Bespoke fitted wardrobes, kitchens, and living-space furniture for Hackney. Designed in your home. Built thirteen miles away at our Wembley workshop. Installed by our own fitters, never subcontractors.
Hackney at a glance
Unit 29, Hallmark Trading Estate
Fourth Way, Wembley
London HA9 0LB
approximately 35 minutes by van
Call 07700142978
Fitted furniture for Hackney, made thirteen miles away in Wembley.
What Metro manufactures for Hackney.
Three product categories, made in one workshop. Click through to browse the full range.
Fitted Wardrobes
The most common job we do in E8. Ten ranges across hinged, sliding, and walk-in builds. Every unit is cut to the room's actual dimensions and delivered in sections small enough for a Georgian staircase. Where original cornicing exists, the wardrobe stops below it with a clean shadow gap.
Solid 18mm carcase, hand-painted in Farrow & Ball or Little Greene.
Fitted Kitchens
We started as a wardrobe specialist. Kitchens followed naturally. A big share of our E8 kitchen work happens in Victorian galleys being opened up, and in canal-side conversions where the cabinetry has to slot in around immovable services. We build the cabinetry. You choose worktops, appliances, and splashbacks.
Full project management from design through installation.
Living & Media Walls
A category that's grown a lot since 2020. Media walls in living rooms, home offices in reception rooms, alcove cabinets flanking original fireplaces, full bedroom suites. Most of these come up as a second project once the wardrobes are in.
Built around existing chimney breasts, alcoves, and architectural features.
What Hackney homes demand of a fitted-furniture maker.
Hackney's housing has recurring quirks. Here is how our workshop handles each on a E8 project.
Tall sash windows and shutters have to stay clear.
A Hackney bedroom is usually built around a tall sash window, sometimes with the original shutters still boxed into the reveal. A standard wardrobe along that wall covers the shutter box or fouls the sash.
We build the wall as one integrated run: floor-to-ceiling wardrobes tight to each side wall, scribed to stop at the shutter box, with a low fitted drawer-and-seat unit under the window between them.
No two chimney-breast alcoves are the same width.
Almost every Hackney terrace has a chimney breast in the principal bedroom with an alcove either side, and the two are never equal. A single standard carcase for both leaves gaps and filler strips.
Each alcove is templated on its own and filled floor-to-ceiling, wall to chimney breast. Two different carcases that read as a balanced pair.
Lower-ground conversions lose height and gain a damp wall.
Many Hackney houses are split into flats, and the lower-ground garden flat has reduced ceiling height around 2.3m and an external wall that can carry damp. An off-the-shelf wardrobe is the wrong height and traps moisture.
We build wall-to-wall and to the real 2.3m height, with a ventilated back so air moves behind the cabinets, scribing the run around any vault recess and shelving it out as storage. From our workshop to your home How Metro works with Hackney. Four stages from your first phone call to the day we leave your bedroom cleaner than we found it. 01 Design visit at home A designer comes to you, measures the room properly, asks how you actually use it, and sketches the layout on the spot. Free. No deposit. No pressure. 02 Quote and samples You get a written, itemised quote. Hand-drawn elevations. Physical samples of the doors, paints, and handles you're deciding between. Take your time with it. 03 Built in Wembley Once you sign off the design, your wardrobe is cut, assembled, painted, and quality-checked at our HA9 workshop. Built to your room. Not assembled from standard-size carcases. 04 Fitted by our own team Same Metro team, never subcontractors. Floor protection down before anything else. Install completed in one to four days. Room left swept. 10-year guarantee starts the day we leave. Best-suited Metro ranges for E8 Which Metro ranges fit Hackney homes best? Four ranges we recommend more than any others in E8, based on what the area's property actually demands. Hinged Shaker Best for terraces Our default for Victorian master bedrooms, painted in Farrow & Ball or Little Greene, scribed neatly to sashes and alcoves. Built-In Best for alcoves Chimney-breast alcove wardrobes templated individually and filled floor-to-ceiling with no filler strips. Sliding Wardrobes Best for conversions Floor-to-ceiling sliders for period flats and lower-ground rooms, with mirror panels where the room needs light. Heritage Painted Best for period homes In-frame hand-painted doors that sit naturally alongside original cornicing, shutters and sash reveals.
