How We Work
We offer two different types of service, so we’ve kept the process simple.
Need a joiner for one of those jobs around the home? Or are you planning fully designed and made bespoke furniture?
Choose the service you’re looking for below and we’ll show you exactly how it works.
Joinery Service
Need a joiner? Let's keep this simple.
Our Joinery Services are designed to make getting those jobs around the home sorted without turning them into a major project.
We've already done the complicated bit and put our most popular services and prices on our MENU DE JOINERY, so you can have a good idea of what things cost before you even pick up the phone.
From there, it's pretty simple.
1. Get in touch
Give us a call, send us an email or use our contact page and tell us what you need doing.
If it’s one of our standard Menu de Joinery services, we’ll confirm the price with you. If there’s anything unusual involved, we’ll let you know before we book the work in.
No surprises. Just clear pricing from the start.
2. Get booked in
Once we know what you need, we’ll decide whether we have enough information to get you booked straight in or whether we need to arrange a visit first.
For many smaller jobs, some basic information is all we need. For larger or more involved work, we may arrange a visit to measure up, check the details and make sure everything is right before booking the work in.
Once everything is agreed, we’ll arrange a suitable date and get you into our schedule.
For jobs £1000 and under, there’s nothing to pay upfront — payment is due once the work is complete.
For jobs over £1000, we take a 50% deposit to secure your booking, with the remaining 50% due on completion.
Simple when it can be. A proper measure-up when it needs to be.
3. Get it sorted
We’ll turn up on the agreed date and get to work.
Whether we’re with you for a small job or something more involved, you’ll get the same professional approach and attention to detail we bring to every Davies & Foster project.
Once everything is finished, we’ll make sure the work is completed as agreed and any remaining balance is due.
Call. Book. Done.
Keeping payments simple
Jobs £1000 and under
No deposit — payment on completion.
Jobs over £1000
50% deposit → 50% on completion.
Proper joinery. Clear pricing. No job too small.
Bespoke Furniture
From “I've got an idea…” to “that's exactly what I wanted.”
Our bespoke fitted furniture service takes you from the first idea through design, manufacture, finishing and installation.
Every project is individually designed around your room, your requirements and the way you want to use the space, before being made and professionally finished in our Chester workshop.
We’ll guide you through each stage, helping with everything from layout and materials to colours, handles, lighting and those little details that make the finished furniture feel completely at home in your room.
1. Tell us what you've got in mind
Every project has to start somewhere.
Send us some photos of the room, a few rough measurements and an idea of what you’re thinking.
Seen something on Pinterest? Send it over. One of our previous projects? Even better. A slightly questionable sketch on the back of an envelope? We’ve seen worse.
You don’t need to have everything figured out — that’s our job.
We’ll take a look at everything you’ve sent us, ask any questions we need to and then put together your quotation.
2. Your quotation
Once we have enough information, we’ll prepare a detailed quotation for your project.
This sets out what we’ve allowed for, what’s included and the overall cost, so you have a clear idea of the investment before deciding to go ahead.
Happy with everything? A 10% booking deposit secures your project and moves us on to the detailed design stage.
At this point, we’ll arrange a visit to your home to take accurate measurements and start turning the initial idea into the final design.
No design fees before you know what the project is going to cost.
3. Design & Measure Up
Once your project is booked in, Sarah will arrange a visit to your home to take accurate measurements and talk through the finer details of your design.
This is where we bring everything together — layout, proportions, colours, materials, handles, lighting, internal storage and all the little details that make the furniture yours.
We’ll then produce detailed drawings for you to look through. If anything needs tweaking, no problem — we’ll work through the design with you until everything is agreed.
Nothing gets made until you’re happy with it.
Once you’ve given the final design the thumbs-up, the next 70% payment becomes due, taking the total paid to 80%. Your project is then ready to head into the workshop.
Now we can make some sawdust.
4. Into the workshop
With the design signed off, it’s over to the workshop.
Your furniture is made to measure in our Chester workshop by our own cabinet makers, using quality materials and professional workshop machinery.
Every component is carefully cut, machined and assembled before being prepared for finishing. Your furniture is then professionally spray finished in your chosen colour, ready for installation.
Because everything happens through our own workshop, we have complete control over the quality from the first cut to the finished piece.
This is where your drawings start becoming furniture.
5. Installation day
This is where it all comes together.
We’ll deliver your furniture and carefully install it in your home, fitting and scribing everything to the room for that properly fitted, made-to-measure finish.
We’ll protect the areas we’re working in, keep disruption to a minimum and treat your home with the same care we’d want someone to treat ours.
Once everything is fitted, we’ll make any final adjustments and carry out our final checks to make sure everything is finished exactly as it should be.
Once the project is complete and you’re happy with your new furniture, the remaining 20% final payment is due.
And that’s it — your ideas, brought to life and made to be enjoyed for years to come.
Keeping payments simple
We spread payments across the project, so you always know what’s due and when.
10% — BOOKING DEPOSIT
Secures your project and moves us into the detailed design stage.
70% — DESIGN APPROVAL
Due once your final design has been agreed, before your furniture goes into manufacture.
20% — COMPLETION
The remaining balance is due once your furniture has been installed and the project is complete.
Clear from the start. No unexpected payment stages.
What about timeframes?
Good bespoke furniture takes a little planning ahead.
Our typical lead time is around 6 months from booking to installation, although this can vary depending on the size of your project and how busy our workshop is at the time.
That doesn’t mean nothing happens for six months. During that time we’ll arrange your measure-up, develop and finalise your design, order materials and schedule your project into our workshop for manufacture, finishing and installation.
When you accept your quotation, we’ll give you an expected installation timeframe so you know what to expect from the start.
If you’re planning fitted furniture for a renovation, new home or a particular date, it’s always worth getting in touch with us early.
The sooner we know about your project, the sooner we can get it into the diary.