GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Clapham, from the tight galley layouts in SW4 closet wings to open-plan kitchen-diners in the terraces near the Common. With over 30 years in South London, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any structural work as one project, not several.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Clapham terraces
The most popular Clapham kitchen project knocks the rear reception through to the kitchen to create one bright, sociable kitchen-diner. Because that dividing wall is nearly always load-bearing in an SW4 terrace, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, and often infill the side return at the same time to widen the whole space.
With the structure open, we fit the kitchen around the reworked footprint. Quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, proper task and ambient lighting, tiling and new drainage all come together. We work around the solid-wall construction of these terraces and the constrained rear plot, so the finished room feels generous despite the modest space typical of the era.
Bespoke fitted kitchens for SW4 homes
Clapham's Victorian and Edwardian terraces come with chimney breasts, alcoves and tall ceilings that rarely suit off-the-shelf runs of units. We plan bespoke and fitted kitchens to the real dimensions of your room, using the alcoves for tall storage and dressing the layout so it sits comfortably with the period proportions rather than fighting them.
From handleless contemporary designs to classic Shaker fronts, we build to suit the age and feel of the house. The plumbing, electrics, tiling and lighting are all handled in-house, and because kitchen electrics and any new circuits are notifiable under building regulations, we make sure that side is certified properly rather than left as someone else's problem.
How the room works once it is finished
The change most people notice in a Clapham kitchen is not the units, it is that the back of the house becomes the room the household actually lives in. The table stops being formal and turns into the place homework and laptops end up, which means the lighting has to work for cooking, eating and sitting rather than coming from one bright ceiling fitting. We plan the circuits so the cooking zone can be bright while the table stays soft and low.
Heating changes too. A larger rear room with more glazing loses more heat, and wall space for radiators disappears behind units, so underfloor heating in the kitchen area often makes more sense than squeezing a radiator in. Sound is worth thinking about as well, because a hard-floored open room echoes. A rug in the dining half, soft furnishings and a quieter extractor make a bigger difference than most people expect them to.
- Extraction ducted through to outside air
- New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
The GS Renovation Difference in Clapham
Clapham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get honest pricing, tidy working in an occupied SW4 home, and a room built to last. Our 30+ years across South London terraces mean the structure and the kitchen arrive together, not in fragments.
- The kitchen laid out on plan before a single unit is ordered
- Fully insured, with cover in place on every site
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage
- Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit
- Dust screens and floor protection in occupied homes
- Honest updates if a date or a detail has to move