How much does flat-pack assembly cost in London?

The first hour is £55 including the call-out and each hour after is £40. A two or three door wardrobe is typically £95, a sliding-door wardrobe £145 and a half day up to four hours £150. ULEZ and the Congestion Charge are already inside those rates.

Will you anchor a wardrobe to a plasterboard wall?

Yes, with the correct fixing for that wall. Dot-and-dab plasterboard needs an anchor that bridges the void into the blockwork; lath and plaster needs the timber stud or a resin anchor into the brick behind. We identify the wall before drilling and tell you what we are using.

Do you take the packaging away?

On request, yes. Cardboard and polystyrene are flattened and removed through our registered-carrier disposal route, so nothing is left in a communal bin store for the managing agent to flag.

Can you build furniture in a flat with a booked goods lift?

Yes. Send the building's requirements at booking and we forward the £2m public liability certificate and any method statement the managing agent asks for, then book the lift window with them directly.

My floor slopes — will the wardrobe doors still close?

They will once the carcass is levelled and packed, which is standard on our builds. Sloping pine floors in converted terraces are the single most common reason a self-assembled wardrobe stops closing after a fortnight.

Can you collect the furniture as well?

We can collect from a London store or a click-and-collect point on the way, charged as part of the hourly time plus any parking. Tell us the collection point and the box dimensions when you book so the right vehicle comes.

Flat-pack assembly London

Flat-pack assembly in London built, levelled, anchored.

IKEA, Wren, Made and Wayfair furniture assembled across Greater London — built in the room it belongs in, levelled against floors that are never level, and anchored to the wall type your building actually has.

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First hour £55, each hour after £40
Anti-tip anchoring included on every wardrobe and tall unit
Packaging flattened and taken away on request
Evening and weekend slots for concierge buildings

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First hour from: £55First hour from
Half day, up to 4 hrs: £150Half day, up to 4 hrs
Boroughs covered: 33Boroughs covered
Public liability cover: £2mPublic liability cover

London pricing

London flat-pack prices by the job, not the guess.

Typical build times for the furniture we assemble most often in London flats. The London hourly rate carries ULEZ, the Congestion Charge in the central boroughs, and the time lost to concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking.

London flat-pack assembly prices by furniture type
Job	London from	Typical time	Why the London price differs
Bedside tables, small drawers	£55	30–60 min	Minimum first hour. Two or three small items in one visit is the cheapest way to buy the time.
Double or king bed frame	£55	45–90 min	Built in the bedroom — London doorways and half-turn stairs rarely pass an assembled frame.
PAX-style wardrobe, 2–3 doors	£95	1.5–3 hrs	Includes the anti-tip fixing, which is the part that has to suit lath, stud or dot-and-dab.
Sliding-door wardrobe	£145	2.5–4 hrs	Track alignment takes longer on Victorian floors, which slope enough to jam a sliding door.
Full room or half day	£150	4 hrs	Priced to absorb the sign-in, the lift booking and the parking, so a whole bedroom is done in one visit.

Bedside tables, small drawers
£55 · 30–60 min
Minimum first hour. Two or three small items in one visit is the cheapest way to buy the time.
Double or king bed frame
£55 · 45–90 min
Built in the bedroom — London doorways and half-turn stairs rarely pass an assembled frame.
PAX-style wardrobe, 2–3 doors
£95 · 1.5–3 hrs
Includes the anti-tip fixing, which is the part that has to suit lath, stud or dot-and-dab.
Sliding-door wardrobe
£145 · 2.5–4 hrs
Track alignment takes longer on Victorian floors, which slope enough to jam a sliding door.
Full room or half day
£150 · 4 hrs
Priced to absorb the sign-in, the lift booking and the parking, so a whole bedroom is done in one visit.

Domestic prices are the total you pay. Commercial and landlord invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. ULEZ, the Congestion Charge where it applies, permits and bay suspensions are itemised in the written quote, never added afterwards.

Working in London

Assembling furniture in London flats.

