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What We Do

Kitchen-led ground-floor transformations, delivered by one team.

Ashecroft is not a kitchen retailer. We rethink the ground floor as a whole, covering architecture, structure, kitchen and build, and deliver it under one contract and one Project Guide. The kitchen sits inside the transformation, not beside it.

Our Services

What Ashecroft handles

Bespoke kitchen design and installation

Layout refinement, kitchen specification, appliance integration, lighting design and installation. The kitchen designed within the architecture of the house, not in a separate retail conversation.

Typically from £40,000

Kitchen extensions

Rear, side-return and wrap-around extensions designed to give the kitchen the space and the light it needs. Planning, structure and construction handled within the team.

Typically from £80,000

Open-plan reconfigurations

Removing internal walls, reshaping circulation, creating sight lines and resolving the relationship between kitchen, dining and living. Structural engineering and construction coordinated together.

Typically from £60,000

Structural knock-throughs

Load-bearing wall removals, steel beam insertion, lintel replacements and structural opening-up. Engineered, calculated and delivered with proper structural oversight.

Orangeries and garden rooms

Brick-and-glass structures that extend the ground floor into the garden. Designed as permanent, insulated living space, not conservatory additions.

Typically from £90,000

Bifold doors and glazed roofs

Aluminium, steel and timber glazing systems including bifolds, sliding doors, fixed panels, rooflights and lanterns. Specified as part of the envelope, not selected from a catalogue.

Underfloor heating, flooring and lighting

Wet and electric underfloor heating, engineered timber, natural stone and porcelain flooring, and architectural lighting design. All coordinated within the build sequence.

External hard landscaping

Patios, terracing, thresholds, drainage and external ground works that resolve the transition between inside and out. Delivered under the same contract.

Whole ground-floor transformations

Kitchen, living, utility, pantry, flooring, lighting, thresholds, external works and full delivery coordination. The ground floor resolved as one coherent piece of work.

Typically from £150,000

Project management

A dedicated Project Guide manages every aspect of delivery, from sequencing trades and coordinating suppliers to managing the programme and keeping the client informed through weekly structured updates.

Utility, bootility and pantry design

Dedicated spaces for laundry, storage, coats and food preparation, designed as part of the kitchen architecture rather than afterthoughts fitted into leftover corners.

Heating, ventilation and electrical coordination

Radiator strategy, underfloor heating zones, extract ventilation, consumer unit upgrades and electrical layouts resolved within the build programme. Specified properly, not patched in at the end.

Investment

How to think about investment

Every project is different. Investment depends on the scope of structural work, the specification of the kitchen, the complexity of the site and the level of finish required. The Scope & Investment Guide exists to give you a grounded financial framework before design commitments are made. Not a vague approximation, but a structured understanding of what the project is likely to involve.

Ashecroft operates on fixed-price contracts. Once scope is agreed and design development is complete, the price is the price.

The Team

An in-house professional team

Every Ashecroft project draws on embedded professional capability: architect, planning consultant, chartered surveyor, structural engineer and Project Guides. These are not referral partners. They are part of the delivery team.

Meet the team

Ready to explore what your ground floor could become?

Start with budget clarity before design commitments, or book a Discovery Call to speak with a Project Guide.

Laura Ashley Kitchens by Ashecroft

Kitchen-led ground-floor transformations

Design Studio

4 South Street

Dorking, Surrey RH4 2EL

Opening Summer 2026

Serving Surrey, South and West London, and selected Home Counties

Get in Touch

01306 866 222hello@ashecroft.co.uk

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