GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across Mitcham, turning the small, separate kitchens of 1930s semi-detached and interwar houses in CR4 into bright, open kitchen-diners. With over 30 years in the Merton area, we cover the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural steelwork as a single, managed project.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Mitcham semis
The signature Mitcham kitchen project opens the original galley kitchen through to the rear reception room, creating the sociable kitchen-diner that interwar layouts never allowed for. That dividing wall usually carries load, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer, bearing onto padstones and signed off by Merton Council building control. On many CR4 semis we combine the knock-through with a side-return or rear extension to gain even more floor.
With the structure open, we fit the kitchen properly: quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, and a layout that works around the new steel and the existing services. Plumbing and electrics are run in-house, the tiling and lighting are set out to suit the room, and the whole space is finished to sit comfortably against the character of a 1930s home rather than looking bolted on.
Bespoke and fitted kitchens for CR4 homes
Not every Mitcham kitchen needs a wall removing. In interwar houses with awkward chimney breasts, alcoves and pantry recesses, made-to-measure cabinetry often uses the space far better than standard units, tucking storage into the quirks of the original room. We plan the layout around the window positions and the door to the garden, so the working triangle and the traffic through the room both make sense.
From handleless contemporary designs to classic Shaker kitchens, we build to suit the age of the house and how you cook and entertain. Appliance integration, worktop choice, splashbacks, task and ambient lighting are all considered together, with the electrics brought up to current standards. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations, which we handle, so the finished kitchen is compliant as well as good-looking.
Where the utility and the washing machine go
A 1930s Mitcham semi rarely has a utility room, so the washing machine ends up in the kitchen, taking a unit's worth of space and filling the room with noise every evening. If there is a rear lobby, a wide side return, a pantry recess or an attached garage, moving the laundry out of the kitchen is often the single change that improves the room most, and it costs less than an extra run of cabinets.
It needs planning rather than improvising. The machine needs hot and cold feeds, a waste with adequate fall, a dedicated circuit and, if a tumble dryer is going alongside it, either a vent to outside or a condensing model. An unheated outbuilding needs frost protection on the pipework. Once the laundry is out, the kitchen gains a full-height cupboard or a proper appliance bay, and it becomes a much quieter room to sit in.
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
- New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
- Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
- Island units and bespoke cabinetry
- Supply and fitting of units, worktops and splashbacks
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Mitcham
Mitcham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the plumbing and electrics, and the finish. You get honest pricing, tidy working in an occupied home and a kitchen built for a 1930s house, not a showroom. Over 30 years across CR4 and Merton stands behind every install.
- Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- Free follow-up visit after completion if anything needs attention
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell
- Second fix carpentry and decorating finished by the same team
- Services moved and tested before the units go in, not after