Where people start
- Every fitted wardrobe company wants an appointment before they will discuss price.
- You have had a quote that felt like a negotiation rather than a price.
- You cannot tell whether £4,000 for a wall of wardrobes is fair or absurd.
- You want to know what the cheap end actually gets you.
Where they end up
- A real range from real jobs, published before anybody visits.
- A plain account of what takes a wardrobe from one end of it to the other.
- No VAT on top and no finance agreement to sign.
- One price, given once, that does not fall by a third if you hesitate.
What is behind the doors
The price is decided by the inside, not the front.
Two runs can look identical closed and differ by thousands open. Rails, drawer boxes, adjustable shelving and whether the space over the doors is used at all are what move the number.
How the job runs
Step by step, and nothing owed until step three.
- 01
Place yourself in the range
Read the ranges and the list underneath. A single alcove and a full wall of sliding mirrored doors are at opposite ends, and most people know within a few minutes which they are closer to.
- 02
Free home visit
Arshdeep measures the wall, checks how far out of true it runs and asks what is going inside. All three change the price.
- 03
A written price
Given once. A 10% deposit books the dates and the balance is due on completion.
The numbers
Ranges, from jobs actually done.
A single fixed price on a bespoke job is a guess dressed up as a promise. These are the brackets ours land in.
Fitted wardrobes, supplied and installed
£2,000to£5,000
- Home visit and drawing
- Carcasses, doors and ironmongery
- Interior: rails, shelves and drawers
- Scribing to walls, skirting and ceiling
- Installation
- Making good and decorating the surrounding wall
- Electrical work for lighting, where a new circuit is needed
This is where our wardrobe jobs actually land. A single alcove in a painted finish sits at the bottom; a full wall with sliding mirrored doors, internal lighting and a drawer bank sits at the top.
Smaller pieces of work
£200to£2,000
- A single alcove cupboard
- Replacement doors on an existing wardrobe
- Adding an interior to a wardrobe you already have
- New carcasses
£200 is the smallest job we take on.
Full fitted bedroom
£3,500to£5,000
- Wardrobes wall to wall
- Over-bed bridging units
- Floating bedsides with integrated lighting
- Built-in dressing table
- Certified electrical work
The top of the same range rather than a separate price list: a whole bedroom made at once costs less than the same pieces bought over three years.
No VAT to add, because the company is not VAT registered. 10% deposit to book the dates. The balance is due when the job is finished. We do not offer finance.
What we work with
- Painted MDF, oak and walnut veneer, matt and gloss laminate
- Hinged, sliding, mirrored and glass doors
- Soft-close hinges and drawer runners throughout
- Integrated LED lighting
The guarantee
12 months from completion on everything we make and fit.
Insurance
Fully covered by public liability insurance.
What you get at each end
At the bottom of the range. A single alcove or a short wall. Painted MDF, hinged doors, a rail and shelves inside, scribed properly and taken to the ceiling. Nothing about it is cheap-looking; there is simply less of it.
In the middle. A full bedroom wall, three or four bays, a mix of hanging and drawers, decent ironmongery.
At the top. A long wall or a walk-in. Sliding or mirrored doors, a drawer bank, internal lighting, veneered rather than painted, perhaps a dressing table built into the run.
The one thing worth paying more for
The interior. Doors are what visitors see and drawers are what you use. A wardrobe with a rail and one shelf costs less and will annoy you every morning for a decade.
Spend the extra on drawers and on getting the hanging heights right for what you actually own. It is the only part of this list nobody regrets.
Common questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
What takes a wardrobe from £2,000 to £5,000?
Width first: a three-metre wall is more carcass than a one-metre alcove. Then doors, and sliding mirrored doors cost noticeably more than hinged painted ones. Then the interior, because drawers are much more work than shelves. Lighting and a fitted dressing table are what push a job to the top.
Why are the national companies so much more expensive?
Showrooms, television advertising and commission-paid salespeople all get recovered from the same job. If a quote drops by a third because you said you would think about it, that tells you what the first number was.
Is there VAT to add?
No. The company is not VAT registered, so the quoted figure is the figure.
What deposit do you take, and do you offer finance?
10% before work starts, balance on completion. We do not offer finance.
How much is just one alcove?
An alcove is the least expensive way into fitted joinery, because the recess already exists and you are paying only for the joinery that uses it. It sits at the bottom of the range above, and it is the job we would most often recommend to somebody testing the water.
Does the price include painting?
We can supply primed for your decorator or finish it ourselves; either is quoted at the visit. What is not included is making good and repainting the surrounding wall, which is usually a decorator's job anyway.
Will the price change after the measure?
The written price after the measure is the price. What can change it before that is only ever the scope: another bay, sliding rather than hinged, lighting added.
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