Kitchen Renovation Hammersmith and Fulham

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Hammersmith and Fulham, from period conversions in W12 to family terraces near Fulham Broadway and the river in SW6. We handle cabinetry, worktops, services and any steelwork together, so your new kitchen arrives as one finished, working room.

In Hammersmith and 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 Hammersmith and 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 Hammersmith and 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 Hammersmith and Fulham

The most requested kitchen in the borough opens up the rear of a Victorian terrace, knocking the galley kitchen through to the middle reception to make a bright kitchen-diner that faces the garden. 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 we often combine the knock-through with a side-return infill to gain valuable extra width.

Around Parsons Green and Shepherd's Bush these rear extensions and knock-throughs turn dark, closed-off cooking spaces into the heart of the home. We fit quality units, stone or composite worktops, integrated appliances and layered lighting, planning the run around the closet wing and the tight rear footprint that is typical of these terraces, and we coordinate the plumbing, electrics and tiling as one job.

Housing in Hammersmith and Fulham

The stock in Hammersmith and Fulham runs to roughly 95,080 dwellings, 77% of them flats and 23% houses, built 56% before 1919, 9% between 1919 and 1939 and 34% after 1945. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen sink in a flat in Hammersmith and Fulham has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack.

Kitchens in Hammersmith and Fulham flats and the lighter consent route

Not every kitchen needs the full building control process. Hammersmith and Fulham Council recommends a Building Notice for very small works, and where a kitchen refit needs building control at all, for example for a new drainage connection, it is the kind of small job that route suits. Both applications cost exactly the same here, so the choice is about fit, not fees. What pushes a kitchen into Full Plans is structure: a wall between kitchen and dining room coming out, or joists being cut or strengthened under a new layout. Settle which applies before the units are ordered, because it sets the start date.

With 77% of homes in the borough being flats, the other question is what sits under the kitchen floor. A new sink position in a flat has to reach the existing soil stack with enough fall, and the waste run crosses a floor that is also a neighbour's ceiling. Where the joists run the wrong way for the new run, a raised plinth or a relocated sink is better than notching. We lift a board at survey to see the joist direction before the layout is drawn, so the design is not built around a route that cannot work.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Hammersmith and Fulham homes

The alcoves, chimney breasts and generous ceiling heights in W6 and W14 period houses suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan the layout around the room's real proportions, using the depth beside a chimney breast and squaring up walls that a century of movement has left out of true, so the finished kitchen looks built-in rather than dropped in.

You choose the worktops, whether quartz, granite or composite, and we integrate appliances, plumbing, extraction and tiling to match. New kitchen circuits are notifiable under Part P, so they are certified by a registered electrician or notified to building control rather than left to chance. From handleless contemporary designs to classic Shaker in a Fulham terrace, we build to suit the age and character of the house.

Water pressure and hot water for a busy kitchen

A new kitchen puts more demand on the water services than the one it replaces. A boiling tap, a dishwasher, a filtered supply to a fridge and a wide sink all draw at once, and in a W12 or W14 terrace still running on an old gravity-fed system from a loft tank, the flow at the kitchen tap is often disappointing. The strip-out is the point at which that gets tested and, if necessary, put right.

We check the incoming mains flow and pressure before the layout is finalised, because it decides what is possible. An unvented cylinder or a combi needs a certain flow to work properly, and where the incoming supply is an old lead or narrow bore pipe, upgrading it to the boundary is the fix. Isolating valves are fitted to every appliance so a future leak means turning off one tap rather than the whole house.

• Pantry, larder and utility room integration
• Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
• Quartz, granite and marble worktops templated and fitted

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 25 statistical areas in Hammersmith and Fulham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Hammersmith and Fulham

Homeowners in W6, W12, W14 and SW6 choose GS Renovation because one team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician under Part P. We understand the closet wings and tight rear footprints of the borough's terraces, price transparently, and work tidily in occupied homes, 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.