Flat Pack Furniture Assembly: What to Expect and How to Save

Flat pack furniture saves money at the shop and costs a Saturday at home. Paying someone to build it is a fair trade for many people, and a few steps make it faster and cheaper.

What we can do for you

We build wardrobes, bunk beds, desks, bookcases, drawers, bedside cabinets, tables, chairs, TV stands, and kitchen units and shelving. Our flat pack service also collects your furniture from the store and delivers it to your home, so you do not need a bigger car.

Before the builder arrives

• Check every box is there and matches the order. A missing panel found on the day means a second visit.
• Keep the instructions and the small parts bag with each item.
• Clear a space in the room where it will stand, and measure the doorway and stairs it must pass through.
• Decide where each piece goes. Moving a built wardrobe is harder than moving it flat.

Already started and stuck?

If you have started and got stuck, we finish partly built pieces. Tell us how far you got and what is left, and we will quote for the remainder.

How to bring the cost down

• Book the whole room at once. We discount multiple items, so building the wardrobe, bedside tables and chest of drawers together may cost less than separate visits.
• Have everything unpacked and the parts checked before the visit, so nobody waits for a missing piece.

Fix tall furniture to the wall

Ask whoever builds tall wardrobes and chests of drawers to fix them to the wall with the fixings supplied.

Have furniture to build? Tell us what and where and we will send a fixed price. Curious how quotes work? Read how handyman pricing works in Manchester.