How Metro works with Hackney.
Four stages from your first phone call to the day we leave your bedroom cleaner than we found it.
Design visit at home
A designer comes to you, measures the room properly, asks how you actually use it, and sketches the layout on the spot. Free. No deposit. No pressure.
Quote and samples
You get a written, itemised quote. Hand-drawn elevations. Physical samples of the doors, paints, and handles you're deciding between. Take your time with it.
Built in Wembley
Once you sign off the design, your wardrobe is cut, assembled, painted, and quality-checked at our HA9 workshop. Built to your room. Not assembled from standard-size carcases.
Fitted by our own team
Same Metro team, never subcontractors. Floor protection down before anything else. Install completed in one to four days. Room left swept. 10-year guarantee starts the day we leave.
Which Metro ranges fit Hackney homes best?
The ranges we recommend more than any others in E8, based on what the area's property actually demands.
Hinged Shaker
Best for terracesOur default for Victorian master bedrooms, painted in Farrow & Ball or Little Greene, scribed neatly to sashes and alcoves.
Built-In
Best for alcovesChimney-breast alcove wardrobes templated individually and filled floor-to-ceiling with no filler strips.
Sliding Wardrobes
Best for conversionsFloor-to-ceiling sliders for period flats and lower-ground rooms, with mirror panels where the room needs light.
Heritage Painted
Best for period homesIn-frame hand-painted doors that sit naturally alongside original cornicing, shutters and sash reveals.
The full range we build for Hackney.
Every piece below is made at the Wembley workshop and fitted by our own team. Click a category to see the range in detail.
Fitted Wardrobes
Our biggest category. Eight ranges in total. Every wardrobe is cut for your room.
- Hinged Door Wardrobes
- Sliding Door Wardrobes
- Walk-In Wardrobes
- Shaker Wardrobes
- Opulence Wardrobes
- Built-In Wardrobes
- Alcove Wardrobes
- Loft & Eaves Wardrobes
- Under-Stairs Storage
Bedroom Furniture
Drawers, dressing units, bedsides. Designed to match a wardrobe project, or as a stand-alone suite.
- Fitted Bedroom Furniture
- Over-the-Bed Storage
- Dressing Units
- Chest of Drawers
- Bedside Tables
- Wardrobe & Dressing Suites
Living, Kitchens & Office
Outside the bedroom. Media walls, home offices, kitchens, utility rooms, fitted libraries.
- TV & Media Units
- Alcove Storage
- Bar & Drinks Cabinets
- Home Office Furniture
- Built-in Libraries
- Fitted Kitchens
- Utility & Laundry Rooms
Common Hackney wardrobe scenarios.
Most E8 enquiries fall into a handful of property situations. Below is what each typically looks like.
Terrace bedroom with tall sash and shutters
The situation: A couple near Clapton Square with original shutters they wanted kept. A chain quote would have boarded over the shutter box.
What they got: Floor-to-ceiling wardrobes either side of the sash, scribed to the shutter box, with a fitted drawer-and-seat run under the window. Shutters still fold, sash still slides.
Back bedroom with unequal chimney alcoves
The situation: Owners who had been told both alcoves were the same size when they clearly were not.
What they got: Each alcove templated separately and filled floor-to-ceiling under the picture rail. Two carcases that read as a matched pair.
Lower-ground garden flat with a low ceiling
The situation: A garden flat with a 2.3m ceiling and a slightly damp front wall by the vault.
What they got: A wall-to-wall run built to 2.3m with a ventilated back, scribed around the vault and shelving it out. No trapped damp, no wasted corners.
Period conversion needing a compact dressing area
The situation: A one-bed conversion where the bedroom had an awkward return beside the chimney.
What they got: A fitted run turning the corner around the chimney return, hanging plus drawers, hand-painted to match the period trim.
Areas adjacent to Hackney.
If you're on the edge of any of these, the local page may suit better. Same designers either way.
Let's book your free home visit.
A Metro designer comes to your E8 home. Measures the room. Sketches the options on the spot. Leaves you with samples and a written quote. No deposit. No obligation.