The team and the scope · Herne Hill
Kitchen fitters in Herne Hill
Design-led: we plan the room before we price the work, so the drawing and the build match.
Build-led: our own builders, plumbers and electricians on site, one team from strip-out to finish.
Choose a team with the whole room in view.Our kitchen fitters in Herne Hill bring the fitting and the surrounding trades into one conversation.
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Before you choose a team
Kitchen fitters in Herne Hill: where to start
For a rear kitchen beside a proposed knock-through in Herne Hill, agree the fitting brief before ordering.
Ask us to check where the building work ends and the fitting scope begins.
List who supplies each item and who checks that it fits.
Bring the room dimensions, photographs and any supplier drawings to the discussion.
Agree the supply list and exclusions before comparing prices.A fitting-only quote and a full refit cover different work.
Make it buildable
Preparing the job in Herne Hill
Separate unit fitting and worktops from plumbing, electrics and any structural work.
Record what needs making good after the old kitchen comes out.
Ask which decisions need resolving before the start date.
Start with a call about your room.We can then decide what needs checking during a site visit.
The local check
What changes from one property to another
Much of Dulwich sits under the Dulwich Estate's Scheme of Management.
It is a second consent on top of planning permission.
Freeholders need a licence from the Estate before any structural change or anything that alters the outside.
That includes removing an internal wall, replacing windows and fitting a boiler flue.
Replacing kitchen units on their own does not need it; knocking the kitchen through to the dining room does.
The Estate's own guidance puts rear extensions at around 3m from the rear wall and 3m high to a flat-roof parapet.
It asks for a 600mm offset from a shared boundary unless your neighbour agrees in writing.
Southwark's householder guidance is the one to read before you draw anything.
Permitted development does not apply to flats or maisonettes at all, so any external change needs a full application.
A large single-storey rear extension can go ahead under permitted development, with Prior Approval.
That means the council writes to your neighbours first.
In a conservation area, or under an Article 4 direction, those permitted development rights are cut back again.
We check the actual address and the proposed work before saying what consent is needed.
Check the rules for your address
These are the local authority and estate sources relevant to Herne Hill.
Before work begins
Questions for the first conversation
A useful brief makes responsibility clear before anything is removed or delivered.
- Who measures and checks the supplier drawings?Record the appliance or fitting dimensions before ordering.
- What is included in removal, waste collection and making good?Ask what would count as extra work.
- Who coordinates the plumbing, electrics and finishing work?Agree the sequence and any specialist requirements.
- What stays usable during the work?Discuss access, protection and temporary arrangements for your household.
- What is checked at handover?Agree a snagging list, care information and any applicable documentation.
From our work
A closer look at our work
Details from our own finished work across South East London.Ask us about the fitting and finishing.
Talk it through
Start with a call, then a site visit if it helps.
Tell us the postcode, what is being replaced and whether you have chosen the fittings.We will talk through the scope before the next step.
Keep exploring
Related work nearby
Further reading
The regulations: the official guidance
- Planning Portal: Kitchens and bathrooms: when Building Regulations approval is needed
A straightforward refit does not generally need approval, but drainage or electrical work may.A new kitchen or bathroom in another room is likely to need it.
- Planning Portal: Internal walls
Taking out an internal wall rarely needs planning permission, but structural work needs Building Regulations approval.
- GOV.UK: Electrical safety: Approved Document P
The Building Regulations guidance on electrical safety in homes, including special locations such as bathrooms.
- GOV.UK: Ventilation: Approved Document F
The Building Regulations guidance on ventilation, including extraction from kitchens and bathrooms.
- Planning Portal: Extensions
When a rear or side extension can go ahead under permitted development, and when it needs permission.
- Historic England: A guide for owners of listed buildings
Making changes to a listed home, with sections on kitchens, bathrooms, extensions and windows.