Bespoke Fitted Kitchens, Designed and Made in London
Not flat-pack dressed up in a premium finish, and not a generic island dropped into a generic room. This is a kitchen designed around the way you actually cook, planned by a senior designer in your own home, built in our Wembley workshop and installed by our own fitters. Every kitchen is priced individually according to its layout and specification, from a compact single-run galley through to a full whole-room commission in bespoke materials.
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A kitchen begins
with the room.
Most kitchens fail because they were designed before the room was understood. A typical mistake: an island ordered for a room that's actually too narrow for one, leaving 600mm circulation gaps that the family bumps into for the next ten years.
A Metro kitchen commission begins with the layout — the basic geometry of how the room wants to be used. Once the layout is right, every other decision (cabinetry, materials, appliances, lighting) becomes easier. Below are the six standard kitchen layouts. Pick the closest match — your designer will adapt it to your specific room.
Six layouts. One room.
Kitchens start from the shape of the room. The layout dictates how the work triangle flows, where the island sits and where the light lands. Pick the closest match — your designer will adapt it to your space.
Single Wall
One wall of cabinetry. Narrow apartments, mews kitchens, lateral flats.
Most popularL-Shape
Two adjoining walls. Victorian terraces, family kitchens, most-commissioned.
Galley
Two parallel runs. Period kitchens, side returns, professional cook spaces.
U-Shape
Three walls of storage. Edwardian kitchens, broken-plan layouts, max capacity.
signatureIsland
Open-plan with central island. Statement kitchens, entertainer's favourite.
Peninsula
Island that returns to the wall. Open-plan without enough room for a true island.
HOW MUCH ROOM EACH LAYOUT NEEDS
| Layout | Room needs | Best for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Wall | Any width; 2.4m+ run | Narrow apartments, mews kitchens, lateral flats | Limited worktop between hob and sink |
| Galley | 1.2m minimum between runs, 1.5m comfortable | Period kitchens, side returns, serious cooks | Two people passing; door swings at either end |
| L-Shape | Most square and rectangular rooms | Victorian terraces and family kitchens — ourmost commissioned | Corner cabinet access; specify a pull-out |
| U-Shape | 2.4m+ between opposite runs | Edwardian kitchens, broken-plan layouts, maximumcapacity | Needs width or it becomes a corridor |
| Peninsula | Room 3.2m+ wide | Open-plan rooms without space for a true island | Circulation at the open end |
| Island | Room 3.6m absolute minimum, 4.2m comfortable | Open-plan statement kitchens | 1,000mm clear on every walked side, 1,200mmwhere a dishwasher or oven opens into the gap |
LEAD TIME
The kitchen commission process — 14 to 22 weeks from first visit to handover
Most kitchen commissions run 14 to 18 weeks. Heritage and Statement-tier commissions with hand-painted finishes and complex appliance specifications extend to 22 weeks.
Design development takes three to six weeks. Workshop manufacture takes eight to fourteen. Installation takes two to three weeks on site, with stone templated once cabinets are in and installed during the second week.
The most common cause of delay is appliance lead times, which are outside our control — some premium ovens and refrigeration run to sixteen weeks. We confirm availability early and order at design sign-off so the appliance is on site before the fitters need it.
Every Metro kitchen, six commitments.
Six things included in every Metro kitchen commission as standard — regardless of layout, size or specification level.
Senior designer visit
A senior kitchen designer visits your home — never a junior, never a salesperson. Two to three hours on site with the full Door Library, laser measure and CAD tablet. Layout drawn on the spot.
Same-day 3D mock-up
Where the brief permits, your senior designer produces a 3D mock-up of your kitchen on the day of the visit. You see the layout, the materials, the cabinetry positioning before you commit.
Bespoke cabinetry
Every cabinet built to your specific room — never an off-the-shelf carcass forced into your space. Solid timber or premium MDF carcasses, soft-close hardware by Blum, full-extension drawers throughout.
Appliance integration
We work with the major appliance brands — Miele, Sub-Zero, Wolf, Gaggenau, Liebherr, AEG, Siemens, Bosch — and integrate your chosen appliances into the cabinetry properly. Cabinetry sized to the appliance, not the other way around.
Worktop & splashback
Stone, quartz, hand-finished timber, hand-formed concrete or stainless steel — your worktop sourced and templated by our specialist stone partner. Matching or contrasting splashback specified during the design phase.
