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Bexley · London
Longlands Fitted Wardrobes
Floor-to-ceiling wardrobes built to the shape of your bedroom, for homes in Longlands. Every piece is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A tight bedroom where doors get in the way
- Bedroom alcoves that could hold clothes
- Wardrobes that are full to bursting
Ask about fitted wardrobes in Longlands
What happens on fitting day
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the wardrobes and the number of doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. Each piece is levelled, scribed where the wall wanders and fixed to suit the wall.
- It starts when you tell us about the room, the floor it is on and the wardrobes you want.
- At the design visit we plan the wardrobes with you and check the route in, including any lift or tight stair turn. Tell us about parking as well, as a van normally needs a permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension in much of London.
- A quote in writing follows with the design, materials and finish.
- The wardrobes are built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections sized for the route we measured.
- Fitting day: the sections come in, are joined and set level, and the doors are hung.
Preparing the room
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
Starting with a design visit
Rough measurements are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, use our contact form and let us know about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Advice
How we make fitted wardrobes for Longlands
Hanging heights are planned around your clothes, not a catalogue. A tall section suits long coats and dresses, while shirts, jackets and folded trousers suit two rails, one above the other. We plan for the people using it too. We make fitted wardrobes from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are clothes piled on chairs and in spare rooms and mismatched bedroom furniture.
A good part of the housing around Longlands is interwar, semi-detached or detached. Many 1930s houses have a small box room over the stairs, often with a raised bulkhead in the floor. Main bedrooms from that era are often a good size, with a bay window at the front.
You get the quote in writing, so there’s time to read it properly and talk it over at home. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Where
- Longlands (DA15, DA14, SE9)
- Area
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to Longlands
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What prompts fitted wardrobes in Longlands
A finished loft conversion often leaves a new bedroom with sloping walls and no storage. Storage built into the slope uses space that would otherwise go to waste.
Fitted wardrobes can help with:
- Empty alcoves in the bedroom
- A bedroom that never feels tidy
- No space in front for doors to swing
- A sloping ceiling that is hard to use
Eltham Palace, about 2 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, tall ceilings give fitted wardrobes room to reach the cornice.
What to check before you book
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- A written quote that sets out the job
What affects the cost of fitted wardrobes
What you pay depends on:
- The overall size of the piece
- Parking near your home
- How many doors and drawers there are
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
How it’s painted is part of the price: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What we need to know
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Whether it is a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
Photos help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line give us a good feel for the space, particularly with rough sizes. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
Practical tips
The finish lasts best with a little care. Here are our suggestions:
- Let us know about the lift and stairs in your block
- Think about where you will keep shoes, bags and folded clothes
- Mention if the wardrobe will go on an external wall
- Work out the split between long and short hanging
If you have sliding doors, keep the bottom track clear of dust and fluff to keep them running smoothly. Don’t let shoes or bags sit in the track.
Make sure vents at the top or bottom of the wardrobe aren’t blocked, particularly on an external wall. Watch for musty smells or marks on clothes and have the cause looked at early.
Questions from Longlands
I live near New Eltham station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Bexley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Longlands?
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 is useful to tell us about parking at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
How much will my fitted wardrobe cost?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it. We send a written quote after the design visit.
Can fitted wardrobes follow a sloping ceiling?
Yes. The wardrobe is shaped to the ceiling line, with long hanging where there is height and shelves or drawers where it is lower. It turns awkward space into storage.
Can a fitted wardrobe go against a cold wall?
Yes. Wardrobes on outside walls are designed with ventilation behind and inside, using moisture-resistant MDF. If there’s damp on the wall already, it should be sorted first.
How do I get started?
The first step is to use our contact form with some details about the room. We then arrange a design visit, measure up and send a written quote.
When you need someone else
It is worth being clear about where our work stops:
- Building work to create a loft room
- Taking out a chimney breast to make space
- Decorating or plastering the room
If in doubt, you can message us from the contact page and describe the room before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it is made from
- Hinged or sliding doors
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Hanging rails, shelves and drawers
Bedrooms in Longlands: local notes
About 39% of the homes in the area around Longlands went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 22% between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. We take that into account at the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. The centre of Longlands is within about a quarter of a mile of the Chislehurst Conservation Area. Being in a conservation area mainly affects changes to the outside of a building, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. About 50% of households in the neighbourhood around Longlands 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.
If you live near Waring Park, fitted wardrobes are usually planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay. For a flat near New Eltham station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Longlands is part of the London Borough of Bexley, about 1 mile east of Sidcup. Homes in Longlands are part of the area we cover for fitted wardrobes. We cover places right across Bexley, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
In DA15, DA14 and SE9, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Main Road, Alder Road and Sidcup Road, whether you want fitted wardrobes or another piece made for the room. Longlands sits close to the A211. We also cover Foxbury (1 mile south), New Eltham (1 mile north-west), Chislehurst (1 mile south-west), Coldharbour (1 mile west) and Blackfen (1 mile north). We also make fitted wardrobes in nearby places like Welling (2 miles north-east), Erith (5 miles north-east), Bexley (2 miles east), Belvedere (5 miles north-east), Northumberland Heath (5 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (5 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Longlands
The streets we cover here include those near Chislehurst School for Girls and Ye Olde Black Horse Inn, among other places. Longlands’s nearest station is New Eltham station, roughly 0.8 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Metropolitan Police Museum (0.8 miles east) and Queen Mary's Hospital (1 mile south-east). Open spaces near Longlands include The Tarn.