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Clare Market Fitted Wardrobes
For homes in Clare Market, we make fitted wardrobes from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Not enough hanging space
- Wasted space beside the chimney breast
- Storage boxes stacked under the bed
Fitted wardrobes designed for your room
When is bespoke worth it?
If you’re handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Fitted wardrobes in Clare Market
In a period bedroom, the alcoves beside the chimney breast make natural wardrobe spaces. Wardrobes in both alcoves leave the chimney breast on show, and each one is scribed to walls that are rarely straight. Picture rails and cornices can be met neatly or cut around. If your home has clothes piled on chairs and in spare rooms and a tight bedroom where doors get in the way, fitted wardrobes made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Ceilings in homes built before 1919 are often tall, and a large share of the homes around Clare Market date from then. Fitted furniture can run right up to the ceiling or the cornice, with high storage for the things you use least. Original mouldings are worked around rather than removed.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Clare Market (WC2H, W1D, WC2B)
- Area
- Westminster
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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Boards, parts and paint
Hand-painted finish
With hand painting, you see the colour in your own room’s light. Joins and scribed edges are painted in the same coats.
Plinths and scribe strips
A plinth raises the wardrobe off the floor and takes up any slope. It can line up with the skirting.
Bedroom storage in Clare Market
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Clare Market were built before 1919 (about 48%) and since 2000 (about 22%), 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Clare Market include Church of St Mary Le Strand (Grade I), under half a mile south, and Church of St Clement Danes (Grade I), under half a mile south-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. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. In inner London, a large part of the street parking sits inside borough-run controlled parking zones. So a van fitting furniture in Clare Market normally needs a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension arranged through the council. Tell us what parking is near you at the design visit.
For a family home near St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, the inside of fitted wardrobes can be laid out with adjustable shelves, so the space keeps up as children grow. For a flat near London Charing Cross station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. If you live near Lincoln's Inn Fields, fitted wardrobes are normally planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay.
Clare Market is about 2 miles west of City of Westminster, within the City of Westminster. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Clare Market is part of that. Clare Market is one of the places in Westminster where we make fitted wardrobes, and the borough has 29 places on our list.
Every address in WC2H, W1D and WC2B is covered for fitted wardrobes. We cover homes on streets like Drury Lane, New Square and Old Square, along with the roads around them, for fitted wardrobes and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around Clare Market include the A4 and A301. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you’re just outside Clare Market, we also cover Aldwych (1 mile south), Temple Bar (1 mile east), Covent Garden (1 mile south-west), Temple (1 mile south-east) and Seven Dials (1 mile west). We also make fitted wardrobes in nearby places like City of Westminster (2 miles west), Victoria (2 miles south-west), Paddington Green (3 miles west), Paddington (2 miles west), Connaught Village (2 miles west) and Belgravia (2 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Clare Market
The streets we cover here include those near Mercers' School, Ye Old White Horse pub and LSE Shaw Library, among other places. The nearest railway station is London Charing Cross station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Hunterian Museum (less than half a mile north-east) and Gabriel's Wharf (0.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Clare Market include St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.
What affects the price in Clare Market
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. It helps to talk about parking at the measuring visit, so it can be planned.
What to send when you get in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Approximate measurements of the space
If you know what you want, say so; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To start, use our contact form.
Is bespoke worth it?
Standalone wardrobes cost less to buy and can come with you when you move. If you are renting or moving soon, that may matter most. Built-in wardrobes become part of the house and are made for that room alone. Chimney breasts in older houses stand out by different amounts, so the recesses either side are rarely the same, which means a matching pair of ready-made units seldom fits both. Each side can be made to its own size.
We do not publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing, with the materials and finish set out. To start, message us from the contact page.
What you get with us
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday work by arrangement
- Built around your room
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made or what a quote should include.
FAQs: fitted wardrobes in Clare Market
Do you cover homes near London Charing Cross station?
Yes, homes across Westminster and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Will a conservation area stop me having fitted wardrobes fitted in Clare Market?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter 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.
What if my bedroom floor is not level?
Uneven floors are normal in older homes. The wardrobes are levelled on adjustable feet or a plinth.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Just mention it when you contact us, and we’ll see what we can do.
Who chooses the colour?
You choose it. The paint colour is agreed with you.
Can I choose the layout inside the wardrobe?
We plan it with you at the measuring visit, based on what you wear and how much of it there is. Some shelves can be adjustable so the layout can change.
From workshop to your room
Once the main sections are fixed in place, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. Each one is adjusted until the gaps are even and it closes cleanly. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the wardrobes and the number of doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- You send us a few details about the room and the storage you need, including any slopes, windows or alcoves.
- We come to measure the room, check the walls and ceiling and agree the layout. We also look at the way in, in case the sections need to go up narrow stairs.
- We send a quote in writing for the wardrobes.
- Each section is built in our workshop to the room’s measurements.
- The wardrobes are fitted in your home, set level and scribed to the walls and ceiling. A hand-painted finish, if you chose one, is done on site.
Before fitting day
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
How to get a quote
For a quote for fitted wardrobes in Clare Market, use our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.