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Richmond upon Thames · London
Bespoke kitchens in Kew, Richmond upon Thames
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make bespoke kitchens for homes in Kew, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
- A kitchen for a room that is not square
- A kitchen planned around your appliances
Bespoke kitchens designed for your room
From workshop to your room
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it is going into, and fitting day is where that happens. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the kitchen and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Parking on terraced streets can be tight, especially in a controlled parking zone, so details of permits, bays and any loading restrictions help. Unloading is kept short, with sections taken straight inside. Saturday fitting can be arranged.
- First, you let us know about the room.
- The design visit covers measuring and planning the layout.
- You receive a written quote.
- The kitchen is made in our workshop.
- The cabinets are fitted in your home, with plumbing, gas and electrics by your plumber, a Gas Safe engineer and your electrician.
How to prepare
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
How to get a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we have measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Advice
Bespoke kitchens in Kew
We’re carpenters, so we make and fit the cabinets, while other trades handle the services. Your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician do the plumbing, gas and electrics, so the design allows for pipes, cables and connections. We make kitchens from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are tall larder storage and making the most of a galley kitchen.
A large share of the homes around Kew were built before 1919, and in many Victorian and Edwardian terraces the kitchen sits in a narrow back addition. Cabinets are scribed to walls that wander and levelled on floors that slope. The worktop, sink and appliances are the ones you choose.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is built in our workshop. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- Kew (W4, TW9, TW8)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Made-to-measure kitchens in Kew
Homes built before 1919 make up about 48% of the housing in the streets around Kew, with about 15% built between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Near the centre of Kew, Historic England’s list includes Zoffany House (Grade II*), less than half a mile north-west, and Parish Church of St Anne (Grade II*), less than half a mile west. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, like fixing into original panelling. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If your home is on or just off a main road, it’s useful to mention it. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
If your home is one of the older houses near St Paul's Church, a narrow back addition or an old chimney breast may shape the kitchen layout. For a flat near Chiswick station, kitchens are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. The wider area includes historic houses such as Kew Palace, about 0.7 miles west. For a period home anywhere nearby, tall ceilings can take larder cupboards right up to the top.
Kew is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 4 miles south-west of Twickenham. We design and make bespoke kitchens for homes in Kew and across Richmond upon Thames. We list Kew among 19 places we cover in Richmond upon Thames.
We work across W4, TW9 and TW8. Whether you live on a street such as Kew Road, Maze Road and Kent Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for bespoke kitchens. Kew is near the A3000; on busy main roads, unloading kitchens takes a little planning. Neighbouring places we cover for bespoke kitchens include Strand-on-the-Green (1 mile north), Grove Park (1 mile east), North Sheen (1 mile south), Gunnersbury (1 mile north) and Turnham Green (1 mile east). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Twickenham (4 miles south-west), Richmond (2 miles south-west), Richmond upon Thames (2 miles south-west), Teddington (5 miles south-west), Hampton (6 miles south-west) and Barnes (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Kew
Our area takes in the homes around Library for Iranian Studies, Chiswick School and Bull's Head pub, among other places. The closest station to Kew is Chiswick station, roughly 0.5 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Barnes Hospital (1.5 miles south-east) and Museum No. 2. Monocotyledons and Cryptogams (0.6 miles west). Not far away are Kew Gardens Lake and Duke's Hollow.
Pricing bespoke kitchens in Kew
Not every room costs the same, for these reasons:
- The number of doors and drawers
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- How square the room is
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. A larger piece means more material and more time. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
What we need to know
To give us a picture of the room, it’s useful to include:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Examples of the look you’re after
- Your postcode and the borough
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and go through the design with you. A written quote follows the visit for you to look over. To book one, drop us a line using the contact form.
Nearby places to Kew
Other services in Kew
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there’s normally a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
What it is made from
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting gives a softer, traditional look in a period house.
Spray-painted finish
With a spray finish, the painting is done in the workshop, which keeps work in your home to fitting.
Before and after fitting day
A little care keeps the finish looking good. These practical tips help:
- Think about how you cook and what you store
- Measure the route into the kitchen
- Check there’s room around an island before planning one
- Talk to your other trades in good time
The appliances you have chosen come with their own care instructions, and the worktop you chose will have its own care advice too.
Measure the route into the kitchen along with the room itself. Workshop-made furniture comes in sections sized for stairs, hallways and lifts, so let us know about any narrow spots.
Questions we’re often asked
Will a conservation area stop me having bespoke kitchens fitted in Kew?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
Do you make bespoke kitchens for homes in Kew?
Yes, Kew is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Which worktops and appliances can I have?
We plan the kitchen around the worktop, sink and appliances you choose. Knowing their sizes early helps, and the quote confirms what’s included.
What materials do you use for kitchens?
We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray painting or hand painting. Your quote sets out the materials and finish.
What finishes do you offer?
You can choose between two finishes: spray painted or hand painted. Spray painting gives a smooth, even finish, and hand painting is easy to touch up.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.