A kitchen renovation is several trades working in one room, and the value is in the order they arrive. We carry the structure, the drainage, the electrics, the plastering and the fitting as one job, with one point of contact. Where the kitchen is going into a rear extension, Epsom and Ewell's householder guidance sets the depth the room has to fit inside.
A kitchen extension in Epsom has a published depth limit
3.25 metres on a semi detached or terraced house. Epsom and Ewell's Householder Applications Design Guidance sets that as the maximum projection for a single storey rear extension onto that kind of house, to protect the outlook and daylighting of the adjoining property. A kitchen drawn for four metres of depth is a kitchen that has to be drawn again.
It is better to design the room to the number than to the wish list. That depth decides the run of units, whether an island fits and where the beam sits over the opening back into the house. We set it out at the survey, with the structural engineer appointed before the layout is fixed rather than after.
Kitchens in the newer housing at Horton and Manor Park
That part of Epsom is 21st century stock. In the Horton and Manor Park area, Valuation Office Agency figures for 31 March 2025 record 780 of 4,280 dwellings with a known build period as built between 2000 and 2008, reflecting the redevelopment of the former hospital sites.
Newer construction changes the job rather than simplifying it. Services are routed and boxed differently, floor build ups differ, and in a converted or purpose built block the waste run and the ventilation route are set by the building rather than by the kitchen plan. We survey what is there before units are ordered, and we say plainly where a layout will not work.
Where a new kitchen waste run has to end up
At a connection Thames Water is responsible for, or at one you are. Thames Water is the sewerage undertaker for Epsom and Ewell and is responsible for the main sewer in the road and the lateral drains leading to it. Drains serving one property only are the owner's responsibility. Moving a sink or a dishwasher means a new run reaching an existing connection with the right fall, which is a design question rather than a paperwork one.
New or altered drainage is Building Regulations work, as are new electrical circuits, changes to ventilation and any new window opening. A like for like replacement of units is not. We tell you at quotation stage which side of that line your kitchen falls on, and we coordinate the application and the inspections where they are needed.
- Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
- Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
- Bespoke kitchen design and 3D layout planning
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Epsom
A kitchen fails at the handovers between trades, so we do not split them. The structure, the drainage, the electrics, the plastering and the fitting run as one job with one point of contact, which means nothing waits on a subcontractor who has moved on somewhere else. Where a wall comes out or a rear extension is involved, the structural engineer is appointed by us and the building control inspections are coordinated by us. Fully insured, with free quotations that carry no obligation.
- Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Dust screens and floor protection in occupied homes
- Photographs kept at each stage for your records
- Structural engineer instructed and coordinated on your behalf
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks