Kitchen
renovation
in Fitzrovia, W1T
Designers, Architects, Engineers & Builders Under One Roof.
One Studio. One Contract. One Team.
We design and build Fitzrovia kitchen renovations across Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, Goodge Street - bespoke cabinetry, premium appliance integration, natural-stone worktops, lighting design, ventilation and open-plan reconfiguration for period homes, townhouses, family houses and prime apartments where layout, services, structural coordination and finish sequencing need handling properly.
Kitchen Renovation in Fitzrovia: What You Need to Know
Most Fitzrovia kitchens we refurbish involve more than cosmetic changes. Structural openings to connect kitchen and reception rooms require steel beams designed by our chartered engineers, new electrical circuits rated for induction hobs and steam ovens, upgraded extraction for Part F compliance, and stone worktop templating. We manage all of it as a single coordinated programme — typically 4–8 weeks on site. Cabinetry is manufactured in our own joinery workshop; appliances from Miele, Gaggenau, Wolf, and Sub-Zero.
Creative quarter between Bloomsbury and Marylebone with Georgian townhouses, media offices, and characterful streets. Split between Camden and Westminster boroughs. Open-plan kitchen-dining layouts are popular in Fitzrovia, often involving structural alterations to remove load-bearing walls. We coordinate structural engineering, building regulations, and Camden planning requirements to deliver seamless results.
Our bespoke kitchen designs for Fitzrovia homes balance period character with modern functionality — integrating premium appliances, underfloor heating, and intelligent storage within layouts that respect original proportions and architectural features.
Fitzrovia has an unusual first question: which council. The district straddles the boundary between the City of Westminster and Camden, with the Fitzroy Square Conservation Area protecting its finest streets, so before a kitchen is designed we confirm which authority's rules govern the address. Fitzroy Square itself is a Robert Adam set-piece of fine Georgian houses; Charlotte Street and Goodge Street mix period townhouses with flats above the restaurants.
In the townhouses the kitchen is a piece of restoration as much as installation. These are Georgian interiors, and where the room retains original joinery and plaster we restore it with authentic detail while re-planning the working layout around it. In the flats above the mixed-use grain, the project is leasehold, so structure, acoustics and managing-agent consents are handled together and a Licence to Alter for the W1 flat is arranged in step with the design.
The busy media-and-restaurant character of the ground floors shapes the practical side — access is tight, storage is scarce and deliveries need planning. The cabinetry, worktops and appliances themselves are usually budgeted at £5,000–£30,000, while a fuller two-bed refurbishment that a new kitchen often forms part of comes closer to £60,000–£110,000, excluding VAT.
What a Kitchen Renovation Involves
In a London period property, the kitchen is rarely just cabinetry. Getting the room right usually means opening up a wall, rerouting drainage or power, and rethinking how cooking, eating and family life share one space — which is why we design, engineer and build the whole room under a single contract rather than fitting units into someone else’s shell. The layout comes first, chosen around how your household actually uses the room.
- L-shaped — two adjoining runs that free the rest of the room for dining; the natural fit for side-return extensions
- Island — prep, storage and seating around a central block; needs generous width but anchors an open-plan floor
- Galley — parallel runs that wring maximum worktop and storage from narrow terraces and apartments
- U-shaped — worktop on three sides for dedicated kitchen rooms where storage matters more than seating
- Open-plan — kitchen, dining and living combined, typically after a structural opening or rear extension
How We Run Your Project
Every decision is settled on screen before it costs money on site.
- Brief & survey — we measure the room, trace the services and learn how you cook before proposing anything.
- Design & visualisation — layout options and photorealistic 3D renders, refined until the room is right; changes here are free.
- Fixed-price contract — one agreed figure covering building work, cabinetry, worktops, appliances and finishes together.
- Strip-out & structural — demolition, any steelwork, and first-fix plumbing, gas and electrics run to the designed positions.
- Installation — cabinetry fitted by kitchen specialists, worktops templated and set, appliances commissioned, tiling and flooring completed.
- Snagging & handover — a detailed inspection, warranty documents and a 12-month defects guarantee.
Most kitchens take 4–8 weeks on site depending on how much structural and services work sits behind the cabinetry. Read the full kitchen renovation guide for layouts, worktop materials and specification tiers in detail.
Compliance is built into the programme rather than bolted on. New circuits in a kitchen are notifiable electrical work under Part P, extraction and ventilation must meet Building Regulations, and structural openings need building control approval of the engineering. If you live in a flat, altering services or removing walls usually needs your freeholder’s consent before work starts. For the consent rules in your borough, see our planning guide library.
Why Hampstead Renovations
A kitchen studio designs but leaves you to find a builder; a builder fits but leaves you to find a designer. We close that gap. Design and any structural engineering come from one office — including our in-house RIBA Chartered Architects when the project reshapes the floor plan — and the same company builds what it drew. Where a survey, party wall matter or condition report is needed, RICS surveying support is available through our sister company. Every contract is fixed-price and backed by £10M public liability insurance. Weekday enquiries made before 2pm get a call back from us that same day.
Kitchen Renovation in Fitzrovia: Questions
Which council approves a kitchen project in Fitzrovia — Westminster or Camden?
It depends on the exact address, and that is the first thing we settle. Fitzrovia sits across the Westminster and Camden boundary, with the Fitzroy Square Conservation Area over its best streets, and both boroughs' controls can apply at the edges. Confirming which authority governs your building keeps a Fitzrovia scheme on track from the outset.
How do you approach a kitchen in a Fitzrovia Georgian townhouse?
As restoration and re-planning together. The Georgian houses of Fitzroy Square and Charlotte Street are restored with authentic joinery and plaster detail, so a kitchen keeps and repairs that period fabric while the layout, services and appliances are modernised behind it. The result reads as original to the house, not applied to it.
Does a Fitzrovia flat kitchen need a Licence to Alter?
Usually, yes. The local W1 flat guidance covers Licences to Alter, and above Fitzrovia's restaurants and offices the homes are leasehold flats where structure, acoustics and managing-agent consents are handled together. We obtain the freeholder's Licence to Alter alongside the design so the works are properly authorised before anyone starts.
What does a Fitzrovia kitchen renovation cost?
The fit-out — cabinetry, worktops and appliances — is usually budgeted at £5,000–£30,000, and where the kitchen forms part of a full two-bed refurbishment the surrounding figure is closer to £60,000–£110,000, excluding VAT. Central W1 access and the age of the fabric are the main things that move a Fitzrovia number, so we price them for your specific home.
Which Fitzrovia streets and buildings do you work on?
The full range of the district's stock. Fitzroy Square is a Robert Adam set-piece; Charlotte Street and Goodge Street carry period townhouses with flats above the restaurants; and Warren Street and the surrounding blocks add mansion flats and conversions. Each type calls for a slightly different kitchen approach, which we match to the building.
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