Kitchen extensions and renovations in Surrey
Architect-led design and build, delivered by one accountable team. Fixed price agreed before we start, backed by a 10-year structural warranty.
- Fixed price agreed before we start
- Architect-led design, costed as it is drawn
- 10-year structural warranty
- One project manager from first drawing to handover
What we build
Every kitchen extension in Surrey comes down to one of six shapes. Which one suits your house depends on its age, its plot and where the light falls.
Rear extension
Push out into the garden for an open plan kitchen and dining space. The most common kitchen extension in Surrey, and usually the simplest through planning.
Side return
Fill the narrow strip alongside a Victorian or Edwardian house. Adds width exactly where a galley kitchen needs it.
Wraparound
Rear and side return together, in an L. The largest change you can make to a ground floor without moving.
Double storey
Kitchen below, bedroom or bathroom above. More cost per square metre, less per room.
Infill
Close in a side alley or light well. Brings dead outside space into the house.
Garage conversion
Take the garage into the kitchen. Often the cheapest route to a bigger ground floor.
Renovation without extending
Not every kitchen needs more floor. Often the space is already there and the layout is wrong.
Knocking through
Remove the wall between kitchen and dining room. Needs a steel and building control sign-off, and it changes a house more than most extensions do.
Full refit
New cabinetry, worktops, appliances, services and finishes in the existing footprint.
Reconfiguration
Move the services, change the layout, relocate the door and the run.
Design and build under one roof
Hire an architect and a builder separately and you become the go-between. The drawing gets priced, half of it turns out to be impractical, and the budget climbs while the two of them disagree.
Our architects sit in the same business as the team that builds. The design is costed as it is drawn, and one project manager owns it from the first drawing to handover.
How it works
Design consultation
We visit, measure up and talk through how you want to use the room. No charge, no obligation.
Drawings and planning
Our architects draw the extension and handle the application. You see it before you commit to building it.
Fixed price
A full costed schedule of works. The number you agree is the number you pay, barring changes you ask for.
Build and handover
One team, one project manager, weekly updates. We finish, we snag it, we hand it back.
Styles and materials
We specify to suit the house and the way you cook, not to a house style of our own.
Cabinetry
- Shaker, painted timber. The default in most Surrey homes, and it sits well in period property.
- In-frame. Traditional joinery, each door set within the frame. The highest spec, and priced accordingly.
- Handleless slab. Matt lacquer or laminate, push-catch or routed rail. Modern, and it reads calm in an open plan room.
- Bespoke joinery. Oak, walnut or painted, made for the room rather than fitted into it.
Worktops
- Quartz for most kitchens.
- Porcelain and sintered stone where heat and scratches matter.
- Granite, solid timber, or marble if you accept it will patina.
Glazing and roof
- Bifolds, sliding doors and Crittall-style screens.
- Roof lanterns and flat rooflights where the extension runs deep and the back of the room would otherwise go dark.
Floors
- Engineered oak.
- Large-format porcelain.
- Poured resin.
Common questions
What will my kitchen extension cost?
We price after the design stage, not over the phone. The number depends on ground conditions, access, structural spans, glazing and the spec of the kitchen itself, and any figure given before a survey is a guess. You get a full costed schedule of works before you commit to anything.
Do I need planning permission?
Many rear kitchen extensions fall under permitted development. Conservation areas, listed buildings and larger or double storey schemes usually do not. We establish which applies at the design consultation and handle the application either way.
How long does a kitchen extension take?
Design and planning typically runs 8 to 12 weeks. The build is usually 12 to 20 weeks for a single storey rear extension, depending on size and glazing lead times.
Can we stay in the house during the build?
For most rear kitchen extensions, yes. We seal the works off from the rest of the house and set up a temporary kitchen. We will tell you at survey if yours is a project where moving out is the better call.
Do you work with our own architect or kitchen supplier?
Yes. Most of our work is designed and built in house, but we take on builds from other architects and fit kitchens supplied elsewhere. Tell us what is already in place and we will work to it.
See the work first
A 24-page portfolio of recent Surrey kitchen extensions, renovations and new builds, photographed properly, with the design and build approach set out from first drawing to handover.
Kitchen extensions across Surrey
We design and build across all eleven Surrey boroughs and districts from our base near Guildford. Guildford, Woking, Elmbridge, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Waverley and the rest.
Our office, Normandy, Guildford
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