Kitchen
renovation
in Earl's Court, SW5
Designers, Architects, Engineers & Builders Under One Roof.
One Studio. One Contract. One Team.
We design and build Earl's Court kitchen renovations across Earl's Court's principal residential streets - 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 Earl's Court: What You Need to Know
Most Earl's Court 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.
Earl's Court falls within a conservation area, which means visible external alterations require careful design and often full planning permission. Our architects have extensive experience securing approvals in RBKC's conservation areas.
Our kitchen renovation projects in Earl's Court are delivered by our in-house team of RIBA architects, structural engineers and specialist tradespeople. Every project is managed under a single fixed-price contract with no hidden costs.
Earl's Court is built around its great garden squares, and it has one of the highest concentrations of period conversions in the Royal Borough. Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens carry sweeping stuccoed Italianate terraces; Penywern Road and Earl's Court Square add tall white-fronted houses, most long divided into flats. A kitchen here therefore sits, more often than not, inside a leasehold apartment carved from a grander house — though reuniting flats back into single houses is increasingly common, and that changes the brief entirely.
Consents come from two directions. RBKC scrutinises external change closely, the long stucco runs are protected as a group, and the conversions add freeholder and party-wall layers, so refurbishment here is governed by the borough and the freeholders together. RBKC's Article 4 directions withdraw permitted-development rights for small-scale external changes — windows, front doors, boundary walls and roof coverings — on streets including Earl's Court Square, Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens.
In the terraces the emphasis is conservation-led stucco restoration around a modern kitchen. On budget, a two-bed flat refurbishment sits in the £60,000 to £110,000 bracket excluding VAT on a London-wide basis; and where an Earl's Court kitchen takes in new area — most often in a house rather than a flat — that space runs £2,200 to £3,500 the square metre, with £5,000 to £30,000 for the kitchen fittings, before 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 Earl's Court: Questions
What is distinctive about a kitchen renovation in Earl's Court?
The conversions. Earl's Court is built around its great garden squares and has one of the highest concentrations of period conversions in the Royal Borough, so a kitchen usually sits inside a leasehold flat carved from a grander house. That said, reuniting flats back into single houses is increasingly common, and that reshapes the whole project.
We have a flat in an Earl's Court conversion — what does a kitchen job involve?
Two sets of consent. RBKC scrutinises external change closely and protects the long stucco runs as a group, while the conversions add freeholder and party-wall layers — so refurbishment is governed by the borough and the freeholders together. We resolve both before the kitchen is designed.
Which Earl's Court streets do you work on?
Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens, with their sweeping stuccoed Italianate terraces; and Penywern Road and Earl's Court Square, whose tall white-fronted houses are mostly divided into flats. The area has one of the highest concentrations of period conversions in the borough.
Do we need permission for a kitchen renovation in Earl's Court?
Where the work is visible, likely. Earl's Court sits within RBKC conservation areas on grand stuccoed garden squares, and Article 4 directions withdraw permitted-development rights for small external changes — windows, front doors, boundary walls and roof coverings — on streets including Earl's Court Square, Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens. We check the exact street first.
What does a kitchen renovation cost in Earl's Court?
On a London-wide basis, a two-bed flat refurbishment sits in the £60,000 to £110,000 bracket excluding VAT. Where an Earl's Court kitchen takes in new area — most often in a house — that space runs £2,200 to £3,500 the square metre, with £5,000 to £30,000 for the kitchen fittings, before VAT.
Local character & heritage: renovating kitchens in Earls Court
Earls Court sits in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, and kitchens here range from compact galley kitchens in period flats to open-plan kitchen-diners in the larger grand stucco terraces and garden squares, mostly now mansion and converted flats. The right approach depends on the property: open up and extend where the plan allows, or reconfigure and upgrade within the existing space.
Any external change is closely controlled in a conservation area, and in flats the lease and party-wall position matter; most homes are leasehold flats and many buildings are listed. We handle the design, any structural opening-up, the services and the fitted kitchen as one coordinated, fixed-price project.
Earls Court heritage & architecture: Kitchens in period flats · Mansion flats · Conservation areas · Roof developments & conservation · Period facades · Facade planning rules
Kitchen Renovation in Earl’s Court: Planning & Local Context
the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea · SW5
Planning for kitchen renovation in Earl’s Court
Most kitchen renovations are internal works governed by Building Regulations rather than planning permission — but removing or altering walls needs structural calculations and Building Control sign-off, and any rear or side kitchen extension within Earl’s Court's conservation areas will normally need a full application to the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea context
Earl’s Court SW5 sits within Earl’s Court's conservation areas, and the Royal Borough operates one of the country's strictest planning regimes — its basement policy limits excavation to a single storey beneath the footprint, and listed-building and conservation control is extensive. Earl’s Court spans the Royal Borough and Hammersmith & Fulham. Our in-house RIBA Chartered Architects prepare and submit every application to the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and handle pre-application discussions where early planning advice is useful.
Building Regulations
Kitchen Renovation in Earl’s Court must satisfy Building Regulations — covering electrical work certified under Part P, any structural openings designed to Part A, and adequate ventilation and drainage. Our in-house engineers manage Building Control from initial notice to completion certificate.
Recent work & local links
Explore our other Earl’s Court services — Loft Conversions House Extensions — or the Earl’s Court renovation hub.
Our in-house planning team prepares and submits every the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea application and manages building control end to end. View our planning track record →
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