GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Harlesden, from smart replacements to full open-plan conversions in the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of NW10. With over 30 years in Brent, we handle the cabinetry, stone worktops, appliances, plumbing, electrics and any structural knock-through together, as a single project.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Harlesden terraces
The most popular kitchen project in Harlesden opens the rear of the terrace, taking down the wall between the old kitchen and the middle reception to make a bright, sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is almost always load-bearing in these NW10 houses, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, often combining it with filling in the side return to widen the footprint.
With the structure open, we plan the new kitchen around the reconfigured space, running plumbing and electrics to suit and positioning the island or run of units where the light falls. We fit quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrate the appliances, tile the splashbacks and set out the lighting in layers, working with the solid walls and often tight rear plots typical of these terraces.
Bespoke fitted kitchens for NW10 homes
Harlesden's period terraces have chimney breasts, alcoves and awkward corners that rarely suit off-the-shelf units. Made-to-measure cabinetry lets us use every inch, running tall storage into a recess or building around the boiler and the closet-wing return. Whether you want a handleless contemporary look or a classic Shaker kitchen, we design to the proportions of the room and the age of the house.
We manage the whole fit under one team, so the plumbing for the sink and any island, the electrics for appliances, hob and lighting, and the tiling and flooring all land in the right order. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations and get certified, and where the layout depends on removing a wall we handle that structural element and its sign-off too.
Bringing light into a narrow NW10 terrace
The problem with the back of a Harlesden terrace is not usually size, it is light. The original closet wing throws a shadow across the side return, and the middle room ends up with one window facing a brick wall a couple of metres away. Simply opening the two rooms into one moves the darkness around rather than solving it, so we plan the glazing at the same time as the layout.
What tends to work is a rooflight over the darkest part of the plan, which brings in far more daylight than a window in the same area of wall, combined with wider rear glazing onto the garden. The lighting design then does the rest: task lighting under the wall units where you actually work, a separate circuit over the dining end, and pale worktop surfaces that bounce light back rather than absorbing it into a dark finish at the darkest end of the room.
- Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
- Island units and bespoke cabinetry
- New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
- Pantry, larder and utility room integration
- Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing
Why Harlesden Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Harlesden homeowners choose GS Renovation because we handle the kitchen and any structural change as one job. If your NW10 terrace needs a steel beam for that open-plan knock-through, we engineer it, get building control sign-off and build the kitchen around it, with the plumbing, electrics and finish all in-house. Thirty years in Brent backs the result.
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Photographs kept at each stage for your records
- Fully insured, with cover in place on every site
- Second fix carpentry and decorating finished by the same team