GS Renovation fits kitchens across East Barnet, replacing the narrow scullery kitchens in the rear additions of Victorian terraces and the small back kitchens of the interwar semis. Units, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steel beam are handled by one team, so the room is finished rather than left waiting on somebody else to come back.
Kitchens in East Barnet's terraces and semis
The rear addition of an EN4 terrace gives you a kitchen about two and a half metres wide with a door at one end and a window at the other, which leaves one usable run of units and nowhere for a table. Taking the side return in, or opening into the back reception room, is what actually fixes it, and that is structural work with a beam and building control behind it. The interwar semis have a squarer kitchen but often a larder recess and a side door eating into the wall space.
Where the services already are decides more about the layout than the brochure does. The soil stack, the existing waste gully in the yard and the incoming main are all fixed points in an older East Barnet house, and moving a sink to the other side of the room means a new waste run with a fall on it and a route that does not cross a doorway. We set the plumbing and the electrics out before a single unit is ordered, because a kitchen designed on paper without checking the drains is a kitchen that gets redesigned on site.
Extract, floors and finishing in EN4
Extraction is the thing people underspend on and then live with. A recirculating hood in a solid walled terrace does very little except make noise, and cooking moisture that is not thrown outside ends up condensing on the coldest wall in the room. We duct through the external wall in rigid pipe with a decent terminal, taking the shortest route with the fewest bends, and we work out where that goes before the units are set out. In a solid nine inch wall the core drill is a job in itself.
Floors need attention before the units go in, not after. The rear addition of an East Barnet terrace often has a concrete floor poured at a different level from the suspended timber in the main house, and a run of tall units set out on an uneven floor will show at the top of every door. We level, check the falls away from the external wall and lay the flooring before the kitchen where the design allows. Notifiable electrical work is certified under the Building Regulations, including the circuits for the hob and the oven.
- Island units and bespoke cabinetry
- Supply and fitting of units, worktops and splashbacks
- New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
- Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
Why Choose GS Renovation in East Barnet
East Barnet homeowners choose GS Renovation because a kitchen in an older house is a services job with cabinets attached. We check the drains, the stack and the extract route before the layout is fixed, install the beam if a wall has to come out, level the floor, run and certify the electrics, then fit and finish. One team, one programme, and no gaps between trades.
- Itemised pricing, so you can see what every stage costs
- Structural engineer instructed and coordinated on your behalf
- Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
- Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit