GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Balham, from period conversion flats to the bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces filling SW12. The signature local project opens the rear of a terrace into a bright kitchen-diner. With 30+ years in Wandsworth, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural steel as one job.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Balham terraces
The classic Balham kitchen scheme knocks the rear reception through to the kitchen, or infills the side return, to create the open-plan kitchen-diner these terraces were never originally designed for. Because the dividing wall almost always carries load, this means a steel beam sized by a structural engineer, set on padstones and signed off by Wandsworth building control, often paired with a party wall notice where the wall is shared with a neighbour.
With the structure in place, we fit the kitchen itself: bespoke or quality fitted units planned around the closet-wing footprint, quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, and lighting layered to suit a room that now doubles as a dining and family space. Plumbing, electrics and tiling are all handled in-house, so the knock-through and the new kitchen are delivered by one team on one programme.
Bespoke kitchens for SW12 period homes
Balham's period kitchens come with awkward chimney breasts, alcoves and the reduced light of a rear return, and standard flat-pack rarely makes the most of them. We plan made-to-measure cabinetry that works with these quirks, tucking storage into alcoves, framing the chimney breast and choosing worktop runs that suit the true dimensions of a Victorian or Edwardian plan rather than an idealised square room.
From handleless contemporary schemes to classic Shaker in-frame kitchens, we build to match the age and feel of the house. Appliance integration, extraction and ventilation are designed in from the start, along with task and ambient lighting. A kitchen renovation like this does not need planning permission, though the new electrics are notifiable under building regulations, and we take care of that certification as part of the finish.
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
- Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
- Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
- Supply and fitting of units, worktops and splashbacks
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Balham
Balham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any load-bearing knock-through, the steel, the services and the finish. We know how these SW12 terraces are laid out, plan cabinetry around their period quirks, and deliver transparent pricing with tidy working in an occupied home, backed by 30+ years across Wandsworth.
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage
- The kitchen laid out on plan before a single unit is ordered
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- Materials priced at options, so you choose the finish
- Honest updates if a date or a detail has to move
- One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre