Fitted kitchens

Metro kitchens start at £3,900 for a single wall of about eight units in a slab door, and most complete kitchens come to between £5,000 and £11,000 for the cabinetry, made to measure, delivered and fitted. As a guide that is £500 to £700 per unit fitted, including VAT: a galley from £4,900, an L-shape from £5,900, a peninsula from £6,900, a U-shape from £7,500 and an island kitchen from £8,900. Shaker doors add 20 to 30% over slab; gloss, super-matt and textured finishes add 20 to 25%. Prices include VAT, delivery and installation by our own fitters; worktops, appliances, sink and tap are quoted separately. A design visit gives you a fixed written price for your room.

For context, a national retailer's mid-range kitchen fitted with worktops and appliances is typically £8,000 to £15,000, and a trade supplier's twelve-unit premium range is £5,500 to £7,900 for the units before £1,500 to £4,000 of fitting. Because everything is made in our own Wembley factory and installed by our own team, our cabinetry usually lands 10 to 15% below those figures for a made-to-measure kitchen rather than a standard-size one.

We design, make and fit kitchens across London, including Wembley, Harrow, North London and North West London. Book a free home design visit and we’ll measure the room, talk through layout, doors and worktops, and send you a 3D design with a fixed quote.

Off-the-shelf kitchens use standard carcass widths — typically 300, 400, 500 and 600mm — so your room is filled with the nearest combination and the remainder is closed with filler panels. A bespoke kitchen is built to your room's actual dimensions, so cabinets run wall to wall with no fillers, awkward corners are designed around rather than boxed off, and internal layouts suit how you cook.

Four to six weeks from the order being confirmed to handover: two to three weeks of manufacture in our Wembley workshop and one to two weeks on site, with the worktop templated once the cabinets are in. The design stage before the order, the home visit, the 3D design and the drawings, runs at your pace. Appliance lead times are the most common cause of delay and are outside our control: some premium ovens and refrigeration run to sixteen weeks, so we confirm availability early and order at design sign-off.

The room dictates it more than preference does. Galley suits narrow rooms and is the most efficient for one cook. L-shape works in most square and rectangular rooms and leaves space for a table. U-shape maximises worktop and storage but needs width. Island layouts need substantial floor area. Single-wall suits flats and open-plan spaces. Peninsula gives island benefits where a full island won't fit.

You need at least 1,000mm of clear circulation on every side you'll walk around, and 1,200mm is much more comfortable where two people pass or where a dishwasher and oven open into the gap. That means a room roughly 3.6m wide as an absolute minimum for a modest island, and closer to 4.2m to be genuinely comfortable. Below that, a peninsula gives most of the benefit without the pinch points.

Either. We integrate appliances from any of the major makers, and the cabinetry is built to the appliance dimensions rather than the appliance being forced into a standard cabinet. If you are supplying your own, we need the exact model numbers at the design stage, because housing dimensions and ventilation requirements vary considerably between models.

Quartz composite is the most practical all-round choice — non-porous, stain-resistant and needs no sealing. Granite and quartzite are natural stone with similar durability. Marble and dolomite are the most beautiful and the least forgiving, since both etch from lemon, wine and vinegar. Sintered stone and porcelain handle heat best. Timber is warm but needs oiling. Your designer will discuss the trade-offs honestly against how you actually cook.

We design and install the cabinetry and coordinate closely with your plumber and electrician, but we don't employ them directly. Most clients use their own trades; where you don't have established relationships we can recommend kitchen-experienced contractors. Structural work — removing a wall, moving a soil stack, steel beams — is a separate building project that needs to be complete before our installation begins.

Most clients do, but plan for one to two weeks without a functioning kitchen. Water and power are typically off for parts of the first week, and the worktop is templated only after cabinets are installed — meaning a gap of several days before the stone arrives and the sink and hob become usable. A temporary setup elsewhere with a kettle, microwave and fridge makes the period considerably easier.

Ten years, parts and labour, on every cabinet, door, drawer mechanism, painted or veneered finish and item of integrated hardware we supply. It covers structural integrity, finish defects and hardware failure. It excludes wear from misuse, damage from third-party building work after installation, and impact or staining damage to stone worktops. Appliances carry their own manufacturer warranties.