The instructions assume a square, level room with a solid wall and a driveway outside. London provides none of those, which is where most self-assembly goes wrong.

Anchoring to the wall you actually have

A tall wardrobe must be anchored to the wall — it is the difference between furniture and a hazard, particularly in a flat with small children. What that anchor is depends entirely on the building.

Victorian and Edwardian conversions across Islington, Hackney, Lambeth and Wandsworth have lath-and-plaster walls that give no reliable grip; the fixing goes into the timber stud or resin-anchors into the brick behind. Post-war and new-build flats in Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Newham are dot-and-dab, with a 20–30mm void that a standard plasterboard plug simply spins in. Both kits are on the van.

Floors that are not level

Original pine boards in a converted terrace commonly fall 10–20mm across the width of a room. A wardrobe built square on that floor will not close, and a sliding door will jam within a week.

We level and pack the carcass before the doors go on, then re-check the gaps. On new-build screed floors the opposite problem appears — the floor is flat but the walls bow, so the back panel needs scribing rather than forcing.

Getting it into the room at all

London flats are reached by half-turn staircases, 686mm original doorways and lifts with a 1.4m internal depth. Assembling in the hallway and carrying the finished unit in is usually impossible, so everything is built in place — which means the boxes have to reach the room first.

Concierge buildings in Canary Wharf, Nine Elms and Stratford want the goods lift booked and the insurance certificate sent ahead. We handle that with the building manager rather than leaving you to.

Packaging, and what leaves with us

A three-door wardrobe generates more cardboard and polystyrene than a London flat has bin capacity for, and most boroughs will not take overflowing recycling left beside the bin store.

We flatten everything and take it away on request, disposed of through the same registered-carrier route as our clearance work. Nothing is left in the communal area for the managing agent to complain about.

Often booked together

Other London handyman jobs.

One call-out covers the visit. Add jobs to the same booking and you only pay the hourly rate after the first hour.

TV mounting in London

Bracket fixed into the right substrate, cables concealed, set tuned before we leave.

From £85

Shelving and alcove storage

Floating shelves and alcove runs set level on walls that are anything but.

From £55

All London handyman services

The full list of jobs we cover across the 33 boroughs, at London rates.

From £55

Removals in London

Move in and have the bedroom built the same day where the lift booking allows.

Quoted per move

Flat-pack assembly nationally

What we build, what we bring and how the hourly rate works outside London.

See national rates

Greater London hub

Every service we run in the capital, borough by borough.

All services

Coverage

Flat-pack assembly in every London borough.

Assembly slots across all 33 boroughs and 327 areas, including evenings and Saturdays for buildings with weekday lift restrictions.

Central London

North London

East London

South London

West London

London questions

London flat-pack questions.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

How much does flat-pack assembly cost in London?
The first hour is £55 including the call-out and each hour after is £40. A two or three door wardrobe is typically £95, a sliding-door wardrobe £145 and a half day up to four hours £150. ULEZ and the Congestion Charge are already inside those rates.
Will you anchor a wardrobe to a plasterboard wall?
Yes, with the correct fixing for that wall. Dot-and-dab plasterboard needs an anchor that bridges the void into the blockwork; lath and plaster needs the timber stud or a resin anchor into the brick behind. We identify the wall before drilling and tell you what we are using.
Do you take the packaging away?
On request, yes. Cardboard and polystyrene are flattened and removed through our registered-carrier disposal route, so nothing is left in a communal bin store for the managing agent to flag.
Can you build furniture in a flat with a booked goods lift?
Yes. Send the building's requirements at booking and we forward the £2m public liability certificate and any method statement the managing agent asks for, then book the lift window with them directly.
My floor slopes — will the wardrobe doors still close?
They will once the carcass is levelled and packed, which is standard on our builds. Sloping pine floors in converted terraces are the single most common reason a self-assembled wardrobe stops closing after a fortnight.
Can you collect the furniture as well?
We can collect from a London store or a click-and-collect point on the way, charged as part of the hourly time plus any parking. Tell us the collection point and the box dimensions when you book so the right vehicle comes.

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