Kitchen Renovation Peckham

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Peckham, in SE15's flats, from post-war blocks to converted Victorian and Edwardian houses, and in its period terraces. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steelwork as one project, turning cramped kitchens near Peckham Rye into open, sociable spaces.

In Peckham, 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 Peckham: 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 Peckham 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 Peckham homes

In a Peckham terrace, the classic kitchen project opens the rear, knocking through to the middle reception to create a bright kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is almost always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control. Many of these houses gain more room by infilling the side return alongside the closet wing at the same time.

Once the structure is in, we fit the kitchen itself: quality units, quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances and considered task and mood lighting. We run the plumbing and electrics, tile the splashbacks and floors, and work around the solid-wall construction and tight rear footprint typical of Peckham terraces so the finished room feels planned rather than squeezed in.

Housing in Peckham

Count the homes in Peckham and you get about 26,680: 56% built since 1945, 2% between the wars and 36% before 1919, with flats at 74% and houses at 26%. A kitchen sink in a flat in Peckham has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack, which matters here because most homes are flats.

Utility rooms and rear doors in a Peckham kitchen project

A Peckham kitchen project often moves the washing machine out of the kitchen into a utility cupboard, or adds a cloakroom WC while the plumber is on site. Southwark's final fees and charges schedule sets a building control charge for installing a new WC, shower or utility. A new utility is therefore building control work in its own right, not a joinery item, with its drainage and ventilation inspected. Put it in the same application as any structural work, and draw the waste route to the soil stack before the cabinet plan is fixed.

The other external item in many Peckham kitchen jobs is the door to the garden. Southwark's Householder SPD says UPVC will not be permitted in any of the borough's Conservation Areas, even to the rear of a property. If the house is inside the Peckham Hill Street Conservation Area or another conservation area, the new rear doors and any kitchen window need to be in another material. Choose between timber and aluminium at design stage. Their lead time then sets when the kitchen can be closed up, and the fitters' dates are planned around the delivery.

Bespoke kitchens for Peckham period proportions

The alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings of a Victorian SE15 terrace suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than standard flat-pack runs. We plan the layout around the bay, the closet wing and the natural light, using full-height units and clever corner solutions to claw back storage in a narrow plan. Shaker or handleless, painted or timber, we build the kitchen to suit the age of the house.

In lower-ground or rear kitchens where head height and daylight are limited, we design the lighting and ventilation to match, adding rooflights or glazing where the layout allows. The plumbing, tiling and decoration are handled by our team, and any notifiable electrical work is certified by a registered electrician under Part P. You get a kitchen that fits the house, not one forced onto it.

What we see go wrong locally

The kitchen faults we get called back to in Peckham are usually decisions rather than defects. A layout drawn without checking where the soil stack is, leaving the sink on a long shallow waste run that blocks. An island placed where the joists cannot take it or where services cannot reach. And a knock-through into the side return specified before anybody established whether that wall was carrying load from above. A fourth is choosing an extractor by looks rather than by duct route, then finding there is no sensible way to vent it.

The other frequent one is timing rather than design. Cabinets ordered against a drawing rather than against the room as plastered, which leaves a filler panel where a run should have been tight. We take final measurements from the finished walls, and we set out services from the cabinet plan rather than the other way round. It adds a step to the programme, but it removes the compromises you would otherwise notice every day.

• Waste and water runs moved, and gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer, before the units are set
• Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
• Tiling, flooring and feature lighting

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Peckham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Peckham

Peckham homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team handles the kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish. We know the quirks of SE15 homes, from solid walls to shared soil stacks in flats, and we deliver bespoke cabinetry, stone worktops and tidy working in an occupied home. Our founder's 30+ years on the tools backs 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.