Our Story

THE LONG WAY TO SURREY

From the beaches of KwaZulu-Natal to a Surrey workshop. The craft travelled with us. The standards never changed.

Where It Started

SALT ROCK, SOUTH AFRICA

Growing up on the KwaZulu-Natal coast teaches you something about permanence. Salt air tests everything. You learn to build things that last — or you learn why they didn't.

Before Salties Customs, there was a steel fabrication and custom furniture business in South Africa, supplying interior designers and commercial projects for two decades. That background — working across steel, timber, and everything between — shaped a way of thinking that doesn't fit neatly into one category.

"The best pieces aren't noticed. They're just always there, always right."

The move to Surrey didn't change the approach. It expanded it. Salties Customs isn't just a furniture maker or a builder — it's a brand built around the belief that anything worth doing is worth doing properly.

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Salties Customs

Salties Customs

Born on the coast. Built in Surrey.

Two decades of craft. Five things we do well. One standard we never drop.

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What We Do

Five things. One standard.

Salties Customs covers everything from a bespoke piece of furniture to a full project build. The discipline changes. The standard doesn't.

Fabrication

Custom furniture, steel and timber work. Built to spec.

Build

Project management and construction. Start to finish.

Landscape

Outdoor spaces, structures, hardscaping.

Design

Consultation and design services. Figure out what's possible.

Merch

The Salties lifestyle brand. Coming soon.

What Drives Us

THREE THINGS WE WON'T COMPROMISE ON

Honest Craft

We tell you what something will do over time. We don't oversell and we don't hide what the work actually involves.

Right for the Job

Every project gets what it needs. Not what's easiest or cheapest — what's right. That's the whole point.

Built to Outlast

The best work is still standing in twenty years. We build for that. It costs more. It's worth it.

READY TO START?

Whatever you're building — tell us. We'll tell you exactly how we'd do it.

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