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Merton · London
Bespoke Kitchens in Merton
We make bespoke kitchens for homes in Merton, designed around the room you have. Your kitchen is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- A layout for a small or tricky room
- A painted kitchen in a colour you choose
- Cabinets that suit lean and sloping walls
Bespoke kitchens designed for your room
How it’s made
Larder and dresser units
Dressers suit many period kitchens, and each is made for its wall.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting can be done in your home after fitting. Chips are simple to touch in.
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Merton
Older London homes are rarely simple places to fit a kitchen. Few walls are flat, and floors often fall away from the walls, which shows up quickly along a run of cabinets. Each cabinet is trimmed to the wall and levelled on a plinth or adjustable feet, so the worktop you choose can sit level. Typical reasons to get in touch are a layout for a small or awkward room and a kitchen island with room around it, and the answer is made in our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Whether your home in Merton is a period house, an interwar semi, a post-war flat or a newer build, the kitchen starts from the room’s own measurements. The worktop, sink and appliances you choose are built into the design. Plumbing, gas and electrics are for your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. The finish is stated too, whether that is spray painting or hand painting.
- Location
- Merton (SW19)
- Borough
- Merton
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Merton
About 42% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Merton went up before 1919, and about 19% between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. There are 15 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Merton. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. The share of homes built before 1919 around Merton, about 42%, is well above the figure for the rest of London as a whole, about 27%, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. That makes period details like uneven walls, alcoves and picture rails more likely to shape the design.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as London Regional Transport Station, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent. Close to Wandle Park? A tall cupboard for outdoor things can be part of the kitchen design. The wider area includes historic houses such as Southside House, about 1.8 miles west. For a period home anywhere nearby, a narrow back addition or an old chimney breast may shape the kitchen layout.
Merton is about 1 mile north-west of Wimbledon, part of the London Borough of Merton. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Merton included. We cover places right across the rest of London.
Here we cover the SW19 postcode area for bespoke kitchens. Our area takes in homes on streets such as High Path, Pincott Road and Hayward Close, for bespoke kitchens and any of our other fitted furniture. Merton is near the A24; on busy main roads, unloading kitchens takes a little planning. Close by, we also work in Merton Abbey (1 mile east), South Wimbledon (1 mile north-west), Colliers Wood (1 mile east), Tooting Bec (1 mile north-east) and Summerstown (1 mile north). Other parts of the rest of London we cover include Morden (2 miles south-west), Eastfields (2 miles east), Crooked Billet (2 miles west), Copse Hill (2 miles west), Mitcham (2 miles south-east) and Hackbridge (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Merton
Around Merton, we cover homes near The Nelson Arms, Rutlish School and Wimbledon School of Art and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Haydons Road station, about 0.8 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find St George's Hospital (1.1 miles north-east) and Wandle Industrial Museum (1.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Merton Park Green Walks.
Is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf kitchens are quicker to buy and typically cost less and they suit many newer homes. Where walls lean and floors slope, they can be hard to fit neatly. Bespoke is a bigger investment, built around the space you have. Ready-made furniture rarely suits a recess, a slope or an odd corner, and most homes have one somewhere. Built-in pieces are made to fit them.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, which the quote allows for. The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose.
Why choose us
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday work by arrangement
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
Where other trades come in
We’d rather be clear about where our work stops:
- Gas work, which is for an engineer on the Gas Safe Register
- Plastering, tiling or decorating
- Wiring for appliances and lights
If in doubt, you can fill in our short enquiry form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Larders and dressers
- Birch plywood
- Islands where space allows
- Moisture-resistant MDF
Also in Merton
How fitting works for bespoke kitchens
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself 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’s useful to clear the room and the route in before fitting day, including pictures on nearby walls. Floors and doorways are protected before anything comes in. Sections are then carried in and assembled.
- You get in touch and tell us about the room and how you cook.
- 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.
- We build the cabinets, doors and drawer fronts in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- On fitting day the cabinets go in, scribed and set level, ready for your plumber, electrician and Gas Safe registered engineer to do their part.
Preparing the room
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Starting with a design visit
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To arrange it, get in touch through our contact form with a few details about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Related advice
FAQs: bespoke kitchens in Merton
I live near Haydons Road station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover the whole of London. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you make bespoke kitchens for a home in Merton?
Yes, Merton is within the area we cover, which takes in all of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, and then we send a quote.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It needs a little planning: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You do. The paint colour is agreed with you before anything is painted.
Before and after fitting day
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. A few pointers help:
- Treat new paintwork gently at first
- Talk to your other trades in good time
- Measure the route into the kitchen
- Check there’s room around an island before planning one
Once the kitchen is fitted, the paint needs time to cure fully. Go easy on the painted surfaces at first and avoid harsh cleaners. After that, a soft cloth and mild soapy water is enough.
Have any damp sorted before the kitchen goes in. Damp behind units can lead to mould, particularly on external walls.