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Bespoke Kitchens in Lower Morden
Bespoke kitchens for your home in Lower Morden: bespoke and fitted kitchens with cabinets made to the room. We visit to measure and go through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
- More storage in a small kitchen
- A painted kitchen in a colour you choose
Ask about bespoke kitchens in Lower Morden
How we make bespoke kitchens for Lower Morden
Many people want a tall larder for food, tins and small appliances. We can build larders with shelves, drawers or racks inside the doors, planned around what you store. Built into an alcove or the end of a wall, it puts tricky space to work. If you’re living with cabinets that suit lean and sloping walls and cabinets for a narrow kitchen, that is what kitchens are for, made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
In a semi or detached house, there may be space for a utility cupboard as well as the kitchen. Much of the housing around Lower Morden is interwar, semi-detached or detached. Utility cupboards can be made in the same style and paint colour as the kitchen. Your plumber connects any washing machine or sink.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. The finish is stated too, whether that’s spray painting or hand painting.
- Where
- Lower Morden (SM4, SM3, KT4)
- Borough
- Merton
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions we’re often asked
Can you fit furniture in a home close to St Helier station?
Yes, homes across Merton and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with some details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Does a conservation area in or near Lower Morden affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can need listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
What finishes do you offer?
There are two choices: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. The finish is agreed in your quote.
What does a bespoke kitchen cost?
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. A small galley and a large kitchen with a larder and island are very different jobs, so we price it after the design visit. To get started, send us a few details through our contact form.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. To send them, fill in our short enquiry form.
Which worktops and appliances can I have?
You choose the worktop, sink and appliances, and we design the cabinets around them. Your quote sets out what’s included.
What bespoke kitchens cannot fix
Not everything around bespoke kitchens is carpentry, from an electrician to a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here is what to bear in mind:
- New sockets or circuits
- Any work on the gas supply
- Plastering, tiling or decorating
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
What it is made from
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Islands where space allows
- Hand-painted finish
- Larders and dressers
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Choosing bespoke means a design visit, a quote, workshop time and fitting, rather than ordering from a range. In return, the storage, layout and finish are designed for you. Walls in interwar houses are straighter than in older ones, but rarely perfect, and standalone units can lean or gap. Built-in pieces are adjusted to the room on site.
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We will talk through what you need inside during the design visit, and the quote follows.
Why work with us in Lower Morden
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturdays by arrangement
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.
Flats, conversions and lettings
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall, after checking the walls at the design visit.
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind.
Made-to-measure kitchens in Lower Morden
About 85% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Lower Morden went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 6% between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The centre of Lower Morden is within about a quarter of a mile of the Upper Morden Conservation Area. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. If you are unsure, check with the council before work starts. On TfL’s red routes, the rules on stopping and loading are strict. If your street in Lower Morden joins a main road, it is worth telling us at the design visit. We’ll plan where the van can stop.
Living in a block of flats near St Helier station? Then the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. Close to Cannon Hill Common? A cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen. For an older house near St Martin's, a narrow back addition or an old chimney breast may shape the kitchen layout.
Lower Morden is about 2 miles north of Wimbledon, in the London Borough of Merton. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Lower Morden is part of that. We list Lower Morden among 20 places we cover in Merton.
We make bespoke kitchens across SM4, SM3 and KT4. If your home is on a street like Ash Road, Bow Lane and Garth Road, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for bespoke kitchens. If you’re just outside Lower Morden, we also cover Morden (1 mile north-east), Sutton Common (1 mile east) and North Cheam (1 mile south). Other parts of Merton we cover include Wimbledon (2 miles north), Colliers Wood (3 miles north-east), Eastfields (3 miles north-east), South Wimbledon (2 miles north-east), Merton Abbey (2 miles north-east) and Wimbledon Chase (2 miles north).
What’s near Lower Morden
The streets we cover here include those near Merton College, Lord Nelson pub and Glenthorne High School, among other places. The closest station to Lower Morden is St Helier station, about 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find St. Anthony's Hospital (0.6 miles south). Open spaces near Lower Morden include Derwent Floodwash.
Also near Lower Morden
What else we make in Lower Morden
How fitting day works
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site. How long fitting takes depends on how many units there are and how the room is laid out, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. The pieces are levelled, fitted to the walls and fixed back.
- You get in touch and tell us about the room and how you cook.
- At the design visit we measure the room and discuss the layout, storage and finish.
- We send a quote that sets out the design, materials and finish, for you to read through.
- The units are made and finished in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the kitchen in your home, while your plumber, a Gas Safe engineer and your electrician handle the plumbing, gas and electrics.
Before we arrive
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
Arranging a design visit
Rough measurements are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To arrange it, use our contact form and tell us about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Related advice
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
The real difference is in the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.