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Richmond upon Thames · London
Bespoke kitchens in Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames
Bespoke kitchens in Mortlake: bespoke and fitted kitchens with cabinets made to the room. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Open shelves with cupboards below
- Room for everything in the kitchen
- A kitchen finished in your colours
Bespoke kitchens in Mortlake
Before and after fitting day
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after. A few things help it stay looking good:
- Talk to your other trades in good time
- Pick the oven, fridge and dishwasher first
- Think about how the cabinets will get in
- Deal with damp walls first
Hand-painted kitchens are easy to touch up. Spray-painted finishes are smooth and even, and clean easily with a soft cloth. It is worth keeping a record of the colours used.
Measure the route into the kitchen as well as the room. Workshop-made furniture comes in sections sized for stairs, hallways and lifts, so let us know about any narrow spots.
How we make bespoke kitchens for Mortlake
Islands work well in kitchens with room to walk around them. There needs to be enough clear floor around it to open doors and move about, because a cramped island makes a kitchen harder to work in. If the room is narrow, we’ll suggest other layouts. We make kitchens from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and people most often get in touch about spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets and tall larder storage.
Wall cabinets need firm fixings, and older internal walls can be lath and plaster rather than brick. With a large share of the homes around Mortlake dating from then, each wall is checked before deciding where heavy cabinets go. Where a wall will not carry the weight, open shelves or tall floor-standing cupboards can take over.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you’re getting.
- Where
- Mortlake (SW14, SW13, SW15)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
From workshop to your room
On the morning of the fitting, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. The sections made at our workshop come in next. How long the fitting takes depends on the kitchen’s size and how many other trades are involved, 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. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Hand painting, if that is your finish, can follow the fitting.
- To begin, fill in our short enquiry form; a brief note on the room and the kitchen you have in mind is plenty.
- We visit to measure the room and go through the layout, the storage and where the appliances will sit.
- A quote in writing follows for the cabinets, materials and finish. Plumbing, gas and electrics aren’t part of it: those are for your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician.
- The cabinets are built 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.
How to prepare
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
How to get a quote
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the measuring visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, use our contact form and tell us about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Advice
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Mortlake
About 58% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Mortlake went up before 1919, and about 15% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax 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 Mortlake, 19 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. London’s red routes are run by TfL, and stopping on them is tightly controlled. If you live on or close to a main road in Mortlake, let us know at the measuring visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
Chiswick House, about 1.3 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, tall ceilings can take larder cupboards right up to the top. For a family home near Thomson House School, planning a kitchen around family routines, with a place for school things, pays off.
Mortlake is about 3 miles west of Twickenham, within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Wherever you are in Mortlake, the process is the same: we visit and measure, send a written quote, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. Our Richmond upon Thames coverage includes Mortlake.
Every home in SW14, SW13 and SW15 is covered for bespoke kitchens. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Elm Road, Well Lane and Coval Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want bespoke kitchens or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Mortlake include the A3003. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. We also cover the places around Mortlake: East Sheen (1 mile south-west), North Sheen (1 mile north-west), Barnes (1 mile north-east), Grove Park (1 mile north) and Roehampton (1 mile south-east). Elsewhere in Richmond upon Thames, we also cover Twickenham (3 miles west), Richmond (2 miles south-west), Teddington (4 miles south-west), Hampton (6 miles south-west), Hanworth (6 miles south-west) and St Margarets (2 miles west).
Local landmarks in Mortlake
In Mortlake, that includes homes near Richmond Park Academy, Ibstock Place School and Hare and Hounds pub. Mortlake has its own railway station: Mortlake station. Well-known places in the area include Barnes Hospital (less than half a mile east) and Ubuntu Museum: African Museum of Humanity (1.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near Mortlake include Duke's Hollow.
FAQs: bespoke kitchens in Mortlake
Does a conservation area in or near Mortlake affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
Do you cover homes near Mortlake station?
Yes. We cover all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two options: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. Your quote sets out which you’ve chosen.
Who chooses the colour?
You choose it, and it is agreed with you before painting. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to let us in. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
The problems bespoke kitchens solve
People also want a kitchen that is built to last and can be repainted, which appeals if you’re staying put. Hand-painted finishes are easy to touch up later on.
Here’s what bespoke kitchens can help with:
- Tall larder storage
- A central island in a larger kitchen
- Cabinets built around the appliances you choose
- A kitchen that fits an uneven room
Near listed buildings like Parish Church of St Mary, under half a mile north-east of the centre of Mortlake, older homes may keep original joinery that kitchens can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
What to check before you book
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
What bespoke kitchens can’t fix
We’d rather be clear about where our work stops:
- Gas work, which is for a Gas Safe engineer
- New sockets or circuits
- Painting the walls around the kitchen
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Larders and dressers
- Islands where space allows
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
Boards, parts and paint
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting suits a kitchen that should look crisp, and it is finished before fitting day.
Larder and dresser units
We build larders with shelves, drawers and door racks, sized to what you store.