Kitchen Renovation Lewisham

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Lewisham, from the Edwardian terraces of Forest Hill in SE23 to the Victorian homes of Catford in SE6. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural knock-through as a single project, turning cramped galley kitchens into open, sociable spaces.

In Lewisham, 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 Lewisham: 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 Lewisham 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 Lewisham terraces

In a Lewisham terraced house, a common kitchen project opens the rear closet wing through to the middle reception, creating one bright kitchen-diner across the back of the house. That dividing wall is normally load-bearing, so the knock-through needs a steel beam, sized by a structural engineer and signed off by Lewisham Council building control. Fill in the side return at the same time and the room widens dramatically, ideal for the deep plans of these terraces.

We design the new kitchen around how you actually cook and gather, planning the layout, sockets, lighting and ventilation before a single unit goes in. Quartz, granite and composite worktops all suit these spaces, paired with integrated appliances for a clean finish. Underfloor heating, a large rooflight over the old side return and considered task lighting make the room work all year. Plumbing, electrics, tiling and decoration are all handled by our own team.

Housing in Lewisham

By the valuation list's count, Lewisham holds about 133,910 homes, 40% houses and 60% flats; by age, 34% were built before 1919, 18% between the wars and 45% since 1945. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Lewisham drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

When a Lewisham kitchen refit becomes building control work

Lewisham's building control fees chart has a line of its own for installation of a new kitchen, with 3 inspections. A straight swap of units in the same positions is not normally building control work. A refit that moves the sink to an island with new drainage, opens a wall to the dining room or adds a new extract is no longer a straight swap. Once any of that is in the plan for a Lewisham kitchen, the job goes in with a notice, and the chart's kitchen line assumes three inspection visits that need space in the programme. Ideally they fall before the worktops are templated and before any wall or floor is closed up.

Lewisham's housing is 60% flats, and in a flat above another home every waste and supply joint sits over someone else's ceiling. Moving a sink across a flat lengthens the waste run under the floor, and the fall it needs may be hard to find where the joists run the wrong way in a converted house. We plan the route with the boards up, pressure test the new pipework before the floor goes back, and tell the owner below which day the water will be off. In a Lewisham conversion that single day of notice saves a lot of goodwill.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Lewisham homes

Period Lewisham houses come with alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings that rarely suit off-the-shelf units. Made-to-measure cabinetry uses every awkward corner, whether that is a run of tall larders beside a retained chimney breast or a bank of drawers under the window looking onto the garden. From handleless contemporary designs to classic in-frame Shaker kitchens, we build to match the age and proportions of the house.

Not every Lewisham kitchen needs a wall removed. In a smaller terrace in SE4 or SE14, or a flat near New Cross, we often gain far more from a cleverer layout, better storage and the right worktop and lighting than from major structural change. None of this needs planning permission, though any new circuit or consumer unit change is notifiable under Part P, so it is certified by a registered electrician or notified to building control. You get a kitchen that fits the room and the way you live.

Doing the structure now, the kitchen later

Not every Lewisham household wants to do the whole thing at once, and there is a sensible way to split it. The structural work, the beam, the opening, the first-fix plumbing and electrics and the plastering, is the disruptive and dusty part and is best done in one go. The kitchen itself can follow months later without any of that having to be revisited, provided the first fix was set out for the final layout.

That proviso is the whole point. Waste positions, the hob and extractor position, the island supplies buried in the floor and the circuits back to the consumer unit all have to be decided before the plaster goes on, even if the units are years away. We draw the finished kitchen at the start, install to that drawing, and photograph every service run before it is covered so nothing has to be chased out of finished plaster a year later.

• New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
• Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good
• Tiling, flooring and feature lighting

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 37 statistical areas in Lewisham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Next steps that tend to follow kitchen renovation in Lewisham: load-bearing wall removal in Lewisham, our Lewisham area guide, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, our London kitchen renovation page and Quartz, Granite or Marble Worktops.

Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Lewisham

Lewisham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the services, worktops and finish. With our founder's 30+ years on the tools, you get honest advice, tidy working in an occupied home, and a bespoke kitchen built to last.

Reviewed jobs near Lewisham

1 MyBuilder review from Crofton Park, with each customer's own job title:

• Replace small section of wooden worktop, sink, tap and gas hob, Crofton Park, 17 Apr 2024 (5 out of 5)

Read all 31 on our reviews page.

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.