BESPOKE KITCHENS IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
UNPARALLELED CRAFTSMANSHIP
BESPOKE KITCHENS FOR SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
Transform your Southend-on-Sea home with a bespoke kitchen that reflects both your lifestyle and the coastal city's distinctive character. HAUHAU creates handcrafted cabinetry and whole-home furniture for properties across Southend-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay, Westcliff-on-Sea, Rochford, Shoeburyness, and Leigh-on-Sea and the wider Essex area, bringing fourth-generation expertise and heritage craftsmanship to every single project.
SUCCESS STORIES
The Lakes By Yoo House
This beautiful property, located just outside The Cotswolds, featured handcrafted silhouette-stained oak cabinetry, bronze inlays, and hand-selected bronze hardware, each adding warmth against the oak's cool tones. Himalaya Crystal Neolith worktops keep the design understated but cohesive with the kitchen’s overall aesthetic and align with the client’s unique daily routine.
The Gilbert Scott Residence
Step inside the Gilbert Scott residence, where rich Royal Peacock stone, walnut accents, and warm tones come together to create a space tailored specifically to the client’s taste and lifestyle. A whole-home project featuring handcrafted cabinetry unique to every room, creating a warm yet elegant space that’s made specifically for you and designed to feel like home the moment you walk in.
“I can’t think of a time when I have worked with a more professional and informative company. After carrying out extensive research, I contacted HauHau with a strong vision of our kitchen. I met Ben, and we discussed our dream kitchen. After the initial meeting, Ben contacted us asking questions and giving options, and then a short time after that, we were presented with drawings and visuals that far exceeded our expectations.”
— Ralph
WHY BESPOKE MATTERS FOR YOUR HOME
At HAUHAU, we believe that templates cannot accommodate your specific requirements, and standard configurations ignore how you actually live in your space.
True bespoke design begins with understanding your daily routines. Regular weekday morning coffees require different design considerations than frequent weekend entertaining. Children's needs contrast with intimate dinner parties. We design around you and you alone.
Every decision reflects your preferences. Cabinet colour palettes, depth and hand-finished detailing all work cohesively together to create a bespoke kitchen that is nothing less than perfect. Storage solutions match what you actually own and use. Island design considers cooking patterns and the desired aesthetic.
Your Southend-on-Sea property receives solutions designed specifically for its dimensions, layout and unique architectural features, allowing us to create a bespoke design that is one of a kind.
UNDERSTANDING SOUTHEND-ON-SEA'S ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE
Southend-on-Sea features a range of stunning homes: Victorian seafront properties in Westcliff-on-Sea overlook the Thames Estuary, Edwardian homes define Thorpe Bay's tree-lined avenues and historic properties in Rochford contrast with contemporary developments throughout the city. Your property's architecture dictates our approach.
A property near Southend Pier requires different thinking than a home in Shoeburyness, and we work with you to understand your daily needs, the property’s existing architectural details and how rooms connect to each other to create designs that truly work for you, from the kitchen to all other rooms in the house. You and your home tell us what works.
Ben Rollings, our fourth-generation master cabinetmaker, brings 150 years of family heritage to each handcrafted kitchen. One craftsman handles your entire project from initial concept through final installation. No production lines, no compromises.
ONLY THE FINEST MATERIALS
HAUHAU sources exceptional materials worldwide. Each wood selection demonstrates character worth showcasing. Stone slabs are chosen for their natural beauty and veining.
Whether it’s fumed oak that develops deeper patina over decades, American walnut bringing warmth through its rich colouration, or charcoal-stained oak allowing for accent colours to provide visual contrast. We hand-select each piece for beauty that endures.
Stone choices range from understated Calacatta Oro marble to Hermitage quartz with its delicate gold veining. Your worktops can become a statement piece that anchors the space or perhaps it could offer a more neutral canvas for the rest of the kitchen design. Every choice is made with intention and thoughtful consideration of how it works in relation to the entire design.
Hardware receives equal attention. Whether it’s anything from brushed bronze to antique brass, these details accent the cabinetry's colour palette whilst providing tactile quality you'll appreciate thousands of times over years of use.
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Stunning Veined Marble Surfaces
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Backlit Reeded Glass Cabinetry With Warm Bronze Hardware
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Hand-finished Scalloped Detailing
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Expansive Kitchen Island With Marble Countertops & Fumed Oak Cabinetry
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Antique Brass Appliances
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Expert Lighting Design
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Stunning Marble Vening For Dramatic Statement Pieces
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Handcrafted Bespoke Storage With Bolection Moulded Cabinetry
THE HAUHAU DESIGN PROCESS
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Our expert design team will take your initial concepts and elevate them beyond your wildest dreams, guiding you through every step of the process as we make it a reality.
Our philosophy is to work in close partnership with our clients, providing creative and innovative solutions through genuine collaboration and careful consideration of your needs and desires.
Once we receive your inquiry, we will contact you to introduce ourselves and discuss the outline of your project. Along with your ideas and brief, we will require a plan to work from. This can be in the form of your architect’s drawings or, if there is a physical space, ideally a visit to your residence to carry out a survey.
Following this process we can begin to prepare your design.
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After our first consultation, our expert design team will work on your concept, developing, enhancing, and elevating it beyond your expectations into a truly remarkable design.
From our initial sketches, we will prepare full working CAD drawings along with visuals, palettes, and material choices—from your primary finish through to your internal colorway—for your review.
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Once you have commissioned HAUHAU for your project, we will finalize any changes you may wish to make to your design, appliance list, material choices, and then proceed to contract your order.
