Kitchen Renovation Tooting

GS Renovation designs and builds kitchens across Tooting, from bespoke fitted kitchens in bay-fronted terraces to open-plan kitchen-diners that open up the rear of an SW17 home. We handle the cabinetry, worktops, plumbing, electrics and any steel beam knock-through as a single, coordinated project.

In Tooting, 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 Tooting: 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 Tooting 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 Tooting

The classic Tooting kitchen project opens the cramped rear galley into a bright kitchen-diner that runs the width of the house. We usually take out the wall to the closet wing, and often infill the side return at the same time, to create one large sociable room facing the garden. Because that rear wall carries load, a structural engineer sizes a steel beam, we prop and install it, and Wandsworth building control signs it off.

Into that new space we fit quartz, granite or composite worktops, integrated appliances, considered task and mood lighting, and cabinetry planned around the room's proportions. We run the plumbing for a large island or run of units, add the sockets and extraction the new layout needs, and tile and finish throughout. Where the new beam bears into the party wall with next door, you serve a party wall notice before the structural work begins, and we give you the drawings it needs.

Housing in Tooting

Tooting has about 23,930 homes on the Council Tax list: 67% pre-1919, 8% interwar and 24% post-war, with flats making up 62% and houses 38%. Since most homes here are flats, a kitchen in a flat in Tooting drains to the building's shared soil stack, while a new extract through the outside wall needs the freeholder's licence first.

Kitchen extraction and the outside wall of a Tooting flat

62% of homes in Tooting are flats, and a new kitchen layout in a flat often means a new route for the cooker hood. If the duct leaves through an outside wall, the grille on that wall is a change to the exterior of the building. Wandsworth's conservation area guidance states that permitted development rights do not apply to flats or to houses converted into flats, so external alterations to them need planning permission. Whether a small grille is enough of a change to count is a judgement for the planners, not the installer. A recirculating hood avoids the question, but it filters grease rather than removing steam, which matters in a small back addition kitchen.

Settle the extract route before the units are ordered, because it fixes where the hob can go. If a wall grille is the only practical route, send the question to Wandsworth's duty planner service for householders at planning@wandsworth.gov.uk, which aims to reply within 20 working days. The lease will usually need the freeholder's consent for the same hole, so ask both at once. We set out the duct size, the grille position and a photograph of the wall, so each answer refers to the same drawing and neither has to be asked twice.

Bespoke fitted kitchens for Tooting terraces

Not every Tooting kitchen needs a knock-through. Many SW17 terraces have a decent kitchen footprint that simply needs a better layout, and their chimney breasts, alcoves and tall ceilings suit made-to-measure cabinetry far better than standard flat-pack units. We design around the awkward returns and the closet wing window, using full-height storage and a considered work triangle to get the most from a period space without losing its proportions or natural light.

From handleless contemporary designs to classic in-frame Shaker kitchens, we build to suit the age of the house and the way you cook. Our team handles the installation in-house, the units and worktops, the plumbing, the tiling, the splashbacks and the lighting layout, so there is one team accountable for the finished room. Any new circuit or consumer unit change is notifiable under Part P, so it is certified by a registered electrician or notified to Wandsworth building control as part of the job.

• New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
• Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
• Old kitchen strip-out, disposal and making good

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 7 statistical areas in Tooting. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Plenty of Tooting projects start with one job and grow, so it helps to see load-bearing wall removal in Tooting, kitchen renovation across Wandsworth, kitchen fitting in London, building contractors for London kitchen projects, our London kitchen renovation page and Kitchen Island Guide.

Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Tooting

Tooting homeowners choose GS Renovation because one team delivers the whole kitchen, including any steel beam knock-through, the services and the finish, rather than juggling separate trades. You get bespoke design suited to a period terrace, transparent pricing, tidy working in an occupied home and building control certification where it is needed. Our founder's 30+ years on the tools stands behind every kitchen.

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.