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Kitchen renovation London: a sensible timeline
4 February 2026 · Process
A kitchen renovation in London rarely goes to plan 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, and matters even more in London homes, where access, parking, and period-property surprises add their own delays if they're not planned for.
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 always the day every mark is invisible in raking light. Our fitters put right whatever they can before they leave, and anything beyond an on-site fix is handled by Magicman, specialist finish repairers, arranged within seven days. Either way, you are not left chasing.
Planning a project?
Book a design visit to talk through layout, materials, and timeline with our team.
Related reading
- What to bring to your first design meetingPhotos, rough dimensions, and a few honest notes about how you cook go further than a folder of unattainable Pinterest saves.
- Boiling-water taps and hot cupboards: planning services earlyFiltration, pressure, and electrical loads for instant hot or chilled water need coordinated routes. Avoid late chases with this checklist.
- Signing off technical drawings: what you are approving and why it mattersThe manufacturing pack is the contract between design, workshop, and site. Here is what we walk through before anything is cut.