A fitted wardrobe is a piece of furniture that happens to be screwed to a wall. A staircase is a piece of cabinetry you walk up. Panelling is the wall, finished. ProCraft was founded by two master carpenters — Igor and Leandro — and joinery is the work we built the company on. Every wardrobe, library, staircase and panel run we install is designed, built and fitted to the standard of premium furniture, by people whose name is on the door.
The difference between average joinery and proper joinery only becomes obvious over time. Cheap fitted wardrobes feel solid for the first year. By year three the doors are dropping, the soft-close mechanisms are tired, and the painted MDF has chipped around the handles. By year five the unit looks dated for reasons the owner cannot quite name.
Real joinery does not do this. The carcasses are built from materials specified for the job — moisture-resistant MDF for painted work, birch ply for visible interiors, hardwood for elements under load. The hardware is German, Italian or English and rated for decades of use. The doors are hung with the gaps measured, not eyeballed. The painted finish is laid down in proper coats, in a workshop with proper extraction, before the unit ever arrives on site.
Joinery built this way pays for itself slowly and quietly. It does not need replacing. It does not date. And in a property that you intend to live in or let for ten years, it costs less per year than the cheap version that has to be redone twice in the same period.
Most of our clients come to us for a wardrobe or a staircase and end up commissioning more. The reason is consistency: the same hands, the same workshop, the same standard, room after room.
Single-bay wardrobes through to full walk-in dressing rooms. Painted, hardwood or veneered. Soft-close drawers, integrated lighting, jewellery trays, valet rods, pull-out shoe racks. Built around the room, not adjusted to it.
Library walls, alcove units, media walls and bookcases. Concealed cable management, integrated lighting, glass shelves on adjustable supports, dedicated speaker compartments. Designed around the books, the television and the room geometry.
Shaker, tongue-and-groove, fluted, traditional Georgian and contemporary. Full-height or dado-height. Hand-painted in any finish. Mitred where it should be mitred, scribed where it should be scribed, never butt-jointed and caulked.
New staircases, replacement treads and risers, bespoke balustrades and handrails in oak, walnut, painted timber, glass or steel. Building Regulations compliant. Pre-finished in the workshop where possible to keep the property clean.
Internal doors hung properly, architraves and skirtings supplied and fitted in any profile, including matching period mouldings for listed properties. Hardware from Joseph Giles, Armac Martin and Croft.
Built-in desks, dedicated study rooms, fitted bookcases with ladders, drawer banks and concealed printer cupboards. Cable management designed in, not added afterwards.
A piece of joinery is the sum of dozens of small specification decisions. These are the ones that matter — and the way ProCraft approaches each one.
No surprises. No hidden costs. No excuses.
Igor visits, measures, discusses brief, materials, finishes and hardware. Sketches and references to align on the look. No charge, no obligation.
An itemised written quotation: design, materials, workshop time, finishing, hardware, fitting and making good. Every line broken out.
Carcasses built and finished in our workshop. Site prepared. Joinery delivered, scribed, fitted and touched in. Daily progress photographs.
A joint inspection at handover. Hardware demonstrated. Care guidance provided. Any snags resolved before sign-off.
We design, build and fit joinery within a 2-hour radius of central London — from Prime Central neighbourhoods to the Home Counties.
Real reviews from ProCraft clients in Windsor and Surrey. Further verified reviews available on request.
I’ve hired Igor to do the flooring in my kitchen and I can assure this has been one of the best decisions I made. My kitchen now looks immaculate and I couldn’t be happier with ProCraft’s services. Fast, reliable and delivers quality to your needs. Very well recommended.
We needed help with repairs after a water leak. Igor came back to me quickly with a quote and completed the job that weekend. Would highly recommend.
Both routes work. We can design the joinery from scratch with you on site — measuring up, discussing proportions, materials and hardware — or we can build precisely to drawings supplied by your interior designer or architect. Most of our private clients work with us directly; we collaborate regularly with established London designers on larger projects.
Carcasses are typically built in our workshop to controlled tolerances, then assembled, scribed and fitted on-site. Doors, panelling and trims are normally finish-painted off-site for a flawless surface, then installed and touched in. Staircases are built and pre-finished off-site wherever possible to minimise disruption to the property.
MR-MDF (moisture-resistant) for painted carcasses and doors as standard. Birch ply for visible interiors and contemporary work. European oak, walnut, ash and tulipwood for hardwood joinery. Bespoke veneers on request. Hardware from Blum, Hettich, Häfele, Armac Martin and Joseph Giles, depending on brief and budget.
From the day a deposit is paid, a typical fitted wardrobe takes 4 to 6 weeks: 3 to 4 weeks of workshop production, then 4 to 8 days on site. A larger library, dressing room or panelled room runs 6 to 10 weeks. Painted finishes add a few days; staircases run longer because of structural and Building Regulations work.
Yes. We strip out existing wardrobes, panelling, staircases and built-ins, dispose of materials responsibly, and make good walls, floors and ceilings before installing the new joinery. Where listed buildings or party walls are involved we follow the appropriate consents.
Yes. ProCraft Refurbishment Ltd is VAT-registered with HMRC. Our VAT registration number is 514 370 907 and standard 20% VAT applies to domestic refurbishment work. Every quotation and invoice is itemised in full.
Many of our joinery clients are also re-doing kitchens, flooring or full property refurbishments. We can deliver any single service or manage the whole programme.
Igor will arrange a free consultation at your property within 48 hours. No obligation, no pressure.