GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens throughout New Malden, where the interwar semis of KT3 typically hide a small galley kitchen tucked at the back of the house. With over 30 years across Kingston upon Thames, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural knock-through as a single, coordinated project.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in New Malden semis
The kitchen project we do most often in New Malden opens the rear of a 1930s semi by removing the wall between the kitchen and the back reception, creating a bright kitchen-diner that looks onto the garden. That dividing wall is load-bearing, so we fit a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by Kingston Council building control, then plan the new layout around the wider space.
With the wall gone, we set out the run of units, the island or peninsula, and the services so everything flows. On these KT3 semis we often take the opportunity to move the sink and cooking to the garden side and bring in more natural light, integrating the appliances, plumbing, electrics and extraction cleanly into the reconfigured room.
Bespoke kitchens and worktops in KT3
Whether you want handleless contemporary units or a classic Shaker kitchen, we build to suit the proportions of your New Malden home, working around the chimney breast and any alcoves the interwar layout leaves behind. Worktops come in quartz, granite or composite, templated and fitted precisely, with matching upstands and splashbacks that tie the room together.
Every element is handled by our own team, from the first-fix plumbing and the notifiable electrics through to tiling, lighting and the final appliance integration. The wiring for a New Malden kitchen is notifiable under the Building Regulations, so we ensure it is certified correctly, giving you a KT3 kitchen that looks the part and carries the right paperwork behind it.
Using the garage or side return for kitchen space
Many New Malden semis have an attached garage or a wide side passage that is too narrow for a modern car and used only for bicycles and boxes. Bringing that footprint into the kitchen is often cheaper than extending, because the walls and roof already exist. What it needs is upgrading rather than building: an insulated floor over the existing slab, insulation to the walls and roof, and the garage door opening filled in with proper glazing.
There are things to check first. The garage floor usually sits lower than the house and slopes to the door, so levels have to be resolved. Damp proofing is often absent, and the roof may be single skin. Where the wall between house and garage is removed, the engineer designs the opening in the usual way. Done properly, it turns a cramped KT3 kitchen into a full kitchen and dining room without touching the garden.
- Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
- New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
- Extraction ducted through to outside air
- Bespoke kitchen design and 3D layout planning
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
The GS Renovation Difference in New Malden
New Malden homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get honest pricing, tidy working in an occupied KT3 home, and certified electrics that meet the Building Regulations. Over 30 years across Kingston upon Thames means the design, the structure and the fit-out are all in safe hands.
- Waste cleared as we go, not left piled in the garden
- Building control applications and inspections coordinated for you
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage
- Fully insured, with cover in place on every site
- Services moved and tested before the units go in, not after
- Neighbours given notice before the noisy stages