Kitchen Renovation St John's Wood

GS Renovation designs and fits kitchens across St John's Wood, from compact galley kitchens in NW8 mansion flats to open-plan kitchen-diners in the area's Victorian and Edwardian terraces. With over 30 years in Westminster, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any structural work needed to open up the space as a single project.

Open-plan kitchen-diners in St John's Wood

The most requested kitchen job on a St John's Wood terrace opens the rear of the house, knocking the kitchen through to the middle reception to create one bright, sociable 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 Westminster building control. Where a shared wall is involved, we also serve the required party wall notice before cutting begins.

With the structure open, we fit the new kitchen: quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, considered task and feature lighting, tiling and the pipework and circuits to serve it all. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations, so the work is certified, not left unsigned. We plan the layout around the terrace's tight rear footprint and the closet wing, so storage and workspace are not squeezed out by the run of units.

Bespoke kitchens for NW8 period homes

St John's Wood homes have proportions that suit made-to-measure cabinetry rather than off-the-shelf units, with alcoves beside chimney breasts, tall ceilings and the odd angles of a rear closet wing. We plan in-frame or handleless designs to fit those spaces exactly, from classic Shaker joinery for a period villa to sleek contemporary runs for a refurbished flat. Every kitchen is built around how the room actually catches light through the day.

In the mansion flats around NW8, replacing a kitchen means working within the lease and the block's rules on wet works, waste and working hours, often with the managing agent's agreement in place first. Moving a sink or an appliance shifts plumbing and drainage, so we plan the services early. Whether the home is a leasehold flat or a freehold villa, one team delivers the design, the joinery, the stone and the finish.

How the flat works once finished

In an NW8 mansion flat the kitchen is usually a closed room at the back, and opening it into the reception changes how the whole flat is used rather than just that one space. The dining table stops being a formal arrangement in a separate room and becomes the place people actually sit, which means the lighting and the seating matter as much as the run of units along the wall.

It also changes what has to be hidden. In an open layout there is nowhere for a washing machine to be noisy in peace, so a utility cupboard or a relocated appliance is worth planning for. Cooking smells travel further, which puts more weight on the extraction. And storage that used to sit on the wall you removed has to go somewhere, usually into taller units or full height cupboards along a flank wall. None of that is difficult, but it is far easier designed in at the start than solved once the units are fixed.

• Floor levelling and screeding before the flooring goes down
• Pantry, larder and utility room integration
• Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
• New circuits and consumer unit work certified under Part P
• New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies

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The GS Renovation Difference in St John's Wood

St John's Wood homeowners choose GS Renovation because one accountable team handles the whole kitchen, the steel beam and knock-through, the services, the stone and the fit, with certified electrics and a Westminster building control sign-off where structure is involved. With 30+ years in NW8, we work tidily in an occupied home and build kitchens that suit both the property and its value.

• Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder
• Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
• Free follow-up visit after completion if anything needs attention
• Worktops templated after installation for a precise fit
• Straight advice on what is and is not worth spending money on
• Floors levelled and packed so doors and drawers line up

Written and reviewed by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder of GS Renovation Ltd, who has spent more than 30 years on the tools and on site in London homes. Structural design is specified by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.