Wakefield Kitchen Range

If you've been looking at the Wakefield kitchen range and wondering how it would actually sit in your own home, you're not alone in that - most people looking at an in-frame shaker range want to know how the doors are built and finished before they commit to anything, not just what colour swatches are available. Wakefield is one of the traditional-style ranges we fit across Derby and the wider county, built around solid timber in-frame doors and painted finishes rather than foil or laminate wraps, which is why it tends to suit older Derbyshire properties - Victorian terraces, Georgian townhouses, stone cottages out towards the Peak District edge - as comfortably as a modern extension. If you want to see how a similar in-frame profile looks with a different palette and layout, our Madison kitchen range page shows another option from the same traditional collection worth comparing before you decide.

We design, supply and fit the whole thing ourselves rather than farming out separate trades, so the quote you're asking about isn't a rough guess pulled from a price list - it's based on your actual room, your actual walls, and the finish you actually want.

• A free design visit with CAD layout options so you can see the Wakefield range in your own room before ordering anything
• Solid timber in-frame doors in your chosen painted finish, with cabinet colours and door furniture confirmed at the design stage
• Carcass assembly and cabinet fitting by our joiners, including any bespoke end panels or fillers needed for an awkward wall or chimney breast
• Worktop templating and fitting - laser-measured once cabinets are in place, whichever material you go for (stone, solid surface or laminate)
• Plumbing connections for sink, taps, dishwasher and washing machine, carried out by plumbers qualified to NVQ Level 2 and City & Guilds
• Electrical wiring for sockets, under-cabinet lighting and appliance circuits, completed by Part P registered electricians who issue full safety certificates
• Gas Safe connection and commissioning of gas hobs or range cookers where the kitchen includes one
• Plastering and making good of walls and ceiling once the old kitchen has come out, done by our own plasterers rather than a separate patch-up job
• Removal and legal disposal of your old units and packaging - we're a registered waste carrier so nothing gets fly-tipped or left for you to sort
• A formal sign-off walkthrough at the end with your written guarantee documents

• Structural alterations such as knocking through a wall between kitchen and dining room - this needs its own building work and is quoted as a separate item once the scope is confirmed on site
• Upgrading the electrical consumer unit or extending the gas supply into the property, if a survey shows the existing supply can't take the new load
• Flooring - we'll fit around whatever floor is going down, but the flooring itself is usually a separate trade unless you ask us to arrange it
• Appliances themselves aren't automatically included in the cabinetry price - what you pay for ovens, hobs and fridges depends on the package you choose at quote stage
• Planning permission or building control applications, if your project involves an extension rather than a straight kitchen refit

1. Survey and door sampling -- We measure the room and check how square and level the walls actually are, since an in-frame door depends on an accurately built frame to hang correctly - and we bring Wakefield door and paint samples so you're deciding against your own walls and light, not a lit display panel in a showroom.
2. Written, itemised quote -- You get a CAD layout alongside a quote broken down by cabinet run, worktop, appliances if included, and every trade involved, so there's a fixed figure to sign off rather than a verbal estimate that grows once work starts.
3. Strip-out and first-fix trades -- The old kitchen comes out and is taken away as registered waste carriers, then plumbing, electrics and, where the kitchen includes one, the gas connection for a hob or range cooker are put in place before any cabinet goes up.
4. Frame build and cabinet fit -- Our joiners build and hang the in-frame carcasses on site rather than off a generic stock template, scribing panels and fillers to fit an out-of-true period wall or chimney breast, then worktops are laser-templated and fitted once the cabinets are level.
5. Plastering and sign-off -- Our own plasterers make good any wall disturbed by the old kitchen coming out, then we walk the finished kitchen with you, check every door and drawer, and hand over your written 5-year labour guarantee and 2-year product guarantee.

Fitted kitchens in the mid-to-premium bracket that Wakefield sits in typically run from around £12,000 to £30,000 depending on specification, according to MyJobQuote's 2026 kitchen fitting cost guide - and that spread is real, not a marketing range designed to make the low number look better than it is. On the Wakefield range specifically, the biggest swings in price come from three things: how many run metres of cabinet you need, what worktop material you choose (laminate sits well below stone or solid surface), and how many appliances you're asking us to supply and fit rather than connect to existing units. A small galley kitchen with a laminate worktop and a handful of appliances will land well under the top of that range; a larger open-plan kitchen with an island, stone worktop and a full appliance package will push toward the upper end. None of that is a substitute for an actual figure - the only way to get a number you can rely on is the free design visit, where we measure the room, confirm the finish and appliance package you want, and give you a written quote with nothing added on afterwards.

An in-frame door like Wakefield only sits flush if the frame underneath is built and hung true - get the reveals wrong by even a millimetre or two along a run of cabinets and every door in that run reads as slightly crooked, which is why this range goes through our own bench-trained joiners rather than a generic fitting crew working off a flat-pack instruction sheet. Our joinery and cabinetmaking is carried out by joiners with formal City & Guilds training and a bench-joinery background, so scribing a filler panel to an out-of-true Victorian wall or building a return around a chimney breast is routine rather than something that gets papered over with sealant. The company itself grew out of a familiar complaint from homeowners who'd had three or four separate trades in and out of the house, each one blaming the last when something didn't line up - so instead of subcontracting the work out, we keep joiners, plumbers, electricians and plasterers on one crew, answerable for the same job from first measurement to final adjustment. Plumbing connections are handled by plumbers qualified to NVQ Level 2 and City & Guilds, our electricians are Part P registered and issue full safety certificates for lighting and power, and any gas hob or range cooker is connected and commissioned by Gas Safe registered engineers rather than a fitter working outside their qualification. Our plasterers bring decades of hands-on site experience to making good the walls once the old kitchen is out, and as a registered waste carrier we take the old units away legally rather than leaving a skip or a van-load of rubbish for you to sort. We're members of CITB and the FSB, and we also fit for customers who've bought supply-only from Howdens, Wren Kitchens, Magnet or a premium German handleless system and just need it installed properly - that's regular work for us, not a favour. Every Wakefield installation carries a 5-year guarantee on labour and installation and a 2-year guarantee on the products themselves, put in writing before the first cabinet goes in.

Most of our Wakefield range installations are in and around Derby itself, working out of our Sunny Hill workshop on Stenson Rd, which puts us within easy reach of the Victorian terraces around Normanton and Pear Tree, the Georgian streets closer to the city centre, and the newer estates out toward Mickleover and Chellaston. Beyond the city we fit regularly in Chesterfield, Long Eaton, Belper, Ilkeston, Heanor, Alfreton, Swadlincote, Ripley, Dronfield and Duffield, and further out into Matlock, Wirksworth, Bakewell and Buxton, where the stone cottages and converted farmhouses typical of the Peak District edge suit the in-frame painted look of the Wakefield range particularly well - the timber frame and hand-painted finish sit more naturally against exposed stone and low ceilings than a slab-front handleless door would. We also cover Nottingham and Nottinghamshire for customers who've seen a Wakefield installation through word of mouth rather than a local search. Whether your kitchen is a Victorian terrace with a narrow galley layout or a barn conversion with awkward roof lines, the free design visit is where we work out what the room actually needs rather than assuming a standard layout will do.