Kitchen, Bathroom & Bedroom Design in the Home Counties

Only what we can evidence. We do not publish job counts or callout times we cannot stand behind.

A method designed for distance. We are Cornwall-based and honest about it. Work outside the West Country runs on the Complete Service model: resolve everything before ordering, put a foreman on the ground, report weekly by video.

15 years in the KBB sector. Our founder holds a degree in interior architecture and has 15 years in kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. The studio has traded for four years across homeowner and developer work.

Experience alongside other trades. Much Home Counties work is an extension or conversion with a builder already engaged. Our drawings and programme are made to coordinate with that, not to compete with it.

The recurring theme here is renovation in an occupied house on a constrained plot: which is a sequencing problem as much as a design one.

The rear extension that changes everything about the room

The classic Home Counties kitchen project sits in a new rear or side extension. The failure mode is ordering cabinetry against the architect’s plan and discovering that the steel position, the floor build-up for underfloor heating, or the actual glazing line has moved the room by 60–80mm. Tall units then foul the ceiling, the island loses its alignment with the doors, and the bifold threshold clashes with the run.

We survey after the structure is set and resolve the room in Winner 3D against real dimensions, coordinating cabinet heights with the finished floor level and setting the island out from the glazing rather than from the drawing. Where the extension is not yet built we specify tolerances and confirm before ordering.

Living in the house while the work happens

Most of these projects run in an occupied family home. Losing the only kitchen for six weeks with no plan, or taking out the family bathroom while the en suite is also stripped, is what makes a renovation feel like a disaster even when the work is good.

We programme around occupancy: a temporary kitchen arrangement agreed before demolition, bathrooms sequenced so one always works, and dated stages so a household with school runs and commutes knows what each week holds. Weekly updates mean you are not chasing the site for information.

Building age: three eras, three sets of surprises

Victorian and Edwardian villas bring suspended timber floors, single-stack drainage and lath and plaster. Inter-war and post-war houses bring undersized consumer units, original galvanised or early copper pipework, and cavity walls of varying quality. Genuinely old timber-framed and brick village properties bring movement, uneven openings and heritage constraints.

Each is manageable when it is found at survey and priced into the design. The same discovery at second fix is a delay and a variation. We check electrical capacity, pipework, drainage runs and structure before layouts are fixed, and identify listed-building or conservation consents before anything is ordered.

Plot and infrastructure constraints on a suburban street

Close neighbours, permitted working hours, restricted parking, skip permits and narrow side access all shape what can be delivered and when. A large cabinetry delivery to a street with controlled parking is a logistics task, not an afterthought, and a scaffold or skip on a shared driveway needs agreement in advance.

We plan delivery vehicle size, unloading route, on-site storage and waste removal into the programme, and work to permitted hours so the project does not stall on a complaint or a refused permit.

Multi-generational households and long-term plans

A recurring Home Counties brief is a house adapting to more than two generations: a parent moving in, a ground-floor bedroom and bathroom created, an annexe or garage conversion brought into use. Designing that as an afterthought produces a room that looks institutional and still does not work.

We plan clearance, reach and level access into the design from the start, and for specialist requirements work with an accessible design consultant and adaptive product suppliers. The result is a room that suits everyone in the house rather than one that announces its purpose.

• Steel positions and finished floor levels confirmed before ordering
• Island set out from actual glazing lines and door swings
• Underfloor heating build-up coordinated with plinth and appliance heights
• Extraction routed against the built roof, not the drawing
• Temporary kitchen arrangements agreed before strip-out
• Bathrooms sequenced to keep one in use throughout
• Dated stages set against term time and work commitments
• Weekly reporting rather than you chasing the site
• Delivery vehicle size and unloading route planned in advance
• Parking, skip and scaffold permissions confirmed before dates are set
• Dry, secure storage on site agreed before cabinetry arrives
• Working hours respected so the programme is not interrupted

The sequence is what makes an occupied-house renovation predictable, and it does not change by county.

Design consultation. How the household actually uses the space, the building, your budget position and the timetable, plus an honest view on whether the project suits us.

Survey and measured drawings. Measured as built, with structure, services, floor levels and access recorded. Where an extension is underway we survey against the real steel and floor levels.

Winner 3D design and specification. You see the room in three dimensions from your own eye height, in person or by video, with everything specified: and you change it on screen, not on site.

Ordering and programme. Schüller, Novelle or Omega cabinetry ordered against a dated programme, coordinated with your builder, your access constraints and your family calendar.

Installation and handover. One studio installs and stays responsible, with a foreman on the ground and weekly updates. Handover covers snagging and manufacturer warranties.