A sensible timeline for a kitchen renovation

Renovations go wrong when the sequence is optimistic: finishes are chosen before services are confirmed, or installation is booked before manufacturing drawings are approved. A clear timeline protects both the schedule and the budget.

Early decisions that save rework

Appliance specifications, ventilation routes, and structural questions should be settled, or at least bracketed, before detailed joinery design locks in. Small shifts in appliance widths or duct paths late in the process are expensive because they ripple through every adjacent panel and worktop joint.

Manufacturing and site in parallel

Once technical drawings are approved, workshop production can run alongside first-fix building work. The goal is to arrive on site with components that match the space as built, not the space as assumed months earlier. That is why we care about accurate surveys and clear sign-off milestones.

If you are planning a project, book a consultation early. Even a short conversation can highlight constraints you have not yet written into a brief.

Typical phases in plain English

Most full replacements run from measured survey through design iterations, technical sign-off, manufacture, and a multi-day install, with worktops templated after carcasses are fixed and returned a week or two later depending on material. Building work, plaster drying, and flooring sequenced in the wrong order routinely add quiet weeks that never appear on a glossy brochure timeline.

We share a line-by-line programme with dependencies: when electrics need to be in, when plaster must be dry enough to template, when appliances must be on site for commissioning. If your contractor uses a different tool, we align both schedules so nobody is waiting on a mystery trade.

Snagging and handover

The last day on site is not the day every paint touch-up is invisible in raking light. We walk a structured snag list with you, prioritise anything that affects use or safety, and book return visits for fine tuning once you have lived in the room for a short period.