The Local Guide to Bespoke Kitchen Companies in Hampshire
As part of our mission to help you find a great Kitchen Company to work with we are creating a series of local guides to help you find companies in your area from fitted kitchens to bespoke furniture and everything in-between.
These mini-directories feature a selection of companies in your area and the people who own and run them; in this edition we look at Kitchen Companies in and around Hampshire; including Southampton to Lymington, Winchester to Waterlooville, Ringwood to Portsmouth, Liphook, Havant, Fleet & Farnborough, Bealieau, Andover and Alton.
Hampshire combines historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth with the beautiful woodland of the New Forest and the rolling countryside inland along the South Downs. Hampshire life includes Sailing, Farming and Fishing and the picture shown is the famous Spinnaker Tower in Southampton. Standing 170 metres high it is two and a half times the height of Nelson’s Column!
We have a mix of companies in this current guide including a company creating truly bespoke kitchens to order and traditional cupboard makers and a company who start with the design first and then work with supplier to create the kitchen. The term Bespoke is often argued over but we class it as any company who build cabinet sizes to your exact requirements; so although door styles and designs may be defined by ‘ranges’ the final kitchen is built for you.
The first company we feature is in the famous Cathedral city of Winchester and whilst being based in a beatiful period showroom in the heart of the city it provides clients with cutting edge German design from the world renowned Bulthaup brand.
Stewart Carr has been designing Kitchens for over 30 years and his attention to detail is second to none, ”Bulthaup to me is like an Ivory Tower” says Carr of this Iconic German brand. Their customers join an exclusive group affectionately called ‘The Bulthaup Winchester Owners Club’ and you can see why. The showroom is beautifully appointed and it easy to see why clients hold it in such high regard.
Bulthaup Winchester
1 The Broadway, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9BE Tel: 01962 849000
About 10 minutes to the East of Winchester is the pretty village of Ropely which is home to the stunning showroom of Searle & Taylor. It is surprising to find this amazing showroom, spread over two floors and showcasing some of the best contemporary German Kitchens from Intuo alongside stunning traditional hand built furniture from British Manufacturer Davonport.
With appliances on display by Miele, De-Dietrich, Neff and Aga they can offer the complete service from Design, Manufacture and through to Installation and with 10 years experience in providing customers with superb products Jeff Searle and Darren Taylor have now started to import the Austrian Brand Ewe (prounounced eva) into the UK to add their stable of products and designs.
Visit their website at www.searle-taylor.co.uk
At Kit Stone they pride themselves on producing beautifully handcrafted, bespoke style, fitted kitchens. Each kitchen is tailored to suit your lifestyle and their attention to design and detail ensures that each kitchen functions in every way, providing not only a unique workspace but an inviting place to socialise.
Having started out specialising in free standing furniture they applied this expertise to their fitted kitchens. Their Dorchester and Huntley collections are produced to the very highest of standards as they believe in building furniture not just for its looks but for its outstanding durability.
Kit Stone Limited, The Wellington Farm Shop, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, RG27 0LJ
Tel: 01189 326060 www.kitstone.co.uk
And finally for the finishing touch for your new kitchen we feature Shaw Stone; a family run business established in February 2002 after the Managing Director Robert Shaw left a similar marble and granite worktop company for whom he had worked for for over seven years to set up on his own.
Robert’s goal was then as it is now to provide a superior service, realistic and fairly priced products and customer satisfaction as priority.
The business is now a well established supplying and fitting over 250 granite kitchen worktops and over 5,000 m2 of stone tiles a year as well as other natural stone products.
Shaw Stone Limited, Kingfisher Ridge, Fontley Road, Titchfield, Hampshire, PO15 6QS
Tel: 01329 844474 www.shawstone.co.uk
