Kitchen Renovation Greenwich

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Greenwich, from post-war flats and houses to Georgian townhouses near Greenwich Park and Victorian terraces in Woolwich and Charlton. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steelwork as one project, so your new kitchen arrives finished, not left between trades.

In Greenwich, 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 Greenwich: 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 Greenwich 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 Greenwich terraces

On Greenwich's terraced streets, the most popular kitchen project opens the rear of the house by knocking the kitchen through to the middle room. That dividing wall is almost always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control. The result is a bright, sociable kitchen-diner in place of two cramped rooms, common in SE7 and SE18.

Where the property has a side return, we often combine the knock-through with an infill extension to widen the space further. We manage the structure and the kitchen together, so once the steel is in we move straight to units, worktops, appliances and lighting. Working in occupied Greenwich homes, we keep dust down and services running for as long as possible during the build.

Housing in Greenwich

Greenwich has about 125,080 homes on the Council Tax list: 22% pre-1919, 17% interwar and 60% post-war, with flats making up 55% and houses 45%. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen sink in a flat in Greenwich has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack.

Garden doors and a moved sink in a Greenwich kitchen

A Greenwich kitchen refit can grow into a new opening to the garden, and Royal Greenwich treats that as its own piece of work. Its building control charges list new domestic door or window openings as a separate item, so the widened opening needs a lintel or beam designed by the structural engineer we appoint and its own inspection. Outside, the doors may need planning. Royal Greenwich has 23 conservation areas, some under Article 4 directions, and it says there is less permitted development in those areas. Check before the doors are ordered, because their lead time sets the programme.

Moving the sink is the other decision with paperwork attached. Royal Greenwich building control lists drainage alteration among its examples of simple work suited to a building notice, alongside a through room and chimney removal. A sink moved to the far wall or an island needs a new waste run and a new connection, so it goes on the notice with the rest of the job. The notice has to be in two days before that work starts. The old units can come out on day one, but the new waste is not cut in until the notice period has run.

Bespoke kitchens for Greenwich period proportions

Greenwich's Georgian and Victorian houses come with alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings that suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan the layout around these features, then fit quartz, granite or composite worktops to match the style of the room. In lower-ground kitchens near the Maritime Museum we work with the reduced head height and limited natural light.

From handleless contemporary designs to classic in-frame Shaker kitchens, we build to suit the age and character of the house. Every kitchen includes the plumbing, the electrics, the tiling and the lighting coordinated by one team, with new circuits certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control. Across SE3 and SE9 that single-team approach means the finished kitchen looks considered and works properly from day one.

What gets inspected in a kitchen

People assume a kitchen sits outside building control, and mostly it does, but three parts of it do not. New or altered circuits are notifiable under Part P, and the Royal Borough wants them certified, either by a registered electrician through a competent person scheme or by direct notification. Mechanical extraction has to meet the ventilation rates set out in Part F. And any structural opening brings the full inspection regime with it. Gas appliances are separate again, since that work sits with a Gas Safe registered engineer and produces its own certificate.

Drainage is the fourth. Where a new waste connects into an existing gully or soil stack, that connection and its fall get looked at, and in the older SE10 properties the existing drainage is not always where the plans suggest. We book inspections as the work reaches each stage rather than saving them for the end, since a covered connection or a plastered circuit is far harder to demonstrate after the fact.

• Pantry, larder and utility room integration
• Underfloor heating and kitchen ventilation
• Quartz, granite and marble worktops templated and fitted

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 35 statistical areas in Greenwich. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Two or three things usually come up alongside kitchen renovation on a Greenwich job: load-bearing wall removal in Greenwich, our Greenwich area guide, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, kitchen renovation anywhere in London and Small Kitchen Ideas.

Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Greenwich

Greenwich homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the services and the finish. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, you get transparent pricing, tidy working in an occupied home and a bespoke kitchen built to suit your flat or house and last.

Reviewed jobs near Greenwich

1 MyBuilder review from Woolwich, with each customer's own job title:

• Replace kitchen extractor hob, Woolwich, 27 Apr 2024 (5 out of 5)

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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.