Flat-pack kitchen fitting in Crawley

Who usually needs flat-pack kitchen fitting in Crawley?

Landlords in West Sussex sometimes choose flat-pack kitchens for rented homes, because matching doors and replacement parts can often be bought again later if a unit is damaged.

If your kitchen is in a Crawley flat or a small terrace with no room for a delivery of built cabinets, flat-pack units can be assembled in the room itself. Kitchens in every part of Crawley are covered, and the survey visit is free wherever you are in West Sussex.

What is in a typical job?

Here is what usually goes into flat-pack kitchen fitting, adjusted to your Crawley kitchen after we have measured it:

Base units levelled on adjustable legs and fixed to the wall and to each other
Carcasses assembled on site on a flat surface and checked for square
Laminate worktops cut and jointed, with cut edges sealed around the sink
Drawer boxes, runners and hinges assembled, fitted and adjusted to line up
Back panels fitted fully into their grooves or fixed as the instructions require
Wall units hung on hanging rails or brackets fixed securely into the wall

What does flat-pack kitchen fitting cost in Crawley?

As a starting point for Crawley, these ranges include VAT at 20% and allow for typical labour costs in the South East. Labour in the South East generally costs more than the UK average, which lifts these ranges a little.

What does flat-pack kitchen fitting cost in Crawley?
Typical project	Guide price
Small flat-pack kitchen, built and fittedCarcasses assembled on site, then fitted as a rigid kitchen would be	£2,100–£3,400
Medium flat-pack kitchen, built and fittedAs above	£3,200–£4,800
Large flat-pack kitchen with tall units, built and fittedAs above	£4,600–£6,300

Flat-pack prices include assembling the carcasses on site and fitting units, doors, panels, plinths and laminate worktops with connections to existing points; stone worktops, new circuits, moved services, tiling and flooring are extra. Prices include VAT at 20%.

Local homes and their kitchens

The housing mix across West Sussex includes 1930s semis, flint and brick cottages, post-war new town houses and seaside bungalows, so no two kitchen fits are quite alike. Crawley's new-town houses often have a compact galley, while seaside bungalows in Worthing and Bognor Regis tend to have a small square kitchen beside the dining area.

West Sussex has mostly hard water, so limescale on taps, sinks and boiling water taps is common and a filter is worth considering. Coastal flats may have no lift, and village lanes on the edge of the Downs can be narrow for delivery lorries, so the delivery route is checked at the survey.

Regulations for kitchen work in Crawley

Assembling and fitting a flat-pack kitchen needs no planning permission in England; if the building is listed, listed building consent may be needed where the work affects its character. Electrics must meet BS 7671: extra sockets or spurs on an existing kitchen circuit are not notifiable, but a new cooker or induction circuit is notifiable under Part P. Gas hobs are connected only by Gas Safe registered engineers, and any new cooker hood should meet Approved Document F.

Homes in the South Downs National Park, listed flint cottages and conservation areas such as central Chichester may need consent for a new external vent.

Worth knowing before the fit

If your Crawley home has plasterboard walls, mention it when you book the survey, as wall units may need extra fixings or timber behind the board.
Stack flat-pack boxes flat on a level floor rather than on end, so that long side panels do not bow before they are assembled.
Set aside a room next to the kitchen in your Crawley home for assembly, with enough floor space to lay a tall larder carcass down flat.
Keep every bag of cam fittings, dowels and screws with its own box, as parts for different units often look almost identical.

Questions about flat-pack kitchen fitting in Crawley

How much does flat-pack kitchen fitting cost in Crawley?

Flat-pack kitchen fitting in Crawley typically costs £2,100 to £3,400 including VAT for a small flat-pack kitchen, built and fitted, based on prices in the South East. Larger or more involved jobs cost more, and your price is fixed in writing after a free survey visit.

Which parts of Crawley do you work in?

All of them. Our West Sussex coverage takes in the whole of Crawley, including the RH11 and RH77 postcode districts, as well as surrounding towns such as Horley. If you are unsure, send us your postcode.

Are flat-pack wall units strong enough once they are hung?

Yes, when they are assembled and hung correctly. Wall units carry their load through the back panel and the hanging fixings, so the back must be fully fitted and the rail or brackets fixed into the wall with fixings that suit its construction. Plasterboard walls may need timber noggins or specialist fixings behind the board. We check the wall types at the survey and plan the fixings before the fit.

Can you fit a flat-pack kitchen I have already started building?

Yes, usually. We check any carcasses you have assembled for square, tight joints and properly fitted back panels before they are used, and rebuild any that are not right. Units built in another room are moved carefully, as a carcass without its worktop and wall fixings is easy to twist out of shape. We look at them on the survey and price the work accordingly.

How do you make sure flat-pack cabinets are square?

Each carcass is built on a flat surface and measured corner to corner before its back panel goes in; equal diagonals mean it is square. The back panel then holds that shape. Units are checked again once they stand on their legs and are fixed together, because a carcass that is even slightly out of square shows up later as doors that never quite line up.

Flat-pack kitchen fitting near Crawley

Neighbouring towns where we offer flat-pack kitchen fitting: