September 15, 2026

A genuinely bespoke kitchen in the UK costs from around £24,000 for a small galley, £32,000 to £45,000 for a mid-sized family kitchen, and £44,000 upwards for a large room with an island. Appliances are almost always quoted separately, and that is where most budgets come unstuck.

That is the short version. Here is how the number is actually built, and what to check before you sign anything.

Why nobody will give you a figure

The range published across the industry is uselessly wide. One London maker will tell you £50,000 to £120,000. A national comparison site will tell you £5,000 to £60,000. Both are technically true and neither helps you plan a renovation.

The reason is simple. Most companies want you in a showroom before they talk money, because once you are sitting down with a designer the conversation is much easier for them. We think that is the wrong way round, so we publish ours.

What actually drives the price

Not brand, and not even room size. Three things do most of the work.

• The number of individual cabinet carcasses. Every carcass is a separate piece of furniture with its own material, hardware and labour cost. Ten large units cost less than fourteen small ones covering the same wall.
• The finish on the door fronts. A hand-polished lacquer takes eight coats with polishing between each. An oiled timber veneer takes three. That difference is labour, and labour is the largest single line in any bespoke quote.
• The worktop. Solid timber, engineered stone and natural stone sit at very different points, and stone brings templating and fabrication costs with it.

Everything else is rounding.

What a proper quote includes

Ours covers design, cabinetry built to your measurements, your worktop, hardware, delivery and installation by our own team. The figure you are given at quotation stage is the figure you pay, unless you change the specification.

What is usually excluded

This is where budgets break. Ask about each of these before you compare two quotes, because one may include them and the other may not.

• Appliances, typically £3,000 to £9,000. You can often keep the ones you have.
• Flooring, typically £1,500 to £4,000.
• Electrics and plumbing, first and second fix, typically £1,500 to £4,000.
• Building work. Walls, steels, extensions. Priced by your builder, not your kitchen company.

How to sanity-check a quote

A few things separate a genuinely bespoke quote from a fitted kitchen wearing the word.

• Standard carcass sizes with filler panels doing the work of real cabinetry.
• A range you choose from, rather than a drawing made for your room.
• No named cabinetmaker, and no workshop you could visit.
• Hardware unspecified, or described only as soft-close.
• A price per unit rather than a price for the kitchen.

The honest summary

If someone quotes you £18,000 for a bespoke kitchen, something in that quote is not bespoke. If someone quotes £90,000 for a mid-sized room, ask them to break it down line by line. Most good kitchens for most British homes land between £28,000 and £55,000, and anyone unwilling to tell you roughly where you sit before a showroom visit is managing you rather than helping you.