Home Renovation Wandsworth
Whole-home renovations in Wandsworth, layout, structure, kitchen and bathroom planned as one job, structure first, then services, then finishes.
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- London guide: £40,000 to £150,000+
- Free site survey, itemised quote
GS Renovation carries out whole-house refurbishments across Wandsworth, bringing tired mansion flats and period houses in SW11, SW15, SW17 and SW18 back to life with one managed team. We have learned how the borough's red-brick blocks and purpose-built flats are put together, and we sequence every trade so the work runs smoothly from strip-out to final coat.
In Wandsworth, 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 Wandsworth: 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 Wandsworth and bathroom renovation in Wandsworth. With 72% of homes in Wandsworth 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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Full refurbishment of Wandsworth flats and houses
A whole-house renovation in a Wandsworth mansion flat usually starts with rewiring and replumbing, because the original services in these SW12 and SW18 blocks are often decades past their best. We replace the consumer unit, run new circuits, upgrade the pipework and improve sound insulation between floors, all while keeping to the building-management rules on noise, access and protection of communal areas that leasehold ownership brings.
From there we reconfigure dated layouts, opening a cramped hallway or combining a small kitchen and dining room where the structure allows. We replaster throughout, restore period features such as cornicing, panelled doors and fireplaces where they survive, and bring the flat up to modern standards of warmth and finish. One project manager keeps the trades in the right order so you are never left with a half-finished home. A full house refurbishment is a bigger job again. Houses are about 28% of Wandsworth's homes on VOA figures, mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Earlsfield, Southfields and Tooting, and on those the work usually adds the roof and rainwater goods, the rear addition and often a kitchen knock-through or side return, all while the house is empty enough to rewire and replumb in one pass.
Housing in Wandsworth
The Council Tax list puts Wandsworth at about 157,900 homes, 72% flats against 28% houses; 43% went up before 1919, 7% between the wars and 49% after 1945. Where most homes are flats, a whole-flat refurbishment in Wandsworth works to the lease: the freeholder's licence for alterations, agreed working hours and sound insulation between floors.
Front walls, skips and council sign-off on a Wandsworth renovation
A whole-house renovation fills a skip every few days, and on a narrow Wandsworth street the easy answer looks like taking down the front garden wall to park it inside the boundary. On some estates that needs planning permission. Under the Totterdown Fields Estate Conservation Area Article 4 direction, demolition of buildings and of front boundaries over 1 metre in height needs planning permission. Wandsworth Common Conservation Area Article 4 Direction No.4 covers 62 to 72 Wandsworth Common Westside, where demolition of part of the front boundary and the other listed changes need planning permission. On those addresses we plan for a licensed skip on the road or a wait and load collection instead.
The other thing a Wandsworth renovation collects is several notifiable items at once: a beam, a new bathroom drain, a replacement window or two, a rewire. Wandsworth Council's building control charges schedule applies from 1 April 2026, so an application made now is charged on that schedule. Building control inspects the items it covers as they are built, and a registered electrician and window installer certify their own work under their competent person schemes. We keep one list of every certificate due, chase each as the stage finishes, and hand you the full set with the completion certificate, not a folder with gaps.
Sequencing structural and finishing trades in Wandsworth
The value of a single team shows most on a full Wandsworth refurbishment, where structural work, kitchens, bathrooms and decoration all have to happen in the right sequence. We front-load the disruptive elements, any steel beams, first-fix electrics and plumbing, and pressure-testing, before plastering and second fix, so nothing finished has to be reopened later. That planning matters in occupied SW11 and SW17 flats where you may be living around the works.
We coordinate deliveries carefully in blocks with shared entrances and limited parking, and protect stair carpets, lifts and landings as materials move through. Kitchens and bathrooms are timed so tiling, worktops and appliances land after the wet trades are complete, and decoration finishes the job. The result is a home renovated to a consistent standard, delivered by one accountable contractor rather than a string of separate trades.
- Planning permission and building control coordination
- Central heating upgrades, new radiators and pipework
- Staircase repair, replacement and balustrade work
VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 38 statistical areas in Wandsworth. Counts rounded by the VOA.
