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Fitted Wardrobes in Charing Cross
In Charing Cross, we design fitted wardrobes around the room you actually have. We design your fitted wardrobe at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- A tight bedroom where doors get in the way
- Empty alcoves in the bedroom
- Dusty space on top of the wardrobe
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About our fitted wardrobes in Charing Cross
Rail heights are set for the clothes they hold. Long coats and dresses need one tall section, while shirts, jackets and folded trousers suit two rails, one above the other. We plan for the people using it too, keeping rails at a height they can reach. Most enquiries start with bedroom alcoves that could hold clothes and dusty space on top of the wardrobe; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
With a large share of homes around Charing Cross built before 1919, plenty of bedrooms have solid brick external walls. Cold external walls can lead to condensation, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture is part of the design. Smaller back bedrooms in houses of that age are good places for fitted wardrobes.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Charing Cross (W1F, W1D, W1S)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What happens on fitting day
Once the main sections are fixed in place, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. Each one is adjusted until the gaps are even and it closes cleanly. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the wardrobes and the number of doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. On fitting day in an older house, the main job is scribing to walls and levelling on floors that slope, so there’s some trimming and adjusting on site. Floors are protected, and dust is kept down as far as possible. Parking can be tight on terraced streets, so tell us about permits and bays at the measuring visit.
- You get in touch about fitted wardrobes for your bedroom, with a rough idea of what you need to hang and fold.
- At the design visit, we measure the room, check the walls, floor and ceiling and plan the doors and inside with you.
- You receive a quote setting out the design and the paint finish, ready for you to read through.
- We build the wardrobes in our workshop, in sections sized to get into your home. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit them in your home, scribe them to the walls and hang the doors.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
How to get a quote
The quote is built from the design visit. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing. To book one, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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Flats, conversions and lettings
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so it’s worth raising at the design visit.
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations. We can’t give advice on leases.
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Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done on site once the wardrobes are fitted. It’s easy to touch up later, and it works well in a period bedroom.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is stiff and grips screws firmly, so it’s a good choice for carcasses, shelves and drawer boxes. You can paint the edge or leave the layers showing.
What it costs
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The number of doors and drawers
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
Every room is priced on its own, 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 will see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Helping us understand the room
A little information at the start saves time later. If you can, send:
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- How you want to use the space
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
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, get in touch through our contact form with a few details about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
Tips worth knowing
These points come up often when people plan fitted wardrobes. They help before and after fitting:
- Plan any socket or switch changes with your electrician before fitting
- For a flat, measure the stairs, landings and lift
- Mention if the wardrobe will go on an external wall
- In a leasehold flat, read the lease first
Fill the rails gradually and spread the weight along them. Very heavy coats sit best on a shorter rail, so the rail stays straight.
Close doors gently and don’t let them swing into furniture, and slide doors without forcing them. It helps the hinges and runners stay true.
Questions we’re often asked
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Charing Cross?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
My home in Charing Cross is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
We measure the route in as well as the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. It’s useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Just mention it when you contact us, and we’ll see what we can do.
What affects the price of fitted wardrobes?
Every job is priced for its room: size, internal fittings, the finish and how tricky the walls are all play a part. You’ll get a quote in writing once we’ve measured up.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two ways to finish it: spray painted or hand painted. A spray finish is smooth and even, while a hand-painted one is easy to touch up later.
Do I choose the paint colour?
You choose it. The paint colour is agreed with you before anything is painted.
Charing Cross homes and fitted wardrobes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 50% of the housing in the area around Charing Cross, with about 21% built since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Charing Cross is partly covered by the Trafalgar Square Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of inner London. So a van fitting furniture in Charing Cross typically needs a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension arranged through the council. Parking is worth mentioning at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
The wider area includes historic houses like Benjamin Franklin House, about 0.1 miles east. For a period home anywhere nearby, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind fitted wardrobes is part of the design. If you live in a flat close to London Charing Cross station, fitted wardrobes are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Church of St Martin in the Fields, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Charing Cross is about 1 mile north-west of City of Westminster, in the City of Westminster. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Charing Cross is part of that. We list Charing Cross among 29 places we cover in Westminster.
Here we cover the W1F, W1D and W1S postcode area for fitted wardrobes. We cover homes on streets like Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane, whether you want fitted wardrobes or another piece made for the room. The A4 and A301 runs close to Charing Cross, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. We also cover St James's (1 mile west), Adelphi (1 mile north-east), Chinatown (1 mile north-west), West End (1 mile north) and Covent Garden (1 mile north-east). We also make fitted wardrobes in nearby places such as Paddington Green (2 miles north-west), Paddington (2 miles west), Connaught Village (2 miles west), Lisson Grove (2 miles north-west), Westbourne (3 miles west) and Little Venice (3 miles west).
What’s near Charing Cross
Our area takes in the homes around Silver Cross Tavern, Westminster Abbey Choir School and London Library and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Charing Cross itself: London Charing Cross station. A little further out are Kingly Court (0.6 miles north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (1.2 miles east). Green spaces nearby include St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.