GS Renovation creates open-plan living across Golders Green, opening up the bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces of NW11 into bright kitchen-diners and connected living spaces. With more than 30 years of structural experience in Barnet, we handle the knock-throughs, the steelwork and the finishing so your home flows the way you want it to.
Open-plan living in Golders Green terraces
The classic Golders Green layout, with a front reception, a back room and a closet wing running off the rear, lends itself well to opening up. Homeowners here often want a through-lounge, a kitchen-diner across the back, or a broken-plan arrangement with a Crittall-style glazed divider to keep some separation while letting light travel through the house.
The wall between the front and back rooms is usually the load-bearing spine, so knocking through means replacing it with a steel beam. A structural engineer sizes that beam for the span and the load above, and it bears onto padstones at each end. We prop the floors, take the wall out in stages and set the steel before the props come out, keeping your NW11 home stable throughout the work.
Consents and building control in NW11
A knock-through in a Golders Green terrace is notifiable under the Building Regulations rather than planning, and Barnet Council's building control inspects the steelwork and issues the certificate. Because this is internal work, planning permission is not needed unless the project also changes the exterior in a conservation area or on a listed building, which most open-plan conversions do not.
Since the spine and dividing walls in these terraces sit within the shared party wall, a beam landing on that wall makes the work notifiable under the Party Wall Act, and we serve notice on the neighbour first. From the engineer's calculations and party wall notices to the steel, the Crittall divider and the plastering, one GS Renovation team manages the job so your kitchen-diner is delivered cleanly and signed off.
- Level flooring and threshold removal across rooms
- Lighting, heating and electrical reconfiguration
- Knock-throughs between reception rooms
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions
- Steel beam installation to remove the dividing wall
Trusted Open-Plan Conversions in Golders Green
GS Renovation gives Golders Green homeowners one accountable team for open-plan conversions. We size the steel with a structural engineer, serve party wall notices on neighbours, install the beam and any Crittall divider, and carry it through Barnet building control. You get tidy working in your NW11 home and a fully certified, light-filled result, backed by 30+ years across the borough.
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Over 30 years of experience
- Dedicated project management
- Fully insured and guaranteed work
- Building control and planning support
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople