Fitted Kitchens Built Around Your Room
Bespoke fitted kitchens designed, made and installed by one team — hand-built cabinetry, premium stone worktops and fully integrated appliances, with the structural, open-plan, plumbing and electrical work handled too. Designed by our in-house team and built by directly-employed trades under one fixed-price contract, from first concept to the final adjustment.
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A Kitchen Built Around Your Room
A fitted kitchen should look as though it was made for the room — because it was. The difference between a bespoke fitted kitchen and an off-the-shelf range is not just quality; it is fit. Standard units come in fixed widths and leave you with filler panels, awkward corners and dead space. A kitchen designed and built for your room uses every centimetre, resolves the tricky junctions with the walls and windows, and gives you the storage and the worktop runs you actually need.
This page is for the fitted kitchen, the bespoke kitchen, the handmade kitchen — designed, manufactured and installed by one team. As a design-and-build contractor rather than a showroom, we do not just supply cabinets and leave the building work to someone else. We handle the whole project under one fixed-price contract: the design, the bespoke cabinetry, the stone, the appliances, and the structural, plumbing, electrical and decorating work around them. If the kitchen is part of a wider kitchen renovation or a move to open-plan living, it all comes from the same studio.
The cabinetry is made by our long-standing framework joinery partners — solid timber carcasses, dovetail-jointed drawers and the finish of your choice, from hand-painted in-frame to seamless handleless. Worktops are selected slab by slab from our specified stone yards. Appliances are specified to how you actually cook. And because the same team installs the kitchen and does the building work, there is never a gap between the kitchen company and the builder — the most common source of delay, blame and compromise on a kitchen project.
We have designed and fitted kitchens across NW3, NW8, NW1, W1, W11 and SW London — galley kitchens in mansion flats, broken-plan kitchen-living spaces in Victorian terraces, and large family kitchens in Edwardian and contemporary homes. Each is designed around the room and the family it serves.
The value of a single team becomes obvious the moment a kitchen project hits a problem. When the wall comes down and the brickwork is not where the survey suggested, or the drainage runs the wrong way, or the floor is two centimetres out of level, a showroom kitchen designer cannot help you — they have sold you cabinets and moved on, and the builder you separately engaged will tell you it is the kitchen company's problem. Because we design, supply and build, those moments are simply resolved on site by the people responsible for the whole result. There is no one to pass the blame to, because there is only us.
It also changes how the kitchen is designed in the first place. Knowing exactly what is behind the walls, what the services can do and what the structure allows, we design a kitchen that can actually be built as drawn — rather than a beautiful plan that unravels the moment the first cabinet is offered up. The island lands where the steel and the drainage allow; the run of tall units fits because we measured and made to the millimetre; the extraction works because we ducted it properly. That is the difference between a kitchen that photographs well and one that works for twenty years.
Six Fitted Kitchen Styles We Make
Because the cabinetry is bespoke, the style is yours to set. These are the six directions we are asked for most, each made to measure for your room.
Shaker
The classic five-piece frame-and-panel door, hand-painted in a colour of your choice. Versatile across period and modern homes, and the most-requested style in London — warm, enduring and never quite dated.
In-Frame Classic
Doors set within a solid timber frame — the most traditional and finely crafted construction, with the tightest shadow lines. The choice for Georgian, Victorian and listed homes where the kitchen should feel like fine furniture.
Handleless
Clean slab doors with a recessed rail or push-to-open mechanism — no visible handles, uninterrupted lines. Crisp and architectural, ideal for contemporary and open-plan spaces where the kitchen reads as furniture.
Timber & Veneer
Natural oak, walnut or smoked timber veneers, often paired with painted or stone elements. Brings warmth and grain into a modern scheme — the contemporary kitchen that still feels organic rather than clinical.
Industrial
Stainless steel, blackened metal, concrete-effect surfaces and exposed shelving — the professional-kitchen aesthetic, executed with domestic refinement. A strong look for warehouse conversions and bold contemporary homes.
