Open-plan kitchens for South Hampstead villas — removing a wall to create a single kitchen-dining-living space, engineered and party-walled, with period detail kept and trades under one team.
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Opening a kitchen into the dining or living room transforms how a South Hampstead villa is used — one connected, light-filled space instead of small, separate rooms, often at garden level facing the rear. But it almost always means removing a structural wall, which is an engineering job, not a cosmetic one.
The wall is replaced with a correctly sized steel, the loads above are propped and transferred safely, and on a semi or terrace the work engages the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. In a period villa there is also the question of what to keep — cornices, ceiling roses and chimney breasts that give the room its character — which we design around rather than strip out.
We engineer the opening, manage the party wall and Building Control, and deliver the kitchen, structure and finishes in a single contract — so the open-plan room is both sound and beautiful, with honest budgets in pounds sterling.
Open-plan living starts with a structural opening — done properly, with the period room respected.
Removing the wall means a correctly sized steel and safe load transfer — engineered, not guessed.
On a semi or terrace, opening up engages the Party Wall etc. Act 1996; neighbours are notified and protected.
Cornices, roses and chimney breasts are designed around, so the room stays a period room.
Kitchen, dining and living are planned together so the whole room flows.
From structural opening to a finished, connected room — engineering and kitchen in one contract.
Sizing the steel and designing safe load transfer for the opening.
Notices, schedules of condition and awards on shared walls.
Propping, removing the wall and installing the beam under Building Control.
Retaining or reinstating cornices, roses and chimney breasts.
Planning the kitchen as part of one open-plan room.
Power, drainage, heating and ducted extraction across the space.
Flooring, decoration and lighting that unify the room.
Two-stage snagging and a clean handover.
We create open-plan kitchen-living spaces in South Hampstead’s period villas across NW6.
South Hampstead sits within the London Borough of Camden — see our South Hampstead area page and North London refurbishment overview.
Book a no-obligation consultation at our North London studio on Finchley Road, in Hampstead, or at your property. We will give you an honest read on approvals, programme and budget band — in pounds sterling — before you commit.
Site visit · approvals read · outline budget band (GBP) · programme indication. No obligation.
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