Bespoke Walk-In Wardrobes & Dressing Rooms in London

A workable single-wall walk-in needs roughly 1.4m width by 2.5m depth. An L-shape layout needs about 2.2m × 2.4m, a U-shape about 2.5m × 2.8m, and an island layout at least 2.8m × 3.5m to leave proper walking space around the island. Below these dimensions a fitted wardrobe with sliding or hinged doors will usually give you more usable storage than a walk-in.

Every Metro walk-in wardrobe is priced individually, so the figure depends on your layout, the finish you choose and the level of internal specification. Most commissions fall in the mid four figures, sitting a step above a standard fitted wardrobe, with island layouts, hand-applied veneers, integrated LED lighting and glass-topped jewellery cabinets at the upper end. Every walk-in is priced after a home design visit, based on materials, dimensions and detailing rather than floor area alone.

Yes, and this is the most commonly overlooked part of a walk-in. A sealed room full of fabric with no airflow can develop damp and musty odours, particularly in converted loft spaces and rooms on external walls. We specify ventilated shelving or gaps at carcass backs where airflow is a risk, and recommend keeping an internal door or vent rather than sealing the room entirely. Your designer will assess this during the home visit.

Yes — spare bedroom conversions are the most common way our clients create a walk-in, along with large landing alcoves and oversized en-suites. Because the room already has a door, flooring and usually a window, the work is joinery rather than construction. If a structural wall limits the layout, your designer will either work around it or advise on removal with a structural engineer.

Five, and the right one is dictated by the shape of the room. Single Wall suits narrow rooms and alcoves. L-Shape uses two walls meeting at a corner and is the most efficient in most rooms. U-Shape uses three walls for maximum capacity, often with a vanity. Parallel runs storage down two facing walls. Island places a central dresser in the middle and needs the most floor area.

Not necessarily — all three approaches work. Open fronts suit a dedicated dressing room where the storage is meant to be seen and reached quickly. Full doors, hinged or sliding, give privacy and keep clothing out of direct daylight, which matters for delicate fabrics and dark colours. Frameless glass doors sit between the two, keeping dust off while leaving the contents visible.

Integrated lighting is included as standard on Metro walk-ins — warm 2700K LEDs on shelf edges and hanging rails, on motion sensors so interiors light as you open them. Because this involves mains wiring rather than plug-in strips, it is installed by a qualified electrician, and the lighting circuits are drawn at the design stage rather than added afterwards. Electrical work is typically completed in a single day.

A walk-in wardrobe or dressing room is permanent fitted joinery and forms part of the property, so it is assessed as an improvement rather than furniture you remove on sale. In higher-value London property, dressing rooms are among the features buyers actively look for in a principal bedroom suite. Note the trade-off: converting a spare bedroom removes a bedroom from the count, which can affect valuation — worth discussing with a local agent first.

A walk-in commission typically runs 8 to 12 weeks from the first home visit to completion, longer than a standard fitted wardrobe because of the design detail and hand-finishing involved. The stages are the home visit, detailed design and fixed quotation, manufacture at our Wembley workshop, then three to seven days of installation on site. Your fitters protect floors and doorframes throughout.

Metro walk-ins carry a 10-year guarantee covering all parts and labour — cabinets, drawer mechanisms, hinges, light fittings and painted surfaces — and the guarantee transfers to a new owner if you sell. We keep your full design specification on file indefinitely, so a later phase such as an island dresser, additional shoe wall or extended hanging can be matched exactly, because we manufacture in-house.