GS Renovation creates open-plan spaces across Greenwich, opening up Georgian townhouses near the Maritime Museum and Victorian terraces in Charlton and Eltham into bright kitchen-diners and knock-throughs. With over 30 years in SE3, SE7, SE9, SE10 and SE18, we combine the structural work with careful finishing, including broken-plan layouts and Crittall dividers.
Open-plan conversions in Greenwich homes
The compartmentalised layouts of Greenwich's period homes, with their separate front rooms, back rooms and galley kitchens, respond beautifully to opening up. Knocking two reception rooms into one, or joining the kitchen to a rear room to form a kitchen-diner, transforms how these houses live while keeping the character of their cornicing, high ceilings and original detailing intact.
Because the walls being removed are usually load-bearing, every conversion is engineered first: we prop the structure, install a correctly sized steel beam on padstones and demolish in safe stages. Many Greenwich homeowners now choose broken-plan layouts, using a Crittall-style glazed screen to divide the space visually while keeping it light and connected, an approach that suits the proportions of these older rooms well.
Consents and neighbours in Greenwich conversions
An internal open-plan conversion is governed by the Building Regulations rather than planning permission, so the Royal Borough of Greenwich's building control signs off the beam, its bearings and the propping. Planning or listed-building consent only applies to exterior work on a listed property or within one of the borough's conservation areas, which are extensive around central Greenwich and Blackheath.
Where the removed wall or a chimney breast within it ties into the shared party wall, common in the terraces of Woolwich, Charlton and Eltham, the Party Wall Act applies and we serve notice on the neighbour first. We coordinate the engineer, the steel, the party wall notices and building control, then handle the plastering, flooring and any Crittall dividers so the finished open space is ready to use.
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions
- Steel beam installation to remove the dividing wall
- Side-return integration for wider spaces
- Broken-plan layouts and Crittall-style dividers
- Structural engineer calculations and building control
Why Greenwich Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Greenwich homeowners choose GS Renovation for open-plan conversions because one team owns the whole project. We arrange the structural engineer, size and fit the steel, serve party wall notices, secure building control sign-off, and finish the space, from Crittall dividers to plaster. Tidy working in your occupied period home and 30+ years of local structural experience underpin every job.
- 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