The GS Renovation Difference in Wandsworth
A whole-house renovation in Wandsworth means managing many trades inside a leasehold flat or period home with strict access rules. GS Renovation runs the entire project with one team, sequencing structure, services, kitchens, bathrooms and decoration in the right order. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, you get tidy working, clear pricing and a consistent finish throughout.
- One itemised quote covering structure, services and finishes
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Notifiable electrical work certified by a registered electrician under Part P
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Home Renovation Wandsworth
What happens to the home renovation price if the scope changes in Wandsworth?
A scope change on home renovation in Wandsworth is costed and agreed in writing before it is carried out. If you add to the work at SW18, or the structure of the mixed period and post-war home needs more than the survey suggested, GS Renovation sets out the effect on price and programme against the original figure within £40,000 to £150,000 or more (indicative). Even a change keeps to the sequence of work: roof and rainwater defects are fixed before new plaster inside.
Can you renovate my whole Wandsworth flat while I keep living in it?
Often yes, though it depends on the layout and the scope. On larger jobs many owners move out for the most disruptive weeks. Where you stay, we phase the work room by room, keep a bathroom and kitchen usable as long as possible, and protect communal areas to satisfy the managing agent. Internal renovation does not need planning permission, though new circuits, and changes to circuits near the bath or shower, are notifiable under building regulations.
Should a Wandsworth renovation start with the rewire or the plastering?
The rewire, alongside the replumb. Cables and pipes run inside walls and under floors while they are open, at first fix. Plastering then closes everything in, and second fix brings sockets, switches and radiators. In a Wandsworth mansion flat with lath and plaster ceilings, rewiring after new plaster means cutting into finished work, so every circuit is agreed before the plasterer is booked.
Do Wandsworth period homes need special care with damp during renovation?
Yes. The 43% of Wandsworth homes built before 1919 have solid brick walls that absorb rain and dry out again. Sealing them with cement render or impermeable paint traps that moisture inside. Working gutters, breathable plasters where appropriate and proper extraction usually cure more damp than chemical treatments, so the cause is found before any remedy is chosen.
How do I choose between a combi and a cylinder in a Wandsworth renovation?
By how many hot taps and showers run at once. A combi heats water as you draw it and frees a cupboard but struggles with two showers together. A cylinder stores enough for several outlets and needs room, which in a compact Wandsworth flat can mean giving up storage. The choice comes before first fix, because it sets pipe sizes and routes.
When is an asbestos survey needed in a Wandsworth renovation?
Before strip-out, in any building constructed before 2000. VOA figures date 49% of Wandsworth dwellings after 1945, including blocks from the decades when asbestos went into ceiling coatings, floor tiles, boards and pipe lagging. The survey pins it down so licensed removal can be booked before our trades start cutting or drilling in your SW postcode.
Can the roof be re-covered in another material during a Heaver Estate renovation?
Not in a new material without planning permission. The Heaver Estate direction brings roofs of houses into planning, and it names re-roofing in a different material as one of the changes that needs consent. A whole-house renovation is often when a tired roof gets replaced, so decide early whether the new covering matches the original. Matching it keeps the work out of planning. Choosing a cheaper or different material means an application, which has to be decided before scaffold goes up.
Can the windows be replaced during a renovation of a Wandsworth converted flat?
Only with planning permission if they look different. On Wandsworth's own reading in its conservation area FAQ, flats and converted houses carry no permitted development rights, so a window that changes the outside of the building needs an application. A different material, glazing pattern or opening style all count. Like for like replacement is the simplest route, and the freeholder usually has to agree either way, so settle the window schedule before the renovation programme is fixed.
What is different about renovating a Balham house in the Old Devonshire Road Conservation Area?
The Old Devonshire Road Conservation Area covers the first area in Balham to be developed away from Balham High Road in the early 19th century. Where a house there dates from that first phase, it can be older than the Victorian streets around it, so be ready for softer brick, lime mortar and timber lintels once plaster comes off. The appraisal also notes that roof extensions and dormer windows are not a common feature of the area, so plan a renovation there around the existing roofline.
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