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Expert kitchen renovation services in Kensington, W8. Trusted by homeowners across Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington's big Victorian and Edwardian mansion houses set a high bar. So do the garden squares and the period conversions off High Street Kensington. We have built kitchens in a lot of these homes over the years, around Holland Park, Kensington Palace Gardens, and the quieter streets nearby, and the work is always about getting the detail right.
A good number of Kensington kitchens sit at lower ground level, and that room usually ends up being where the family actually lives. Getting it right often means real structural work. We enlarge lightwells, drop floor levels, and reconfigure stairwells, then finish to a standard that suits the house. Italian stone, hand finished metalwork, cabinetry milled to our own drawings. That is the normal spec here, not the exception.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is strict about how you run a site. Working hours, noise limits, construction traffic plans. Our teams know the RBKC rules inside out and we build that compliance into the programme from the first week rather than scrambling later.
Complex kitchens need specialist trades, and on a Kensington job that can mean structural glazing engineers, metalworkers, stone masons, and AV people all on the same site. We run all of them through one project manager. That keeps the quality up and the programme honest.
Kensington is about as prestigious as London residential gets, with values near the top of the country. The stock runs from substantial Victorian mansion houses to Edwardian red brick and grand period conversions, and plenty of it is listed or sits inside a conservation area.
RBKC's planning rules are demanding but they are consistent, and we know the borough's planning and building control teams well. High spec homes, high spec expectations, owners who care about the outcome. That is exactly the kind of kitchen work we are set up for.
“SOM ran the whole kitchen job for us and pulled together our architect, our interior designer, and about six specialist trades. What we ended up with looks like something out of a magazine. Honestly the detail was better than we expected.”
Victoria & Jonathan H.
Holland Park, Kensington
Three simple steps to your new kitchen renovation in Kensington.
We come to your home, talk through what you want, and put together a proper design plan for the new kitchen.
You get a full quote with no obligation. It covers labour, materials and how long the job will take.
Our team fits the kitchen carefully and keeps the mess and disruption down while we work.
RBKC keeps noisy work to 8am until 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am until 1pm on Saturdays. No noisy work on Sundays or bank holidays. Deliveries have to dodge the peak hours, and bigger jobs may need a construction management plan. We sort all of that as part of the job.
Yes, and we do it often. A lot of our Kensington clients already have their own architect and interior designer. We slot into that team and bring the build side, the programme, and the quality checks. The design stays with them.
We survey and photograph every period feature before anyone lifts a tool, then board and wrap them while the work goes on. If anything does get damaged we bring in a specialist to put it right. We have a strong record on keeping old fabric intact.
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