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Kitchen island installation in Greater London

Homeowners and landlords across Greater London can book us for kitchen island installation: kitchen islands planned and fitted, with power, water and extraction routed in before the floor goes down.

Guide price£320 to £15,600
Towns covered106 towns, including Brent
Timescale1 to 3 days for the island itself
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A large kitchen island with a white quartz worktop, three pendant lights and bar stools, with charcoal units behind

What prompts kitchen island installation in Greater London?

If your builder is adding a rear extension to a home in Greater London, they can leave ducts in the new floor slab, which makes power and water to an island far simpler.

Homeowners in Greater London often ask for an island once a kitchen and dining room have been opened up, so the larger room has a working centre instead of an empty middle.

What does kitchen island installation in Greater London include?

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

  • Free survey visit to measure clearances and check how the floor is built
  • Island carcasses fixed to the floor and levelled to match the main runs
  • Sockets and a cable run to the island, tested and certified to BS 7671
  • Hot and cold supplies and a waste with a steady fall for an island sink
  • Chasing or ducting through a concrete floor, then reinstating the surface
  • Island hood, ceiling extractor or downdraft unit with its ducting route planned first
  • Seating overhang supported with hidden brackets, a leg or an end panel
  • End panels, back panels and plinths finished on every visible face

How much does kitchen island installation cost in Greater London?

As a starting point for Greater London, these ranges include VAT at 20% and allow for typical labour costs in London. Prices in London usually run above the national guide, mainly because labour and parking cost more.

How much does kitchen island installation cost in Greater London?
Typical projectGuide price
Island fitted, no services, mid-rangeUnits, worktop and end panels, supplied and fitted£2,600–£6,500
Power to an island on a suspended floorSockets and the cable run to the island£320–£780
Hot, cold and waste to an island sinkPipework run under the floor£390–£1,000
Extra for chasing services into a concrete floorCutting, ducting and reinstating the floor£520–£2,000
Large bespoke islandCabinets on both faces, stone worktop, appliances£7,800–£15,600

Guide ranges cover the island units, worktop and fitting, with power, plumbing and floor chasing shown as separate lines; island hoods, pendant lights and new floor finishes are quoted on top. Prices include VAT at 20%.

Kitchens in homes across Greater London

Across Greater London you will often find Victorian and Edwardian terraces, conversion flats, mansion block flats and 1930s semis, and each shapes the kitchen differently. 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.

Opening a narrow galley into the dining room or side return is one of the most common terrace projects in London. Leasehold flats often call for a full kitchen in a small space, worked around building rules on noise, working hours and waste.

Rules for kitchen island installation in Greater London

Adding an island does not need planning permission in England, though a listed building may need listed building consent. Taking power to it from an existing kitchen circuit is not notifiable, but it must meet BS 7671; a new circuit for an island induction hob is notifiable under Part P, so it is certified through a competent person scheme or building control. A ducted island hood should meet Approved Document F, and only a Gas Safe registered engineer may run gas to an island 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 start

  • An island hob needs extraction: a hood or ceiling extractor with a ducting route to outside, or a downdraft unit inside the island.
  • Seating overhangs need support; the worktop material and thickness decide whether hidden brackets, a leg or an end panel are used.
  • Choose whether the floor finish runs under the island or stops at the plinth, as it affects future changes and underfloor heating.
  • Decide whether the island needs power, water or a hob before the floor is laid, because adding services later means lifting it.
  • Decide what the island will store before ordering units: deep pan drawers near the hob, a bin pull-out by the sink and shallow cupboards on the seating side.
  • Find out whether your Greater London home has a suspended timber or solid concrete ground floor; air bricks low on the outside walls often point to timber.

Questions about kitchen island installation in Greater London

How much does kitchen island installation cost in Greater London?

Kitchen island installation in Greater London typically costs £2,600 to £6,500 including VAT for a mid-range island with no services, supplied and fitted, based on prices in London. Larger or more involved jobs cost more, and your price is fixed in writing after a free survey visit.

Do you cover the whole of Greater London?

Yes. We carry out kitchen island installation across Greater London, including Brent, Islington, Westminster and Bexley. Every job starts with a free survey visit and an itemised written quote.

Can an island have a sink or hob on a concrete floor?

Yes, but it takes more work. On a solid floor, cables and pipes are chased into the concrete or run in ducting, then the floor is made good before the finish goes down. The sink waste needs a steady fall to the drain, which can limit how far from an outside wall the sink can sit. We check the floor and the drain route at the survey before pricing.

How is a kitchen island fixed in place?

An island is fixed to the floor, not just stood on it. Battens or brackets are screwed down within the island footprint and the base units are fixed to them, so the island cannot shift when someone leans on the overhang. The units are levelled so the worktop matches the height of the main runs, and on underfloor heating the fixing points are planned around the pipes or cables.

How much space do I need around a kitchen island?

Common guidance is around a metre of clear walkway on each side of an island, and more on the working side if two people cook at once or the dishwasher and oven doors open into the gap. In a narrower room, a peninsula joined to one run often works better. We measure at the survey and can mark the island out on the floor so you can walk round it before anything is ordered.

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