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Bespoke kitchens in Longlands, Bexley
We make bespoke kitchens in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Longlands. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- Spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets
- A kitchen planned around your appliances
- A dresser that suits a period house
Bespoke kitchens for your home in Longlands
Bespoke kitchens in Longlands
We’re carpenters, so we make and fit the cabinets, while other trades handle the services. Plumbing is done by your plumber, gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer and electrics by your electrician, so the design allows for pipes, cables and connections. Most enquiries start with spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets and a kitchen planned around your appliances; the furniture is made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
An island needs space around it to work, and not every kitchen has that. Interwar, semi-detached and detached homes make up a big part of the housing around Longlands, and in an extended kitchen there may be space. The space around any island is measured at the measuring visit. Your plumber and electrician run any services to it.
The furniture is built in our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Where
- Longlands (DA15, DA14, SE9)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Kitchens in Longlands homes
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 39% of the housing in the streets around Longlands, with about 22% built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how kitchens are fixed and fitted. Within a mile of the centre of Longlands, 7 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. Detached and semi-detached houses are home to about 50% of households in the neighbourhood around Longlands, based on Census 2021. A house like that typically has more rooms to plan around than a flat, and sometimes a driveway that makes unloading easier.
If you live near Waring Park, a cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen. Living in a block of flats near New Eltham station? Then kitchens are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room.
Longlands is about 1 mile east of Sidcup, part of the London Borough of Bexley. Whether your home in Longlands is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our Bexley coverage includes Longlands.
Every address in DA15, DA14 and SE9 is within our area for bespoke kitchens. Streets in the area include Main Road, Alder Road and Sidcup Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for bespoke kitchens. Longlands is near the A211, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. We also cover the places around Longlands: Foxbury (1 mile south), New Eltham (1 mile north-west), Chislehurst (1 mile south-west), Coldharbour (1 mile west) and Blackfen (1 mile north). Other parts of Bexley we cover include Welling (2 miles north-east), Erith (5 miles north-east), Bexley (2 miles east), Belvedere (5 miles north-east), Northumberland Heath (5 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (5 miles north-east).
Near you in Longlands
The streets we cover here include those near Chislehurst School for Girls and Ye Olde Black Horse Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is New Eltham station, about 0.8 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Metropolitan Police Museum (0.8 miles east) and Queen Mary's Hospital (1 mile south-east). Open spaces near Longlands include The Tarn.
How fitting day works
In older rooms, the furniture normally has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. 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. It is useful to clear the room and the route before we arrive. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. The pieces are levelled, fitted to the walls and fixed back.
- To begin, drop us a line using the contact form; a brief note on the room and the kitchen you have in mind is plenty.
- At the design visit we measure up and plan the cabinets around the worktop, sink and appliances you choose.
- A quote in writing follows for the cabinets, materials and finish.
- The cabinets are made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the cabinets in your home, working around your plumber, your electrician and an engineer on the Gas Safe Register.
Before fitting day
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
How to get a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. A written quote follows the visit, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Related advice
Before and after fitting day
The finish lasts best with a little care, whether it was spray painted or hand painted. These practical tips help:
- Let us know how parking works on your street
- Wipe up spills promptly
- Talk to your other trades in good time
- Have damp sorted before fitting
Don’t leave water sitting on painted cabinets, particularly near the sink. Moisture-resistant MDF copes well, but standing water is best avoided.
Have any damp sorted before the kitchen goes in. Cabinets against a damp wall can trap moisture, especially on a colder external wall.
Neighbourhoods near Longlands
Other services in Longlands
Do you need bespoke kitchens in Longlands?
Uneven walls and floors make standard kitchens hard to fit. Cabinets end up with gaps or tilted lines, while scribed and levelled cabinets keep the lines true.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Cabinets for a narrow kitchen
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
- A dresser that suits a period house
- Extra cupboard space
For families living near Longlands Primary School, planning a kitchen around family routines, with a place for school things, pays off.
What to check before you book
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
Flats, leases and landlords
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Mention it when you contact us.
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. Some leases need the building owner’s consent for alterations, and that is best sorted before fitting day. We can’t advise on your lease.
How it’s made
Doors and drawer fronts
Doors and drawer fronts can be flat, framed or panelled and paint them to your choice.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is applied in our workshop, giving a smooth, even surface.
FAQs: bespoke kitchens in Longlands
Does a conservation area in or near Longlands affect fitted furniture?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and 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. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to New Eltham station?
Yes, homes across Bexley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need someone to let us in. It is good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
Do photos help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit. Show anything the furniture has to work around, such as radiators or sockets.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We don’t treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Which worktops and appliances can I have?
The cabinets are designed for the worktop, sink and appliances you’ve picked. It helps to choose them before the design is final, and your quote sets out what’s included.