Installation by our team
Our own fitters install your kitchen — never subcontracted. Protective coverings throughout the property, coordination with plumber and electrician where required. 10-year guarantee on every cabinet, door, drawer mechanism and finish.
Kitchen worktop materials, honestly compared
The worktop is the surface you touch every day and the one most likely to be regretted. Below is how each material actually behaves in a working kitchen — including what each one does badly, because that is the part most showrooms leave out.
| Material | What it is | Performance | Worth knowing before you choose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz composite | Around 90% ground quartz bound in resin | Non-porous, never needs sealing, resists stains and scratches | The resin binder is the weak point — a hot pan straight from the hob can scorch it, so always use a trivet. Can fade in prolonged direct sunlight, worth noting in a south-facing extension |
| Granite | Natural igneous stone | Very hard, tolerates heat directly, huge colour range | Porous to varying degrees depending on the slab, so it needs resealing periodically — roughly annually on lighter stones. Edges can chip on impact |
| Quartzite | Natural metamorphic stone | Harder than granite, resists etching far better than marble, and looks like marble | A great deal of stone sold as quartzite is actually dolomite, which behaves differently. Ask your supplier for the geological name rather than the trade name |
| Porcelain & sintered stone | Mineral powders fired under heat and pressure. Includes Dekton | The best heat and UV resistance available. Non-porous, no sealing, works outdoors, available in very thin slabs | Brittle at the edges — a hard knock chips it, and chips are difficult to repair invisibly. On many products the pattern is surface-printed, so a deep chip reveals a different colour underneath |
| Marble | Natural calcium carbonate | Nothing else looks like it, and it stays naturally cool — which is why pastry cooks choose it | It etches. Lemon, wine and vinegar dull the polish on contact, and that is chemistry rather than a defect. Choose it only if you will accept a patina developing. A honed finish hides etching far better than a polished one |
| Dolomite | Natural stone sitting between marble and quartzite | Harder than marble, softer than quartzite | Frequently mis-sold as quartzite. It still etches, just more slowly than marble. If a supplier cannot tell you which of the two it is, assume dolomite and price accordingly |
| Timber | Solid hardwood, usually oak or walnut | Warm underhand, and the only surface you can sand back and refinish rather than replace | Needs oiling two or three times a year. Moves with humidity, and it will mark around a sink however well it is maintained |
| Concrete | Hand-formed and sealed, cast in the workshop or on site | Genuinely one-off, and can be cast to almost any shape or edge profile | Porous, so it needs sealing. Fine hairline cracking is normal in cast concrete and should be understood as character before you commit rather than discovered afterwards |
| Stainless steel | Fabricated sheet, often with an integrated seamless sink | Hygienic, completely heat-proof, and the only material giving a truly seamless worktop-to-sink junction | It scratches from the first week and settles into a patina. Professional kitchens accept this; domestic clients frequently do not. It also shows fingerprints and can dent |
12 to 22 weeks from first visit to handover.
Most kitchen commissions run 14-18 weeks depending on layout complexity, appliance lead times and finish specification. Heritage and Statement-tier commissions may extend to 22 weeks.
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Questions clients ask at the first visit.
Every Metro kitchen is priced individually, so the figure depends on your layout, the materials you choose and the level of appliance integration. A single-wall or compact L-shape sits at the lower end, with L-shape, galley and U-shape kitchens in mid-range materials above it, and island or peninsula layouts in premium materials with a full appliance specification at the upper end. Appliances and stone are quoted separately and vary widely. Every kitchen is priced after a free home visit, with the quotation fixed in writing.
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.
Allow 14 to 22 weeks from the first home visit to handover. Design development takes three to six weeks, workshop manufacture eight to fourteen, and installation two to three weeks on site. 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 all the major brands — Miele, Sub-Zero, Wolf, Gaggenau, Liebherr, AEG, Siemens, Bosch, La Cornue and Lacanche — and cabinetry is built to the appliance dimensions rather than the appliance being forced into a standard cabinet. If you're supplying your own, we need the exact model numbers at 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. Dekton 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 two to three 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.
The kitchen the house has earned.
Book a free home visit with our senior kitchen designer. Two to three hours, no charge, complete Door Library, same-day 3D mock-up where the brief permits.