Kitchen Renovation Holland Park

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Holland Park, from the substantial period villas near the park to the terraces and flats of W11. We handle the cabinetry, the worktops, the plumbing, the electrics and any structural work as a single, coordinated project.

In Holland Park, 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 Holland Park: 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 Holland Park 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 Holland Park

A common kitchen project in a Holland Park house opens the rear of the ground floor, knocking the kitchen through to the middle reception 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 frequently infill the side return at the same time to widen the whole space.

Once the structure is open we fit the kitchen properly. Quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, considered task and feature lighting, tiling and the plumbing handled by our own team, with new circuits certified by a registered electrician under Part P. Working in the tight rear footprint typical of W11 terraces, we plan the layout so it feels generous despite the constraints of the original plan.

Housing in Holland Park

By the valuation list's count, Holland Park holds about 4,280 homes, 19% houses and 81% flats; by age, 67% were built before 1919, 4% between the wars and 28% since 1945. Where most homes are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Holland Park drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

Where a Holland Park kitchen extract can leave the building

In Holland Park 81% of homes are flats, and a kitchen moved to a new room in a flat needs extract ventilation under building regulations, and a hood ducted to outside is the usual answer. The duct is the part of the job that reaches beyond the flat. Flats do not benefit from permitted development rights, so a new grille or cowl on an outside wall can need planning permission, with no permitted route to fall back on. In the Holland Park Conservation Area, designated in 1981, the front elevation is the one to leave alone. We look for a route to the rear, a light well or an existing opening before the kitchen layout is fixed, because the hood position follows the duct.

The duct also has to cross the structure. In a villa built before 1919, as 67% of Holland Park homes were, a run between joists is easy in one direction and blocked in the other, and notching a joist to suit a duct is a structural decision, not a fitter's. The route is drawn on plan with the joist direction marked, and the freeholder's licence names the external terminal. Replacing an old window with one carrying a vent is another option, and since building regulations apply to all replacement windows, that window is specified to the current standard.

Bespoke kitchens for period proportions

Holland Park's period homes come with chimney breasts, alcoves, tall ceilings and, in the lower-ground floors of the larger villas, reduced head height and limited natural light. Standard flat-pack units rarely do these spaces justice, so we plan made-to-measure cabinetry that works with the room's proportions rather than fighting them, from handleless contemporary designs to classic in-frame Shaker kitchens.

Everything is coordinated as one job. We integrate appliances, run the ventilation and extraction correctly, lay the flooring, tile the splashbacks and light the room to suit how it is used. Because we manage the trades in sequence, the plumbing, the electrics and the joinery all arrive at the right moment, keeping the project tidy in a home you are still living in.

Floor build-up and underfloor heating

In a large W11 kitchen the floor is a bigger decision than most people expect, because everything else is set from it. Underfloor heating is the sensible choice in an open kitchen where wall space is precious and radiators get in the way, but it needs a screed or a low-profile panel system over insulation, and that build-up raises the finished level. Doors, thresholds and the step out to the garden all have to be worked out around it.

Getting it right takes a little planning. Stone and porcelain suit underfloor heating well and hold the heat; engineered timber works if the board is specified for it and left to acclimatise before laying. The insulation below the pipes matters as much as the pipes themselves, since without it a good part of the heat goes into the ground. We set the levels at the start so the finished floor meets the hall cleanly.

Planning services before the units arrive

Most of a kitchen's difficulty sits behind the doors. Waste runs need a fall to an existing drain, a dishwasher and a sink cannot be positioned wherever they look best on a plan without checking where the soil pipe is, and an induction hob and an oven together want their own circuits back at the board. A wine fridge or a boiling tap adds two more services in a cupboard that is already full. In a period W11 house none of these routes exist yet, so all of them are designed before anything is ordered.

Extraction deserves attention of its own. A recirculating hood is quiet and easy but does very little about steam, and a ducted run needs a sensible route to an outside wall without four bends killing the airflow. In the lower ground kitchens common in these villas that route can be genuinely awkward, so we settle it early. We survey the incoming water, the gas supply and the consumer unit at the start, since an old board with no spare ways changes the electrical scope entirely.

• Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
• Island units and bespoke cabinetry
• Pantry, larder and utility room integration

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Holland Park. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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The GS Renovation Difference in Holland Park

Holland Park homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the services and the finish. You get honest pricing, tidy working in an occupied W11 home and cabinetry built to suit the age of the house, 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.