Renovation in Lambeth

GS Renovation provides the full range of home renovation and building services across Lambeth, one of South London's most sought-after areas. Known for Victorian terraces, Georgian townhouses and period conversions, Lambeth covers SE11, SE24, SE27, SW2 and SW4 and includes Brixton, Clapham, Streatham, Vauxhall and Kennington. With over 30 years of hands-on experience we handle everything from kitchens and bathrooms to structural alterations and extensions, all to building control standard.

Whether you live near Clapham Common, Brockwell Park and Brixton or elsewhere in the borough, our local team delivers high-quality workmanship with one point of contact, transparent pricing and full insurance. Choose a service below to learn more about what we offer in Lambeth.

Lambeth runs north to south through eight postcode districts, from the Georgian terraces of Kennington and Vauxhall in SE11, through Brixton and Clapham, out to Streatham and West Norwood. The age range is wide: late-Georgian brick at one end of the borough, Victorian and Edwardian family housing in the middle, and a very high proportion of converted flats throughout. Different eras mean different construction, different failure points and different consents, so the first thing we work out on any Lambeth job is exactly what we are standing in.

Georgian Brick at the Northern End

Around Kennington and Vauxhall the houses are older and more delicate than they look. Soft handmade brick, lime mortar, timber lintels over openings and lath and plaster internally. Cutting a new opening into a wall like that is not the same operation as cutting one into Edwardian stock, and it needs a considered temporary works arrangement as much as it needs the right beam.

Many of these properties are listed or sit in a conservation area, so consents come first and the design follows what is approved. Where original joinery, shutters and cornice survive, repair beats replacement almost every time. We coordinate the structural engineer, install to their design, and put back the finishes in materials that suit the wall rather than fighting it.

Converted Flats in Brixton and Streatham

A large share of Lambeth's housing is a period house divided into two or three flats. That changes the job in specific ways. Consent from the freeholder comes before design, the soil stack and rising main are shared, and any change to floor build-up affects the flat below. Part E sound separation and Part B escape provisions are the two that most often need attention.

Lambeth Council building control, or an approved inspector, will inspect notifiable work at the defined stages, and electrical work falls under Part P. We arrange the notifications and the visits. Practically, we also agree access and working hours with the other residents, protect the communal stair, and carry waste out rather than assuming a skip can sit on the street unpermitted.

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