GS Renovation creates open-plan living in Hammersmith's period homes, from simple knock-throughs to full kitchen-diners across the rear closet wing and side return. With more than 30 years working on W6's bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces, we know how to open these houses up while keeping the structure sound and the finish sharp.
Opening up a Hammersmith terrace
The classic Hammersmith layout has a front reception, a middle room and a kitchen tucked in the closet wing, divided by walls that carry real load. A full open-plan conversion usually means removing the wall between the two receptions and reworking the rear, so a structural engineer sizes the steel beams needed to carry the floors and masonry once those walls are gone. Broken-plan touches, like a Crittall divider, can keep some separation where you want it.
We install the beams the same disciplined way every time: prop the structure above, cut in stages, then lift the RSJs onto padstones and pack them tight before the props come out. Done well, the front bay light runs straight through to a bright kitchen-diner at the back. It is a transformation these W6 terraces take to naturally when the structure is handled properly.
Consents and sign-off in W6
Because the walls being removed usually bear into the party wall shared with the neighbour, an open-plan conversion in Hammersmith is notifiable under the Party Wall Act. We serve the notices before work begins, which matters in these continuous terraced runs near the Thames and Westfield London where houses share their flank walls with those on either side.
The structural side is a Building Regulations matter, inspected and certified by Hammersmith and Fulham Council's building control rather than requiring planning permission for the internal works. We manage the engineer's design, the propping and beam installation, the inspections and the making good, so you get a genuinely open, well-lit space with all the paperwork in order and no loose ends.
- Structural engineer calculations and building control
- Level flooring and threshold removal across rooms
- Lighting, heating and electrical reconfiguration
- Knock-throughs between reception rooms
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions
The GS Renovation Difference in Hammersmith
For an open-plan conversion in Hammersmith, GS Renovation gives you one team from first survey to final certificate. We arrange the engineer's beam design, serve the party wall notices, install the steel safely and see building control through to sign-off, working tidily in your W6 home. Over 30 years across west London's terraces mean the structure is never an afterthought.
- 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