London flat-pack assembly · Central London
Local flat-pack assembly for Tower Hamlets and its 14 covered areas. Canary Wharf towers, Docklands water and the East End's Brick Lane and Bethnal Green streets.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chest of drawers or bedside units | £45 | 30–50 min | A single carcass with drawer runners — the fastest item in the catalogue. |
| Double or king bed frame | £65 | 45–90 min | Slats, side rails and a headboard, with the frame squared so it does not creak later. |
| Two-door wardrobe | £85 | 1.5–2 hrs | Doors have to be aligned on the hinges and the carcass anchored to the wall. |
| Sliding-door or corner wardrobe | £150 | 2.5–4 hrs | Sliding tracks must be dead level or the doors drift; corner units need building in place. |
| Desk, bookcase or shelving unit | £50 | 40–70 min | Quick to build, but tall units are anchored to the wall as standard. |
| Full room, priced by the hour | £45/hr | By quote | Bedroom or nursery sets are cheaper by the hour than item by item once you pass three pieces. |
Chest of drawers or bedside units
£45 · 30–50 min
A single carcass with drawer runners — the fastest item in the catalogue.
Double or king bed frame
£65 · 45–90 min
Slats, side rails and a headboard, with the frame squared so it does not creak later.
Two-door wardrobe
£85 · 1.5–2 hrs
Doors have to be aligned on the hinges and the carcass anchored to the wall.
Sliding-door or corner wardrobe
£150 · 2.5–4 hrs
Sliding tracks must be dead level or the doors drift; corner units need building in place.
Desk, bookcase or shelving unit
£50 · 40–70 min
Quick to build, but tall units are anchored to the wall as standard.
Full room, priced by the hour
£45/hr · By quote
Bedroom or nursery sets are cheaper by the hour than item by item once you pass three pieces.
Prices assume the boxes are on site and the parts are complete. Anti-tip anchoring is included on every tall unit. Rubbish removal of the packaging is free where the crew has kerb access; where a permit or bay suspension is required for the van it is itemised in the quote.
Working in Tower Hamlets
The stock in Tower Hamlets is high-rise waterfront apartments with concierge, victorian terraces and dense post-war estates, and the mix changes street by street — Bethnal Green (E2), Bow (E3) and Bromley-by-Bow (E3) each behave differently on the day.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets sets the constraint: tower blocks with goods-lift booking, canary wharf estate permits, and cpzs across bethnal green and bow. Locally that means sunday market closures, ltn filters and tower blocks with a single small lift and bow flyover red routes, market-day restrictions and gated conversion estates. Part of Tower Hamlets sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Leases across Tower Hamlets restrict drilling into party and structural walls. We check what the wall actually is before we start, and where consent is needed we say so rather than fixing anyway.
Why it looks like this: dockland and rag-trade heartland; the docks closed in the 1980s and the lddc rebuilt the isle of dogs as a financial district.
Scope
Method
Step 1
Boxes opened and the parts list checked before anything is built, so a missing dowel is found at the start and not at the end.
Step 2
Anything that will not fit through a London doorway once built is assembled where it stands.
Step 3
Carcasses squared before the backs go on — the step that stops doors dropping six months later.
Step 4
Tall units strapped or bracketed to the wall, hinges and drawer fronts adjusted.
Step 5
Cardboard flattened and taken away, floor checked for stray fixings.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Brackets fixed into the right substrate, cables chased or trunked, screen levelled.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
Blinds, poles and bay tracks measured, levelled and fixed to the reveal you have.
Wardrobes and fitted storage built, levelled and anchored to the wall behind.
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Chest of drawers or bedside units starts at £45 in Tower Hamlets, and the ladder runs up to £45/hr for the largest job on the table above. Item count and the type of unit set the price. Sliding-door wardrobes, bunk beds and corner units take two to four times as long as a chest of drawers. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: E1, E14, E1W, E2, E3 and EC3. On the ground that includes Bethnal Green, Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs and Limehouse.
Next-day slots are usually available and we hold Saturday appointments for delivery days. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Tower blocks with goods-lift booking, Canary Wharf estate permits, and CPZs across Bethnal Green and Bow. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Tower Hamlets and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. High-rise waterfront apartments with concierge, Victorian terraces and dense post-war estates is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and anchor every tall unit, which is both the manufacturer's instruction and what building-safety-conscious managing agents expect. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Tower Hamlets tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One fitter for most items; two for sliding-door wardrobes, bunk beds and anything that has to be carried up a shared stairwell. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Tower Hamlets postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Missing or damaged parts — we will fit what arrives and return once the replacement lands, Fitted kitchens and built-in wardrobes, which are a joinery job and Electrical connection of integrated appliances. If something on that list turns up in Tower Hamlets, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
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