Carpentry & Joinery

Expect a day rate of around £200–£280 plus materials for general and finishing carpentry, with skilled bespoke joinery at the upper end. Most larger work — fitted wardrobes, alcove units, staircases — is quoted as a fixed price per job rather than by the day. We confirm a fixed price after measuring and agreeing the specification.

Yes — bespoke fitted joinery is one of our core trades. We measure and build wardrobes, alcove cabinetry and bookshelves to the actual dimensions of the room, scribed tight to uneven period walls and detailed to suit the property, then hand-painted or sprayed to a furniture finish by our own decorators. In awkward London rooms, bespoke comfortably outperforms flat-pack.

For most period London homes, repair. Original sash windows can usually be overhauled — eased and re-corded, rotten cills and beads replaced, draught-proofed and the boxes rebuilt — so they work properly again, which is cheaper than replacement, keeps the property’s character and is often required in conservation areas. We replace only sashes that are genuinely beyond saving, and we will tell you honestly which yours are.

Yes — matching period profiles is routine for us. Where a section of skirting, architrave or cornice is missing or damaged we replicate the original profile rather than fitting a modern off-the-shelf substitute that looks wrong against the rest of the room. We can also strip decades of paint from buried mouldings to bring their original detail back.