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Fitted Cupboards in New Malden
For homes in New Malden, we make fitted cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- Using the full height of a room
- Storage in a corner nothing else fits
- Boxing in a boiler with room for servicing
Fitted cupboards in New Malden
Could you do it yourself?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. Off-the-shelf furniture can’t usually do that in an older room.
Fitted cupboards in New Malden
A utility or boot room has to work hard, every day. Tall cupboards can take the vacuum cleaner, ironing board and cleaning things, alongside spaces for the washing machine and dryer you choose. Plumbing is for your plumber and new sockets for your electrician, so we plan the cupboards around their work. If you’re living with cupboards for a utility or boot room and storage for towels and bedding, fitted cupboards made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish can solve it.
Around New Malden, with interwar houses or semis making up much of the housing, the hallway may be wider than in a Victorian terrace, with room for a cupboard by the door. Bays at the front suit a seat with storage below, with a grille where there is a radiator underneath. Fitted cupboards are measured and made for the house you have.
The furniture is made in our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- New Malden (KT3, KT1, SW20)
- Area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Pricing fitted cupboards in New Malden
Not every room costs the same, for these reasons:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- How big the furniture is
- The internal fittings
- The number of doors and drawers
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit.
What we need to know
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, once the room is measured and the design talked through. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.
Your questions about fitted cupboards in New Malden
Will a conservation area stop me having fitted cupboards fitted in New Malden?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can need listed building consent from the council. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
Is New Malden in the area you cover for fitted cupboards?
Yes. We cover all of Kingston upon Thames and the rest of London, and New Malden is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, and then we send a quote.
What are the cupboards made of?
Our cupboards are made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, then spray painted or hand painted. Your quote sets out the materials and finish.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.
What do fitted cupboards cost?
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. A small boiler cupboard and a full run of hallway storage are very different jobs, so we quote once we have seen the space. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room.
Storage in New Malden homes: local notes
In the streets around New Malden, the largest groups of homes date from between 1919 and 1939 (about 40%) and before 1919 (about 24%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Near the centre of New Malden, Historic England’s list includes New Malden Library (Grade II), less than half a mile south-east, and The Royal Oak Public House (Grade II), about 0.5 miles north-east. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. Detached and semi-detached houses are home to about 48% of households in the streets around New Malden, according to Census 2021. A house like that normally has more rooms to plan around than a flat, and sometimes a driveway that makes unloading easier.
For families living near Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. If you live in a period home close to New Malden Baptist Church, fitted cupboards can fill recesses that are rarely a standard size. If you live near Beverley Park, fitted cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
New Malden is about 2 miles north-west of Kingston upon Thames, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Homes in New Malden are part of the area we cover for fitted cupboards. Our work takes in places right across Kingston upon Thames, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
We make fitted cupboards across the KT3, KT1 and SW20 postcode area for fitted cupboards. You will find streets here like High Street, Ashcombe Square and Melrose Gardens, and homes on each of them are within our area for fitted cupboards. The B283 run close to New Malden; on busy main roads, unloading fitted cupboards takes a little planning. Other places close to New Malden include Motspur Park (1 mile north-east), West Barnes (1 mile east), Norbiton (1 mile north-west), Coombe (1 mile north) and Raynes Park (1 mile east). Other parts of Kingston upon Thames we cover include Kingston upon Thames (2 miles north-west), Surbiton (2 miles south-west), Hampton Wick (2 miles west), Chessington (3 miles south-west), Seething Wells (2 miles west) and Hook (3 miles south-west). As one of the bigger places in Kingston upon Thames, New Malden is covered for fitted cupboards and everything else we make.
Around New Malden
The streets we cover here include those near Holy Cross School and The Glasshouse pub. There’s a railway station in New Malden itself: New Malden station. Nearby you will also find Kingston Hospital (1.2 miles north-west) and Bentall Centre (1.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Rose Walk.
Caring for painted furniture
Most of what helps is simple. What we’d suggest:
- Deal with any damp walls first
- Measure the route into the room as well as the room
- Keep boiler vents and meter access clear
- Let us know how parking works on your street
Once the cupboards are fitted, the paint needs time to cure fully. Treat the doors gently at first and wipe them with a soft, damp cloth only. After that, a soft cloth and mild soapy water is all they need.
Tell us about parking and access during the design visit. Much of London has controlled parking, and blocks of flats can have rules about lifts and deliveries.
How fitting works for fitted cupboards
Finishing comes last. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Loft stairs in an interwar house can be tight, with a low ceiling at the top, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. Elsewhere in the house, the route is normally more generous. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- First, you let us know about the space and what you need to store. It might be a hallway, a landing, a utility or a boot room.
- We come to your home for a design visit, measure the space and talk through the layout. For a boiler cupboard, we plan for the clearances and ventilation in the manufacturer’s instructions.
- A quote in writing follows, covering the design, materials and finish.
- The cupboards are made at our workshop.
- We bring the cupboards to your home and fit them to the space. We check each door and shelf with you before we leave.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
Getting a quote
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, tell us about the room on our contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
Advice
Boards, parts and paint
Shelves
Shelves are spaced to suit what goes on them, whether that’s linen or cleaning things. Long spans need a thicker shelf or a support.
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting suits doors and panels that you want to look crisp and even, and it’s finished before fitting day.