Lewisham · SE6 · Wardrobe assembly
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Catford fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide wardrobe assembly in Catford SE6 for houses and flats around The Catford Cat. From £70, quoted in writing before the visit, with one fitter for a single wardrobe; two for fitted bay systems, sliding-door units and anything carried up a shared stairwell Walls are checked for plumb before scribing fillers are cut.
Overview
Wardrobe assembly in Catford SE6 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 6,981 households sit inside this SE6 patch, 62% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Catford Cat rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Wall checked for level and plumb — a Victorian bedroom wall is rarely square top to bottom, and that decides how much scribing the fit will need.
Step 2
Panels assembled and squared with a diagonal check before the back goes on, since a carcass built out of square is what makes doors bind later.
Step 3
The unit offered up to the wall, gaps marked and fillers cut so the front face sits flush rather than following the wall's own lean.
Step 4
Anti-tip fixings into a stud or masonry point on every tall unit, standard on every build regardless of whether the kit's instructions make it optional.
Step 5
Rails, drawers and shelving fitted, doors and runners adjusted to close flush and quiet, packaging taken away.
Why choose us
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover, and every tall or multi-door wardrobe is anchored to the wall as standard — the fixing furniture safety guidance and most manufacturer manuals call for and that free-standing self-assembly often skips.
One fitter for a single wardrobe; two for fitted bay systems, sliding-door units and anything carried up a shared stairwell. South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind.
Most bookings are within 48 hours, and we hold slots to match delivery days so a kit doesn't sit boxed in the hallway. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, measured on the walk in from Catford (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map in SE6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single flat-pack wardrobe, up to 2 doors | £70 | 1–1.5 hrs | Carcass squared and anchored before the doors go on, so they don't drop out of alignment within weeks. |
| Double or triple flat-pack wardrobe | £110 | 1.5–2.5 hrs | More panels to square and a wider carcass that needs bracing across the back before it's rigid. |
| Fitted wardrobe system (PAX-style), per bay | £150 | 2–3 hrs | Each bay is scribed individually to the wall — almost no London bedroom wall is square top to bottom. |
| Sliding-door wardrobe, per door | £65 | 45–70 min | Tracks have to be dead level or the door binds or drifts open on its own, which takes more adjustment than a hinged door. |
| Interior fit-out (drawers, rails, shelving), per unit | £45 | 30–50 min | Internal dividers and soft-close runners are fitted after the carcass is anchored, not before. |
| Wall anchoring for an existing free-standing wardrobe | £35 | 20–30 min | A retrofit anti-tip strap into a stud or masonry fixing, which most self-assembled wardrobes are never fitted with. |
Single flat-pack wardrobe, up to 2 doors
£70 · 1–1.5 hrs
Carcass squared and anchored before the doors go on, so they don't drop out of alignment within weeks.
Double or triple flat-pack wardrobe
£110 · 1.5–2.5 hrs
More panels to square and a wider carcass that needs bracing across the back before it's rigid.
Fitted wardrobe system (PAX-style), per bay
£150 · 2–3 hrs
Each bay is scribed individually to the wall — almost no London bedroom wall is square top to bottom.
Sliding-door wardrobe, per door
£65 · 45–70 min
Tracks have to be dead level or the door binds or drifts open on its own, which takes more adjustment than a hinged door.
Interior fit-out (drawers, rails, shelving), per unit
£45 · 30–50 min
Internal dividers and soft-close runners are fitted after the carcass is anchored, not before.
Wall anchoring for an existing free-standing wardrobe
£35 · 20–30 min
A retrofit anti-tip strap into a stud or masonry fixing, which most self-assembled wardrobes are never fitted with.
Prices are assembly labour for a kit you supply. Every tall or top-heavy unit is anchored to the wall as standard, which is the manufacturer's own instruction and not an upsell. Scribing fillers for out-of-square walls are cut on site and included. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Wardrobes, beds, desks and storage built, levelled and anchored to the wall.
TVs, mirrors, shelves and curtain poles fixed into the wall you actually have, in one visit.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
Engineered and solid boards fitted floating or glued, with the moisture check done first.
Working in Catford
6,981 households sit inside the SE6 neighbourhood covering Catford. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 62% of those homes are flats.
Because 33% of Catford is privately rented and 25% socially rented, a lot of SE6 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, measured on the walk in from Catford (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map behind the plaster in SE6. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the fault we are called back to undo.
The fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. That character decides the practical detail of wardrobe assembly here far more than the borough boundary does. Catford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind — one reason one fitter for a single wardrobe; two for fitted bay systems, sliding-door units and anything carried up a shared stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Catford (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Catford and what they live in decides how wardrobe assembly is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,978
Residents
Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,981
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
32.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Catford Bridge, Catford East & Mountsfield Park (E02000670, E02000672) — the published geography that covers Catford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE6 district: 51.4385, -0.0165 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single flat-pack wardrobe, up to 2 doors starts at £70 in Catford on this side of Lewisham, with The Catford Cat a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Bay count and door type set the price. A fitted system is priced per bay because each one is scribed to its own patch of wall; sliding doors need more track-levelling time than hinged ones on the streets near The Catford Cat — and 62% of homes here being flats, with 25% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — it's the normal case rather than the exception across SE6. Catford's older bedrooms are rarely plumb top to bottom on the streets near The Catford Cat, with The Catford Cat a few streets away, so we scribe filler pieces to close the gap rather than leave the unit leaning off the wall. The fault we correct most on call-backs is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes on SE6 jobs — and this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern), with 42% owner-occupation locally, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
On every tall or multi-door unit, as standard. With 62% of Catford homes being flats, a free-standing wardrobe that isn't anchored is one of the most preventable safety issues in a furnished let around Catford (Southeastern), with 38% of Catford homes being houses.
Yes, from £65 a door. The track has to be dead level along its full run or the door drifts open on its own — with 38% of Catford homes being houses, alcove and chimney-breast bedrooms are the layout we fit these into most around Catford (Southeastern) — and The Catford Cat a few streets away, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Structural alcove work or making good plaster where a fitted system is boxed in; Sourcing or ordering replacement parts for a kit that arrives damaged or incomplete; Moving existing furniture out of the room before the build starts on Lewisham bookings — and 33% one-person households here, with 25% social-rented stock nearby. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Catford SE6 price you agree is the price you pay on the Catford rounds, with 38% of Catford homes being houses.
All three. With 33% of Catford privately rented and 42% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE6 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near The Catford Cat — and 33% one-person households here, with 33% of SE6 homes being privately rented.
The Catford Cat is the marker we route to across SE6, with 38% of Catford homes being houses, and south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. A SE6 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Lewisham, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Catford SE6 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
