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Kingston upon Thames · London
New Malden Fitted Wardrobes
Fitted wardrobes in New Malden: floor-to-ceiling wardrobes built to the shape of your bedroom. Every piece is made in our workshop and fitted in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Musty smells in a wardrobe on a cold wall
- Wasted space beside the chimney breast
- Too little room for clothes
Fitted wardrobes for your home in New Malden
How fitting works for fitted wardrobes
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared, as we’ll have talked about at the measuring visit. After that, it is over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. The time the fitting takes depends on how many wardrobes there are and how the room is shaped, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. It helps to clear the room and the route before we arrive. 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.
- You get in touch and tell us about the room.
- At the design visit we measure the room and agree the layout and doors.
- Your written quote follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- We build the wardrobes in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The wardrobes are fitted and scribed, with any hand painting done in the room.
- Before we leave, we go through the doors and drawers with you. New paint takes time to cure, so treat it gently at first.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
Arranging a design visit
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit. For a quote, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Fitted wardrobes in New Malden: what you get
Some bedrooms suit wardrobes that wrap around the bed, with cupboards each side and a run of storage above the headboard. Others work around a window. We plan the layout so the room still feels open. If you are living with wasted space beside the chimney breast and dusty space on top of the wardrobe, fitted wardrobes made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
In a 1930s semi, the main bedroom often sits over the front room and its bay, so fitted storage normally goes on the walls either side while the bay stays open. Interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a big part of the housing around New Malden, so it’s a room shape worth planning for. We measure every wall, even where the room looks square.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you are getting.
- Place
- New Malden (KT3, KT1, SW20)
- Borough
- Kingston upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to New Malden
Also in New Malden
When you need someone else
We are carpenters, so some jobs belong to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Removing walls, chimney breasts or any structural work
- Building work to create a loft room
- Decorating or plastering the room
If in doubt, you can message us from the contact page and describe the room. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Hand-painted finish
- Hanging rails, shelves and drawers
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hinged or sliding doors
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
Caring for painted furniture
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after. These habits help most:
- Check the route into your flat, not just the room
- Move furniture away from the wardrobe wall beforehand
- In a leasehold flat, read the lease first
- Ask your electrician about moving sockets early
Doors can settle a little once the wardrobes are filled. Most hinges can be adjusted to bring a door back in line.
Avoid drying clothes in the bedroom where you can, as the extra moisture can lead to condensation. A little ventilation in the room helps.
Questions from New Malden
Do you make fitted wardrobes for homes in New Malden?
Yes, New Malden is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Kingston upon Thames and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Will a conservation area stop me having fitted wardrobes fitted in New Malden?
Typically 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. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Which is better for fitted wardrobes, hinged or sliding doors?
That depends on how much space there is in front of the wardrobe. Where a bed sits close by, sliding doors often work better, and in a roomier space hinged doors give easier access. We look at it with you when we measure.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two choices: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. The finish is agreed in your quote.
How do you get fitted wardrobes into a flat?
The wardrobes are made in sections sized to get up the stairs, into the lift and through the doors. We measure the stairs, landings and lift as well as the bedroom. In a leasehold flat, it’s worth checking the lease first.
How do I get a quote?
Just send us a few details through our contact form. It’s useful to send rough sizes and a few pictures, and then we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, followed by a quote in writing.
Bedroom storage in New Malden
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around New Malden were built between 1919 and 1939 (about 40%) and before 1919 (about 24%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how fitted wardrobes are fixed and fitted. There are 5 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of New Malden. Being near listed buildings does not make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. TfL’s Ultra Low Emission Zone covers every part of London, Kingston upon Thames included. Vans bringing furniture to New Malden fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. We go through parking and access during the design visit.
Close to Beverley Park? Fitted wardrobes are normally planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay. Near listed buildings like New Malden Library, less than half a mile south-east of the centre of New Malden, older homes may keep original joinery that fitted wardrobes can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
New Malden is part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, about 2 miles north-west of Kingston upon Thames. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, New Malden included. Across Kingston upon Thames, we cover New Malden and the places around it.
We make fitted wardrobes across the KT3, KT1 and SW20 postcode area. We cover homes on streets such as High Street, Ashcombe Square and Melrose Gardens, for fitted wardrobes and any of our other fitted furniture. The B283 run close to New Malden; on busy main roads, unloading fitted wardrobes takes a little planning. We also cover 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). We also make fitted wardrobes in nearby places such as 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 all of our fitted furniture.
Local landmarks in New Malden
The streets we cover here include those near Holy Cross School and The Glasshouse pub. There is a railway station in New Malden itself: New Malden station. A little further out are Kingston Hospital (1.2 miles north-west) and Bentall Centre (1.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Rose Walk.
How we price fitted wardrobes
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. That depends on:
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The number of doors and drawers
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
In London, parking can affect the price. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so we may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a suspended bay near your home. Let us know about parking during the design visit.
What we need to know
Ahead of the design visit, we will normally ask about:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- How you want to use the space
- Your postcode and the borough
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To get started, fill in our short enquiry form. The written quote follows the visit.
Is it time for fitted wardrobes?
Couples often want storage that works for two. We can plan separate sections for each person.
Most of the enquiries we get are about needs like these:
- Dusty space on top of the wardrobe
- A room too narrow for hinged doors
- Empty alcoves in the bedroom
- Not enough hanging space
For an older house near New Malden Baptist Church, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where fitted wardrobes go.
Before you choose who makes it
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote