Kitchen Renovation Putney

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens throughout Putney, from compact galley layouts in SW15 flats to open-plan kitchen-diners in Victorian and Edwardian houses near the river. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics, tiling and any structural knock-through as one coordinated project rather than a string of separate trades.

In Putney, 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 Putney: 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 Putney 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 Putney homes

Most Putney kitchens are in flats, where a knock-through needs the freeholder's licence to alter first. In a terrace, the classic project takes down the wall between the kitchen in the closet wing and the middle reception to make one bright, sociable space. That wall is almost always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam, sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, on padstones. A side-return infill and roof glazing add width and light.

Once the structure is open, we fit the kitchen around the space you have gained. We plan the run of units, the island if the footprint allows, and worktops in quartz, granite or composite to suit how you cook. Appliances, plumbing, electrics and extraction are programmed by one team, working around the solid walls and suspended floors of a period house, or the shared soil stack in a flat.

Housing in Putney

Putney's housing, as the Council Tax list records it, is about 20,990 homes: 25% houses, 75% flats, with 36% pre-1919, 8% interwar and 54% built since 1945. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen sink in a flat in Putney has to stay within reach of the shared soil stack.

Kitchen extract and flues on a Putney flat's outside wall

In Putney 75% of homes are flats, and in a flat the kitchen detail that catches people out is the hole in the outside wall. A new extract duct, a boiler flue moved with the kitchen or a window changed over the sink all alter the outside of the building. Because flats and converted houses carry no permitted development rights, Wandsworth's conservation area FAQ treats any external change to them as needing planning permission. A grille that would pass without comment on a house can therefore need an application on a flat, and the freeholder's licence as well.

The simplest answer is to reuse what is already there. In a Putney block built in 2000 or later, the kitchen extract may already leave through a grille designed into the elevation, or the flat may have whole-flat mechanical ventilation. In that case the cooker hood has to suit that system rather than punch a new hole. In an older conversion, an existing vent or flue opening is often the right place for the new duct. Settle the route before the units are drawn, because moving a tall unit later to clear a duct is costly.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for SW15 homes

Putney's period houses come with alcoves, chimney breasts and tall ceilings that standard flat-pack units rarely flatter. We plan bespoke and fitted kitchens made to measure, so the cabinetry fills the awkward returns of a closet wing and squares up against original features instead of leaving dead gaps. From handleless contemporary designs to classic Shaker in-frame joinery, we build to suit the age and proportions of the house.

The finish is only as good as the services behind it, so we get those right first. New circuits and appliance points are certified by a registered electrician under Part P, the plumbing is rerun to sit neatly under the new layout, and the lighting is planned in layers rather than a single pendant. Tiling, splashbacks and worktop junctions are detailed properly, giving you a hard-wearing kitchen that fits a Putney home rather than fighting it.

Deliveries in a busy SW15 street

Putney has two logistical problems that most areas do not. The first is traffic, since the High Street and the approaches to Putney Bridge are congested for much of the day. Deliveries are therefore booked for the middle of the morning rather than at peak times, and large vehicles are avoided where a smaller van will do the same work across two trips without blocking anybody. Where a property has no frontage at all, we arrange a loading slot with Wandsworth rather than rely on finding a space.

The second is that a good many SW15 homes are flats above shops or upper conversions reached by one narrow stair. Rigid cabinets will not always turn on a half landing, so we check that before specifying them and use flat pack where the access genuinely dictates it. Waste leaves in bags rather than by skip where a bay cannot be spared, and worktop slabs are measured against the stairwell before the templater is booked.

• Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
• Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
• Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Putney Embankment & Lower Common, Putney Town & Wandsworth Park, Putney West and East Putney. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Putney

Putney homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam or knock-through, the plumbing and electrics, and the finish. You get bespoke cabinetry planned around SW15 period quirks, services certified by the registered electrician and Gas Safe registered engineer involved, transparent pricing and tidy working in an occupied home, all backed by our founder's 30+ years of building experience.

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.