Kitchens · Blackheath
Kitchen installation in Blackheath
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.
We fit kitchens with our own team, including the plumbing, electrics, extraction, tiling and decoration around them.Good kitchen installation in Blackheath starts with an accurate survey of the room and the services behind the walls.
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Start with the room
Kitchen installation in Blackheath: where to start
Blackheath kitchens can be in Georgian or Victorian houses or in post-war Span homes, and the installation has to suit each.
In a period house, units should respect cornices, windows and fireplaces.
In a Span house, the original plan and simple detailing are part of the design.
Start from the room's character, then the storage.
We measure, check the services and plan the order of work before anything is ordered, so the fit is right first time.
We can fit a kitchen we have designed or one you have bought, and we will say plainly if something will not fit.
Make it buildable
Kitchen fitters in Blackheath
In a listed house or a protected Span property, removing original fabric or adding an external vent can need consent.
We check it before strip-out.
Older floors and walls are rarely level, so the units are set out from a level line.
The heath divides Greenwich and Lewisham, which decides the council for a skip licence.
The same team strips out, makes good, fits the units and worktops, connects the appliances and finishes the room.
The local check
What changes from one property to another
Blackheath is split between Greenwich and Lewisham, with the heath itself as the boundary.
The bigger point is the post-war housing.
Several Span estates around Blackheath Park are listed or have their own conservation area.
What may change there is tightly defined, down to window frames and front-door colours.
Much of this area is a conservation area, which removes permitted development rights that apply elsewhere.
Windows, doors, roofs and front gardens come into the application.
Each conservation area has its own appraisal of the materials the council considers appropriate.
They differ, so the answer on one street is not the answer on the next.
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 Blackheath.
The national rules
The regulations, in plain terms
These apply across England.Leases, listing and conservation areas can add to them, which is why the address comes first.
- Replacing a kitchen in the same room needs no planning permission.The units themselves need no Building Regulations approval.
- New circuits or a new consumer unit are notifiable under Part P.A registered electrician certifies them, or building control approves them.
- Gas work, including moving or connecting a hob, must by law be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
- Approved Document F sets a minimum extract rate for kitchens.It is 30 litres a second from a cooker hood, or 60 from a fan elsewhere.
- In a leasehold flat, the lease often requires the freeholder's consent before a kitchen is moved or a wall altered.
From our work
A closer look at our work
Kitchens we have fitted across South East London.Ask us which details could work in your own home.
Talk it through
Start with a call, then a site visit if it helps.
Tell us the postcode, the room as it is and what you want fitted.The calculator gives a free provisional bracket; anything firmer comes from a call and a site visit.
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.