Kitchen
renovation
in Hammersmith, W6
Designers, Architects, Engineers & Builders Under One Roof.
One Studio. One Contract. One Team.
We design and build Hammersmith kitchen renovations across Hammersmith'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 Hammersmith: What You Need to Know
Most Hammersmith 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.
Hammersmith has conservation area coverage in parts, so some properties will need planning permission for external changes while others may proceed under permitted development. We assess each property individually.
Our kitchen renovation projects in Hammersmith 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.
Most Hammersmith kitchen briefs begin with a wall, not a worktop. The route to the kitchen these houses deserve usually runs through a side return or a rear addition, and the arithmetic is well charted: £71,250–£112,500 excluding VAT for single-storey rear work, £90,000–£120,000 excluding VAT for the side return, and an indicative £100,000–£200,000 where both combine into a wraparound.
The building then sets the terms. W6 runs from Georgian terraces through Victorian villas to Edwardian mansion flats, and in the flats around Glenthorne Road structure, acoustics and freeholder consent travel together — with Licences to Alter for W6 flats part of the same local rulebook. Because Hammersmith and Fulham examines external change in its conservation areas and applies Article 4 controls, the first design question is whether the kitchen stays within the existing envelope; settling that with the borough early keeps everything downstream simple.
The kitchen itself is budgeted on its own line: £2,200–£3,500 per square metre of new area for the build, excluding VAT, plus a supply allowance of £5,000–£30,000 for the kitchen — a split that lets specification decisions be made deliberately rather than by drift.
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 Hammersmith: Questions
Does a bigger kitchen in Hammersmith usually mean building an extension?
More often than not. The step change in a W6 kitchen tends to come from claiming the side return or pushing the rear wall out, and the London-wide bands for that work run £71,250–£112,500 excluding VAT for a single-storey rear addition and £90,000–£120,000 excluding VAT for a side return.
How is the kitchen itself priced within a Hammersmith extension?
In two parts. The new structure is costed at £2,200–£3,500 per square metre of added area — a build rate excluding VAT — while the kitchen carries its own supply allowance of £5,000–£30,000. Separating the two keeps a Hammersmith budget honest from the first meeting.
Our Hammersmith kitchen is in a leasehold flat — what approvals come first?
The freeholder's, alongside any statutory ones. Around Glenthorne Road the Edwardian mansion flats are leasehold projects where structure, acoustics and freeholder consent are settled as one package — and W6's heritage guidance covers Licences to Alter for flats, so that consent route is mapped before the kitchen is designed.
When do Hammersmith's conservation rules touch a kitchen project?
The moment the work shows on the elevation. Hammersmith and Fulham scrutinises external change in its conservation areas and backs it with Article 4 controls, so a kitchen that stays inside the existing envelope is a different consenting proposition from one that alters the rear — and knowing those rules early is what keeps a Hammersmith scheme on track.
Which Hammersmith houses take a wraparound kitchen scheme well?
The stock is broad — Georgian terraces, Victorian villas and Edwardian mansion flats — and where a house and its garden allow the full L-shaped move, the wraparound carries a London-wide indicative band of £100,000–£200,000. We match the scheme to the building before recommending the bigger route.
Local character & heritage: renovating kitchens in Hammersmith
Hammersmith sits in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, and kitchens here range from compact galley kitchens in period flats to open-plan kitchen-diners in the larger Victorian and Edwardian terraces with a historic riverside. 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; conservation areas protect the riverside and the period streets. We handle the design, any structural opening-up, the services and the fitted kitchen as one coordinated, fixed-price project.
Hammersmith heritage & architecture: Kitchens in period flats · Mansion flats · Conservation areas · Roof developments & conservation · Period facades · Facade planning rules
Kitchen Renovation in Hammersmith: Planning & Local Context
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham · W6
Planning for kitchen renovation in Hammersmith
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 Hammersmith's conservation areas will normally need a full application to London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham context
Hammersmith W6 sits within Hammersmith's conservation areas, and Hammersmith & Fulham's Local Plan governs the borough's dense Victorian terraces, and its conservation areas remove many permitted-development rights. Our in-house RIBA Chartered Architects prepare and submit every application to London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and handle pre-application discussions where early planning advice is useful.
Building Regulations
Kitchen Renovation in Hammersmith 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 Hammersmith services — Loft Conversions House Extensions — or the Hammersmith renovation hub.
Our in-house planning team prepares and submits every London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham application and manages building control end to end. View our planning track record →
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