Kitchen Renovation Hackney

GS Renovation designs and installs kitchens across Hackney, from open-plan conversions in Hoxton to the terraced homes near Broadway Market. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steel beam knock-through as one project, signed off by building control where structural work is involved.

In Hackney, 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 Hackney: 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 Hackney 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 Hackney homes

A common Hackney kitchen project opens the kitchen to the next room, in a flat, often within a converted Victorian house, or through to the rear reception of a terrace. That dividing wall is usually load-bearing, so we fit a steel beam, sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, with the licence to alter agreed first in a flat. Where the wall is shared with next door, you serve the party wall notices first.

In warehouse conversions the kitchen is often already open-plan, so the work is about better use of the volume rather than removing walls. We plan the layout around exposed brick, ductwork and tall windows, integrating appliances and extraction while respecting the managing agent's rules on services and noise. Quartz, granite or composite worktops and considered lighting finish a kitchen that suits the industrial character of these Shoreditch and Dalston buildings.

Housing in Hackney

Take the 120,710 or so homes the valuation list gives Hackney: 83% flats, 17% houses, 35% from before 1919, 8% interwar and 56% post-war. Most homes here are flats, and a kitchen sink in a flat in Hackney has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack.

Moving a Hackney kitchen to the back of a terrace

Terraced houses are 16% of Hackney homes, and in those one kitchen move needs more thought than it looks: from the narrow back addition into a wider room at the rear, sometimes with a side return filled in. The kitchen then needs a new waste run to the drain, and behind a terrace the drain it connects to can be a shared or public sewer running under the gardens. That is where Hackney's building control rules bite. A building notice cannot be used where the proposal is within 3 metres of or over a public sewer, and a full plans application is required instead. A new sink position against the back wall can bring the whole job into that zone.

So the drains are surveyed before the kitchen is designed, not after. A camera survey shows where the pipe runs, how deep it is and whether it is shared, and that decides where the sink and dishwasher can sit with a proper fall. Hackney Building Control offers 3 main application types, and knowing which one the kitchen needs lets the programme be set honestly: full plans means approval before work, so the units are ordered to match the approved drawings. We book the survey at the first visit and share the results with the kitchen designer.

Bespoke and fitted kitchens across Hackney

Hackney's homes range from high-ceilinged conversions to narrow terraced returns, so a standard run of units rarely fits well. We design bespoke and fitted kitchens to the exact space, working around alcoves, chimney breasts and awkward corners, or the columns and beams left exposed in a Shoreditch loft. You choose the doors, handles and finish, and we build the layout around how you actually cook and gather at home.

Every kitchen brings the trades together in one place, so we handle the plumbing for sinks and appliances, the notifiable electrics certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control, the tiling and the lighting in a single coordinated programme. In leasehold flats we confirm what the lease and managing agent allow before moving services, and in terraces we make good the walls and floors so the finished room feels considered throughout.

• Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
• Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
• Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 30 statistical areas in Hackney. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Work in Hackney rarely sits on its own, so you may also want load-bearing wall removal in Hackney, our Hackney area guide, kitchen fitting in London, building contractors for London kitchen projects, how we handle kitchen renovation across London and Renovation Lighting Guide.

Why Choose GS Renovation in Hackney

Hackney homeowners choose GS Renovation because a kitchen touches structure, plumbing, electrics and joinery at once, and one team handling all of it avoids the gaps. Whether your project needs a steel beam knock-through with building control sign-off or careful coordination with a Dalston managing agent, you get transparent pricing, tidy working and a lasting result from our founder's 30+ years of experience.

Reviewed jobs near Hackney

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

• Install new dishwasher, Stoke Newington, 24 May 2021 (5 out of 5)

Read all 31 on our reviews page.

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.