A vanity unit is a luxury alternative to a traditional pedestal or floating basin. Combining your basin with stunning cabinetry, bespoke vanity units like ours transform the bathroom sink into a beautiful piece of furniture, and an arresting focal point, that helps you maximise storage across your bathroom, and provides the space with a wow-factor that will last for decades.

Vanity units range in price enormously, from ultra-affordable mass-produced models costing under £200, to 100% bespoke models like ours, which range from £999 to over £5,000.

Across the vanity market, the cost of a unit is likely to signal the quality of its design, materials, craftsmanship, and the durability you can expect from your unit.

As bespoke vanity unit specialists, helping hundreds of customers to create the perfect bathroom furniture every year, we know a thing or two about how to buy a bathroom vanity!

When you buy from Parker Howley, the process should be:

1. Based on your available space, decide if you’d like a single or double-basin unit.
2. Choose your favourite elements from our existing range to create your perfect design. You can also share inspiration images from Pinterest, Instagram, or elsewhere, and we’ll work with you to bring your vision to life.
3. Choose between freestanding or wall-hung orientation.
4. Decide whether to opt for countertop or undermount basin orientation.
5. Choose your basin from a wide range of options from the market’s top luxury brands.
6. Based on your choice of basin, and your desired school of design, choose from a huge range of standard, tall, wall-mounted and deck-mounted basin taps.
7. Choose from UK-made designer handles from the luxury bathroom market’s biggest brands.
8. Select a plain wood, stained, or painted custom coloured unit – the only restriction is your imagination.
9. Customise the internal storage your unit offers.

1. For wall-hung models, identify the location of your wall studs or noggins behind your installation wall. If you don’t have these, wall-hung installation would not be possible, and should opt for a freestanding model.
2. Measure the width of the wall, where the vanity unit will sit. This should not include space occupied by pipes, radiators and door frames.
3. Measure the floor to ceiling height above where the unit will be.
4. Measure the distance from the wall where the unit will sit, to the nearest point of obstruction (pipes, radiators, door frames etc) in front of the unit. Take this figure and subtract the depth of your vanity unit, to measure the floor clearance.
5. Measure skirting board depth along the wall on which your unit will sit. Floor standing models require skirting boards to be thinned out or removed for a snug fit against the wall.
6. Measure the depth of the tiles on the wall where your unit will sit. Particularly thick wall tiles can impact the installation of your unit.
7. If fitting your vanity unit in a corner, ensure the corners are square using a spirit level, as walls that are out by as little as 10mm can negatively impact how snugly your unit sits against the wall.
8. If installing a vanity under or close to a window, be sure to not block the light or ventilation from the window with your unit, by measuring the position and sill depth of the window, and ensuring that your chosen unit will clear the sill.
9. Check that the depth of your chosen vanity unit aligns with the position of your existing waste and water pipes. Also identify where your soil sack is in relation to your installation wall, as greater installation distances from the soil sack require a longer waste pipe which impacts the depth or floor clearance of your vanity unit.
10. Measure the clearance of room and cabinet doors, and the distance between where your vanity will sit, and fixtures like toilets, showers and baths, to ensure unrestricted access to your vanity unit and its storage.Send these measurements to our specialists, who can help discuss your options and bring the vanity of your dreams to life.

Typically, vanity units have a standard height of 800mm. This is also true of our bespoke vanity unit models.

However, as manufacturers of 100% bespoke bathroom furniture, we can create pieces made to your most exacting specifications.

The standard depth of a vanity unit differs, depending on whether you’ve opted for a countertop or undermount basin. At Parker Howley, vanity units with a countertop basin have a depth of 500mm, while units with an undermount basin have a depth of 550mm.

If hanging towels isn’t your thing, if you’re trying to achieve a spa-like sense of space, or have a cloakroom, ensuite, or a bathroom too small to accommodate shelving, a bespoke vanity unit is an excellent solution.

These units add so much more than storage to your space.

You’ve found your bathroom’s wow factor.

Bespoke bathroom furniture, like cloakroom vanity units, wall cabinets and small storage units are the perfect way to add storage to small bathrooms and ensuites.

Browse our extensive ranges today.

By having a bespoke vanity cabinet built around the dimensions of your existing bathroom basin, or by opting for a conventional basin-equipped vanity unit, you can create storage space for towels, toiletries and accessories, to keep your bathroom clutter free.

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Having a bespoke vanity cupboard built around your existing pedestal sink is an excellent way to hide unsightly pipework, and add stunning storage to your space.

At Parker Howley, we build our bespoke vanity units with an 80mm void to hide pipework. Due to the bespoke nature of our operations, we can make units tailored to your space. Contact our friendly team today.

You can hide the pipes beneath your wall-hung bathroom sink by having a custom vanity unit cupboard built around its dimensions. These units provide your bathroom with added storage, and stunning cabinetry that provides your bathroom with its all-important wow-factor.