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Kensington and Chelsea · London
Bespoke Kitchens in Notting Dale
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. We make bespoke kitchens for homes in Notting Dale, each designed at a visit to your home.
- Spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets
- A dresser that suits a period house
- Extra cupboard space
Bespoke kitchens in Notting Dale
About our bespoke kitchens in Notting Dale
Our bespoke kitchens are fitted in Notting Dale and all over London. It starts with a design visit to measure and go through the layout, then a written quote. The cabinets are built in our workshop and fitted in your home. The time 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. Typical reasons to get in touch are making the most of a galley kitchen and a kitchen planned around your appliances; the furniture is made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
In a period terrace, the front door, hall and any turn into the kitchen limit the size of each piece. Around Notting Dale, a large share of homes were built before 1919, so we measure the route to the kitchen along with the room itself. Long runs arrive in sections and are joined in place.
Materials are named in the quote: 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
- Notting Dale (W11, W10, W2)
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Kitchens in Notting Dale: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Notting Dale were built before 1919 (about 58%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 15%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Near the centre of Notting Dale, Historic England’s list includes Cosmic House (Grade I), less than half a mile south, and The Electric Cinema (Grade II*), under half a mile east. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, such as fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 28% of households in the area around Notting Dale, based on Census 2021. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before anything is fixed to the walls.
For an older house near Church of St Sava, a narrow back addition or an old chimney breast may shape the kitchen layout. For families living near Thomas Jones Primary School, planning a kitchen around family routines, with a place for school things, pays off.
Notting Dale is about 1 mile south of Kensington, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Dale is part of the area we cover. Notting Dale is one of the places in Kensington and Chelsea where we make bespoke kitchens, and the borough has 13 places on our list.
Design visits and fitting in W11, W10 and W2 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Bard Road, Walmer Road and Sirdar Road, along with the roads around them, for bespoke kitchens and any of our other fitted furniture. We also cover the places around Notting Dale: Notting Hill (1 mile south-east), White City (1 mile west), Kensal Town (1 mile north), North Kensington (1 mile north-west) and Holland Park (1 mile south). Elsewhere in Kensington and Chelsea, we also cover Brompton (2 miles south-east), Chelsea (3 miles south-east), South Kensington (2 miles south-east), Earl's Court (2 miles south), World's End (3 miles south-east) and Little Chelsea (2 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Notting Dale
Our area takes in the homes around Maida Vale School, Abdus Salam Library and The Elgin pub, among other places. The closest station to Notting Dale is Shepherds Bush station, roughly 0.7 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Westfield London (0.7 miles south-west) and Princess Louise Hospital (0.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Campden Hill.
Places near Notting Dale
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What happens on fitting day
Getting everything level comes first. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth, which keeps the lines straight. After that, it’s fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that is solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Scribing is done on site, which means some cutting in the room or close by, so we ask for a clear space to work near the room. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Hand painting, if that is your finish, can follow the fitting.
- First, you let us know about the room. Say a little about the way you cook.
- We visit, measure and go through the layout, larder, dresser or island.
- A quote in writing is sent to you.
- The kitchen is built 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 do the plumbing, gas and electrics. It’s useful to have those trades booked in good time.
Before fitting day
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Ask for a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. The design is talked through at the visit, once we have measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Questions from Notting Dale
Will a conservation area stop me having bespoke kitchens fitted in Notting Dale?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
My home in Notting Dale is a period house with walls that aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
What happens when you come to measure?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, then send a quote in writing.
What finishes do you offer?
You can choose between two finishes: by spray or by hand. Spray painting gives a smooth, even finish, and hand painting is easy to touch up.
Do you make the furniture yourselves?
Everything is made in our workshop for your room, then brought to your home and fitted. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
Do you work in Notting Dale?
Yes. Our area is the whole of London: every borough and the City of London, Notting Dale included.
Why bespoke in Notting Dale?
Ready-made ranges rarely include a larder or dresser that fits a particular alcove. We can build them to fit, painted to match the rest of the kitchen. Off-the-shelf furniture is made for flat walls and level floors, which older houses rarely have, so you end up with gaps, wobbles and units that don’t meet the skirting. Fitted pieces follow the wall and sit level.
How it is painted is part of the price: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
Why work with us in Notting Dale
- Every quote follows a design visit
- Work across the whole of London
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Designed for the room you have
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.
Do you need bespoke kitchens in Notting Dale?
Often the call comes after building work has opened up the space. A new layout deserves a kitchen designed for it, and building work itself is for your builder.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- A kitchen planned around your appliances
- A kitchen that fits an uneven room
- Making the most of a galley kitchen
- Room for everything in the kitchen
Close to Emslie Horniman's Pleasance? A cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen.
Choosing a carpenter
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
What affects the price in Notting Dale
What you pay depends on:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- The internal fittings
- Parking near your home
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Bigger pieces use more board and take longer to make and fit, so size is the starting point. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
Getting in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- What the furniture needs to hold
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Any ideas or images you’ve saved
We quote once we have seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, then send a written quote. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. To book a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.