At this stage we will engage with your contractors, and any other parties involved with your project to provide the relevant information they require (along with mechanical and electrical working drawings) and will remain in constant communication with them to monitor your schedule, ensuring everything stays on track.
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Your order will now enter production in our workshop.
We pride ourselves on the meticulous quality of craftsmanship achieved by our expert cabinet makers.
The HAUHAU workshop is not a production line.
Every project is assigned to one maker at a time, who crafts and hand-makes every aspect of your order to exacting standards by combining cutting-edge technology with the most exquisite of materials.
It is in this way that we have truly set ourselves apart and surpassed the industry with our standard.
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Now it is time for your design to become a reality!
After diligently managing your project's schedule to ensure a smooth and on-time fulfillment, HAUHAU will deliver and install your furniture to the very highest standard while ensuring the utmost consideration for your residence.
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On completion of your new kitchen, we arrange for renowned chef Elliot Johnson-Paul of JP Dining to come in and prepare a complimentary private dining experience in your new space to ensure you truly experience every aspect in its full glory.
Simply sit back, relax, and enjoy your new HAUHAU kitchen.
WHOLE-HOME BESPOKE DESIGN
Your kitchen sets the tone for your entire home. The stunning craftsmanship of your HAUHAU bespoke kitchen should extend to the whole home, including everything from your bedrooms, bathrooms and home cinemas to your dressing room, home bars and living rooms, creating cohesive luxury interiors throughout your entire property.
Bathrooms become private sanctuaries with handcrafted cabinetry that sits beneath hand-selected quality marble, next to freestanding baths with scalloped detailing and brushed bronze hardware. Dressing rooms could feature American black walnut drawers with leather-lined inlays and handmade wardrobes with subtle backlighting. Home bars could showcase fumed oak cabinetry and Himalayan Neolith Crystal surfaces, complemented by warm bronze accents throughout.
Each space receives the same attention to detail, ensuring your entire Southend-on-Sea home reflects our commitment to perfection.
OUR DESIGN PROCESS
Our process begins with understanding your vision entirely. Being based in Essex ourselves, we understand local planning requirements, period property constraints, and the unique character of different areas across the county.
Design development involves constant refinement. From our initial sketches, we will prepare full working CAD drawings along with visuals, palettes, and material choices. Initial concepts evolve through collaboration, with each revision bringing us closer to perfection. Nothing proceeds until you're completely satisfied.
CRAFTSMANSHIP STANDARDS THAT SET US APART
Our Old Harlow workshop operates without shortcuts. Hand-cutting achieves a level of detail and precision that mass production methods cannot match. Hand-finishing creates depth and character that is impossible to even get close to through automation. Hand-selecting wood samples ensures every aspect of our designs meets our exacting quality standards.
This approach takes longer but allows us to act with a level of care and pride that produces results that are truly unparalleled, justifying every extra second.
Quality checkpoints catch imperfections before they become problems. Our craftsmen train for years before handling projects. Traditional joinery techniques combine with modern technology, producing furniture that will serve Southend-on-Sea homes for generations.
Each joint, each finish, each detail meets standards most manufacturers simply cannot achieve.
SERVING SOUTHEND-ON-SEA AND SURROUNDING AREAS
From our workshop in Old Harlow, HAUHAU brings exceptional handcrafted kitchen and whole-home furniture solutions to properties across Southend-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay, Westcliff-on-Sea, Rochford, Shoeburyness, and Leigh-on-Sea. Whether your home sits along the seafront with estuary views or within the historic charm of inland villages, we create designs that honour your property's unique character whilst elevating how you live within it.
Contact HAUHAU today to arrange a personalised kitchen design consultation and discover how our craftsmanship can redefine the heart of your Southend-on-Sea home.
THE HAUHAU DIFFERENCE
Throughout this home, every detail was designed with purpose and pride. Good design is more than just how something looks—it’s about how it makes you feel. Whilst working across several rooms in the house, we focused on creating continuity from room to room—whether it’s Silhouette stained oak tones shifting subtly, leather linings maintaining the luxurious standards, or bronze details carrying over the warm undertones, our only goal is to create a truly unique design for each and every client whilst demonstrating HAUHAU’S dedication to excellence, skilled craftsmanship, and unmatched quality designs.
YOUR PRIVATE CHEF EXPERIENCE
We know that our clients deserve the very best from their new kitchen. This is why, after every kitchen installation, we arrange for renowned chef Elliot Johnson-Paul of JP Dining to come in and prepare a complimentary private dining experience for up to 10 guests in your new space, to ensure you truly experience every aspect in its full glory.
WHY HAUHAU DEFINES BESPOKE KITCHEN EXCELLENCE
Founded by Ben Rollings, a fourth-generation master cabinet maker with over 150 years of family heritage, HAUHAU has become synonymous with timeless craftsmanship and design excellence. Building on this legacy, we bring our expertise to bespoke luxury kitchens—spaces that balance precision and design innovation—and work to understand how each client lives in their home.
At HAUHAU, we design kitchens that honour the character of Southend-on-Sea homes while embracing the possibilities of contemporary living. Every project is tailored to the property and the people who use it, blending architectural sensitivity with hand-selected materials and meticulous detailing to create a kitchen that feels both functional and effortlessly elegant.
From the first sketch to final installation, our team ensures a seamless, collaborative process, delivering not just a kitchen but a thoughtfully crafted environment where daily routines and special moments alike are elevated.
Contact HAUHAU today to arrange a personalised kitchen design consultation and discover how our craftsmanship can redefine the heart of your Southend-on-Sea home.