thank you very much for your advice! if you know any willing carpenters in the North West / Manchester area, do let me know!

I've just copied a link of pros in your area so you can read reviews etc

https://www.houzz.co.uk/professionals/carpenters-and-joiners/s/Carpenters-%26-Joiners/c/Manchester%2C-UK

I fit a lot of Pax systems from Ikea. I've also done many DIY Wardrobes involving making a frame and then hanging sliding doors et from different suppliers such as Wickes and B&Q etc. This is definitely the cheapest option and the price would bare no reflection on lack of quality. Employing carpenters if you were to choose this type of option would often be more expensive than say a good Handyman who should be more than capable of fitting out a wardrobe when the doors do not need to be handmade by a specialist in that area such as a qualified carpenter.

Hi,

In our home, many of the spaces where we wanted storage, ready made cupboards were not the appropriate size and going to a bespoke company was working out too expensive amongst everything else.

Our skilled Joiner constructed storage solutions for us and that worked out better for us in terms price; I guess tradesmen vary In terms of their rates hence why it worked for us.

All the best!

As mentioned above a good carpenter/handyman could fit a sliding door system for a reasonable price, but may not be able to maximise the space as custom joinery would.

https://www.houzz.co.uk/projects/2612454/sliding-door-wardrobe-in-gospel-oak

This is a project I worked on a few years ok in Gospel Oak so excuse the low quality photos. The room was a strange 5 sided shape with high ceilings and around 6x6m. We managed to fill 3 sides with wardrobes and soft close sliding doors, double height hanging rails with pull down and still had room for drawer boxes in each side.

The customers had limited options with the shape and size of the room so had to go for the bespoke option. Once the wardrobe was installed they were really glad they did!