Your kitchen travels alone.

Crated in Suffolk, sealed into its own container, opened at your house. It is not consolidated with anyone else's freight, and it is not handled by anyone who does not know what is in the box.

Why a sealed container

Shared freight is cheaper. We do not use it for kitchens.

Groupage means your crates are deconsolidated at a warehouse, moved by people who have no idea what is inside them, and reloaded. Every extra handling is a chance to put a knock into a frame that took five weeks to finish — and a touch-up in Connecticut costs a flight.

A full container is closed at Mickfield and opened at your house. That is worth paying for, and the cost is already in the price you are quoted.

Drawn to American dimensions from the start

This is where transatlantic kitchens usually come unstuck, and it is entirely avoidable if it is handled at the survey rather than at the end.

What differs	How we handle it
Appliance sizes and cutouts	Specified from your actual appliance schedule before machining
Refrigerator widths and depths	Drawn to the US unit, not converted from a European one
Outlet and switch heights	Set out with your electrician at survey stage
Countertop overhangs and seating	Drawn to US conventions, not UK ones
Electrical supply	120V, installed by your electrician to local code. We build to receive it.
Waste disposals and vents	Accommodated in the carcass at drawing stage

The Kensington under evening light, handleless cabinetry and a marble island — The Kensington, in the evening

Customs, duty and the paperwork

We handle it. Duty, brokerage and clearance are included in your quoted price, and the goods are insured in transit for their full value. You do not receive a bill from a port.

A painted in-frame English kitchen built around the range and the sink, installed and finished — What comes out of the container, once it is standing

Freestanding oak kitchen furniture under evening light — Freestanding pieces, installed

A handleless oak kitchen in a glazed extension, The Scandi — Fitted by our own people

A freestanding oak island on turned legs — Freestanding

Open shelving in a painted corner, The Farmhouse — Open shelving

Installation

Our own fitters fly over and install it — typically three to seven days on site. Not a local contractor working from our drawings. The people who cut the frames hang the doors, which is the only way the reveals survive the journey.

Tell us about the room.

Where the house is, roughly when you would like to be cooking in it, and what you have in mind. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.

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