Open-Plan Conversions Peckham

GS Renovation creates open-plan spaces throughout Peckham, turning compartmented Victorian and Edwardian terraces near Peckham Rye into flowing kitchen-diners and knock-through receptions. With 30+ years in SE15, we handle the steelwork behind every knock-through, whether you want a full open plan, a broken-plan layout or a Crittall divider marking the zones.

Opening up Peckham's terraced homes

The typical SE15 terrace was built as a string of small rooms, with the kitchen tucked into the rear closet wing and a wall dividing the two receptions. Opening these up is popular around Peckham because it brings light through from the bay window to the garden, but the dividing wall and the wall onto the closet wing are usually load-bearing, so a steel beam has to take over their work.

We design each conversion around how you actually live. A full knock-through between the receptions needs one sized steel on padstones; a kitchen-diner into the side return often wants a second beam along the closet wing. For broken-plan layouts we keep a low structural upstand or a Crittall screen to define kitchen from dining while the space still reads as one, which suits these period proportions well.

Engineered and certified in SE15

Every open-plan conversion in your Peckham home rests on a structural engineer's calculations, with the steel sized to span, propped during removal and bedded onto padstones. Because knocking through affects the wall you share with the neighbour, the Party Wall Act applies and you serve notice before starting; on the tightly packed streets running towards Dulwich and Camberwell that shared wall is nearly always involved.

The steelwork is signed off by Southwark Council's building control under the Building Regulations, which certifies the beam and its bearings. Internal open-plan work like this needs building control, not planning permission; planning only applies to exterior changes in a conservation area or on a listed building. We coordinate the engineer, the staged demolition and the finishing so you get a seamless space from one accountable team.

• Level flooring and threshold removal across the whole space
• Knock-throughs between front and rear reception rooms
• Making good, plastering and decorating the finished space
• Openings formed in stages to keep the home usable
• Lighting, heating and electrical reconfiguration

For the wider picture around open-plan conversion in Peckham, see Home renovation in Peckham, Open-plan conversion across Southwark, side return infills and knock-through guide.

Trusted Open-Plan Conversions in Peckham

For open-plan conversions in Peckham, GS Renovation delivers the whole job under one roof: engineer-designed steels served on the neighbour, Southwark building control sign-off, safe staged demolition and clean plastered finishes. Thirty-plus years opening up SE15 terraces means we know how to keep a period home flowing without losing its structural integrity.

• Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
• Lighting circuits zoned rather than one pendant in the middle
• A dedicated project manager from first survey to handover
• The house kept usable while the opening is formed in stages
• Neighbours given notice before the noisy stages
• Cooking smells and extraction planned into an open kitchen

Written and reviewed by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder of GS Renovation Ltd, who has spent more than 30 years on the tools and on site in London homes. Structural design is specified by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.