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Bexley · London
Bespoke kitchens in Upton, Bexley
Bespoke and fitted kitchens with cabinets made to the room, for homes in Upton. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Spaces sized for your oven and fridge
- A larder for food and small appliances
- A kitchen that fits an uneven room
Ask about bespoke kitchens in Upton
How we make bespoke kitchens for Upton
We are carpenters, so we make and fit the cabinets, while other trades handle the services. Plumbing is done by your plumber, gas by a Gas Safe engineer and electrics by your electrician, so the design allows for pipes, cables and connections. Typical reasons to get in touch are spaces sized for your oven and fridge and tall larder storage, and the answer is built in our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Islands only work where there is room to walk round them. Around Upton, a big part of the housing is interwar, semi-detached or detached, and in an extended kitchen there may be space. We check the clearances at the measuring visit. Your plumber and electrician run any services to it.
After the design visit, we send you a written quote. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish, so it’s clear what’s included.
- Where
- Upton (DA6, DA7, DA16)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about bespoke kitchens
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Upton?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. 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. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Is Upton in the area you cover for bespoke kitchens?
Yes. Upton is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Bexley and London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not normally. Inside a house, fitted furniture does not normally need planning permission. If the building is listed, works affecting its character can require listed building consent.
How are bespoke kitchens priced?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, layout and finish all affect the price. For a design visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
What are your kitchens made from?
Moisture-resistant MDF for painted doors and panels, and birch plywood where strength matters. The finish is spray painted in our workshop or hand painted, in colours you choose.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment is not something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Let us know about them at the design visit.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of.
How fitting day works
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving everything tidy. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the kitchen and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. 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.
- First, you tell us about the room.
- The design visit covers measuring and planning the layout, where space allows.
- A quote in writing is sent to you.
- The kitchen is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the kitchen in your home, while your plumber, a Gas Safe registered engineer and your electrician do the plumbing, gas and electrics. It’s useful to have those trades booked in good time.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
Getting a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To share them, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we will arrange a design visit.
Advice
The problems bespoke kitchens solve
A painted kitchen can be refreshed later, which appeals if you’re staying put. Hand-painted finishes are easy to touch up later on.
People normally get in touch with us about things like these:
- Cabinets for a narrow kitchen
- A central island in a larger kitchen
- More storage in a small kitchen
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
For an older house near Trinity Baptist Church, cabinets will be scribed to walls and floors that are rarely true.
What to check before you book
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
Made-to-measure kitchens in Upton
About 40% of the homes in the area around Upton went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 21% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. That matters for kitchens, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. There are 12 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Upton. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. Parking controls in London are set borough by borough, so Bexley has its own. Where a street in Upton is controlled, a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension from the council. It helps to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
Near listed buildings like Red House, less than half a mile south-west of the centre of Upton, older homes may keep original joinery that kitchens can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. Red House, about 0.3 miles south-west, 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.
Upton is about 2 miles south-west of Sidcup, in the London Borough of Bexley. Design visits and fitting in Upton can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. We cover places right across Bexley, large and small.
We cover every part of the DA6, DA7 and DA16 postcode area. You will find streets here like Lion Road, Upton Road and Freta Road, and we cover homes on all of them for bespoke kitchens. Other places close to Upton include Bexleyheath (1 mile east), Crook Log (1 mile west), Blendon (1 mile south-west), Bexley (1 mile south) and Welling (1 mile west). Across the rest of Bexley, our area takes in Sidcup (2 miles south-west), Erith (2 miles north-east), Belvedere (2 miles north-east), Northumberland Heath (2 miles north-east), Lessness Heath (2 miles north) and Albany Park (3 miles south-west).
Around Upton
Our area takes in the homes around Bexleyheath Academy, St Catherine's Catholic School and The Golden Lion pub. There is a railway station in Upton itself: Bexleyheath station. A little further out are Broadway Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south-east) and Bexley Museum (1.3 miles south-east).
How it’s made
Doors and drawer fronts
Doors and drawer fronts can be flat, framed or panelled, painted in a colour you choose.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting gives a softer, traditional look in an older home.
Pricing bespoke kitchens in Upton
Several things affect the price:
- How big the furniture is
- Spray painting or hand painting
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, which the quote allows for. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space.
What to send when you get in touch
Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
To get a quote, use our contact form and tell us a little about the room and roughly what you’d like. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and a quote in writing follows.