Kitchen Renovation Charlton

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Charlton, from compact galleys in SE7 terraces to open-plan kitchen-diners at the back of Victorian, Edwardian and interwar homes. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any structural work as a single, coordinated project.

In Charlton, 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 Charlton: 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 Charlton 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 Charlton terraces

The most popular kitchen project in a Charlton terrace knocks the rear reception through to the kitchen and closet wing to make one bright, sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is usually load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, and often infill the side return to widen the room and pull in more light from the garden.

We fit quality units, quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances and layered lighting, planning the layout around the solid-wall construction and the tight rear footprint typical of SE7 terraces. The plumbing, electrics and tiling are handled in-house, and any notifiable kitchen electrical work, such as a new circuit, is certified by a registered electrician under Part P, or notified to building control, so the whole job is done properly and to standard.

Housing in Charlton

Charlton's housing, as the Council Tax list records it, is about 9,540 homes: 51% houses, 49% flats, with 29% pre-1919, 22% interwar and 49% built since 1945. 35% of homes here are terraced; kitchen extraction has to reach an outside wall, which for a mid-terrace in Charlton means the front or the back, not the side.

Garden doors and new drains for a Charlton kitchen

A Charlton kitchen in the closet wing often wants a door to the garden, and forming one is a building control item before it is a kitchen item. Royal Greenwich has a separate charge line for new domestic door or window openings. At the addresses named in the Rectory Field Conservation Area Article 4 direction, installing or altering windows or doors also needs planning permission. Check both before the kitchen plan is drawn, because the door position fixes where the sink, the worktop run and the table can go.

The drains come next. A drainage alteration is on Royal Greenwich's list of simple work for a building notice, and a new waste run to the gully for a sink under the new window is one. The notice goes in two days before that work starts. Once the new run is laid, the drains are inspected before the trench is backfilled. Every Royal Greenwich inspection is booked at least 2 working days ahead, so we book it when the pipe is ordered rather than when the trench is already open in a Charlton garden.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Charlton homes

Period Charlton kitchens come with chimney breasts, alcoves and the awkward angles of a closet wing, which suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan the run of cupboards, the worktop and the appliances around the real space, whether you want a handleless contemporary look or a classic Shaker kitchen in keeping with a Victorian or Edwardian terrace.

From the design through to the final tile and light fitting, one team keeps the project moving in your occupied SE7 home. We coordinate the joinery, stone worktops, appliance integration, plumbing and electrics so the trades follow in the right order, and we keep the working area clean and contained while your kitchen is out of action for as short a time as possible.

What we check before designing a Charlton kitchen

The survey decides how ambitious the design can be. In an SE7 terrace we look first at the rear closet wing, which is often built in single-skin brickwork with a slate or felt roof, and which frequently shows damp at low level where the ground outside has been raised over the years. We check where the drainage gully sits, because that fixes where the sink and dishwasher can go without a long, shallow waste run.

Then the supply side. We check the size and material of the incoming water main, the age of the consumer unit and whether there is spare capacity for the circuits a modern kitchen needs, and whether the boiler can serve a larger room once the wall is out. None of this is exciting, but each item can change a layout, and it is far cheaper to find them at survey stage than after the units have been ordered.

• Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
• New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
• Island units and bespoke cabinetry

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Charlton Village, Charlton Slopes and Hornfair Park. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Why Choose GS Renovation in Charlton

Charlton homeowners choose GS Renovation because we handle the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish, as one accountable job. You get bespoke design, quality worktops, tidy working in an occupied home and building control sign-off on the structure, all backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools.

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.