Kitchen Renovation Paddington

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens throughout Paddington, from the lower-ground floors of Victorian townhouses to the reception levels of converted W2 homes. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural knock-through as a single, coordinated project.

In Paddington, 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 Paddington: 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 Paddington 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 Paddington townhouses

The kitchen many Paddington owners want opens the rear of a period townhouse into one bright, sociable kitchen-diner. Because the dividing wall is usually load-bearing in these solid-walled homes, we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer, bearing onto padstones and signed off by building control. The result gives a Victorian house the open living space it was never originally built to provide.

Lower-ground and semi-basement kitchens are common in W2, where head height and natural light are limited. We plan the layout, ventilation and lighting around those constraints, and plan around any party wall notice you serve where a knock-through affects the shared wall with the neighbouring townhouse. The plumbing, tiling and the beam itself are all handled by our team, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician, so the structural and the decorative work stay on one programme.

Housing in Paddington

Paddington has around 11,790 homes on the Council Tax list: 42% post-war, 11% interwar and 47% predate 1919, with 92% flats and 8% houses. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Paddington drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

Moving a kitchen in a Paddington flat under Westminster rules

Westminster's building control schedule has its own minor works charge for the fit out of a bathroom or kitchen in one property, the same on either a building notice or a full plans application. Where a new Paddington kitchen involves building regulations work, such as a new waste connection, ducted extraction or new circuits, that is normally the category it falls into. The route is the harder question. A like-for-like replacement in the same room leaves the layout alone. A kitchen moved from the old back room into the front reception changes it, and Westminster restricts building notices to work that does not affect the layout.

With 92% of Paddington homes being flats, a relocated kitchen can also sit over someone else's ceiling and has to reach a shared stack. It normally needs the freeholder's consent, and the waste route with a steady fall to the stack and the extract duct to outside both have to appear on the full plans drawings. We survey the drain connection and the duct route before the kitchen designer finalises the plan, so the layout that goes to Westminster is one that can actually be built in that flat.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Paddington homes

The alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings of Paddington's period houses suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than standard units. We build kitchens to fit the real dimensions of the room, whether that means an in-frame Shaker design for a period interior or a handleless, contemporary scheme. Worktops in quartz, granite or composite finish the units, chosen to suit both the look and the daily wear of a busy home.

Integrating appliances, running new plumbing and electrics and fitting considered lighting all form part of the work, and notifiable electrical work is certified by a registered electrician under Part P. We coordinate deliveries on Westminster's controlled parking streets and keep the room usable for as long as possible during the fit. The finished kitchen respects the proportions of the period house while working hard as a modern space.

• Waste and water runs moved, and gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer, before the units are set
• Plastering, decorating and second fix carpentry
• Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Paddington & St George's Fields and Bayswater East. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Plenty of Paddington projects start with one job and grow, so it helps to see load-bearing wall removal in Paddington, kitchen renovation across Westminster, kitchen fitting in London, when a kitchen needs a building contractor, kitchen renovation anywhere in London and Kitchen Island Guide.

Why Paddington Homeowners Choose GS Renovation

Paddington homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. You get bespoke cabinetry built for period proportions, tidy working in an occupied home and building control sign-off wherever structure is involved. Our founder's 30+ years of work stands behind every project.

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.