Kitchen Renovation Hammersmith

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Hammersmith, from the narrow galley kitchens in W6 closet wings to open-plan kitchen-diners in the bay-fronted terraces near Brook Green and Ravenscourt Park. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any structural knock-through as a single, coordinated project.

In Hammersmith, 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 Hammersmith: 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 Hammersmith 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 Hammersmith terraces

The most popular kitchen project in Hammersmith opens the rear of a Victorian terrace, knocking the kitchen through to the middle reception room to create a bright, sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is nearly always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, and often infill the side return to widen the space at the same time.

We fit quality units, quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances and considered task and ambient lighting. Working around the solid-wall construction and the tight rear footprint of a W6 terrace, we plan the layout so the cooking, dining and garden access all flow together rather than fighting the original narrow plan.

Housing in Hammersmith

Take the 15,040 or so homes the valuation list gives Hammersmith: 77% flats, 23% houses, 56% from before 1919, 9% interwar and 34% post-war. Where most homes are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Hammersmith drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

A lower ground floor kitchen near the river in Hammersmith

Two thirds of Hammersmith and Fulham is within a flood risk zone, and in Hammersmith the riverside streets near Furnivall Gardens are the obvious example. A kitchen on a lower ground floor there should be planned with that in mind. Plinth-mounted appliances, sockets and appliance spurs set high on the wall where the layout allows, and carcasses on legs rather than sitting directly on the screed all reduce what a flood destroys. The waste from a sink below street level also needs protection against backflow, or a pump, so that a surcharged sewer cannot come back up through the kitchen drain.

Moving the kitchen usually means new drain runs, and building control treats drainage differently. Drainage systems inspections need 5 days' notice, not the 1 day most visits need, and backfilling drain excavations is one of the listed inspection stages. So a trench dug for a relocated sink is not filled until the inspector has seen the pipe, its bedding and its fall. We book that visit a week ahead, so the trench is not left open while the fitters wait to start.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for W6 period proportions

Hammersmith terraces come with chimney breasts, alcoves and tall ceilings that suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan around these features, using the alcoves for tall storage and the chimney breast as a natural home for the range or hob, so the kitchen feels built for the house rather than dropped into it.

Whether you want a handleless contemporary finish or a classic Shaker look, we build to suit the age and character of the property. All the plumbing, electrics, tiling and lighting are coordinated by one team, and any notifiable kitchen electrics, such as new circuits, are certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control, so the whole installation is compliant and properly finished.

Getting daylight into a rear W6 kitchen

The rear kitchen in a Hammersmith terrace often faces a narrow side return and gets very little direct light, which no amount of cabinet lighting will fix. The usual answers are a rooflight over the working area, glazed rear doors, or a run of glazing where the old back wall stood. Each has a structural consequence, so the opening is designed alongside the beam rather than cut in afterwards.

New glazing is covered by the Building Regulations for energy efficiency, so units and frames have to meet the current standard, and a large area of south facing glass in a small kitchen can overheat in summer without shading or an opening rooflight to vent it. We look at the orientation of your house before recommending anything. A well placed rooflight over the sink usually does more for the room than a wider set of doors, and it costs less to build into the roof than to form a bigger opening in the back wall.

Living without a kitchen in W6

The part of a kitchen project that people underestimate is the middle of it, when the old units have gone and the new ones have not arrived. Plan a temporary kitchen somewhere else in the house before we start rather than improvising in week two. A dining room or a spare bedroom with a table, the kettle, a microwave and the fridge relocated onto an extension lead covers most of it, and the bathroom basin does duty as the sink. Families usually keep a couple of shelves of dry goods and pack the rest away.

In a Hammersmith terrace the practical detail is where that temporary set up can go without sitting on the route in and out. If the works run through the middle reception room, the front room or the first floor is the sensible base. We tell you the days when water and power to the ground floor will genuinely be off rather than leaving you guessing, and Ravenscourt Park and the Broadway are close enough that most households eat out more than usual and think nothing of it.

• Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
• Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing
• Supply and fitting of units, worktops and splashbacks

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Hammersmith Broadway, Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park North and Ravenscourt Park South. Counts rounded by the VOA.

For the wider picture around kitchen renovation in Hammersmith, see load-bearing wall removal in Hammersmith, kitchen renovation across Hammersmith and Fulham, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, kitchen renovation across London and Quartz, Granite or Marble Worktops.

Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Hammersmith

Hammersmith homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the entire kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get transparent pricing, tidy working in an occupied W6 home, and cabinetry planned around the alcoves and chimney breasts of a period terrace, all backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools.

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.