★★★★★
Very impressed with the team's workmanship. Professional from start to finish, carried the work out to the highest standard and left the site clean and tidy.
Jack BatesJuly 2026
Living
Through It
This is the part nobody in the trade wants to talk about, and it is the part that decides whether you enjoy the process or spend four months quietly hating everyone involved.
A kitchen refit means no kitchen. For four to eight weeks you are washing up in the bathroom and living off a microwave on a folding table in the dining room. We can set up a temporary run with the old sink and a worktop if there is somewhere to put it, and we will tell you where that is on the first visit.
A full gut is worse. There are days with no power, days with no water and days with no heating, and there is dust in rooms you did not think were connected to the work. If you have young children or somebody at home all day, moving out for the worst of it is usually cheaper than the alternative once you count what it does to everybody.
We would rather say that up front and lose the job than have you find out in week three.
What We Do About It
- Temporary kitchen run set up wherever there is space for one
- Dust screens on every opening between the work and the rest of the house
- Water and heating off only when it has to be, and you know the day before
- Written programme so you can plan around the bad weeks
- Site swept and sheeted at the end of every single day
- One named contact who tells you what is happening next
A lot of kitchens start as an extension, because the room is the problem rather than the units. See finished ones in recent work, or ask about media walls and fitted joinery.
Kitchen Layouts Explained
Before anybody talks about door fronts, the argument is about where the sink, the hob and the walkway go. Tap a layout and see what it needs.
Galley
Two parallel runs with a walkway between. The most efficient kitchen there is per square metre, and the one most 1930s terraces already have.
- Clearance
- 1200mm between the runs, 1000mm absolute minimum
- Works in
- Narrow rooms, single cook, no room for a table
- Watch for
- Two people cannot pass if you go under 1100mm. Measure before you commit
- Layout
- Sink one side, hob the other, so you turn rather than walk
L Shape
Runs along two adjacent walls. Leaves the rest of the room free for a table, which is why it suits most knock throughs.
- Clearance
- 1000mm in front of each run, more if a dishwasher door opens into it
- Works in
- Square rooms, families who want to eat in the kitchen
- Watch for
- The corner unit is dead space unless you spend on a proper carousel
- Layout
- Sink under the window, hob on the other leg, fridge at the open end
U Shape
Three sides of worktop. Maximum storage and maximum surface, and it walls the cook off from everyone else.
- Clearance
- 1200mm across the middle so two people can work
- Works in
- Bigger square rooms, serious cooks, no through traffic
- Watch for
- Two corners to solve, and it can feel closed in under 3m wide
- Layout
- Hob on the long run, sink opposite, ovens on the third side
Island
A run against the wall with a freestanding block. The one everybody asks for, and the one that needs the most floor.
- Clearance
- 1000mm all the way round the island, 1200mm on the working side
- Works in
- Open plan kitchen diners, usually in an extension
- Watch for
- Needs 3.6m of width minimum. Services in the island mean a floor chase
- Layout
- Hob or sink in the island, not both, unless you like extractor ducting
Peninsula
An island joined to the run at one end. Gives you the island feel where there is not the floor space for a real one.
- Clearance
- 1000mm on the two open sides
- Works in
- Rooms just too narrow for a true island
- Watch for
- The join makes another corner. Worth turning it into seating
- Layout
- Use the peninsula as the breakfast bar and keep services on the wall
Very impressed with the workmanship. Professional from start to finish, carried the work out to the highest standard and left the site clean and tidy.
★★★★★Jack BatesNottingham
Book A Kitchen VisitMedia Walls And Fitted Joinery
The other half of a refurbishment. Slatted panel walls, floating shelves, lit display cabinets and the fireplace opened back up.
A media wall is a stud frame, a lot of noggins, and the discipline to run the cables and sockets before anything gets boarded. The wall goes on first fix, the recesses get set out to the size of the television you actually own rather than a standard, and the power and HDMI come up inside the void so nothing trails.
Where there is an old chimney breast we usually open it back up rather than boarding over it. A working opening with a stove in it and a panelled wall around it does more for a room than either on its own.
Most of ours go in as part of a kitchen or a full refurbishment, so the plastering, electrics and decorating all happen in the same run of work instead of three trades and three separate messes.
What Goes In
- Stud frame with noggins set out to the unit and screen sizes
- Sockets, aerial and HDMI run inside the void on first fix
- Recesses sized to your kit, not to a catalogue
- Slatted or panelled finish, sprayed or hand painted
- Lit display cabinets and floating shelves where you want them
- Chimney breast opened up and lined if there is one
What Our Kitchen
Customers Say
Google Reviews
★★★★★
Ive used the team for several projects over the years and they have been nothing but faultless. Genuinely honest guy who I would recommend to anyone.
Luke FrostJuly 2026
★★★★★
Professional, reliable and incredibly hardworking. They always arrived on time, kept everything tidy and communicated with us throughout.
Kerry RedgateJuly 2026
★★★★★
We've had two extensions built by 1989. The second created a very large open plan kitchen in a very old house. Nothing was too much trouble for the team.
KatieMay 2026
★★★★★
From the initial consultation to the final handover, the entire team were professional, transparent and incredibly skilled.
Matthew AndersonJune 2026
★★★★★
Nice set of people doing the work. Robert did what we agreed and finished on time. We would use them again.
Steve DrabbleJune 2026
★★★★★
Did a great job repairing work needed to my chimney and walls. Quote was fair and all done on time and to a high standard.
Alex BrownJune 2026
★★★★★
Brilliant group of lads, hard working and quality work. Would absolutely recommend.
Charlie BowenMay 2026
Kitchen Questions Answered
Either. Plenty of clients buy their own from Howdens, Wren or an independent and we fit them. Others want us to handle the whole thing. What matters is that whoever supplies them measures the room after the walls are straight, not before.
Two to four weeks for a straight replacement, longer if walls are moving or the floor is coming up. We set up a temporary run with the kettle, microwave and fridge somewhere sensible on day one, because four weeks of takeaways is what people actually remember.
Usually yes. If it is load bearing it needs a steel and a calculation from an engineer, which we arrange. That is a week of props and dust in the middle of the job, and it is the single best thing you can do to a 1930s semi.
Our own trades. Part P certificate for the electrics, Gas Safe for the hob and boiler work, and everything notified properly so you have the paperwork when you sell.
Not enough sockets and not enough light over the worktop. Both cost almost nothing while the walls are open and are a nightmare afterwards.
Get Your Kitchen
Or Refurb Costed
Ring, email or send us photos on WhatsApp. Whatever is easiest. If the team is on site the office picks it up, so you are not left on voicemail.
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07737 416143Straight through to the team, or send photos on WhatsApp for a guide price
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0115 661 2935Office landline, for anything out of hours
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