Fitted Kitchens Seaford
Bespoke Kitchens Seaford
Designed around your room. Built entirely by hand.
A kitchen built for a coastal house.
Bespoke & Fitted Kitchens in Seaford, East Sussex
A fitted kitchen in Seaford has to cope with things a showroom display never will. Coastal houses deal with salt air and humidity year round, and cheap carcasses and thin door finishes show it faster here than almost anywhere else in Sussex.
Everything we make is built and hand-sprayed in our workshop in Pevensey, using solid carcasses and a properly cured spray finish rather than a wrap or a foil. It is the same cabinetry we would put in our own homes, and it is made to sit in a coastal house for decades rather than a handful of years.
We work throughout Seaford and the surrounding area, from the Victorian and Edwardian houses along the seafront and around Blatchington to the newer properties towards East Blatchington and the villages out past the Downs. Older Seaford houses in particular tend to have rooms that have been altered more than once, which is exactly where cabinetry made to measure earns its keep.
Why Littlejohn
Designed – Manufactured – Spray painted – Installed
16 yrs
On the tools
Sam Littlejohn is time-served, with City & Guilds Level 1, 2 and 3, all passed with distinction.
100%
Made by us
Every carcass, door and drawer is built and hand-sprayed in our own Pevensey workshop. Never flat-pack, never subcontracted.
Est. 2020
Independent maker
A proper Sussex workshop, designing, building and fitting every project under one roof.
Free
Design first
A home visit and a full 3D design before you commit to anything.
Project Gallery
Recent Seaford kitchens
How It Works
From first conversation to cooking in your new kitchen
01
Free Home Visit
We come to you anywhere in Sussex, measure up, talk through your ideas, no obligation.
02
3D Design
See your project in photorealistic 3D before a single piece of wood is cut.
03
Built In-House
Every component handmade and sprayed in our Pevensey workshop entirely by us.
04
Installed & Finished
Carefully packaged and delivered, our team then professionally installs your new kitchen.
Options
Kitchens we make in Seaford
Everything below is made to measure in our own workshop, scribed to your walls and hand-sprayed in any colour, with finishes chosen to stand up to a coastal climate.
In-frame kitchens
Doors set within a solid framework, the traditional method. Suits the older seafront and Blatchington properties, and built to last far longer than a standard fitted kitchen.
Shaker & painted kitchens
Hand-sprayed in any colour, with solid carcasses and proper drawer boxes. A properly cured spray finish copes with coastal humidity far better than a wrapped or foiled door.
Islands, pantries & utilities
Islands, larder and pantry cupboards, boot rooms and utility spaces designed in from the start, which matters in houses that have been reconfigured over the years.
Materials
Worktops, timbers and finishes
Everything is specified with you at the design stage, and we will happily bring samples to your Seaford home so you can see finishes in your own light rather than under showroom spotlights.
Worktops
Quartz, granite, solid timber, Corian and laminate, templated and fitted by specialists we have used for years. We will talk you through how each one behaves in daily use, including the ones we would steer you away from.
Timbers & carcasses
Solid tulipwood and oak for doors and frames, with strong moisture-resistant carcasses rather than thin chipboard. Drawer boxes are dovetailed and run on soft-close runners as standard.
Paint & finishes
Hand-sprayed in our own spray booth in any colour, including Farrow & Ball and Little Greene matches. A properly cured sprayed finish is far tougher than a brushed or wrapped one and can be refreshed years later.
Comparison
Bespoke, flat-pack or showroom: what you actually get
Most Seaford kitchen enquiries come down to this choice, so it is worth being straight about it. All three are legitimate depending on budget and how long you plan to stay in the house.
Flat-pack & trade
Standard cabinet sizes in fixed increments, so any gap gets filled with a blank panel. Cheapest option, quickest to fit, and typically looks tired within a decade as fronts and edging start to lift.
Showroom brands
Better fronts and a designer to help you plan, but you are still working to a fixed range of sizes, and the fitting is usually subcontracted to a team that had no part in the design.
Made by us
Every cabinet built to your actual room in our workshop, hand-sprayed, then fitted by the same people who made it. Costs more than flat-pack, uses every millimetre of the space, and is built to be there in twenty years.
Specification
What is included as standard
No hidden extras and no design fees. This is what every Seaford kitchen we build includes as standard, whatever the size of the project.
Design & drawings
A free home visit, full survey and a photorealistic 3D design before you commit to anything. Revisions until the layout is right, with no pressure and no design fee.
Build & finish
Solid carcasses, dovetailed drawer boxes, soft-close hinges and runners, and a hand-sprayed finish in your chosen colour. Made in our workshop, not ordered in.
Fitting & aftercare
Installation by the team who built it, scribed to your walls, plus a twelve month guarantee on our workmanship and cabinetry. One point of contact throughout, and we are local if you need us later.
Investment
What a bespoke kitchen costs in Seaford
Every kitchen is made to measure, so the cost follows the room, the materials and the level of detail rather than a fixed price list. Coastal specification can affect it too, since we use finishes built to cope with salt air. You get a clear, itemised quote after your free design visit, broken down element by element, and the figure we agree is the figure you pay.
Testimonials
FAQs
Seaford kitchen questions, answered
Do you cover Seaford and the surrounding villages?
Yes, Seaford itself along with East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Alfriston, Newhaven and the villages towards the Downs. Our workshop is in Pevensey, a short run along the coast, so we are on site quickly during installation.
Does a coastal location affect the kitchen you would build?
It affects the specification more than the design. Salt air and humidity are hard on cheap materials, so we use solid carcasses and a properly cured hand-sprayed finish rather than wraps or foils, which are the first things to lift in a coastal house. Ironmongery choice matters too.
How much does a fitted kitchen cost in Seaford?
There is no meaningful price list, because the cost follows the room, the materials and the detail, and coastal specification can affect the finishes we recommend. We do a free design visit, work out exactly what you need, then give you a clear itemised quote with no obligation, so you know the full cost before committing.
How long does a kitchen take from start to finish?
Around ten to fourteen weeks from approving the design to completion, including six to eight weeks of build time in the workshop. Installation usually takes one to two weeks on site.
Are you a kitchen showroom?
We are a working workshop rather than a retail showroom, which keeps your money in the cabinetry rather than a high-street lease. You are welcome to visit the Pevensey workshop and see kitchens actually being built.
Do you only make kitchens?
No. We also make fitted wardrobes, alcove units, media walls, home offices and larder cupboards, all from the same workshop and to the same standard.
Kitchens across Seaford and East Sussex
Our workshop is in Pevensey and we design, build and fit kitchens throughout Seaford, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Newhaven, Alfriston and the surrounding villages. The team that builds your kitchen is the same team that installs it, with one point of responsibility from first drawing to final handle. Not sure if you are in range? Just ask.
We also cover kitchens in Lewes, kitchens in Eastbourne and kitchens in Bexhill. See our full range of bespoke kitchens across Sussex. We also build fitted wardrobes in Seaford from the same workshop, and plenty of clients do both.
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