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Bespoke kitchens in Purley, Croydon
We make bespoke kitchens for homes in Purley, designed around the room you have. Your kitchen is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- Spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets
- A kitchen planned around your appliances
- More storage in a small kitchen
Ask about bespoke kitchens in Purley
Could you do it yourself?
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. 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.
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
Bespoke kitchens in Purley: what you get
Kitchens in period houses bring their own challenges. Walls lean, corners are not square and floors slope, 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. People normally come to us about a painted kitchen in a colour you choose and making the most of a galley kitchen; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Knocked-through kitchen-diners in older semis sometimes keep a chimney breast, which can frame a dresser or tall cupboards. If yours is one of the interwar houses or semis that make up much of the housing around Purley, that’s a feature worth designing around. A blocked chimney still needs ventilating, and damp is sorted first.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it’s clear what’s included.
- Where
- Purley (CR8, CR2, CR5)
- Area
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Looking after your furniture
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Share the layout with your other trades
- Deal with damp walls first
- Make sure an island won’t crowd the room
- Pick the oven, fridge and dishwasher first
Use the cooker hood or open a window when cooking, to keep steam off the cabinets. Good ventilation helps paintwork last.
It helps to know which appliances you want early. Their sizes shape the cabinets, so late changes can be awkward.
Why bespoke in Purley?
Standard cabinets come in set widths, so the room has to fit the units. Ours are made to fit the room from wall to wall. Standard widths rarely add up to the length of a real wall, so fitted furniture is made to the wall’s own length. It can also go up to the ceiling rather than stopping short.
No two rooms cost the same to furnish, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. You’ll see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
What you get with us
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- We work across all London boroughs
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what to look for in a quote.
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How fitting works for bespoke kitchens
At the end, we tidy up. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and explain how to look after the paint. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the kitchen and the design, and the fitting days are agreed 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 get in touch and describe the kitchen you want.
- At the design visit we plan the kitchen and talk about colours and finish.
- A written quote follows, with the finish agreed.
- We make the kitchen in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF, which suits kitchens and takes paint well, and birch plywood.
- The kitchen is fitted and scribed to the walls, with any hand painting done in the room.
- Plumbing, gas and electrics are for your plumber, a Gas Safe engineer and your electrician; new paintwork needs gentle use while it cures.
Before fitting day
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
How to get a quote
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To get started, get in touch through our contact form. You receive a written quote after the visit.
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Your questions about bespoke kitchens in Purley
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Purley?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the measuring visit.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Purley station?
Yes. We cover all of Croydon and the rest of London. You can tell us about the room on our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We don’t treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
How do you get large furniture into a flat?
We plan the route in during the design visit. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doors, and each section is made to a size that will get through.
What are the kitchen cabinets made of?
We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray painting or hand painting. Your quote sets out the materials and finish.
Do you handle the gas and electrics for the kitchen?
No, those are jobs for other trades. Plumbing, gas and electrics are for your plumber, a Gas Safe registered engineer and your electrician, while we make and fit the cabinets.
Kitchens in Purley: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Purley were built between 1919 and 1939 (about 31%) and since 2000 (about 28%), 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. About 62% of households in the streets around Purley live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to Census 2021. In a semi or detached house, a driveway, where there is one, can make unloading easier. Parking controls in London are set borough by borough, so Croydon has its own. If parking near you is controlled, a visitor permit or a bay suspension may be needed, and the council arranges suspensions, often with notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking during the design visit.
For an older house near St Swithun's, a narrow back addition or an old chimney breast may shape the kitchen layout. Close to Dollypers Hill? A cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen. If your children go to Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) or a school nearby, a tall cupboard by the door can take school bags and coats as part of the kitchen.
Purley is in the London Borough of Croydon, about 4 miles north of Thornton Heath. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Purley included. In Croydon, Purley is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 32 places on our list.
In CR8, CR2 and CR5, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street like High Street, Church Road and Brighton Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for bespoke kitchens. Main roads around Purley include the A2022. Close by, we also work in Peaks Hill (1 mile north-west), Woodcote (1 mile west), Russell Hill (1 mile north), Roundshaw (1 mile north-west) and Woodcote Green (1 mile west). Other parts of Croydon we cover include Thornton Heath (4 miles north), Croydon (2 miles north-east), Broad Green (4 miles north), Upper Norwood (6 miles north), Selhurst (5 miles north-east) and South Norwood (5 miles north-east). Purley is among the bigger places we cover in Croydon.
Landmarks near Purley
Our area takes in the homes around The Jolly Farmers pub, Laleham Lea School and Thomas More Catholic School. There is a railway station in Purley itself: Purley station. Nearby you’ll also find Purley War Memorial Hospital (a few minutes’ walk north-east) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1.4 miles north). Not far away are Foxley Wood.
Honest limits
We do not treat damp or carry out building work, and there are a few other limits too:
- Plastering, tiling or decorating
- Gas work, which is for a Gas Safe engineer
- Electrics, sockets and lighting (your electrician)
If in doubt, you can use our contact form and describe the room. How it works.
What goes into it
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Islands where space allows
- Larders and dressers
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish