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Kitchens in Cotham & Montpelier
Bespoke kitchen installations, tailored to the way you live. From cabinetry, worktops and islands to pantry storage and finishing joinery, TM Carpentry oversees every aspect of your project. We also coordinate trusted electricians, plumbers and other specialist trades where needed, ensuring a smooth, well-managed installation from start to finish. Serving Bath, Bristol and Keynsham.
What's included
What's included
Every kitchens job covers the items below — always. The exact specification depends on your space and what you want it to do.
Full cabinet installation including base, wall and tall units
Worktop templating, supply and fitting (solid timber, laminate, stone)
Island and breakfast-bar construction
Pantry pull-outs, larder units and corner-storage solutions
End panels, filler pieces and matching cornice / pelmet
Sink and tap cut-outs, hob cut-outs (worktop-side)
A few recent jobs
Recent kitchen projects
A handful of the kitchens fitted recently — different styles, same approach: made to fit the room, not a catalogue size.
About Cotham & Montpelier
What kitchens typically look like in Cotham & Montpelier
Cotham & Montpelier is typical Victorian terraces with a high proportion of converted flats — bohemian and student-mix residential. Parts of Cotham and Montpelier are within the Cotham Conservation Area and the Montpelier Conservation Area. Article 4(2) applies in parts.
Honest note: The descriptions below are generalisations — what's typical or commonly found in Cotham & Montpelier, based on the area's documented housing stock. Every property is different, so Tom will always confirm what's actually there on the site visit before quoting.
Property types Tom commonly works with in Cotham & Montpelier:
- Victorian terraced houses (2-up-2-down, through-lounge)
- Victorian terraces converted to flats (HMO, purpose-built conversions)
- Edwardian terraced houses
- Larger Victorian villas on the wider roads (e.g. Cotham Road)
- 1960s–70s purpose-built flats
- Newer-build apartment conversions
Planning & permissions
The planning context in Cotham & Montpelier
Conservation controls in parts; PD in the wider area. Top-floor flats in conversions may need freeholder consent for structural work.
Typical extension opportunities
Loft conversions are common in flats for additional bedrooms; kitchen refits in flats; full open-plan ground-floor refits in the houses.
Local questions
Cotham & Montpelier — common questions
Top-floor flat kitchen — what's the practical layout?
Can we open up the chimney breast in a converted flat?
Conversion flat — who do we deal with for consent?
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Our step by step process
Our step by step process
Every job follows the same six stages. Some are quicker, some are slower — but the order and what to expect at each point is fixed, so you're never wondering what's happening.
- 01
Site visit and design
We walk through the room, measure up and discuss what you actually need. If you have architect drawings or a kitchen designer's plan, we work from those.
- 02
Written quote
Itemised quote covering labour, materials we supply and any assumptions. No surprises after the work has started.
- 03
Schedule coordination
If the job needs plumbing or electricals, we coordinate the schedule so the right trades are in at the right time.
- 04
First fix
Removal of old kitchen if needed, any structural prep work, services routed for the new layout.
- 05
Installation
Cabinets fitted and levelled, worktops templated, sink and hob cut-outs prepared. Most kitchens take 1–2 weeks on the joinery side.
- 06
Finishing and sign-off
End panels, cornice, handles and final trim. Walk-through with you, snagging list agreed.
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