GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Notting Hill, from lower-ground rooms in Georgian terraces near Portobello Road to bright rear spaces in converted W11 townhouses. With over 30 years in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural knock-through as a single, coordinated project.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Notting Hill homes
The classic Notting Hill kitchen project opens the rear of a period house, knocking the kitchen through to the room behind to make one sociable kitchen-diner facing the garden. Because that dividing wall almost always carries load in a W11 townhouse, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, propping and taking out the masonry in safe stages.
Once the structure is open we fit the kitchen to suit the new proportions, running plumbing and electrics, integrating appliances, and planning lighting for a room that may stretch back into the old return. On the tighter lower-ground plots typical of these terraces we design around reduced head height and daylight, using rooflights or garden glazing where the layout and any consents allow.
Bespoke kitchens for W11 period proportions
Georgian and Regency houses in Notting Hill have alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings that suit made-to-measure, in-frame cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan the layout around these period features, building cabinetry that fits the walls it stands against rather than fighting them, so the finished kitchen belongs to the age of the house.
Worktops are chosen to match the design and the use, from hard-wearing quartz and composite to natural granite, with careful jointing on longer runs. From handleless contemporary schemes to classic Shaker in a lower-ground kitchen, we deliver the plumbing, electrics, tiling and lighting in-house. In a listed W11 property we take extra care around original fabric and advise where consent applies before altering it.
Choosing a worktop that suits the house
Worktop choice is where a lot of W11 kitchen budgets are decided, and the materials behave very differently. Engineered quartz is consistent in colour, non-porous and needs no sealing, which suits a busy family kitchen, but it will mark if a hot pan is put straight down on it. Granite is harder and takes heat better, though every slab is different and it wants sealing periodically.
Sintered stone is the toughest of the three for heat and scratching and allows very thin profiles, at a higher price. Solid timber suits a period kitchen and can be sanded back when it marks, but needs oiling and does not belong around a sink unless you accept the maintenance. We show you full slabs rather than samples where we can, because a stone with heavy movement in it reads completely differently across three metres of a Georgian room to what a hand-sized sample suggested.
- Plastering, decorating and second fix carpentry
- New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
- Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
- Underfloor heating and kitchen ventilation
The GS Renovation Difference in Notting Hill
Notting Hill homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get bespoke cabinetry made for period proportions, tidy working in an occupied W11 home, and building control sign-off on the structure, all backed by 30+ years across the Royal Borough.
- Second fix carpentry and decorating finished by the same team
- Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit
- Dust screens and floor protection in occupied homes
- Site left safe and secure at the end of every day
- Services moved and tested before the units go in, not after
- Founder-led team with 30+ years of hands-on experience