GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Stoke Newington, from compact galley layouts to open-plan kitchen-diners in the Victorian and Edwardian terraces near Clissold Park. With over 30 years of experience in N16 and across Hackney, we handle the cabinetry, worktops, services and any structural work together as one project.
Open-plan kitchen-diners in Stoke Newington
The kitchen most Stoke Newington homeowners want opens the rear of the terrace, removing the wall between the kitchen and the middle room, or knocking through into a side-return infill, to create a bright, sociable kitchen-diner. That dividing wall is nearly always load-bearing, so we install a steel beam sized by a structural engineer and signed off by building control, keeping the loads properly carried.
Around the structure we fit quality cabinetry and worktops in quartz, granite or composite, chosen to suit the light and the way you cook. Integrated appliances, considered task and feature lighting, tiling and the plumbing and electrics are all handled in-house. Kitchen electrics are notifiable under building regulations, so the wiring is certified as part of the job, giving you paperwork as well as a finished room.
Bespoke kitchens for N16 period proportions
The bay-fronted terraces of Stoke Newington come with chimney breasts, alcoves and tall ceilings that suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than off-the-shelf units. We plan the layout around the closet wing, the rear window and the way light moves through the space, so storage is generous and the room feels balanced rather than crammed with standard carcasses.
Whether you want a handleless contemporary finish or a classic Shaker kitchen in keeping with a Victorian home, we build to suit the character of the house. Worktops, splashbacks, ventilation and lighting are specified together, and the plumbing, gas and electrical connections are carried out and certified in-house. The result is a kitchen that fits the proportions of your N16 terrace precisely, not a compromise around fixed sizes.
Keeping what is worth keeping
Not everything in an old kitchen should be skipped. Original floorboards under a layer of vinyl are usually worth lifting, cleaning and relaying, and they cost less than an engineered floor. Victorian shutters, a cast iron range recess, a stone threshold or a good butler sink can all stay, and generally look better than whatever would replace them. In N16 houses near Church Street this is often what makes a new kitchen feel like it belongs.
There is a practical side as well. Bricks from a removed wall can go back into the bearing pockets or into a rebuilt pier rather than being carted away and bought again. Sound timber that comes out gets reused for noggins and blocking. Waste is separated so that what can be recycled is, which keeps the number of skip loads down, and on a narrow Stoke Newington street with permit parking that is worth something in itself.
Where the sink and waste can go
Layouts get drawn around the view and then run straight into the drainage. Waste from a sink needs a fall to reach the soil stack or the gully, and in a Stoke Newington terrace that stack is usually fixed on the rear elevation, so a sink on the far side of a knocked through kitchen means a long run under the floor with very little depth to play with. Worth resolving on paper before any cabinets are chosen.
Sometimes the answer is to keep the sink near the back wall and put the hob on the island instead. Sometimes it means lifting the floor and running new pipework properly, which is simple while everything is out and awkward once it is not. In the N16 houses around Clissold Park we check the boiler position and the gas run early too, because moving either is a bigger piece of work than most kitchen quotations allow for.
- Island units and bespoke cabinetry
- Plastering, decorating and second fix carpentry
- Waste, water and gas runs moved before the units are set
- Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
- Tiling, flooring and feature lighting
Why Stoke Newington Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Stoke Newington 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 transparent pricing, certified electrics, tidy working in an occupied N16 home and a result built to last, backed by 30+ years across Hackney.
- The kitchen laid out on plan before a single unit is ordered
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Honest updates if a date or a detail has to move
- Straight advice on what is and is not worth spending money on
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- Paperwork and certificates handed over for when you sell