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Alcove pair, cupboards with floating shelves either side of a chimney breast, 900 mm alcoves, 2,700 mm high

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See it in 3D with a live price, and get a free photo-quality picture, usually by the next working day.

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How many alcoves?
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Shelves are spaced evenly. We fine-tune the spacing with you when we measure.

We set the seat height and depth to your window when we measure.

Power and lighting

Plug-in shelf lights
Sockets with USB inside the cupboards
Wireless charging pad set into the top

Your size

Rough sizes in millimetres are fine. Our engineer measures everything on site before anything is made.

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Where to measure: the width along the back wall, the height from floor to ceiling, and the depth from the back wall to the front of the chimney breast. From the front Chimney Width Height From above Back wall Chimney Depth Back wall to the front of the chimney breast

Tick what's there and we'll handle all of it. A flat-pack kit leaves these to you.

What does scribing mean?

Old walls and floors are rarely straight. Scribing means shaping the edge of the unit so it follows the wall exactly, with no gaps to fill. Every Vayton fit includes it.

The radiator

Building work at the same time

We do the building work too, so you deal with one firm.

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Doors

Soft-close hinges and drawer runners come as standard. Push-to-open doors use a push catch instead.

Choose the track the doors run on and the style of the door panels.

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Doors
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Sliding track

Cupboard top

The seat lifts up, so the fronts below it are fixed panels with no handles.

Sliding doors have a slim pull built into the edge, so there are no handles to choose.

Handles
Handle finish

Satin brass, satin nickel, chrome and matt black are included. Other finishes cost a little more per handle.

Colour

Painted in any colour you like, or a real wood finish. Colours on screen are a guide.

Colour

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Finish
Your paint

Already have a colour in mind? Pick the paint maker and type the colour name or code. We match it exactly for your job.

Sheen

Premium paint makers cost more, shown as a separate line in your price. Paint names belong to their makers. We buy the paint you choose, or have it matched by a spray shop for sprayed doors.

Painted on site or sprayed
Hand painted or sprayed?

Hand painted means we paint the units in your room after fitting, so every joint and scribe is filled and painted in one go. Sprayed means the doors go to a spray shop for a smoother, factory-style finish, and the frame is painted on site to match. We bring a painted sample board when we measure.

Your price

We'll email you a photo-quality picture of your design, usually by the next working day. Free, with no obligation.

No payment and no commitment. We'll call you to book a time for our engineer to measure.

What happens next: we reply within one working day and book a time to measure. You get a written quote, and fitting is typically 4 to 6 weeks after the measure.

What's included

Your guarantee

The guarantee is on top of your legal rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and does not affect them.

The price is an estimate. It's always best for our engineer to measure on site, and we confirm the price in writing once we've seen the walls, pipes and skirting.

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Alcove units designer

Design the units either side of your chimney breast, or for a single alcove. Start from one of eight designs, set your sizes and colour, and see what making, fitting and painting them would cost.

How to design your own alcove units

  1. Choose a design: shelves over cupboards, full-height cupboards, a desk, a window seat and more.
  2. Say whether it's one alcove or a pair, and enter the width, depth and height.
  3. Choose the doors.
  4. Pick a colour.
  5. Check the estimate, then send it to us so our engineer can measure and fix the price.

Designs to start from

Alcove pair, cupboards with floating shelves either side of a chimney breast, 900 mm alcoves, 2,700 mm high, painted olive
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Full-height alcove cupboards either side of a chimney breast and fireplace, 900 mm alcoves, 600 mm deep, shown with shelves inside, painted oxblood
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Prices

From £1,750 fitted and painted, including VAT: one alcove of cupboards with floating shelves above, 900 mm wide.

Prices checked November 2026. Each is an estimate including VAT. Your fixed price comes in writing after our engineer measures.

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Questions

One alcove or a pair?

Either. Most Victorian rooms have an alcove each side of the chimney breast, and the designer prices one or both. Each alcove takes its own width.

Which designs can I choose?

Cupboards with shelves, full-height cupboards, alcove wardrobes, a media alcove, a desk, a window seat, a library wall and a home bar. Each one opens in the designer ready to change.

My walls are not straight. Does that matter?

Old walls rarely are. We scribe every unit to the shape of your walls and work around the skirting and cornice. That is included in the price.

What if there is a radiator in the alcove?

The cupboard can go over it with a vented front so the heat still gets out, or our own Gas Safe registered plumber can move it. Moving it is priced after the survey.

Can you add lights and sockets?

Plug-in shelf lights need no wiring. Wired LED strips, sockets with USB and wireless charging are fitted by a registered electrician we arrange, with a certificate. A fixed allowance for that wiring is in the estimate, once per job.

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Vayton Construction Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 17425061. Registered office: 66 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NA.