Kitchen Renovation Bexley

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Bexley, from the galley kitchens of 1930s semis in Welling to the larger interwar houses around Danson Park. Serving DA5, DA6, DA7 and DA15, we handle cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural work as one project. We build kitchens that suit how families really live.

In Bexley, 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 Bexley: 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 Bexley 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 Bexley homes

The classic Bexley kitchen project opens the small original kitchen into the dining room or out into a side-return, creating the bright kitchen-diner these 1930s semis were never designed to have. The dividing wall is load-bearing, so we fit a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by Bexley Council building control. On these suburban plots the extra footprint from a side infill opens up the whole ground floor.

With the space opened up, we plan the layout around how the room now flows, from a central island to a run of tall units and integrated appliances. We fit quartz, granite or composite worktops, run the new plumbing and electrics, and finish with tiling and layered lighting. New kitchen circuits are notifiable under Part P, so the electrical work is certified by a registered electrician as part of the job.

Housing in Bexley

Bexley has about 101,760 homes on the Council Tax list: 11% pre-1919, 41% interwar and 48% post-war, with flats making up 27% and houses 73%. Semi-detached houses make up 36% of homes here, and the flank wall of a semi in Bexley gives a kitchen extract and a moved sink the shortest route outside.

Moving a Bexley kitchen towards the drain run

A kitchen that moves to the back of a Bexley house, into a new rear extension or onto an island, meets the drains. In Bexley a building notice cannot be used for construction or extension over or within 3m of an existing drain, sewer or disposal main controlled by Thames Water. A kitchen extension that sits near the shared drain run therefore goes on full plans, and Thames Water has its own say on building over its pipe. Trace the drain before the kitchen layout is fixed, because the sink, the dishwasher and the waste route all depend on where the connection can be made.

Inside, the age of the house shapes the rest. 41% of Bexley homes were built between 1919 and 1939, and in a kitchen of that age the floor can be suspended timber in one part and solid concrete in an earlier extension. The two need levelling to one plane before a long run of units and a stone or composite worktop go down. Old kitchen wiring and pipework in a Bexley house are best replaced at the same stage, while the walls are open, so the new kitchen is not fitted over services that will need renewing within a few years.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Bexley houses

Every house is different, so we template and fit each kitchen to the room rather than forcing standard units into awkward interwar spaces. Chimney breasts, under-stair recesses and the shallow larder cupboards common in Bexley semis all become usable storage. Whether you want a handleless contemporary finish or a classic Shaker design in a Bexleyheath family home, we build the kitchen to suit the age and proportions of the house.

A kitchen touches every trade, and we bring them together under one roof. Gas, water and waste are re-routed to suit the new layout, sockets and lighting circuits are added, walls are replastered and floors levelled before the units go in. Because the same team handles any knock-through, worktops and appliances, the finished kitchen lines up properly, with no gaps between what different contractors were meant to do.

• Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
• Waste and water runs moved, and gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer, before the units are set
• Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 28 statistical areas in Bexley. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Alongside kitchen renovation in Bexley, the pages that usually help next are load-bearing wall removal in Bexley, our Bexley area guide, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, kitchen renovation across London and Kitchen Island Guide.

The GS Renovation Difference in Bexley

Bexley homeowners choose GS Renovation because we deliver the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the plumbing and electrics, and the final tiling and paint. You get one accountable team, transparent pricing and tidy working in an occupied home. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, we hand back a room that works and lasts.

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.