Kitchen installation in Romford

Is kitchen installation right for your Romford kitchen?

If you have bought a kitchen online or from a trade counter for your Romford home, we can check the delivery against the plan and fit it properly.

If the kitchen in your Romford home is twenty years old, with tired doors and worn worktops, a full installation renews everything in one planned job. We work throughout Romford (RM1) and across the wider Greater London area.

What is included in the work?

Here is what usually goes into kitchen installation, adjusted to your Romford kitchen after we have measured it:

Panels, plinths, cornice, splashback and a final check before handover
Sink, tap and integrated appliances fitted and connected
Worktops cut, jointed and sealed, or templated for stone
First-fix electrics and plumbing for the new layout
Removal and disposal of the old kitchen, with gas and electrics made safe
Free survey visit, measurements and an itemised written quote

Kitchen installation prices in Romford

Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in London, and are firmed up once we have seen your Romford kitchen. Prices in London usually run above the national guide, mainly because labour and parking cost more.

Kitchen installation prices in Romford
Typical project	Guide price
Small kitchen, 5–10 units, fit onlyYour units fitted, laminate worktop, sink and appliance connections	£2,000–£3,200
Medium kitchen, 10–15 units, fit onlyAs above, for a typical family kitchen	£3,200–£4,600
Large kitchen, 15+ units or an island, fit onlyTall larders, island, more cut-outs and panels	£4,600–£5,800
Mid-range kitchen, supplied and fittedRigid units, quartz or solid wood worktops, integrated appliances, fitting and the usual trades	£23,500–£45,500

Fit-only guide ranges cover labour for units, laminate worktops and standard connections; stone worktops, new circuits, moved services, tiling, flooring and plastering are priced as separate lines. Prices include VAT at 20%.

Kitchens in homes around Romford

Typical homes in this part of Greater London include Victorian and Edwardian terraces, conversion flats, mansion block flats and 1930s semis. Victorian terraces often have a narrow galley beside the side return, while conversion flats and mansion blocks usually fit the kitchen into a small room or along one living-room wall.

London's mains water is hard, so limescale builds quickly on taps and boiling water taps, and a scale-reducing filter is worth planning in. Permit parking, red routes and flats without lifts are common, so parking suspensions, stair carries and lift bookings may need arranging before delivery day.

Building regulations, electrics and gas in Romford

Fitting a new kitchen does not need planning permission in England. Listed building consent may be needed if the building is listed, and a new vent through the outside wall of a flat may need planning permission and the freeholder's consent. Electrical work must meet BS 7671, and new circuits or a new consumer unit are notifiable under Part P, so they are certified through a competent person scheme or building control. New extraction should be designed to Approved Document F rates (about 30 litres per second for a hood ducted outside), a refit should not leave ventilation worse than before, and only Gas Safe registered engineers may connect a gas hob.

Conservation areas are widespread across London, so a new extractor vent on a front wall may need permission, and leaseholders usually need the freeholder's written consent first.

Before you book kitchen installation in Romford

Ask for appliance sizes and ventilation gaps to be checked against the housings before you buy appliances for a Romford kitchen.
Before you order a kitchen for your Romford home, ask for a survey so the plan is checked against real measurements, not estimates.
Order stone worktops early in the plan, as templating can only happen once the base units are fixed.
If the house was built before 2000, consider an asbestos survey before strip-out, especially with textured ceilings or old floor tiles.

Questions about kitchen installation in Romford

How much does kitchen installation cost in Romford?

Guide prices in Romford are about £2,000 to £3,200 including VAT for a small kitchen of 5 to 10 units, fit only. The final price depends on the size of the kitchen and what is moving, and is set out in an itemised written quote.

Which parts of Romford do you work in?

All of them. Our Greater London coverage takes in the whole of Romford, including the RM1 postcode district, as well as surrounding towns such as Hornchurch. If you are unsure, send us your postcode.

What order does a kitchen installation follow?

The usual sequence is strip-out, any structural work, first-fix electrics and plumbing, plastering, base and wall units, worktops, second fix of sockets, sink, tap and appliances, then splashbacks, flooring and decorating. Some floors go down before the units and some after, depending on the floor type, which we agree at the survey.

How long does it take to install a kitchen?

Most kitchens take three to twelve days on site to fit, depending on the number of units and whether services are moving. Allow one to three weeks overall once electrics, plumbing, tiling and flooring are included, plus one to two weeks between templating and fitting if you choose stone worktops.

Can I use my kitchen during the installation?

Not for most of it. Once the old kitchen comes out there is no sink or cooker until the new one is connected, usually a week or two for an average kitchen. We plan the job so the water and power are off for as little time as possible, and we tell you which days will be the most disruptive.

Kitchen installation near Romford

We also carry out kitchen installation in these towns near Romford: