Kitchen Renovation Belgravia

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens throughout Belgravia, from the lower-ground kitchens of Georgian townhouses to the reworked ground floors of SW1 mews houses. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural work needed in these period, often listed properties as one coordinated project.

In Belgravia, a kitchen renovation typically costs £18,000 to £60,000 or more from design to fitting (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Belgravia: we carry the strip-out, services and fit as one contract, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician.

How the job runs

1. Free design visit at your Belgravia home and an itemised quote.
2. Strip-out and any structural work, first-fix plumbing and electrics, plastering.
3. Units fitted and levelled; stone worktops templated and cut off site.
4. Worktops, appliances, tiling and second fix. Electrics certified under Part P by a registered electrician, or notified to building control. Typically 3 to 5 weeks on site.

Open-plan kitchen-diners in Belgravia homes

Many Belgravia owners want to open a compartmentalised lower-ground or rear kitchen into a single sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is usually load-bearing, so the knock-through needs a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control. In these tall townhouses the loads can be considerable, so we prop safely, install padstones and stage the demolition before the steel goes in.

Because townhouse dividing walls often sit within a shared party wall, we check whether Party Wall Act notices are needed before cutting back near a neighbour's structure. Once the opening is formed, we build the new kitchen around it, planning the layout, lighting and ventilation to suit the reduced head height and natural light typical of a Belgravia lower-ground floor.

Housing in Belgravia

Roughly 6,020 dwellings sit on the valuation list for the Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Hyde Park statistical area. 29% are houses and 71% flats, and by age 67% predate 1919, 9% are interwar and 23% post-war. Most homes here are flats, and a kitchen in a flat in Belgravia drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

Where a new Belgravia kitchen meets Westminster building control

Westminster's building control schedule has its own minor works category for the fit out of a bathroom or kitchen in one property, on either a building notice or a full plans application. So in Belgravia a kitchen with work building control needs to see, such as a new drainage run to a moved sink or electrical work not self-certified by a registered installer, can be registered as a kitchen job in its own right. It need not be tacked onto another application or left out. In a flat, which is 71% of Belgravia homes, the registration also gives the freeholder a record that the new waste and extract runs were inspected.

The end of the job is where a Belgravia kitchen can stall. Westminster will not issue a completion certificate until every fee due is paid and every relevant electrical and gas certificate is in its hands. A hob moved to an island, an extended gas supply or a new cooker circuit each produce a certificate from a different registered trade, and the certificate for the whole job waits on the last of them. We ask each trade for its paperwork on the day it tests and send the set with the final inspection request.

Bespoke kitchens for period SW1 proportions

Belgravia's Georgian and Regency rooms have tall ceilings, chimney breasts, alcoves and shutters that suit made-to-measure, in-frame cabinetry rather than off-the-shelf units. We design classic Shaker or handleless contemporary kitchens to fit the period proportions, and specify quartz, granite or composite worktops that stand up to daily use while suiting the character of the house.

We integrate appliances neatly, run the plumbing and electrics to current standards, with notifiable electrical work certified by a registered electrician or notified to building control, and finish with tiling and considered lighting. On listed properties we plan the installation to protect original fabric and, where needed, confirm whether listed building consent applies before altering any historic feature. The result is a kitchen that belongs in a Belgravia townhouse.

• Bespoke kitchen design and layout planning
• Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
• Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for the Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Hyde Park statistical area, which also covers parts of Knightsbridge. Counts rounded by the VOA.

When comparing kitchen renovation in Belgravia with other work, it helps to read load-bearing wall removal in Belgravia, kitchen renovation across Westminster, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, how we handle kitchen renovation across London and Utility Room Ideas & Cost.

Why Choose GS Renovation in Belgravia

Belgravia homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team delivers the kitchen and any steel beam knock-through together, with building control sign-off handled properly. We build bespoke cabinetry to suit period proportions, integrate the services cleanly and protect original fabric in listed homes. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, the finish matches the address.

Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254). Structural design is by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.