by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.