Utility room fitting in Crawley

Is utility room fitting right for your Crawley kitchen?

If the kitchen in your West Sussex home is a narrow galley, a separate utility can take the appliances that would otherwise crowd the worktop and storage.

If your Crawley home has a back lobby or a rear porch with a little spare width, a few units and a stacked washer and dryer can make it a working utility. Kitchens in every part of Crawley are covered, and the survey visit is free wherever you are in West Sussex.

What does the job involve?

Here is what usually goes into utility room fitting, adjusted to your Crawley kitchen after we have measured it:

Washing machine supply, waste and isolation valve, tested for leaks
Free survey visit to check water, waste, power and outside wall positions
Stacking kit fitted where the washer and dryer sit one above the other
Base, wall and tall units fitted, levelled and fixed to the wall
Extract fan fitted to clear moisture from washing and drying
Utility sink and tap plumbed in, with new supplies and waste where none exist

What does utility room fitting cost in Crawley?

Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in the South East, and are firmed up once we have seen your Crawley kitchen. Prices in the South East usually run above the national guide, mainly because labour and parking cost more.

What does utility room fitting cost in Crawley?
Typical project	Guide price
Utility units and worktop fitted (fit only)Three to six units, laminate worktop, panels	£1,400–£3,400
Utility room supplied and fittedUnits, worktop, sink, washer and dryer connections	£3,400–£8,000
New utility plumbing for a sink and washing machineSupplies, waste and valves where none exist	£460–£1,200

Fit-only and supply-and-fit ranges cover units, worktop and standard sink and appliance connections, with new plumbing where none exists as a separate line; extract fans, dryer vents and new circuits are quoted on top. 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.

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. West Sussex has mostly hard water, so limescale on taps, sinks and boiling water taps is common and a filter is worth considering.

Regulations for kitchen work in Crawley

Fitting a utility room needs no planning permission in England, though a new dryer vent through the outside wall of a flat may need planning permission and the freeholder's consent. Adding sockets to an existing circuit is not notifiable, but a new circuit is, under Part P. Approved Document F sets an extract rate of about 30 litres per second for a utility room, so a new fan should be sized to meet it, and if an open-flued boiler shares the room, a Gas Safe registered engineer should carry out a spillage test once a fan is fitted.

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.

Tips before you start

Before choosing a dryer for your Crawley utility, check whether there is an outside wall close enough for a short, straight vent duct.
If your West Sussex home has an open-flued boiler in the utility, ask for a spillage test by a Gas Safe registered engineer once an extract fan goes in.
Leave room behind the washing machine for the hoses; pushing it hard against the wall can kink them and stop the water draining properly.
Under-stairs spaces can take a washer and dryer, but check the headroom, the ventilation and room to pull machines out before committing.

Questions about utility room fitting in Crawley

How much does utility room fitting cost in Crawley?

For fitting three to six utility units and a worktop you have bought, budget around £1,400 to £3,400 including VAT in Crawley. That reflects typical costs in the South East; we confirm the actual figure in writing once we have measured up.

Can you measure up in Crawley before quoting?

Yes. Every quote starts with a free, no-obligation survey visit to your home in Crawley. We measure the room, check the walls, floor and service positions, then send an itemised written quote.

Does a condenser or heat pump dryer need an outside vent?

No. Condenser and heat pump dryers do not need an outside vent, so they can go where a vented dryer cannot. They collect water in a container that has to be emptied, or they can be connected to the waste so they drain automatically, which is easy when the dryer sits beside the washing machine. They still give off some warmth, so the space needs air around it. A vented dryer needs a duct to an outside wall.

Does a utility room need an extractor fan?

Yes, in most cases. Washing and drying put a lot of moisture into a small space, so extract ventilation is strongly advised: Approved Document F sets a rate of about 30 litres per second for utility rooms in England and Wales, and the building standards in Scotland and Technical Booklet K in Northern Ireland cover ventilation too. An extract fan ducted outside is the usual answer, with a window helping but not replacing it. A vented dryer needs its own duct as well.

Can a utility room go in a garage or under the stairs?

Often, yes, as long as the space already exists and is usable. In a garage it needs to be dry and protected from frost, with power and a route for water and waste. Under the stairs, check the headroom, the ventilation and whether a door can open fully. We fit units and connect appliances in existing spaces; converting a garage into a habitable room is a separate building project.

Nearby places we cover

Neighbouring towns where we offer utility room fitting: