Common questions about elegant custom cabinetry

Most of the conversations we have with new clients begin with the same five questions. Worth answering them on the page.

From design sign-off to install, ten to fourteen weeks for a standard kitchen, sixteen to twenty for a complex one. The design phase before that — measure, drawings, sign-off — usually takes four to six weeks. The total is between four and six months from first visit to "kettle on in the new kitchen". Anyone quoting a fortnight is selling a flat-pack.

Both have their place. Hand-painted is warmer, takes a knock better, and can be touched up forever. Sprayed is sharper, cleaner, and harder to repair without a respray. We do both. We will tell you which one suits the finish you want and the way the kitchen will be used.

Because every cabinet is made to your room. The cabinets are deeper or shallower than the standard 580mm where the wall needs them to be. The tall larder is the height of your ceiling, not the height of the catalogue. The cost is in the design hours and the workshop hours; the materials are the same.

Ten years on the cabinetry. Ours is among the longer guarantees in the trade because we make the cabinetry ourselves and we are willing to back it. Worktops and appliances follow their manufacturer warranties.

Built-in cabinetry is not built-in forever. We can swap doors, repaint, replace handles, or change appliances ten years from now. Because every part of the cabinetry is documented in our workshop, the upgrade is a refit not a rebuild.

If you want a longer answer to any of these, book a design visit. Most of the questions we answer in writing are easier to answer in front of the kitchen.