Island & Broken-Plan
Designed around a large island that anchors an open or broken-plan living space — seating, storage and prep in one piece. The kitchen as the heart of the home, designed together with the structural opening it sits within.
What a Fitted Kitchen Project Actually Includes
A kitchen is the most complex room in the house. Every element below is delivered and warranted under one fixed-price agreement — not split between a kitchen company and a separate builder.
Bespoke Kitchen Design
In-house design developing the layout, the work-flow and the cabinetry around your room and how you cook — with full drawings, elevations and a 3D visualisation so you see the finished kitchen before a single unit is made.
Hand-Built Cabinetry
Solid timber carcasses, dovetail-jointed drawers, soft-close Blum hardware and the door style of your choice — made to your exact dimensions by our framework joinery partners and hand-finished, with no filler panels or dead space.
Worktops & Splashbacks
Stone selected slab by slab — book-matched marble, quartzite, sintered surfaces, honed limestone or solid timber — templated to the millimetre, with matching or contrasting splashbacks, upstands and waterfall ends.
Appliance Integration
Appliances specified to how you cook and seamlessly integrated — from standard integrated models to professional-grade ranges — with proper provision for the ducting, power and clearances each one needs.
Structural & Open-Plan
Where the project opens up the space, the wall removal, steel beam and making-good are part of the same contract — the kitchen and the structural opening designed together, not by two separate firms.
Plumbing & Gas
Sinks, taps, dishwashers, water filtration and any gas connection installed and certified by our Gas Safe registered engineers — with pipework re-routed cleanly to suit the new layout.
Electrics & Lighting
Circuits certified to BS 7671, appliance supplies, and a layered lighting scheme — task lighting over worktops and the island, under-cabinet lighting, and ambient and feature lighting, all on dimming or scene control.
Extraction & Ventilation
A properly sized, ducted extractor vented to outside — essential in an open-plan kitchen — sized to the hob and the room, and quiet enough to live with.
Flooring
Engineered timber, large-format porcelain or natural stone, often on underfloor heating, laid level and run through into adjoining spaces where the kitchen is open-plan.
Pantry & Utility Joinery
Bespoke larders, boot-rooms and utility rooms designed alongside the kitchen — the storage and the laundry that keep the main kitchen uncluttered, made in the same joinery shop to match.
Plaster & Decoration
Making-good, plastering and full decoration of the kitchen and any opened-up space, so the finished room is complete — not a new kitchen against tired walls and ceilings.
Snagging & Aftercare
A two-stage snag, appliance commissioning and demonstration, a 12-month defects period, plus a service visit at six months.
The Six Things That Make a Kitchen Work
A beautiful kitchen that does not work is a daily frustration. These are the six things we resolve at design stage.
The Work Triangle
Sink, hob and fridge arranged so cooking flows without crossing the room. The single most important — and most often ignored — principle of a kitchen that is a pleasure to use.
Storage That Fits Your Life
Designed around what you actually own — deep drawers for pans, tall larders, integrated bins and recycling, appliance garages. Bespoke means storage built for you, not generic cupboards.
Worktop You Can Live With
The right stone for how you cook — marble is beautiful but stains, quartzite and sintered surfaces are tougher. We advise honestly so you love it in five years, not just on day one.
Layered Lighting
Task lighting where you prep, ambient light for the room, and feature lighting over the island — on scene control. A kitchen lit by a single ceiling light never feels right.
The Island, Sized Right
An island should leave generous clearance all around and earn its space with seating, storage or a prep zone — not crammed in because islands are fashionable. We size it to the room.
Quiet, Effective Extraction
Especially in open-plan, extraction that actually clears cooking and is quiet enough to talk over — the unglamorous detail that decides whether you enjoy an open kitchen or regret it.
Eight Stages, From Brief to Handover
A bespoke kitchen rewards a disciplined process. Here is how we run yours.
Free Consultation
We discuss how you cook and entertain, what frustrates you about your current kitchen, and your budget — at our studio or your home. No charge, no obligation.
