Kitchen Renovation Old Street

Kitchens in Old Street range from compact galley layouts in post-war and new-build flats to open-plan spaces in the area's converted warehouses. GS Renovation designs and builds both, handling cabinetry, worktops, services and any steelwork as one project. Our founder's 30+ years on the tools means we work cleanly inside occupied, managed flats and leave nothing for another trade to finish.

In Old Street, 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 Old Street: 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 Old Street 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 kitchens in Old Street flats

Many Old Street owners want the kitchen opened into the living space so both share the light. Where the wall between kitchen and living area carries load, that knock-through needs a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off under building regulations, not a casual removal. We confirm what the wall holds first, prop safely, and integrate the new opening so the finished kitchen-diner feels original to the space.

On the cabinetry itself we build to the room rather than to a catalogue. Handleless contemporary units suit the clean lines of an EC1 flat, topped with quartz, granite or composite worktops chosen for durability and looks. We integrate the appliances, run the plumbing and notifiable electrics, tile the splashbacks and layer the lighting so task, feature and ambient all work together. The electrics are certified by a registered electrician under Part P, and the whole install is managed by one team.

Housing in Old Street

Old Street's housing, as the Council Tax list records it, is about 6,800 homes: 1% houses, 99% flats, with 16% pre-1919, 5% interwar and 76% built since 1945. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen sink in a flat in Old Street has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack.

An Old Street kitchen over an existing drain needs full plans

A kitchen at ground level in Old Street that moves into a yard or a rear addition can end up built over an existing drain. Islington Council says a building notice cannot be used when building over existing sewers and drains. That kitchen therefore goes through a full plans application, and Islington has a statutory obligation to process full plans applications within five weeks, or two months if agreed. The drains are traced by survey before the layout is fixed, so the route is known when the application is prepared.

Higher up an Old Street block, the constraint is the soil stack rather than a buried drain. With 99% of homes here being flats, a kitchen move is a question of how far waste can run to the stack with a proper fall inside the floor depth available. We measure that depth and the stack position before any layout is drawn. If the scheme needs a public sewer to be built over, the water company's agreement is sought alongside the building control application, not once the slab is poured.

Fitted kitchens for Old Street apartments

New-build flats around Old Street often come with a developer kitchen that photographs well but works poorly: shallow storage, weak lighting and cheap fittings. We replace it with a properly planned layout that respects the fixed positions of soil pipes and risers common in these blocks. Where the managing agent restricts changes to services, we design around them intelligently rather than promising moves the building will not permit.

Space is usually the constraint, so we make every millimetre count with full-height units, integrated appliances and worktops that double as prep and dining. Wet trades are isolated in advance with the managing agent, and dust and noise are controlled to keep neighbouring leaseholders onside. The finished kitchen is watertight and correctly ventilated, with the electrics certified, delivered on a programme that fits the access and working-hour rules of an EC1 apartment block.

• Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
• Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
• New circuits and consumer unit work certified by a registered electrician under Part P

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Old Street & St Luke's. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Useful next reading for a kitchen renovation project in Old Street: load-bearing wall removal in Old Street, kitchen renovation across Islington, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, kitchen renovation across London and Knock-Through Guide.

Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Old Street

An Old Street kitchen often combines a structural knock-through with a precise fit-out, and GS Renovation handles both. One team appoints the engineer who sizes the beam, installs it for building control sign-off, runs the services and fits the cabinetry, so nothing falls between trades. Our founder's 30+ years on the tools means tidy working in occupied flats and a kitchen built to outlast the next fashion.

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.