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London's fitted wardrobe specialists
Fitted wardrobes in London are priced per linear metre of wall, not per wardrobe, because each panel is scribed to walls that are rarely square. A typical bedroom run is 2.5 to 3.5 metres. UK rates for bespoke joinery start at £900 to £1,500 per linear metre and above (Sleepless Tradesman, VAT status not stated by the source).
The same bedroom can be quoted at £3,000 or £15,000, and the price often moves during the visit. Homeowners describe national suppliers quoting five figures and then discounting by half on the day. Beams writes the specification first, then up to three vetted London joiners quote against it, at a price that does not change.
Vetted joiners who actually quote
Personally vetted: visited in person, references checked, recent work inspected. You meet up to three before committing.
No showroom discount theatre
A written specification and a fixed price, not a number that drops when you hesitate.
Fixed-price contracts
Milestone payments held securely until you approve each stage, plus a 12-month workmanship warranty.
Recent London fitted wardrobes
Explore completed joinery and storage across London, from single rooms to whole houses.
Fitted wardrobe costs in London
Fitted wardrobes are priced per linear metre of wall, not per wardrobe. A typical bedroom run is 2.5 to 3.5 metres, so multiply accordingly.
Published 2026 rates:
- Bespoke, made in a London workshop: £1,200 to £2,500 per linear metre and above, stated as excluding VAT (Noba & Stod, one London workshop's own published pricing rather than a market rate)
- Bespoke, London: from £3,000 per linear metre, with drawers at £200 each (PUCK London, one London workshop's own published pricing rather than a market rate, VAT status not stated by the source)
- By tier, UK: budget £800 to £1,200 per linear metre, mid-range £1,200 to £3,000, premium above £3,000 (Tradesmen Costs, VAT status not stated by the source)
- UK by tier: £350 to £600 budget, £600 to £900 mid-range, £900 to £1,500 and above for bespoke joinery, with London and the South East 20 to 30% higher. A master bedroom wall of 3.6 to 4.8 metres is £2,000 to £6,000, including supply and fit but excluding lighting and redecoration (Sleepless Tradesman, VAT status not stated by the source)
- Sloped loft ceilings: £2,500 to £5,500 per metre, because every angle is cut to the room (TrustBuilt Projects, VAT status not stated by the source)
- London range for the same bedroom: £2,500 to £15,000 depending on supplier, stated as including design, fabrication and installation (TNT Magazine, which states its figures include VAT)
The London-specific numbers there come from two London workshops quoting their own prices and one magazine range, not from a market survey, which is why the UK tier rates still matter as a cross-check.
The gap between those sources is not error. It is three different markets: a national fitted-furniture brand, a local joiner, and a bespoke workshop. Which one you are talking to matters more than the size of the room.
Bespoke, made to measure, or an IKEA hack
Three routes, and nobody sets out the trade-offs honestly because most suppliers only sell one of them.
A national fitted-furniture brand
Showroom experience, a guarantee, and a long lead time. Homeowners report four-month waits and prices two to four times a local joiner's. One was quoted £15,000 floor to ceiling, then £7,000 after a same-visit discount. Another compared £11,000 after discounts against £3,500 including materials from a carpenter for the same brief.
A local joiner
Usually a fraction of the price, made to your walls, and often sprayed in the workshop, which saves paying a decorator afterwards. The catch is availability and recourse. Homeowners repeatedly describe joiners with long waiting lists who never come to quote, and one contrasted a national fit that came with a guarantee against a carpenter's job where the paintwork had already chipped.
Carcasses plus bespoke fronts
Standard modular carcasses cut down to fit, with joiner-made doors, filler panels and plinths. Discussed constantly on UK forums and genuinely cheaper. You keep the flexibility to change the internals later, and you accept a compromise on the carcass.
The right answer depends on the room. Square walls and a standard height suit modular. Chimney breast alcoves and sloping loft ceilings do not, and that is where bespoke earns its money.
Why London rooms cost more to fit
Almost nothing in a Victorian or Edwardian bedroom is square. Chimney breasts create alcoves of unequal depth, ceilings run out of level, skirting and cornice profiles vary between rooms, and floors slope.
That is why fitted furniture is priced per metre of your wall rather than off a catalogue. Scribing, which means cutting each panel to follow the actual line of the wall, is most of the skilled labour. A modular carcass dropped into an out-of-square alcove leaves a gap you will look at every day.
Loft rooms are the extreme case. A sloped ceiling means every door, every side panel and every internal shelf is a different size, which is why published rates for sloped fits are roughly double a straight run.
What a fitted wardrobe quote should contain
- Linear metres, measured, and the height being priced
- Carcass material: birch plywood, MDF, or veneer, and whether there is a carcass at all or a front frame only
- Door style, hinge or sliding gear, and soft-close
- Internal configuration: hanging, shelving, drawers, and how many
- Finish, and critically who paints it and when. A workshop-sprayed finish costs more in the quote and less overall, because you are not also paying a decorator
- Making good to skirting, cornice and floor after installation
- Lead time: workshop two to four weeks, installation two to five days
- Guarantee, and what it actually covers
One risk nobody mentions. On an external wall, particularly in a corner of the house, a wardrobe built tight against cold masonry with no airflow can develop damp behind it. Ask how the back will be ventilated.
How a Beams wardrobe project works
Step 1: Get your estimate
Tell us the rooms, roughly how many metres of wall, and whether ceilings slope. Your planner gives you an estimate range before any commitment.
Step 2: Agree the specification
Materials, doors, internals, finish and who paints. Written down, so the quotes are comparable.
Step 3: Built by your vetted joiner
Made in the workshop, fitted and scribed on site, under a fixed-price contract with milestone payments held securely. 12-month workmanship warranty included.
Fitted wardrobes across London
We work with vetted joiners across all London postcodes, in North, South, East and West London. Period bedrooms, loft rooms with sloping ceilings, and awkward alcoves are the normal case here rather than the exception.
Fitted storage is often part of a wider project, and it is cheaper to scope it alongside the decoration than to add it afterwards.
Get wardrobe quotes from vetted London joiners
Get an estimate priced per linear metre, with the painting and the fitting named in it. No commitment, no sales pressure.