About

One team designs it, makes it and installs it

ULVANHOME is a manufacturing workshop rather than a fitting company. Carcass, veneer and lacquer happen under one roof, and the team that arrives on site has known the job from the start.

Why our own workshop

Sending production out means you cannot control quality. The thickness of a lacquer, the edging on a carcass, the width of a shadow joint — these are decided at the machine or not at all. That is why no stage is subcontracted.

Why we survey it ourselves

Walls are not straight, floors are not level, and a ceiling can drop two centimetres from one end of a room to the other. That is what bespoke is for: making to the room as it actually is. Asking a client for measurements is asking them to own the error.

Why a written quote

When scope, materials, quantities and dates are not written down, a disagreement is only a matter of time. Our quote says plainly what is included and what is not, and no line appears afterwards.

Why it does not end at installation

A snagging list is made at handover, and the job is not finished until it is closed. If a front drifts out of alignment later, the hinge is adjusted rather than the front replaced, and there is no charge for it.

The comparison

Three ways to do this, and all of them are legitimate

There are three ways to get a kitchen made: a modular system, a joiner agreed with over the phone, or a workshop that surveys, designs, makes and installs. Which is right depends on your budget and the scale of the job. What follows is how the three methods differ — about methods, not about anybody's work.

Three ways to do this, and all of them are legitimate
Question	Modular system	Joiner, agreed by phone	This workshop
Where the measurements come from	Catalogue sizes. The difference is closed with a filler panel or silicone.	Usually from you — the numbers you read out on the phone.	We survey it ourselves, free. If the wall is out, the scribe is in the drawing.
What you are approving	The display unit in the showroom, and a layout plan.	Often a verbal agreement and a sketch.	Drawings, a material list and an itemised written quote. Nothing is made before you sign it off.
If you change your mind	Easy inside the system; outside it, not possible.	Once making has started it becomes a negotiation.	Unlimited revisions at the design stage, free. After that we tell you the cost in writing.
Who chooses the material	The palette the catalogue offers.	Usually whatever the joiner's supplier stocks.	You do. Choose from our material index; the joiner brings the palette set to the survey and you handle it in your own light.
Who installs it	A contracted fitting team. Not the person who measured.	Usually the person who made it — the strongest part of that method.	The team that surveyed it. Information lost in between is the expensive part.
If a door needs adjusting a year later	Responsibility sits between the seller and the fitting team.	Sorted, if you can reach the joiner.	You call us. Because the maker and the fitter are the same, there is no argument about whose problem it is.
When it is the right choice	When your dimensions are close to catalogue sizes and time matters.	A single piece, a clear brief, and a craftsman you already know.	When the room does not fit, when the job spans rooms, or when you want the responsibility in writing.

Where the measurements come from
Modular system
Catalogue sizes. The difference is closed with a filler panel or silicone.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Usually from you — the numbers you read out on the phone.
This workshop
We survey it ourselves, free. If the wall is out, the scribe is in the drawing.
What you are approving
Modular system
The display unit in the showroom, and a layout plan.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Often a verbal agreement and a sketch.
This workshop
Drawings, a material list and an itemised written quote. Nothing is made before you sign it off.
If you change your mind
Modular system
Easy inside the system; outside it, not possible.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Once making has started it becomes a negotiation.
This workshop
Unlimited revisions at the design stage, free. After that we tell you the cost in writing.
Who chooses the material
Modular system
The palette the catalogue offers.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Usually whatever the joiner's supplier stocks.
This workshop
You do. Choose from our material index; the joiner brings the palette set to the survey and you handle it in your own light.
Who installs it
Modular system
A contracted fitting team. Not the person who measured.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Usually the person who made it — the strongest part of that method.
This workshop
The team that surveyed it. Information lost in between is the expensive part.
If a door needs adjusting a year later
Modular system
Responsibility sits between the seller and the fitting team.
Joiner, agreed by phone
Sorted, if you can reach the joiner.
This workshop
You call us. Because the maker and the fitter are the same, there is no argument about whose problem it is.
When it is the right choice
Modular system
When your dimensions are close to catalogue sizes and time matters.
Joiner, agreed by phone
A single piece, a clear brief, and a craftsman you already know.
This workshop
When the room does not fit, when the job spans rooms, or when you want the responsibility in writing.

To be plain about it: a modular system is faster and cheaper. If your dimensions are close to catalogue sizes and time matters to you, it is the right choice. Bespoke earns its cost when the room does not fit, or when fitting it costs something.

Let's talk about your space

The survey and first conversation are free. Tell us what you want made, and we will come back within 48 hours with a scope and a budget range.

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