Low-lit kitchen with a walnut-grain laminate island, dark wall cabinets and glass-fronted display units

Footrun Joinery

Kitchens, wardrobes, built-ins
Built in Sungei Kadut
Fitted in one day

Custom carpentry for HDB, BTO and condo homes. We assemble every job once in our workshop, so your flat only sees us for a day.

Walnut-laminate island, smoked-glass wall units Book a site measure Watch a kitchen build

Ten feet of kitchen

A 4-room BTO run, 3,050 mm long, priced the way we price yours: by the foot run, one layer at a time.

3,050 mm run · 850 mm to the worktop · wall cabinets 700 mm, 650 mm above it

Install log

Estates on our log since July: Tengah, Bidadari, Queenstown, Punggol, Bukit Batok, Tampines North, Sengkang and Toa Payoh. Every job stood assembled in our dry-fit bay before it went home.

“They arrived at nine, the drilling stopped before five, and the quote matched the invoice to the dollar.”
Farah N., 4-room BTO, Tengah

“We saw our wardrobes standing in the workshop and asked for one shelf to move. It was done that afternoon.”
Daniel and Mei T., 5-room BTO, Bidadari

Six recent jobs, as written on the workshop board
Job	Estate and flat	What we built	Run	Fitted
FR-2618	Tengah, 4-room BTO	Kitchen and two wardrobes	24 ft	Tue 21 Oct, 9:00 to 17:25
FR-2615	Bidadari, 5-room BTO	Kitchen and TV console	20 ft	Thu 16 Oct, 9:05 to 16:50
FR-2611	Queenstown, 3-room resale	L-shaped kitchen	11 ft	Tue 13 Oct, 9:10 to 15:40
FR-2607	Punggol, 4-room BTO	Three wardrobes and a study desk	23 ft	Wed 7 Oct, 9:00 to 17:15
FR-2602	Bukit Batok, 2-bedroom condo	Kitchen and shoe cabinet	13 ft	Sat 3 Oct, 9:20 to 16:05
FR-2598	Tampines North, 4-room BTO	Whole flat, six pieces	41 ft	Mon 28 and Tue 29 Sep, two days

What we build

Four kinds of joinery, all from the same 18 mm marine plywood, all priced per foot run. One foot run is 305 mm of cabinet, measured along the wall.

Compact L-shaped kitchen with white laminate cabinets, oak-grain worktop and backsplash, and under-cabinet lights

Kitchens

Top and bottom cabinets, 600 mm deep base, quartz or compact-laminate tops.

From S$295 per foot run

Typical 4-room BTO: 10 ft run, S$4,100 with quartz

Price a kitchen

Walk-in wardrobe in dark grey with oak drawers, open hanging bays and a lit top shelf

Wardrobes

Swing or sliding doors, floor to 2,400 mm, hanging rails, drawers and a pull-down rail.

From S$260 per foot run

Typical master bedroom: 8 ft, S$2,080

Price a wardrobe

TV consoles

Floating or on a plinth, with a cable chase and a vented bay for the set-top box.

From S$210 per foot run

Typical floating console: 7 ft, S$1,470

Price a TV console

Long wall of wooden shelves on a grey slatted panel above a parquet floor, with a reading chair by the window

Study and storage

Desks, shelving, shoe cabinets, bay-window seats and covers for the DB box.

From S$190 per foot run

Typical study desk with shelves: 6 ft, S$1,140

Price a study

Materials, honestly

What sits inside a cabinet decides how long it lasts. This is what we use, what it costs, and when we would tell you to pay less.

Boards

Marine plywood, 18 mm
Our standard for every carcass. Waterproof glue between thin veneers, so it holds screws for decades and does not swell if a pipe weeps. Included in every price.
Particle board, E1 grade
Flat, stable and about 20% cheaper. Fine for dry wardrobes and shelves, but it swells at a wet edge and loosens if refitted. On request, never under a sink.
Solid wood: nyatoh, oak, teak
Beautiful and repairable, but it moves with Singapore's humidity. We use it for tops, frames and handles, not wide doors. Quoted per piece.

Edges of plywood sheets showing their pale cross-banded layers

Finishes

Base price
Laminate (HPL), 0.8 mm
Hard-wearing, wipe-clean and made in hundreds of colours and woodgrains. The right choice for most kitchens and every rental-minded flat.
About +30%
Real wood veneer, 0.6 mm
A thin slice of real timber on plywood, lacquered in the workshop. Every door has its own grain, and scratches can be sanded out.
About +45%
Spray paint, 2K polyurethane
Any colour, edges sprayed in one piece, a furniture look. Sprayed in our booth in three coats; chips can be touched up on site.

Cabinetmaker brushing a clear finish onto a pale wooden board

Hardware

Standard
Soft-close hinges
35 mm cup hinges with a built-in damper, adjustable on three axes so doors stay level for years. Tested by the maker to 80,000 openings.
Standard
Full-extension runners
Every drawer opens all the way and closes itself softly, rated for 30 kg, so the back of a deep pot drawer is reachable.
From S$85
Lift-ups and pull-outs
Gas-strut lift-up doors, corner carousels, bin pull-outs and dish racks. Priced per piece, never bundled in.

A white drawer pulled half open, showing its plywood side and the metal runner beneath

One day in your flat

About four weeks from call to keys: a site visit, a drawing you sign, three weeks in Sungei Kadut, then a single day of fitting.

