GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Hendon, from the 1930s semi-detached houses off the residential NW4 streets to the flats near Brent Cross. With over 30 years of experience in Barnet, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any structural knock-through as one coordinated project from design to final tiling.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Hendon semis
The signature Hendon kitchen project opens the original galley or rear kitchen through to the dining room to create a bright, sociable kitchen-diner that suits family life. Because the wall between those rooms in a 1930s semi is usually load-bearing, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, which lets the space flow while the floor above stays properly supported.
Where that dividing wall or a chimney breast sits within the shared party wall, you serve the correct party wall notice before starting. With the structure open we fit the new kitchen, run the services and finish the space with quality worktops, integrated appliances and considered lighting, turning a compartmentalised interwar layout into the heart of the home.
Bespoke fitted kitchens for NW4 homes
Hendon's interwar houses have decent ceiling heights, bay windows and alcoves that suit made-to-measure cabinetry rather than a rigid off-the-shelf run. We plan the layout around the existing window positions and the generous plot, so a side-return infill or a rear extension can widen a cramped kitchen into a proper working and dining space.
We fit quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrate appliances neatly, and handle the plumbing, electrics, tiling and lighting in-house. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under the Building Regulations, so the wiring is certified as part of the job. From handleless contemporary designs to classic Shaker styles, we build to suit the age and proportions of the NW4 house.
Getting the laundry out of the kitchen
One of the most useful changes we make in a Hendon kitchen has nothing to do with the units. A washing machine and a tumble dryer running in a family kitchen make the room loud, humid and short of a cupboard. The generous plots in NW4 often allow a small utility to be carved out of a side return, a rear lobby or the space beside the back door, and moving the laundry there transforms how the kitchen feels.
It needs planning at first fix rather than later. The utility needs its own hot and cold supply, a waste connection with the right fall to the existing gully, a dedicated circuit, and ventilation, because a dryer that is not condensing has to be vented outside. The boiler often moves there too, which frees a full-height run in the kitchen for tall storage. We set the positions out before any plaster or screed goes down.
- Plastering, decorating and second fix carpentry
- Bespoke kitchen design and 3D layout planning
- Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
- Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
- Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
Why Hendon Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Hendon families choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get honest pricing, tidy working in an occupied NW4 home, certified electrics and a kitchen built to last, backed by 30+ years of building experience across Barnet.
- Second fix carpentry and decorating finished by the same team
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage
- Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder
- Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up
- Straight advice on what is and is not worth spending money on
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