A new kitchen becomes a structural job the moment a wall goes. Buckinghamshire Council allows a building notice for removing one or two internal load-bearing walls, with work starting 48 hours after the council has received the application and payment. Where the wall stays, the job is programme, services and finish rather than steel.
Taking out the wall between kitchen and dining room
That alteration has a defined route. Buckinghamshire Council allows a building notice for work that includes removing one or two internal load-bearing walls, and states that work can start 48 hours after it has received the application and payment. A structural engineer's design still sits behind the beam, and we appoint the engineer for it.
The Valuation Office Agency counts 4,420 dwellings in the Amersham-on-the-Hill and Chesham Bois area, of which 880 were built between 1919 and 1939. That figure covers part of Chesham Bois as well as Amersham-on-the-Hill, so treat it as a guide to the area.
Floors, and what is under them
Take up a kitchen floor and the ground becomes relevant. Every 1 kilometre grid square covering Amersham's built-up area sits in the band of the British Geological Survey's Radon Indicative Atlas where the maximum radon potential is 1 to 3 per cent. Those squares are SU9596, SU9597, SU9697, SU9698, SU9797 and SU9798.
Whether that calls for anything at your address is for Buckinghamshire Council's building control team to confirm on the application. We raise it at the start rather than discover it halfway through the screed.
Water, on the valley floor
Old Amersham sits on the Misbourne, and the mapping reflects it. Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 follows the river along Amersham High Street, while Sycamore Road, Bury End and Whielden Street carry no mapped flood risk zone at all. If your kitchen is at ground level inside the zone, that is worth knowing before you specify flooring, carcasses and appliance positions.
- Bespoke kitchen design and 3D layout planning
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
- Plastering, decorating and second fix carpentry
The GS Renovation Difference in Amersham
Because a kitchen is the room you cannot do without, so the programme matters as much as the finish. We sequence the strip out, any structural work, first fix, plaster, units and second fix so the disruption is continuous rather than repeated. One contractor holds the trades and the Buckinghamshire Council building control side, and you deal with one point of contact. Fully insured, with free no obligation quotations.
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit
- Founder-led team with 30+ years of hands-on experience
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell