Howden’s were great from the start George designed our kitchen and the communication throughout the process was spot on We will highly recommend them to anyone
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Thanks to Rob Atkins @ Howdens, Lakeside, Thurrock. Rob was very friendly, helpful and knew what he was doing regarding the kitchen design. Despite giving him the dimensions, he went to see the pr... See more
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Nettie and Emma at the Lakeside branch have been amazing in helping us through the process of buying our new kitchen. From the moment we first walked into the showroom, they’ve both been so friend... See more
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What an amazing team! No detail was too much, and they spent ages helping talk us through our options on the design, products and so on. George and Lou mad the whole experience feel very special. On t... See more
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The UK's No. 1 Trade Kitchen Supplier.
The UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens, appliances, and joinery products.
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- 'UK's Number 1 Trade Kitchen Supplier' - Fitted bedrooms, doors, joinery, and hardware - everything you need to complete the job, plus projects around the home including flooring, skirting and architrave, stairs and stair parts. Over 850 local depots, local stock, ready to go. UK manufactured cabinetry with a 25-year guarantee. Trusted trade quality - everything we make is tested in our FIRA Gold-Accredited lab - the only one of its standard in the world, Free home survey and design service, work with the trade to create a space that is right on quality, price, and style.
- Available Through the Trade
- Anyone can have a Howdens kitchen, bedroom or doors, joinery and flooring products, when they are installed with the expertise of the trade. Howdens only sell to the trade, to provide products and a service you can trust. The trade has the skills and experience to complete the whole job, including complex tasks like moving utilities, services and walls and fitting to awkward angles. Local trades also have the best knowledge of local homes and building practices, helping a project run smoothly. Howdens work with the trade to customize their products for non-standard fits at the best price, supported by exclusive trade prices. The Trade add value to your home.
- Click & Collect
- Howdens trade customers can see their confidential trade prices across thousands of products, add items to a project list, and send their order request straight to their local depot. Whether planning ahead or ordering on the go, Click & Collect is designed to save the trade time on site. Download our Trade App to make collecting products easier. Check local depot stock, build and manage orders, and get in and out of the depot quickly, when it suits your working day. With 24/7 access to your Online Trade Account, you can view live trade prices, order items for collection with Anytime Ordering, manage invoices and payments, track your account balance, and stay in control of your projects from start to finish.
- Howdens Expo
- Visit Howdens Expo showrooms in Raunds or Howden, to explore their largest collections of kitchens and bedrooms on display, as well as everything you need to complete the job, including sinks, taps, worktops and appliances. Get help and personalized advice from their expert team, see product details up close and find the right solution for your project. You can also view their showrooms online through their Virtual Expo.
- Fitted Kitchens
- Explore their wide range of high-quality fitted kitchens, from classic styles to contemporary handle less designs, available in a variety of colours and finishes. Their kitchen cupboard doors are designed to provide style and durability, making the kitchen a functional and striking centerpiece for the home.
- Joinery
- Anyone can have Howdens doors, joinery, and flooring products when they are installed with the expertise of the trade. Visit your local depot to get started and transform a home with joinery products, including skirting and architrave, stair parts, stair cladding, stair winder boxes and flights, decorative mouldings and wall panelling, door casings and linings and loft access and boards, suitable for renovations and new-build projects. Products are available from local stock, with solutions for every budget.
- Fitted Bedrooms
- Our Bedrooms Mean Business. Organize and optimize space with a wide choice of designs, colours, cabinet sizes, and storage accessories for every space and budget. Make the most of the space you have with flexible fitted bedroom solutions that utilize redundant areas such as corners and alcoves or create a bespoke walk-in wardrobe or dressing room. Sliding door options also mean fitted bedrooms work in even the smallest of rooms. With a wide choice of fitted bedroom ranges and dozens of accessories to personalize your space, Howdens' designers have the expertise to bring your ideas to life.
- Template & Fit
- Precise and personalized – every detail of your Howdens quartz worktop, Howdens acrylic worktop, or Dekton stone worktop, is chosen by you and expertly created by us. Choose your surface, specify the features, and we will measure, make, and fit it in just 5 working days from template to fit. Our surfaces are created from high-end materials by our expert team, making them a lasting statement in your home.
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Unit 8 , Cliffside Industrial Estate, Motherwell Road, RM20 3XD, Essex, East Anglia, United Kingdom
- 01708 869 461
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Great service
Great service, George was always happy to help out with all questions we had during the project. 100 % recommended
March 3, 2025
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Hello Michal,
Thank you for your kind words and recommendation. We're pleased to hear that George was able to assist you effectively during your project.
Best wishes, Howdens - Lakeside Team
Very Satisfied Customer
We found the service that we received from Howdens Grays was extremely good.All of the staff were helpful and pleasant,especially George Beeson who dealt with our survey and order.Nothing was too much trouble and she gave us good advice with the design of our kitchen.Also the delivery drivers were on time and took care to store our kitchen units on pallets in our garage.
November 4, 2024
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Good morning, Thanks so much for leaving this 5* review! That is great news. We hope to see you again soon. All the best.
Excellent Emma
Excellent planning by Emma and very sympathetic to my customers needs.
Also great work by all involved at West Thurrock in making the whole job run smoothly.
October 22, 2024
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Good morning D Cooper, we are so pleased to read your positive comments, thanks for leaving such a great review. Take care and have a lovely day.
Excellent Service
I’ve had a really good experience ordering a kitchen from Howdens near Lakeside. All the staff I have encountered have been friendly, helpful and professional. Nothing is too much trouble, and their after sales service has been amazing. Well done and thank you to Rob, Ed and Barry!
October 22, 2024
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Good morning Tracey, thank you for leaving this 5 star review for the Howdens - Lakeside depot! Take care and have a lovely day.
Great experience with Howdens Grays…
Great experience with Howdens Grays Depot. All staff are efficient and friendly. George and Lou helped with the design and were extremely patient and helpful with my requests. Nothing is too much trouble. Thankyou so much to the team! 🧡
October 10, 2024
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Good morning TJ, I am sure the team will be pleased to read your kind words! We hope to see you again soon. Have a great day.
Top service good quality at affordable prices
Got all I needed from designing to delivery in no time at all in good friendly environment .
September 27, 2024
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Good morning Todor Dimitrov, thank you so much for leaving this 5* review! That is great news. We hope to see you again soon. Take care and have a lovely day.
Always full of great products!
Always full of great products!
Love Howdens especially our local store in Thurrock and all the staff there under the leadership of Barry! Always helpful friendly and give good advice
May 11, 2024
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Good morning Jojo, Thanks for leaving this 5 star review for the Howdens - Grays depot, It's great to read your feedback regarding our service! Best wishes, Alan.
New Kitchen from Howdens in Grays
We have now had our new kitchen fitted and it looks absolutely amazing thanks to Howdens for the quality of products nothing was too much trouble. We didn’t have any fitters or plumbers or electricians to ask but Howdens in Grays recommended a team they use and my god did they work hard 2 weeks from start to finish amazing work. Needless to say we are very satisfied customers. Thank you to Netty and the team couldn’t be more pleased than we are now thank you Howdens of Grays love Kay and Paul
April 19, 2024
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Hi Paul, Thank you for leaving this 5* rating. Best wishes.
Howdens Valentines Prize Draw Win
In February I bought a kitchen from Howdens, the Grays deport located at West Thurrock (Lakeside) to be precise, as always I’m really happy with the product. Having purchased in Feb I was entered into a Valentines promotional price draw and as I’ve never been that lucky to ever win anything I never gave it two thoughts really, Whoop Whoop I won, In June myself and the Misses will be heading to London for firstly The Shard Experience followed by lunch at Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill Restaurant…. Big Thanks to the Grays Branch Netty and Baz … Rob Brown Brownwood Carpentry.
February 29, 2024
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this 5 star review for the Howdens - Grays depot! Best wishes, Tash
Oak Doors
I used Howdens for my oak veneer Doors on there rooster deal, at £60 a door very hard to beat and of high quality, very heavy
November 8, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this positive review. Have a lovely day! Tash.
very helpful with me
very helpful with me as a customer and also with my customer, Lou has had to draw this set of plan 4 times but still has time to spend talking and making sure the customer is 100% happy,
really good
February 28, 2024
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Good morning, thank you for leaving a 5* review. We're sure that the team at the Grays depot will be pleased to read this. Best wishes, Alan.
Wickford Howdens listened to happy house what was…
Wickford Howdens listened to what was required and explained clearly as to what was doable,and we agreed a fair price .
All the staff were very helpful with all queries dealt with in a smooth manner .
February 13, 2024
Reply from Howdens - Grays
Good afternoon Maurice, thank you so much for leaving this 5* review for our Grays depot! I'm sure they will be really pleased to read your kind comments. Take care and enjoy your day! Alan.
Thanks
Barry is always helpful and cheerful and makes it a pleasure to come to Grays branch even though I live in Hornchurch
January 26, 2024
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Good afternoon James, thank you for leaving a 5* review. We're sure that the team at the Grays depot will be pleased to read this. Best wishes, Alan.
Thank you to Emma from Howdens Grays…
Thank you to Emma from Howdens Grays for excellent service and planning.
Emma listened to what I had in mind and gave sound constructive advice.
The range of kitchen units and fittings at Howdens is amazing
February 6, 2024
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Good afternoon Trevor, thank you for leaving a 5* review. We're sure that the team at the Grays depot will be pleased to read this. Best wishes, Alan.
planning a kitchen
Rob Atkins came to my home to measure up for a complete kitchen make over, he listened to what I wanted. He showed me the plans on a large TV screen and moved items around until I was happy. On my next visit he was happy to shift and change a couple of things, on that visit I also ordered my work top an flooring. I was happy to get everything under one roof.
Nothing was too much trouble for Rob and he really does know his stuff.
Thank you Rob an Howdends.
October 17, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this positive review. Have a lovely day! Tash.
small kitchen made roomy with more cupboard and worksurface
Emma at the Grays store came out to design our kitchen. She was really friendly and knowledgable and took on all our wishlist and what we didn't like with the current kitchen (no access to the four corner cupboards, no work surfaces etc).
I didn't realise how much was needed in designing a kitchen-esp a small one! Emma asked so many questions- which often meant I had to come back to her after discussing with my husband. She knew what to ask to ensure we had a design that would work for us and maximise the worksurfaces and cupboard spaces.
She gave a lot of advice on the induction hobs- which was new to us- such as having ones with a bridging/zoning area for big pots- incl woks- without all this info we would have chosen the wrong induction hob- as she came back to remind me that the one I had chosen wouldn't heat a wok/ large pan.
She was extremely thorough and did a few designs for us as we couldn't decide what was best.
She was incredibly patient and knowledgable and didn't seem to mind all the iterations and questions we had.
We are really happy with the kitchen- we have so much cupboard space that all the cupboards are roomy and almost look empty- whereas before we couldn't see or get to what was in them!!
The quality of the units are really good- very solid and will last as well as being a lovely design.
I really recommend Emma, even the fitters commented on the great design.
December 1, 2023
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Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave this review- it's great to read your comments! All the best, Tash
Huge thanks to the guys at grays…
Huge thanks to the guys at grays Howdens for giving me a new mixer tap to replace my one that developed a fault
Absolutely fabulous after sales care and support and very kind of you all
Thank you netty Natasha and Michael regards 😎
December 14, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this positive review. Have a lovely day! Tash.
Grays Deport howdens - The Best kitchen planning and design purchase team with excellent facillties.ver with great facilleties.
Thank you, Barry and your team.
Thank you all for your excellent customer service.
Your care and attention to each detail made what was a daunting task manageable.
With your confidence and knowledge in your product, your endless knowledge of your integrated appliances and the product display and design and colour made what seemed to be an infinite problem end today.
what a fantastic team, your patience and diligence were inspirational your manager and your team are just excellent.
Great outcomes, beautiful kitchen, fantastic company.
Thank you for the best shopping experience. with a high-spec kitchen at a great reasonable price.
September 28, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this 5 star review for the Howdens - Grays depot! Take care and have a lovely day, Tash.
The staff
The staff are very polite friendly and very helpful making our overall visit to the showroom worth a visit to purchase.
September 11, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for taking the time to leave this 5* review! All the best, Tash
Just been to howdons grays what a…
Just been to howdens grays what a breath of fresh air lovely people lovely new display quality new products and a friendly greeting always a pleasure, nice to see the manager Freshen the place up! Pat on the back
July 13, 2023
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Hi, Thanks for leaving this 5 star review for the Howdens - Grays depot! Have a lovely day! Tash.
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