The original kitchen ran the length of a long, narrow room with cream shaker doors, oak-effect worktops and carpet underfoot. It was tidy but tight. There was not enough storage for the way the household actually used the room, and not enough continuous worktop to prepare a meal comfortably.
The client came to the survey with a clear brief, which made the design stage straightforward. Drawers were the priority — deep, usable drawers rather than cupboards you have to kneel down to search. One request was very specific: a drawer beneath the larder oven, a spot that is often lost to a blank panel.
Beyond storage, the client wanted the room to feel bigger and brighter than it had. That pointed towards a light kitchen design: pale gloss doors, a light worktop, and a floor that would carry the eye down the length of the space rather than cutting it into sections.
The quotation covered the kitchen, the flooring, some of the appliances, and every trade needed to finish the room — kitchen fitter, electrician, plumber, plasterer, painter and floor fitter. Coordinating all of that fell to the project manager rather than the client, which mattered here: the household had only moved a few years earlier and had found juggling multiple trades stressful.
The programme was sequenced tightly. Labourers stripped out the old kitchen and took the old wallpaper off the walls, which let the electrician straight in to carry out first-fix wiring. The kitchen fitter patched the walls where needed so the plasterer could get on with the ceiling. The plumber reworked the pipework so the runs sat neatly behind the units. The fitter began installing the new kitchen the following day, keeping the job moving while the client was away on holiday for the first week.
Around eight days in, the electrician returned for second fix and changed the board, which was an old-style meter board due for replacement. The floor fitter then laid the oak-effect herringbone LVT, a Pergo product we supply. Once that was down, the painter applied first and final coats to the walls, ceiling, skirtings and facings, and painted the existing door white so it looked deliberate alongside the new work. The installation ran to 3 weeks in total, and the submission records that everything ran fairly smoothly.
The new kitchen occupies the same long room but reads as a much larger space. Light grey gloss handleless doors sit under a marble-effect laminate worktop and a matching full-height splashback, with oak-effect herringbone flooring running the length of the floor and open oak shelves breaking up the wall above the sink. Storage was the point of the project, and the drawer-led layout delivers it.
More finished rooms, including bathrooms, can be seen in the project gallery, or get in touch to discuss a similar project.
“We are absolutely delighted with our new kitchen and the service we received throughout the installation. He turned up exactly when he said he would, kept everything clean and tidy, and the finished result has exceeded our expectations. He also came up with some brilliant design ideas that we hadn’t considered, including hidden drawers and clever storage solutions, which have given us far more usable space than we had before. Those little touches have made a huge difference to the finished kitchen. One thing that really stood out was how he liaised with all the other tradespeople on our behalf, meaning we didn’t have to worry about organising or coordinating anything ourselves. Having only moved a few years ago, we found managing multiple trades quite overwhelming, but he made the whole process so much easier and stress-free. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking for a reliable, professional, and high-quality kitchen installer.”
The services we provided during this project