Measure

We come to your flat with a laser and a tape, check every wall for plumb, and find the pipes, the gas point and the DB box.

Free across Singapore · about 45 minutes · Monday to Saturday

Joiner working on a laptop at a workbench, with clamps and a drill press behind him

Draw

Within five working days you get a 3D drawing with every dimension, and a quote written line by line in foot runs.

Two rounds of changes included · no deposit until you sign

Carpenter in ear defenders working at a saw in a large workshop full of cabinet parts

Build

Boards are cut, edged and drilled in Sungei Kadut, then the whole job is assembled in the dry-fit bay on a floor taped to your measurements.

About three weeks · you can visit on a Saturday

Installer driving screws into a hinge with a cordless drill

Fit

One team, one day. We arrive at nine, finish all drilling by 5 pm inside HDB hours for noisy work, and leave the room swept.

Whole flats over 30 ft of run take two days

Price it yourself

The same rates our quotations use. Pick a room, set the length along the wall, and the ticket shows what we would charge.

From-prices by flat type

Laminate finish, 18 mm marine plywood, fitted, before GST
Room	3-room HDB	4-room HDB or BTO	5-room or condo
Kitchen with quartz top	S$3,2808 ft	S$4,10010 ft	S$5,33013 ft
Master wardrobe, swing doors	S$1,5606 ft	S$2,0808 ft	S$2,3409 ft
Second bedroom wardrobe	S$1,3005 ft	S$1,5606 ft	S$1,8207 ft
TV console, floating	S$1,2606 ft	S$1,4707 ft	S$1,6808 ft
Study desk with shelves	S$7604 ft	S$9505 ft	S$1,1406 ft
Shoe cabinet	S$5703 ft	S$7604 ft	S$7604 ft

Book three rooms or more and we take 5% off the joinery. Sliding wardrobe doors add S$60 per foot run.

Sungei Kadut

Our shed on Sungei Kadut Street 2 keeps one bay empty. Your kitchen stands there, fully assembled, before it comes home.

Kok Seng feeding a timber board across a jointer in the workshop

Tan Kok Seng

Founder and workshop foreman

Started cutting cabinets here in 1991, when the estate still smelled of sawmills. Checks every carcass for square before it leaves the bay.

Marcus in safety glasses and ear defenders at a machine in the workshop

Marcus Ong

Site measure and 3D drawings

Measures your walls to the millimetre, finds the pipes and the DB box, and draws the kitchen you sign off on.

Hakim planing a pale board with a wooden hand plane at a dusty bench

Nur Hakim

Cabinetmaker and install lead

Edges, drills and hangs every door, leads the one-day fits, and comes back for the five-year checks.

Visit on a Saturday

See marine ply beside particle board, open a soft-close drawer a hundred times, and walk round whatever kitchen is standing in the dry-fit bay that week.

When: Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm, by appointment
Where: Sungei Kadut Street 2, parking in front
Getting there: 10 minutes by taxi from Kranji MRT

Book a workshop visit

Before you call

Workshop: Sungei Kadut Street 2, Singapore

Open: Mon to Fri 8.30 am to 6 pm, Sat 9 am to 4 pm

Site measures: free, Monday to Saturday

How much does a custom kitchen cost?

A 10-foot kitchen run for a 4-room BTO costs from S$4,100 before GST with us: top and bottom cabinets in 18 mm marine plywood, laminate doors, soft-close hinges and runners, and a 20 mm quartz worktop. Everything is priced by the foot run, so a longer or shorter run moves the price line by line.

Marine plywood or particle board?

Choose marine plywood for kitchens, bathrooms and anything near water. It holds screws better and does not swell if a pipe leaks. Particle board is about 20% cheaper and fine for dry wardrobes and study shelves, and we will quote it if you ask. We never use it under a sink.

How long from measuring to fitting?

About four weeks. We measure your flat within a week of your call, send a 3D drawing with a foot-run quote within five working days, then build for about three weeks in Sungei Kadut. Fitting takes one day, or two days for a whole flat over 30 feet of run.

How can you fit a kitchen in one day?

Because it has already been assembled once. Every job is dry-fitted at full size in our workshop on a floor taped to your measurements, so doors are hung and drawers adjusted before delivery. On site we fix, level and seal, and all drilling is done by 5 pm, inside HDB hours for noisy work.

What does the warranty cover?

Five years on carcasses and hardware, two years on doors, laminate and finishes. If a hinge sags, a runner sticks or a board swells from normal use, we come back and fix it free. Damage from leaks left unreported, or from cabinets moved by someone else, is not covered.

Can I visit the workshop first?

Yes. Our workshop on Sungei Kadut Street 2 takes visitors on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm, by appointment. We show you boards, edges and hardware side by side, and whatever kitchen is standing in the dry-fit bay that week. There is parking in front of the shed.

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Marcus marking a timber batten with a pencil at a workbench laid out with chisels

Close view of a half-open drawer on its metal runner

Book a site measure

Tell us the room, the rough size and when you get your keys. We reply within one working day with a measuring slot.

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Workshop: Sungei Kadut Street 2, Singapore
Hours: Mon to Fri 8.30 am to 6 pm
Sat 9 am to 4 pm, visits 10 am to 4 pm
Closed Sundays and public holidays