Bespoke kitchen design and installation in Finchley. Trusted, professional, 30+ years' hands-on experience.
GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Finchley, from the compact rear kitchens of 1930s semis to the larger interwar homes near Brent Cross and Hampstead Garden Suburb. With more than 30 years of experience in N3 and across Barnet, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural work as one coordinated project.

The classic Finchley kitchen project removes the wall between the small original kitchen and the back reception room to create a bright open-plan kitchen-diner facing the garden. Because that wall usually carries the floor above, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by Barnet Council building control. Many homeowners combine this with a rear extension to gain the extra depth these generous plots allow.
We fit bespoke or quality fitted units to suit the proportions of the room, then top them with quartz, granite or composite worktops chosen for durability and looks. Appliances are integrated cleanly, and we handle the plumbing, the electrics, the tiling and the lighting in-house. Working in an interwar semi, we plan the run of units and the island around the new opening so the finished space flows as one.
Finchley's 1930s houses often have a kitchen with an awkward chimney breast, a larder recess or a door to a side passage, features that standard flat-pack kitchens ignore. We design around them, using made-to-measure cabinetry that fills the alcoves, squares off the room and makes the most of every wall. Considered task and ambient lighting lifts these rooms, which can otherwise feel dark at the back of the house.
On the larger interwar homes towards Mill Hill and Golders Green there is scope for a full kitchen-diner with an island, a run of tall units and a utility space. Whatever the layout, the notifiable electrical work is carried out and certified under building regulations, and we sequence the plumbing, tiling and worktop template so the kitchen goes in cleanly and works properly from day one.
Finchley homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get bespoke design suited to your interwar semi, durable stone or composite worktops, certified electrics and tidy working in an occupied home, backed by 30+ years across Barnet.
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FAQ
No. The survey is free and carries no obligation, whether the property is in Finchley or over in Hadley Wood. We look at the N3 address, explain what kitchen renovation would involve in a home of that age, and follow up with a written quotation. If you decide against it, GS Renovation does not chase you. That applies right across Barnet and the rest of North London, so ring 07472 424 226 whenever it happens to suit. As a rough guide, kitchen renovation in London ranges from roughly £18,000 to £60,000 or more (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). Your figure depends on the size, specification and condition of the property, which is why we survey before quoting.
Frequently yes, because modern appliances demand more than older installations were designed for. A Finchley kitchen with an electric oven, a hob, a dishwasher and small appliances needs dedicated circuits and adequate capacity at the consumer unit. Where the wiring dates from an earlier era it is replaced rather than extended. The work is notifiable and is certified when the kitchen is complete.
Yes, provided the waste can reach the stack with enough fall. Putting a sink or a dishwasher in an island in your Finchley kitchen means running drainage under the floor to the existing soil connection, and that route needs a continuous gradient. In a solid floor it means cutting a channel. Establishing it before the layout is agreed avoids an island that has to be redesigned.
Outside, by the shortest sensible route. An extractor in your Finchley kitchen works properly when it is ducted through an external wall or the roof in a run with few bends. Recirculating filters remove some smells and no moisture, which matters in an open plan room. The duct route is decided with the layout, because it usually has to pass through a ceiling or a wall that is being finished.
The units beneath it, levelled properly, and additional support wherever there is a span. A stone worktop in a Finchley kitchen is heavy and unforgiving, and it is templated only once the units are fixed and level. Spans over appliances, sink cutouts and overhangs on an island all need support designed in. Templating before the units are fitted is the most common cause of a worktop that does not fit.
Several weeks rather than several days, and it is worth planning around. A Finchley kitchen refit runs from strip out through first fix plumbing and electrics, plastering, flooring, unit installation, worktop templating and fitting, then second fix and tiling. Worktop templating in particular cannot happen until the units are fixed and level, and the fabrication that follows adds time in the middle.
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