Measured Survey
A precise survey of the room, services and any structural considerations — the basis for a design that fits perfectly and a firm price.
Layout, Style & 3D
The layout, cabinetry, materials and lighting developed and presented in plans and a 3D visualisation, refined with you until the kitchen is exactly right.
Materials & Appliances
Stone selected at the yard, appliances confirmed, finishes and hardware signed off — every detail fixed and costed before manufacturing begins.
Cabinetry Made to Order
Your bespoke cabinetry hand-built in the workshop while any structural and first-fix work proceeds on site — the two running in parallel to save time.
Site Works & Fit
Any opening-up, first fix, plastering, then cabinetry install, worktop template and fit, appliances, splashbacks, lighting and flooring. Weekly updates throughout.
Commissioning & Handover
Appliances commissioned and demonstrated, a joint snagging walk, the certification pack and handover of your finished kitchen.
Defects Period & Warranty
A 12-month defects-rectification period under the JCT contract terms and a service visit at six months.
Four Tiers, Honestly Drawn
What a fitted kitchen costs depends on the cabinetry, stone and appliances you choose. Here is how our four tiers differ.
Where Your Budget Actually Goes
For a representative high-end fitted kitchen supplied and installed, here is where every pound is spent.
The Craft Behind the Cabinetry
A bespoke kitchen is joinery and engineering. Here is what is actually built and installed.
Cabinetry Construction
- Carcasses: Solid timber or moisture-resistant furniture board, glued and pinned, built to your exact dimensions
- Drawers: Dovetail-jointed timber drawer boxes on Blum Legrabox or Tandembox runners, soft-close
- Doors: Hand-painted in-frame, shaker or slab; veneer or laminate on contemporary schemes
- Finish: Multi-coat hand-applied or factory paint, in any colour, fully repairable in future
Worktops & Stone
- Natural stone: Marble, quartzite, granite and limestone — selected by slab, sealed and templated digitally
- Engineered: Quartz composite and sintered surfaces (Dekton, Neolith) for durability and large formats
- Detailing: Mitred edges, waterfall ends, integrated drainer grooves and matching upstands
- Sinks: Undermount, integrated or Belfast, with quality brassware to specification
Services & Compliance
- Electrics: Circuits certified to BS 7671 by a registered competent person, appliance supplies and data
- Plumbing: Hot, cold and waste re-routed to the layout; water filtration and boiling taps where specified
- Gas: Hob and any range connection by Gas Safe registered engineers, certified
- Extraction: Ducted to outside, sized to the hob and room, with quiet motors
Integration
- Appliances: Fully integrated with correct clearances, ventilation and access for service
- Lighting: Under-cabinet, in-cabinet, task and feature lighting, scene-controlled
- Storage: Pull-outs, larders, recycling, appliance garages and bespoke internals
- Structure: Floor strengthening for heavy islands, and steel where the room is opened up
The Kitchen as the Heart of the Home
More and more of our fitted kitchens are part of opening up the ground floor — and designing the two together is the difference between a kitchen and a great open-plan living space.
The modern kitchen is rarely a separate room any more — it is the heart of an open-plan or broken-plan living space where the family cooks, eats, works and relaxes. Designing the kitchen and the structural opening as one piece of work is what makes that space succeed: the island positioned to anchor the room and screen the working kitchen, the extraction sized for an open space, the lighting zoned, and the cabinetry detailed as furniture because it is on show from the sofa.
Because we are a design-and-build contractor, we do both. The same studio that designs your kitchen removes the load-bearing wall on an engineered steel beam, resolves the beam detail so there is no clumsy downstand, runs the flooring through, and decorates the whole space. There is no hand-off between a kitchen showroom and a builder — the most common reason open-plan kitchens end up with an awkward step, a misplaced radiator or an extractor that cannot cope.
If opening up is part of your plan, our open-plan living and knock-through pages cover the structural side in depth, and our kitchen extensions page covers adding floor area. Here, the point is simple: the kitchen and the space it sits in should be designed by one team. For an early budget, use the cost calculator.
