GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Angel and N1, from Georgian townhouses off Upper Street to converted flats near the Angel. With over 30 years in Islington, we handle cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steel beam knock-through as one project, tailoring each kitchen to the proportions of your period home.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Angel terraces
The most requested kitchen project in Angel opens the rear of a period terrace, knocking through to the middle room to make a bright, sociable kitchen-diner. Because that dividing wall is almost always load-bearing, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, propping temporarily and demolishing in stages so the solid-wall structure above stays fully supported throughout.
Once the space is open we fit the new kitchen around the reconfigured layout, choosing worktops in quartz, granite or composite to suit how you cook and entertain. Integrated appliances, considered lighting, tiling and the plumbing and electrics are all handled in-house. Where the terrace shares a party wall, you serve the required notices before cutting into shared brickwork for the beam.
Bespoke kitchens for N1 period proportions
Angel's Georgian and Regency homes have alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings that suit made-to-measure cabinetry rather than off-the-shelf units. We plan the layout around these period features, using the height for tall storage and fitting neatly into awkward recesses so the finished kitchen looks built for the room. In lower-ground kitchens common in N1 townhouses, we design around reduced head height and limited natural light.
From handleless contemporary designs to classic in-frame Shaker styles, we build to match the age and character of the house. Ventilation, worktop stone, splashbacks and under-cabinet lighting are all specified to work together. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations, which we handle as part of the job, so your Angel kitchen is safe, certified and finished to a high standard.
Choices to settle before the fitters arrive
Two decisions drive an Angel kitchen programme and both need settling early. The first is where the sink and any island sit, because in a converted Georgian flat the waste has to reach an existing stack and a long fall under a solid floor is rarely possible. The second is the appliance list, since integrated ovens and extractors set the cabinet sizes and the electrical loading before a single unit is ordered. Change either one late and the drawings go back to the start.
Worktops come later but need a fixed date. Stone is templated only once the carcasses are level and screwed back, so there is a gap of roughly a fortnight between the units going in and the quartz or granite landing. We plan a temporary sink and a working socket for that period so the flat stays usable. Tiles, handles and paint can wait, but the flooring cannot, because it sets the finished floor level the units are levelled from.
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
- Quartz, granite and marble worktops templated and fitted
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
- New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Angel
Angel homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the worktops, the services and the finish. We work tidily in occupied N1 homes, respect period proportions, and secure building control sign-off where structure changes. Thirty years across Islington stands behind every kitchen we build.
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Structural engineer instructed and coordinated on your behalf
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell
- Itemised pricing, so you can see what every stage costs
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks