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Bexley · London
Bespoke kitchens in Northumberland Heath, Bexley
We make bespoke kitchens for homes in Northumberland Heath, designed around the room you have. Your kitchen is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- Making the most of a galley kitchen
- A painted dresser for the kitchen
- Extra cupboard space
Bespoke kitchens for your home in Northumberland Heath
When you need someone else
We’d rather be clear about where our work stops:
- Electrics, sockets and lighting (your electrician)
- Connecting a gas hob or cooker
- Moving water or waste pipes
Not sure whether your space suits bespoke kitchens? You can fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it’s made from
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Islands where space allows
- Larders and dressers
- Hand-painted finish
Bespoke kitchens in Northumberland Heath: what you get
A dresser brings a traditional feel to a kitchen, and it suits many period homes. We make dressers to fit the wall they stand against, scribed to follow it and painted to suit the room. We make kitchens from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and people most often get in touch about a painted dresser for the kitchen and a central island in a larger kitchen.
In an area where interwar homes or semis make up much of the housing, as around Northumberland Heath, kitchens often have a back door to the garden and a window over the sink. Cabinets, a larder and a dresser can be made to suit the layout. Your chosen worktop, sink and appliances are fitted into the design.
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 is spray painting or hand painting.
- Where
- Northumberland Heath (DA8, DA7)
- Area
- Bexley
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How we price bespoke kitchens
Prices vary from room to room, for these reasons:
- Parking and unloading on your street
- How big the furniture is
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
What to send when you contact us
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Whether it is a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space. To send them over, message us from the contact page, and we will arrange a design visit.
Boards, parts and paint
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, once the kitchen is fitted. It is easy to touch up later.
Kitchens in Northumberland Heath: local notes
In the streets around Northumberland Heath, the largest groups of homes date from between 1919 and 1939 (about 40%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 26%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. 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 Northumberland Heath, 3 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. 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 Northumberland Heath, let us know at the design visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
If you live in a flat close to Barnehurst station, the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it. If you live in a period home close to St Paul's, tall ceilings can take larder cupboards right up to the top. If you live near Braeburn Park, a cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen.
Northumberland Heath is about 4 miles south-west of Sidcup, in the London Borough of Bexley. Anywhere in Northumberland Heath, the process is the same: a design visit, a written quote, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. In Bexley, Northumberland Heath is one of the places we cover.
We work across DA8 and DA7 for bespoke kitchens. Whether you live on a street such as Mill Road, Penda Road and Chalk Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for bespoke kitchens. Neighbouring places we cover for bespoke kitchens include Bexley Riverside (1 mile south-east), Erith (1 mile north), Barnehurst (1 mile south), Belvedere (1 mile north-west) and Lessness Heath (1 mile north-west). Other parts of Bexley we cover include Sidcup (4 miles south-west), Welling (3 miles west), Bexley (2 miles south-west), Bexleyheath (2 miles south-west), Albany Park (4 miles south-west) and Thamesmead (3 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Northumberland Heath
In Northumberland Heath, that includes homes near The Royal Oak pub, Trinity School and Barnehurst Infant School. For rail, the closest station is Barnehurst station, about 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Broadway Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south-west) and Erith and District Hospital (under half a mile north).
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so each section is sized to get through.
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. Let us know about it when you contact us.
Nearby places to Northumberland Heath
Also in Northumberland Heath
Your questions about bespoke kitchens in Northumberland Heath
Is Northumberland Heath in the area you cover for bespoke kitchens?
Yes. Northumberland Heath is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Bexley and London. To get started, you can use our contact form with a few details.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Northumberland Heath?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It is useful to let us know about parking during the design visit.
How long does fitting take?
How long fitting takes depends on the kitchen’s size and how many other trades are involved, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. We’ll talk it through during the design visit.
Should I send photos?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. You can send them when you drop us a line using the contact form.
What materials do you use for kitchens?
We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray painting or hand painting. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.
Does my lease affect fitted furniture?
Possibly. A lease can require consent for alterations, including fixing furniture to the walls. Check your lease, as we can’t advise on it.
Fitting day, step by step
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it looks as though it was always there. How long the fitting takes depends on how many units there are and how the room is laid out, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. A front path or side gate can make the carry from the van simpler. Gates, paths and steps up to the door are part of the route we measure. Floors are covered from the door to the room.
- You contact us about a bespoke kitchen.
- At the design visit we plan the kitchen and talk about colours and finish.
- Your written quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- We make the kitchen in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF, which suits kitchens and takes paint well, and birch plywood.
- We fit the cabinets in your home; a hand-painted finish is applied on site and is easy to touch up later.
- Treat new paint gently while it cures; the plumbing, gas and electrics are done by your own plumber, a Gas Safe registered engineer and your electrician.
How to prepare
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
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 get started, use our contact form. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.