The Angel · N1 · 10 miles from our workshop

Fitted wardrobes for The Angel homes.

Bespoke fitted wardrobes, kitchens, and living-space furniture for The Angel. Designed in your home. Built ten miles away at our Wembley workshop. Installed by our own fitters, never subcontractors.

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From workshop 10 mi Wembley HA9 to N1
Coverage zone Inner Within 10 miles
Borough Islington London Borough

The Angel at a glance

Borough Islington
Postcodes covered N1, EC1
Nearest tube Angel (Northern)
Driving access A1 Upper St · A501 City Rd
Property dominant Georgian & Victorian terraces
Conservation area Duncan Terrace & Angel CAs
Workshop location · HA9 0LB

Made in Wembley, fitted in The Angel.

Our workshop sits ten miles from N1, about a 30-minute drive most of the day. Close enough that a designer can come to you, your wardrobe can be built that same week, and a fitter can return for any small adjustment without it becoming a project.

10 miles approximately 30 minutes by van M METRO WORKSHOP Wembley · HA9 0LB TH THE ANGEL N1 · London Borough ofIslington N METRO · LOCATION DIAGRAM · NORTH LONDON
Workshop address Metro Kitchens & Bedrooms Ltd
Unit 29, Hallmark Trading Estate
Fourth Way, Wembley
London HA9 0LB
Distance to N1 10 miles
approximately 30 minutes by van
Showroom visits By appointment Monday – Saturday
Call 07700142978
Serving The Angel · N1, EC1

Fitted furniture for The Angel, made ten miles away in Wembley.

The Angel is some of inner London's finest period stock. Georgian terraces around Duncan Terrace and Colebrooke Row, Victorian houses off Upper Street, and City-fringe warehouse and loft conversions toward City Road. Tall sashes, original shutters and unequal chimney alcoves are the norm. Our Wembley HA9 workshop templates every piece to your exact room. Services for N1 homes · Wembley workshop

Services for N1 homes · Wembley workshop

What Metro manufactures for The Angel.

Three product categories, made in one workshop. Click through to browse the full range.

Core serviceFitted wardrobes in The Angel

Fitted Wardrobes

The most common job we do in N1. 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.

Metro ranges in this category
Shaker Opulence Hinged Door Sliding Door Walk-In Built-In Loft Alcove Over-the-Bed Under-Stairs

Solid 18mm carcase, hand-painted in Farrow & Ball or Little Greene.

Whole-home commissionsFitted kitchens in The Angel

Fitted Kitchens

We started as a wardrobe specialist. Kitchens followed naturally. A big share of our N1 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.

Metro kitchen ranges
Shaker In-Frame Slab Island Galley L-Shape

Full project management from design through installation.

Living spacesLiving spaces in The Angel

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.

Living space categories
Media Walls Home Office Bookcases Alcove Units

Built around existing chimney breasts, alcoves, and architectural features.

London manufacturing · N1 design

What The Angel homes demand of a fitted-furniture maker.

The Angel's housing has recurring quirks. Here is how our workshop handles each on a N1 project.

Tall sash windows and shutters have to stay clear.
Period properties The Angel design constraint · 01

Tall sash windows and shutters have to stay clear.

The The Angel problem

A The Angel 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.

Metro's manufacturing answer

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.
Chimney breasts The Angel design constraint · 02

No two chimney-breast alcoves are the same width.

The The Angel problem

Almost every The Angel 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.

Metro's manufacturing answer

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.
Garden flats The Angel design constraint · 03

Lower-ground conversions lose height and gain a damp wall.

The The Angel problem

Many The Angel 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.

Metro's manufacturing answer

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 The Angel. 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 N1 Which Metro ranges fit The Angel homes best? Four ranges we recommend more than any others in N1, 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.

From our workshop to your home

How Metro works with The Angel.

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 N1

Which Metro ranges fit The Angel homes best?

The ranges we recommend more than any others in N1, 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.

Full product range

The full range we build for The Angel.

Every piece below is made at the Wembley workshop and fitted by our own team. Click a category to see the range in detail.

Bedroom Furniture

Drawers, dressing units, bedsides. Designed to match a wardrobe project, or as a stand-alone suite.

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Living, Kitchens & Office

Outside the bedroom. Media walls, home offices, kitchens, utility rooms, fitted libraries.

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How The Angel homes actually use Metro

Common The Angel wardrobe scenarios.

Most N1 enquiries fall into a handful of property situations. Below is what each typically looks like.

Scenario 01

Terrace bedroom with tall sash and shutters

The situation: A couple near Duncan Terrace 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.

Range: Heritage Painted Project size: ~£5,400
Scenario 02

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.

Range: Built-In Project size: ~£4,200
Scenario 03

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.

Range: Sliding Door Project size: ~£6,000
Scenario 04

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.

Range: Shaker Project size: ~£4,800
Nearby coverage

Areas adjacent to The Angel.

If you're on the edge of any of these, the local page may suit better. Same designers either way.

Ready to start your The Angel project?

Let's book your free home visit.

A Metro designer comes to your N1 home. Measures the room. Sketches the options on the spot. Leaves you with samples and a written quote. No deposit. No obligation.

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