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Kensington and Chelsea · London
Bespoke Kitchens in Chelsea
Thinking about bespoke kitchens in Chelsea? We start with a design visit and a written quote.
- A central island in a larger kitchen
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
- More storage in a small kitchen
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Chelsea homes and bespoke kitchens
About 68% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Chelsea went up before 1919, and about 13% between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. The Chelsea Conservation Area is close by, within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Chelsea. Planning controls in conservation areas are mainly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitting furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need permission. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. More than half of the homes in the streets around Chelsea (about 68%) were built before 1919, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Kitchens in houses of that age often sit in a narrow back addition, with walls and floors that are not true, so cabinets are scribed and levelled on site.
For a flat near London Victoria station, kitchens are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. For families living near Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School, a kitchen with a spot for school letters and lunch boxes makes mornings easier.
Chelsea is about 2 miles north-west of Kensington, part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Chelsea included. Our Kensington and Chelsea coverage includes Chelsea and the places around it.
Here we cover the SW3, SW10, SW1X and SW1W postcode area for bespoke kitchens. If your home is on a street such as Markham Square, Wellington Square and Tedworth Square, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for bespoke kitchens. The B302 and B304 run close to Chelsea, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. We also cover the places around Chelsea: Brompton (1 mile north), South Kensington (1 mile west), Little Chelsea (1 mile south-west), Belgravia (1 mile north-east) and World's End (1 mile south-west). We also make bespoke kitchens in nearby places like Kensington (2 miles north-west), Notting Hill (2 miles north-west), Notting Dale (3 miles north-west), Holland Park (2 miles north-west), Bayswater (2 miles north-west) and Kensal Town (3 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Chelsea
Our area takes in the homes around Hellenic College of London, Markham Arms Public House and Natural History Museum Library and Archives, among other places. For rail, the closest station is London Victoria station, about 1 mile north-east. Nearby you will also find Harrods (0.7 miles north) and Berkshire & Westminster Dragoons Museum (under half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Battersea Park Lake.
Bespoke kitchens in Chelsea: what you get
We make kitchens for homes in Chelsea and across London. It starts with a design visit to measure and discuss the layout, then a written quote. The cabinets are made in our workshop and fitted in your home. How long 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. Typical reasons to get in touch are a layout for a small or awkward room and spaces sized for your oven and fridge, and the answer is built in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
An older kitchen often has a sash window and a back door, which fix where things can go. With a large share of the homes around Chelsea built before 1919, the layout is drawn around those fixed points. The sink position is agreed with your plumber. You choose the worktop, sink and appliances.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it is easier before the furniture is made.
- Place
- Chelsea (SW3, SW10, SW1X, SW1W)
- Area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What else we make in Chelsea
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture normally costs less up front. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Many off-the-shelf kitchens use chipboard carcasses with a printed or wrapped finish. Ours are made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, then spray or hand painted, finished to suit the room. Tall ceilings in older homes leave a band of empty wall above standard furniture, wasting space that could hold things you rarely use. Fitted furniture can go all the way up.
The finish affects the cost: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What you get with us
- We work across all London boroughs
- More than 300 projects completed
- Built around your room
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
What it’s made from
Moisture-resistant MDF
Most painted kitchen doors we make are moisture-resistant MDF, because it is stable and smooth.
Plinths and scribe strips
In a period kitchen, where nothing is quite level, plinths and scribe strips do a lot of quiet work.
Your questions about bespoke kitchens in Chelsea
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Chelsea?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit.
My home in Chelsea is a period house with walls that aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
How do you get the furniture up the stairs?
The furniture is built in sections. That’s why we measure the stairs, lift and doorways during the design visit.
Do you do the plumbing and electrics?
No. We make and fit the kitchen cabinets. Your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician do the plumbing, gas and electrics, and we design around where their work goes.
Can you build an island in my kitchen?
If the room is big enough, yes. At the design visit we check the clearances around it, and suggest another layout if it would crowd the room.
Will you paint the walls around the furniture?
No. We make, fit and finish the furniture, and plastering and decorating are for other trades. We paint the furniture itself, by spray or by hand.
How fitting day works
You’re welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving the room tidy. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the kitchen and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Scribing is done on site, which means some cutting in the room or close by, so a clear area to work in near the room helps. We keep dust down and tidy as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- We start with how you use the kitchen and what isn’t working. It helps to know the worktop, sink and appliances you have in mind.
- At the design visit we measure the room and go through the layout, storage and finish, including where the sink and appliances will go.
- A written quote follows, covering the cabinets, materials and finish.
- We build and finish the kitchen in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The kitchen is fitted in your home, and your plumber, electrician and a Gas Safe engineer do the plumbing, electrics and gas. We do not arrange those trades, so it helps to book them early.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
How to get a quote
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the design visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To arrange it, drop us a line using the contact form. You receive a written quote after the visit.
Related advice
Do you need bespoke kitchens in Chelsea?
Kitchens in older homes can be short on cupboard space. A larder or tall units can change how much you can store without crowding the room.
Requests we hear often include:
- Cabinets that suit lean and sloping walls
- A kitchen finished in your colours
- Extra cupboard space
- Spaces sized for your oven and fridge
Carlyle's House, about 0.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, cabinets will be scribed to walls and floors that are rarely true.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Where they’ll park and unload