Kitchen Renovation in Hampstead

The grand Edwardian villas and detached Arts and Crafts houses around Hampstead come with kitchen footprints most London homes never get near. The trouble is, decades of odd little alterations have left a lot of them with awkward layouts that waste the room they have. We bring these kitchens back up to the standard the houses were built to.

Properties around Fitzjohn's Avenue, Well Walk and the streets climbing up toward Parliament Hill often still have the old butler's pantry, scullery and service corridor tucked at the back. Knock those together and you get a proper kitchen and family room. We tend to design the layout so it opens straight onto the mature rear gardens the area is known for, with large aluminium or steel framed glazing that puts the trees and lawn right in front of you.

Much of the village sits inside a conservation area, and plenty of houses are individually listed. We know how Camden Council's heritage team works. We source reclaimed materials, and we design modern additions that keep conservation officers happy without dulling the finished room.

Island units with wine storage built in, professional range cookers vented through a hidden flue, the lot. These are kitchens you can actually cook in, finished to the level Hampstead owners expect.

Hampstead is about as architecturally important as London residential gets. The Hampstead Conservation Area, run by Camden Council, covers the old village core and the streets around it, and it keeps a tight hold on external changes. A good number of houses along Church Row, Flask Walk and near the Heath are Grade II or II* listed.

Even with those controls, Hampstead houses are usually big enough to rework inside without extending at all. Generous plots, high values and owners who care about the architecture make it one of the best areas in London for a serious kitchen job.