GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens throughout Deptford, from the Georgian and Regency townhouses near Telegraph Hill to the warehouse conversions of SE8. With over 30 years of experience, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural work as one project, creating kitchens that suit both period proportions and modern open-plan living.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Deptford homes
The most requested kitchen project in Deptford opens the rear of a period townhouse, knocking the kitchen through to the adjoining room to make a sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is nearly always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control. Where the wall is shared with next door, we also serve the necessary party wall notices before the opening is cut.
With the space opened up, we fit quality units, quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances and considered lighting. We route the plumbing and electrics to suit the new layout, tile the splashbacks and floors, and finish everything to a high standard. Working in solid-wall Georgian and Regency houses, we plan around chimney breasts, uneven floors and the tighter rear footprints common in SE8 rather than forcing a standard template onto the room.
Bespoke kitchens for Deptford period proportions
Deptford's older townhouses have tall ceilings, deep alcoves and chimney breasts that rarely suit off-the-shelf units. Made-to-measure, in-frame cabinetry lets us use the full height of the room and fit the awkward corners that period walls create. In lower-ground kitchens, common in these Georgian houses, we plan the layout, lighting and ventilation carefully around the reduced head height and the limited natural light.
Whether you want a handleless contemporary finish or a classic Shaker kitchen, we build to suit the age and character of the house. The kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations, so the wiring is carried out and certified correctly. We manage the plumbing, tiling, worktops and appliance integration in-house, so the whole kitchen is delivered by one team and finished to a consistent standard.
Kitchens in creekside warehouse conversions
A kitchen in a Deptford warehouse conversion works to a different set of limits from one in a townhouse. The floors are often concrete or heavy timber with no void to run services in, so waste pipes have to be routed within a boxed plinth or the layout planned around the existing soil connection. Structural columns and window positions cannot move, and the exposed brick or steel is usually part of what you bought.
The lease matters as much as the fabric. Most conversions near the creek restrict drilling hours, prohibit new penetrations through the elevation and require the managing agent to approve the works and see your insurance before anything is delivered. We deal with that paperwork, plan the extraction route to an existing outlet where a new one is not permitted, and protect the shared lift and corridors on the days the units come in, which the agent will expect to see arranged.
- Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
- Underfloor heating and kitchen ventilation
- Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
- Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing
- Island units and bespoke cabinetry
The GS Renovation Difference in Deptford
Deptford homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the entire kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the services and the finish. We are comfortable working in solid-wall period and listed SE8 houses, we keep an occupied home clean and workable, and our 30-plus years across Lewisham mean the result is built properly and made to last.
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- Waste cleared as we go, not left piled in the garden
- Itemised pricing, so you can see what every stage costs