Kitchen Renovation Fulham

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Fulham, working with the bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces of SW6. We handle everything from the cabinetry and worktops to the plumbing, electrics and any structural knock-through, delivering open, sociable kitchens that suit these period homes near Fulham Broadway and Parsons Green.

In Fulham, a kitchen renovation typically costs £18,000 to £60,000 or more from design to fitting (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Fulham: we carry the strip-out, services and fit as one contract, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician.

How the job runs

1. Free design visit at your Fulham home and an itemised quote.
2. Strip-out and any structural work, first-fix plumbing and electrics, plastering.
3. Units fitted and levelled; stone worktops templated and cut off site.
4. Worktops, appliances, tiling and second fix. Electrics certified under Part P by a registered electrician, or notified to building control. Typically 3 to 5 weeks on site.

Open-plan kitchen-diners in Fulham SW6

In a Fulham terraced house, the classic kitchen project opens the rear, knocking the kitchen through to the middle reception room, or infilling the side return beside the closet wing, to create a bright, open-plan kitchen-diner. Because that dividing wall is almost always load-bearing, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, so the space above stays fully supported.

With the wall out, we plan the new layout around the reworked footprint, positioning the run of units, the island and the dining area to make the most of the light. We handle the moved plumbing and drainage, the new electrics and the rooflights or bi-fold doors that often finish these SW6 conversions. The steelwork and the kitchen are delivered by the same team, so the two never fall out of step.

Housing in Fulham

For Fulham the Council Tax list gives about 24,310 homes; by type 76% flats and 24% houses, by age 39% post-war, 4% interwar and 58% older than 1919. Where most homes are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Fulham drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

Drain inspections when a Fulham kitchen moves to the back

Moving a Fulham kitchen into a new rear extension usually means a new underground drain run from the sink and appliances to the existing system. Backfilling drain excavations is one of the council's listed inspection stages, so the trench stays open until the inspector has seen the pipe, its fall and its bedding. Drainage inspections need 5 days' notice, not the 1 day that most visits need, and that has a knock-on effect for the kitchen programme.

We therefore book the drainage inspection when the trench is programmed, not when it is dug. The open trench sits under the future kitchen floor, so the slab, the insulation and the screed all wait on that visit. Once the drain is passed and backfilled, the floor goes in, and the kitchen fitter works to a level, dry floor. In a Fulham house where the only route through is the hall, that sequence also decides when the old kitchen can come out, which keeps the time without a sink as short as possible.

Bespoke kitchens for Fulham period homes

Fulham's Victorian and Edwardian houses have alcoves, chimney breasts and good ceiling heights that suit made-to-measure cabinetry rather than off-the-shelf boxes. We plan the units around these period proportions, whether you want a handleless contemporary look or a classic in-frame Shaker kitchen, so the fit is tight and the room feels considered rather than crammed.

We fit quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrate the appliances, and handle the tiling, splashbacks and layered lighting that lift the finished room. The plumbing is done by our own team, and new kitchen circuits are certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control. Working in an occupied SW6 home, we protect the rest of the house, keep dust down and hand back a kitchen that is ready to cook in.

Kitchens that follow a side return infill

A good number of SW6 kitchens start as a side return infill, and the kitchen only makes sense once you know what the shell is doing. The structural opening, the rooflight positions, the drainage that has to be moved out of the new floor and the position of the rear doors are all fixed before a single cabinet is drawn. Get that order wrong and you end up with an island under a downpipe.

We design the two together. Steel positions decide where tall units can go, rooflights decide where you will not want a wall cabinet, and the new floor build up sets the finished level between the old house and the new space. Once the shell is watertight and plastered, the kitchen fit runs as normal. Working to one programme also means the electrician wires the extension and the kitchen in a single first fix rather than coming back twice.

• Bespoke kitchen design and layout planning
• Underfloor heating and kitchen ventilation
• Waste and water runs moved, and gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer, before the units are set

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Fulham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Why Choose GS Renovation in Fulham

Fulham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the moved services and the finish. You get bespoke cabinetry built for the SW6 terrace, quality worktops, integrated appliances and tidy working in an occupied home. Backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools, we deliver a kitchen built to last.

Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254). Structural design is by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.