Where people start
- The room is too small for a desk that is big enough.
- Cables everywhere, and a plug socket in the wrong place.
- Books and files in stacks because there is nowhere to put shelves.
- You are on video calls and the wall behind you is a mess.
Where they end up
- A desk the full width of the room, at 600mm or 700mm deep as suits.
- Shelving to the ceiling, using the height nobody uses.
- Cable ports, sockets and a route for everything, decided before it is built.
- Drawer units under the desk rather than a pedestal in the way of your knees.
How the job runs
Step by step, and nothing owed until step three.
- 01
Measuring the room and the person
Desk height matters more than anything else here and 720mm to 750mm suits most people. If you are notably tall or short, we build to you rather than to the standard.
- 02
Planning the cables
Where the sockets are, where the router lives, whether a monitor arm needs a fixing point in the desk. Deciding this first is the difference between a tidy desk and one with a nest under it.
- 03
Making and fitting
Desk, shelving and drawer units made together in one finish, then fitted and scribed to the walls.
What we work with
- Oak, walnut and painted desks with solid or veneered tops
- Adjustable and fixed shelving
- Drawer units, filing drawers and cupboard bases
- Grommets, cable trays and integrated sockets
- Under-shelf task lighting
The guarantee
12 months on everything we make and fit.
Insurance
Fully covered by public liability insurance.
Height, depth, cables
Three decisions carry a fitted office, and none of them are about the finish.
Height. 720mm to 750mm for most people. Measured to you if you are not most people.
Depth. 600mm for a laptop and one screen, 700mm for two screens or paperwork.
Cables. Where they come from, where they go, and where the ports are. Decided before anything is made, because retro-fitting a cable route into a finished desk means drilling through the top.
Using the height
Most spare rooms have 2.4m of wall and use the bottom 1.2m of it. Shelving to the ceiling roughly doubles what the room holds and costs a fraction of what the desk does.
Common questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
How much does a fitted home office cost?
A desk with shelving above and a drawer unit below typically runs £1,200 to £3,000, depending on the width of the room, the material and how much shelving there is.
How deep should the desk be?
600mm is enough for a laptop and a monitor. 700mm is better if you use two screens or write on paper as well as type. Deeper than that and you start losing the room.
Can two people work in the same room?
Often, yes, if the room takes an L-shaped run down two walls. Facing each other across one desk rarely works in practice; at right angles does.
Can you build it into an alcove or a cupboard?
Yes. An alcove desk with shelving above is the smallest useful office there is, and a deep cupboard can take a desk that closes away entirely when you are done for the day.
Do you sort the electrics?
We plan the cable routes and fit the grommets and trays. New sockets are done by a qualified electrician we bring in, so it is certified properly.
What about the wall behind me on calls?
Worth thinking about. Shelving behind you reads far better on video than a blank wall or a doorway, and it costs nothing extra to put the shelves on that wall rather than another.
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