Kitchen Renovation in Kensington, W8
Kitchen design, supply and installation in Kensington: made-to-measure Italian and German kitchens, designed at your home and fitted by our own team.
Covered under one contract
- Design and 3D layout
- Italian and German made-to-measure kitchens
- Worktops templated and fitted
- Built-in appliances supplied and installed
- Bathrooms designed as complete rooms
- Plumbing, electrics and tiling by our own trades
Kitchen Renovation in Kensington.
Space Cucina began as a kitchen company, and kitchens are still at the centre of what we do. We design, supply and fit kitchens across Kensington, either on their own or as part of an extension or refurbishment, with the furniture made to measure in Italy or Germany and the worktops, appliances and lighting specified alongside it.
The process starts at your home, with door, worktop and finish samples brought to you. We measure, talk through how you cook and live, and produce a design with drawings and a full specification. Once it is signed off, the kitchen goes into production and arrives six to eight weeks later; fitting, including worktop templating, takes one to two weeks.
Because our own electricians, plumbers and fitters do the work, the practical side, moving services, adding an island, running extraction, is dealt with as part of the design, not discovered on the day.
- Area
- Kensington, W8
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Housing
- Stucco and red-brick Victorian terraces, garden squares, mews houses, mansion flats and large detached villas off Kensington Church Street
- Transport
- High Street Kensington, Gloucester Road
- Kitchen lead time
- 6 to 8 weeks from sign-off
- Kitchen fitting
- 1 to 2 weeks including templating
- Ranges
- Aster Cucine (Italy), Schüller (Germany)
- Appliances
- Bosch, Neff, Siemens, Miele, Gaggenau and others
Kensington: the houses and the planning rules.
Kensington is one of the most consistently protected residential districts in London: white stucco terraces and garden squares south of the High Street, red-brick Queen Anne revival houses around Kensington Court and Phillimore Gardens, and a scatter of mews behind them. Almost every street is in a conservation area and a large share of the houses are listed.
The projects we see here are deep refurbishments of houses that have been divided and reunited over the years, lateral flats in the mansion blocks, and basements under the larger houses where the borough's policy allows. Design quality is scrutinised closely, so drawings and heritage statements have to be right first time.
The Kensington, Kensington Square, De Vere, Edwardes Square and Kensington Palace conservation areas cover almost the whole district.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBKC decides applications and has some of the most detailed conservation area guidance in London, with Article 4 directions on many streets removing permitted development rights.
Basements
The borough's basement policy limits new basements to a single storey under no more than half the garden, with a construction traffic management plan and an impact assessment.
Listed buildings
Many houses are Grade II listed, so internal alterations need listed building consent alongside planning permission.
Approvals for kitchen renovation in Kensington.
A new kitchen does not need planning permission, but moving services, new electrics and gas work need building regulations approval and certification, and flats usually need the freeholder's consent for changes to services.
RBKC decides applications and has some of the most detailed conservation area guidance in London, with Article 4 directions on many streets removing permitted development rights.
What kitchen renovation in Kensington includes.
- Design and 3D layout
- Italian and German made-to-measure kitchens
- Worktops templated and fitted
- Built-in appliances supplied and installed
- Bathrooms designed as complete rooms
- Plumbing, electrics and tiling by our own trades
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Kitchen Renovation in Kensington: your questions.
Do you fit kitchens in Kensington without other building work?
Yes. We design, supply and fit kitchens on their own as well as within extensions and refurbishments. We bring door, worktop and finish samples to the site visit, so you choose everything in the room it is going into.
How long does a new kitchen take?
Made-to-measure kitchens from Italy and Germany take six to eight weeks from sign-off to delivery, then one to two weeks to fit, including worktop templating.
Which parts of Kensington do you cover?
All of Kensington and W8, including Kensington Church Street, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington Square, Edwardes Square, Victoria Road, Campden Hill Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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We will visit, listen and explain what is possible for your property and how it would be approved. No pressure, no sales pitch.