A kitchen is services before it is cabinets: drainage, gas, water and electrics all have to land where the layout wants them. We handle the strip out, any structural change, the first fix, the units, the finishes and the certification. Where a wall is coming out we appoint a structural engineer and build to their calculations. This page covers what a kitchen project involves in Brentwood.
A Part P electrical certificate is needed before the completion certificate
Brentwood Borough Council issues a completion certificate on satisfactory completion of the project, and where electrical work is involved it requires a Part P electrical certificate before that completion certificate is issued. A kitchen is electrical work by definition: circuits, sockets, appliance supplies and lighting.
That certificate is the document a buyer's solicitor asks for years later, and it is far easier to obtain now than to reconstruct then. We coordinate the building control application and the inspections, and we make sure the electrical certification is in hand before completion is sought.
Three bedroom homes make up 35 per cent of the borough's stock
The Brentwood Local Plan gives the most common home size in the borough as three bedrooms at 35 per cent of the stock, followed by two bedrooms at 25 per cent and four bedrooms at 23 per cent. At the 2021 census, 71.9 per cent of Brentwood households owned their home outright or with a mortgage.
Those figures describe the borough, not your kitchen. What decides a layout is where the soil stack, the gas run and the consumer unit already sit, and whether the wall between the kitchen and the next room is load bearing. We check all four at survey, before a design is priced.
Water and drainage are a live constraint in this borough
The Brentwood Water Cycle Study 2018 found sewerage infrastructure in the north of the borough operating at full capacity. It also identifies the borough as lying within an area of Serious Water Stress, and the Local Plan applies a limit of 110 litres per person per day for water use in new homes.
That limit is written for new homes rather than for a refit, so it is not a target you have to hit. It is a reason to choose fittings deliberately. Moving a sink or a dishwasher also means new waste runs at the right fall, which is worth setting out on paper before any units are ordered.
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Underfloor heating and kitchen ventilation
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
- Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing
- Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
Why Choose GS Renovation in Brentwood
Kitchens go wrong in the gaps between trades: the electrician who came before the plasterer, the plumber who came after the units. We hold the whole sequence, so the first fix is set out from the final layout rather than from a sketch, and the certification is chased as part of the job rather than as an afterthought. Where the project takes out a wall we appoint the structural engineer, build to their calculations and present the steel for inspection before it is covered. GS Renovation Ltd is a contractor, fully insured, registered in England, company number 14611254, with one point of contact throughout. Quotations are free and without obligation.
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- Photographs kept at each stage for your records
- A written scope and programme agreed before work starts
- A dedicated project manager from first survey to handover
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Free, no-obligation quotations