Bespoke Basins in Central London

Central London bathrooms come with a particular set of problems: grand but irregular rooms, protected period features, tight lift and stairwell access, and the expectation that whatever goes in will look considered. A made-to-measure sintered stone basin solves all of them at once. Our studio sits a few minutes north in Islington, so the centre is home ground.

The Central London Property Mix

The centre is defined by its mansion flats and conversions. Marylebone and Fitzrovia are full of red-brick mansion blocks and Georgian townhouses split into apartments. Bloomsbury has its garden-square terraces; Clerkenwell and Farringdon are dense with converted warehouses and ex-industrial lofts; Mayfair and Soho carry some of the oldest and most tightly regulated building stock in the city.

None of these were designed around the modern bathroom. Rooms are frequently long and narrow, ceilings are high, and the plumbing has been retrofitted around walls you are not allowed to move. A standard basin unit ignores all of that. A bespoke one is drawn to the exact run you have — filling an alcove edge to edge, or turning a slim corridor of a room into a full-length vanity.

Access Is Half the Battle

In a period mansion block, getting the piece into the flat is often harder than fitting it. Narrow communal stairs, small lifts and protected hallways rule out a lot of pre-built furniture. Because every Lave unit is made to your measurements, we size it to pass through the access you actually have, and it arrives finished — there is no cutting of stone on site, no mess in a communal hallway, and no risk of a slab that will not make the turn on the stairs.

A Finish That Belongs in the Room

Central London interiors tend to be design-led, and sintered stone reads as a genuine material rather than a moulded product. It is a single integrated piece — countertop and bowl formed as one continuous sheet — with no silicone joint and no rim to catch the eye or the grime. The surface is completely non-porous, so in London's hard water it resists limescale and staining and keeps its matte, even finish for years. For a comparison against the marble that is so common in these buildings, our why sintered stone guide sets out the case.

What You Can Specify

• Width — from a 700mm guest cloakroom to a 2400mm his-and-hers run.
• Bowl position — single, offset, or twin bowls for a principal en-suite.
• Overflow or no overflow — for the cleanest possible bowl.
• Cabinet finish — from warm timber to handleless matte, to sit with the rest of the scheme.

If you are at the planning stage, how to spec a bespoke vanity takes you through the decisions in the order that avoids surprises.

How It Works

We are a studio, not a showroom — which keeps the work bespoke and the pricing honest. Send your measurements or a sketch with a few photos, and we draw the unit and return a full quote within 48 hours. Delivery into Central London is arranged around your building's access.