Kitchen renovations
Kitchens specified for how they will actually be used
A rental kitchen and an owner's kitchen are different products. Fitting the wrong one is an expensive way to find out.
Overview
Specification is the whole decision.
In a rental property the kitchen has to survive tenants who did not choose it and will not baby it. That means moisture-resistant carcasses, hard-wearing worktops, doors that can be replaced individually and a layout that cleans easily. Spending more on the carcass and less on the door is almost always the right call.
In an owner-occupied property the calculation is different and we will specify accordingly. Either way you get a written specification listing exactly what is going in — not a brochure photograph and a number.
- Survey and measured plan
- Written specification of units, worktops and appliances
- Layout advice for cleaning and durability
- Removal and disposal of the existing kitchen
- Electrical alterations and additional sockets
- Plumbing alterations and waste runs
- Plastering and making good
- Unit installation and worktop fitting
- Appliance installation and testing
- Tiling, splashbacks and sealing
- Flooring and decoration
- Certificates for electrical and gas work
Rental specification
What we recommend and why.
These are the choices that decide whether a kitchen still looks acceptable at the end of its third tenancy.
Moisture-resistant carcasses
The cabinet outlasts the door. Spend the money here.
Replaceable doors
One damaged door replaced individually, not a new kitchen.
Laminate worktops
Cost-effective, durable and simple to replace in a void.
Sealed edges
Water ingress at the sink cutout is the usual point of failure.
Fewer appliances
Every integrated appliance is a future repair liability.
Easy-clean flooring
Vinyl or LVT beats laminate in a kitchen every time.
Next step
Get a kitchen quotation
Tell us about the property and the kitchen you have in mind, and we will survey it and come back with a written specification and price.
Request a renovation assessment
Tell us what the property needs. We assess, scope and price before any work starts.
Your renovation enquiry has been received.
We will arrange an assessment, agree a scope of work and issue a written cost and programme before anything begins.
Questions
Common questions
A straightforward like-for-like replacement in a small property is usually around a week. Moving services, altering the layout or replastering extends that. The programme is in the written quotation.
Sometimes. A tired but functional kitchen may cost you very little in achievable rent, in which case replacing it is money you will not get back. A genuinely poor kitchen can hold a property back badly. We will tell you honestly which one you have.
It can, but it is disruptive and usually slower. Where possible it is much better done during a void. If it has to happen during a tenancy, we plan it to keep the kitchen usable for as much of the period as we can and agree it with the tenant in advance.
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