A Fitted Kitchen, Week by Week
A representative programme for a high-end fitted kitchen with some opening-up. Yours will differ by scope, but this is what a properly run kitchen project looks like.
What Sets Our Fitted Kitchens Apart
There is a real difference between a kitchen showroom and a design-and-build contractor. Here is what ours gives you.
One Team, Whole Project
Design, cabinetry, structure, services and finishes under one fixed-price contract — no gap between the kitchen company and the builder.
Truly Bespoke
Cabinetry built to your room and your storage, hand-finished — no filler panels, no dead corners, no compromise to a standard width.
Open-Plan Capable
We remove the wall and design the kitchen together — the structural opening and the kitchen resolved as one.
Directly-Employed Trades
Our core joiners, electricians and plumbers are PAYE staff — continuity of standard from job to job.
Stone Selected by Slab
You choose your worktop at the yard, slab by slab — book-matched and templated to the millimetre.
£5M public liability, £10M employers' liability and contractors' all risks cover
Certificates are available on request.
Gas Safe & BS 7671
Electrical work certified to BS 7671 by a registered competent person; gas work by Gas Safe registered engineers.
12-Month Warranty
A 12-month defects period covering workmanship from practical completion.
Explore Related Kitchen & Living Work
A fitted kitchen often sits within a wider project. Start here, or speak to us about combining it under one contract.
Kitchen Renovation
The wider kitchen renovation service — layout, structure, services and finishes together.
Kitchen Extensions
Adding floor area for a larger kitchen-dining space — rear, side-return or wrap-around.
Open-Plan Living
Opening the kitchen into a single kitchen-dining-living space, designed as one.
Kitchen Worktops
A deeper look at worktop materials — marble, quartzite, sintered and timber.
Knock-Through
Removing the wall to open the kitchen into the next room — the structural side.
House Renovation
A new kitchen as part of a wider whole-house renovation, delivered as one programme.
Bathroom Renovation
The same bespoke approach applied to bathrooms and en-suites.
Design & Build
The single-contract model behind every project — design and build under one roof.
Fitted Kitchen Proof
Comparable projects with real kitchens and finishing standards. Start with our kitchen extension case study, then browse the wider case-study hub.
Kitchen Extension, Primrose Hill
Rear extension and bespoke open-plan kitchen with island and structural opening.
View case study →Open-Plan Living, West Hampstead
A fitted kitchen designed into a newly opened kitchen-dining-living space.
View case study →Victorian Townhouse, Maida Vale
A bespoke kitchen within a full townhouse renovation.
View case study →More Completed Projects
Browse the full portfolio of kitchens, extensions and renovations across prime London.
View portfolio →Detailed Answers to the Questions That Matter
What is a fitted kitchen, and what makes it bespoke?
How much does a fitted kitchen cost in London in 2026?
What is the difference between a fitted kitchen and a bespoke kitchen?
How long does a fitted kitchen take to design and install?
Do you handle the building work, plumbing and electrics too?
Can you create an open-plan kitchen as part of the project?
What appliances and worktops do you offer?
Do you offer in-frame, shaker, handleless and modern styles?
Do I need planning permission or building regulations for a new fitted kitchen?
Will a new fitted kitchen add value to my home?
What Our Clients Say
“I would like to thank Ross and his team for their consistent commitment to quality and their unerring reliability. They delivered our property to specification and on time, proving to be an extremely effective, experienced, and proactive contractor.”
“We have worked with Ross and his company many times. They are extremely professional and hardworking individuals who can work under any circumstances. There was no variation to the works.”
Begin Your Fitted Kitchen
Book a no-obligation consultation at our Finchley Road design studio or in your home. The first meeting is free, lasts 60–90 minutes, and concludes with an honest indication of feasibility, programme and budget band. No salespeople. No pressure.
Free Fitted Kitchen Consultation
Site visit · feasibility assessment · outline cost estimate · programme indication. No obligation. Saturday appointments available.
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