A kitchen renovation is a sequence: strip out, any structural work, first fix plumbing and electrics, plaster, then units and worktops. Getting that order right is what stops the trades waiting on each other. In Stevenage the property type and, for council tenants, the landlord's written permission both shape the start date.
The three bedroom terrace is the borough's largest property category
13,430 three bedroom terraced houses are recorded on the Stevenage council tax valuation list, making that the single largest property category in the borough. Semi detached houses of all sizes number 4,680.
In a terraced house the room sits between two party walls, so a change of layout turns on the wall between the kitchen and the next room, the position of the soil stack, and the run back to the meter. Where that wall is structural, an engineer's calculations and a beam come first, and building control is notified.
Council tenants need written permission first
Stevenage Borough Council tenants must obtain the council's written permission before carrying out alterations or improvements to their home.
That applies to a kitchen replacement as much as to structural work, and the request is worth starting early because it sets the earliest possible start date. We can survey, price and programme the job while the permission is being considered.
Skips and deliveries sit on county roads
Hertfordshire County Council is the highway authority for the borough's roads, not the borough council.
A skip on the carriageway, a hoarding or a temporary crossing therefore involves the county rather than the town hall. We settle the delivery, strip out and skip arrangements before the units arrive, so the road side of the job is agreed rather than improvised.
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
- Wall removal between the kitchen and dining room
- Extraction ducted through to outside air
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Stevenage
A kitchen in Stevenage is priced from a survey of the actual room, not from a template, and where the layout changes we appoint a structural engineer and coordinate building control. If the council is your landlord, written permission is needed before any alteration begins, so we programme around that rather than against it. One point of contact runs the trades in order from strip out to worktop. The company is fully insured and quotations are free and without obligation.
- Site left safe and secure at the end of every day
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage
- Building control applications and inspections coordinated for you
- The kitchen laid out on plan before a single unit is ordered
- Waste cleared as we go, not left piled in the garden