You don't need to measure like a contractor. You just need enough detail for a sensible first conversation. Here's what to note down, and what our team confirms later during the site survey.
What you need
- A tape measure (a 5m one is plenty)
- Your phone, for photos and notes
- Ten minutes in the room itself
Measure the wall, not the old wardrobe
Start with the clear wall width — corner to corner, or from a corner to whatever stops the run, like a door frame or window reveal. Measure at about waist height, then again near the floor. Walls in older flats are rarely perfectly square, so take the smaller of the two numbers.
Next, note the wall height and the position of anything fixed: switches, sockets, aircon trunking, skirting, a window ledge. These do not usually rule out a layout, but they shape it.
Note what's in front of the wall
How far can you stand back? A wardrobe wall opposite a bed behaves differently from one in a walk-in corner. If you're considering sliding or hinged doors later, the swing and clearance matter, so measure the free floor space too.
A quick checklist
- Clear wall width, measured twice
- Ceiling height
- Positions of sockets, switches and trunking
- Door and window swings
- Clear floor space in front of the wall
- Two or three photos of the whole wall, taken straight on
What happens after that
Your numbers give us a realistic indicative range. Our team then assesses wall type and installation suitability during the site survey, and confirms the final layout before anything is ordered.
Bottom line: one clear width, one height and a few photos are enough to get a useful quote started.