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Bespoke kitchens in Arkley, Barnet
Bespoke kitchens in Arkley: bespoke and fitted kitchens with cabinets made to the room. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- An island where space allows
- A layout for a small or tricky room
- Spaces sized for your oven and fridge
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Looking after your furniture
Getting the most from bespoke kitchens starts with the planning and carries on after fitting day. Here are some things worth bearing in mind:
- Make a note of what you use every day
- Talk to your other trades in good time
- Have damp sorted before fitting
- Know your appliance sizes early
Follow the appliance makers’ guidance for your oven, hob and dishwasher, and the care advice for your worktop.
Measure the route into the kitchen as well as the room. We make the cabinets in sections that fit through the doors and up the stairs, so let us know about tight turns or small lifts.
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Arkley
Our bespoke kitchens are fitted in Arkley and all over London. It starts with a design visit to measure and discuss the layout, then a written quote. Once agreed, the kitchen is built in our workshop and fitted in your home. How long the fitting takes depends on how many units there are and how the room is laid out, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote, so you can plan around it. If your home has a kitchen finished in your colours and a kitchen planned around your appliances, that’s what kitchens are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
If you live in one of the interwar houses or semis around Arkley, walls tend to be truer than in older houses, though nothing is assumed. Each cabinet is levelled and scribed on site. Gas work is for a Gas Safe engineer, and the plumbing and electrics are for your plumber and electrician.
The written quote is your record of the job. It describes the kitchen we have designed for the room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Place
- Arkley (EN5, NW7)
- Area
- Barnet
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to Arkley
What else we make in Arkley
Is it time for bespoke kitchens?
In a flat, the kitchen may share a wall with the living space or sit in a narrow galley. We can design for a galley, an alcove or a corner, so every run is used.
If you recognise any of these, it’s worth talking to us:
- A larder for food and small appliances
- A painted kitchen in a colour you choose
- Open shelves with cupboards below
- More storage in a small kitchen
For an older house near St Peter's Church, tall ceilings can take larder cupboards right up to the top.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- A quote in writing that sets out the job
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Whether they measure the room themselves
Where other trades come in
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Any work on the gas supply
- Structural changes to the room
- Electrics, sockets and lighting (your electrician)
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Islands where space allows
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
- Larders and dressers
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Arkley
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 35% of the housing in the area around Arkley, with about 33% built between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). That matters for kitchens, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Arkley include Arkley Windmill (Grade II*), about 0.6 miles south-west, and Church of St Peter (Grade II), under half a mile south-west. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. Detached and semi-detached houses are home to about 73% of households in the neighbourhood around Arkley, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. In a semi or detached house, a driveway, where there is one, can make unloading easier.
If you live near Whitings Hill Open Space, a cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen. If you live in a flat close to Elstree & Borehamwood station, the route in is measured along with the room itself, and the sections are sized to fit it.
Arkley is in the London Borough of Barnet, about 4 miles south-east of Finchley. We design and make bespoke kitchens for homes in Arkley and the rest of Barnet. In Barnet, Arkley is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 41 places on our list.
Design visits and fitting in EN5 and NW7 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Our area takes in homes on streets like Well Road, Glebe Lane and Brett Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want bespoke kitchens or another piece made for the room. Arkley sits close to the A411. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Neighbouring places we cover for bespoke kitchens include Rowley Green (1 mile north-west), High Barnet (1 mile north-east), Hadley (1 mile north-east), Totteridge (2 miles south-east) and Mill Hill (2 miles south). We also make bespoke kitchens in nearby places like Finchley (4 miles south-east), Barnet (2 miles east), Burnt Oak (3 miles south-west), East Finchley (5 miles south-east), Hendon (4 miles south) and Whetstone (3 miles south-east).
What’s near Arkley
Our area takes in the homes around Susi Earnshaw Theatre School, Queen Elizabeth's School and The Arkley pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Elstree & Borehamwood station, roughly 2.1 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Spires Shopping Centre (1.3 miles north-east) and Barnet General Hospital (0.7 miles east). Open spaces near Arkley include Glebe Lane Pastures.
How fitting day works
On the morning of the fitting, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. The sections made in our workshop come in next, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the kitchen’s size and how many other trades are involved, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Semis and detached houses often have a front path or a side gate, which can make carrying in easier. Gates, paths and steps up to the door are part of the route we measure. Floors are covered from the door to the room, and the sections are assembled in place.
- You tell us about the room and how you use it. Larders, dressers and islands can all be part of it, where space allows.
- We visit to measure and go through the design and storage.
- We send a written quote setting out the cabinets, materials and finish, ready for you to check.
- We build and finish the kitchen in our workshop.
- We fit the cabinets in your home; plumbing, gas and electrics are done by your plumber, a Gas Safe engineer and your electrician. We don’t arrange these trades ourselves.
Before we arrive
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
Ask for a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of photos if you can take them. To send them, fill in our short enquiry form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.
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Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations. We can’t advise on your lease.
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so each section is sized to get through.
Questions we’re often asked
Can you make bespoke kitchens for a home in Arkley?
Yes, we work across Barnet, Arkley included, and across the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Elstree & Borehamwood station?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with a few details about the room.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work, but it’s useful to be around at the end.
Do I need permission to fit furniture in a leasehold flat?
Possibly. Some leases need the building owner’s consent before you make alterations, including fixing furniture to the walls. Check your lease, as we cannot advise on it.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space, particularly with rough sizes. You can send them when you tell us about the room on our contact form.
Who chooses the colour?
You choose it. We agree the colour with you.