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Alcove Units in Loughborough Junction
Cupboards and shelves built into the alcoves beside a chimney breast, designed for your room in Loughborough Junction. After a design visit and a written quote, it’s built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Units that sit well with original features
- Everyday clutter left on show
- Space for a growing book collection
Need alcove units in Loughborough Junction?
What it costs
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- How big the furniture is
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Before the design visit
Some details help us understand the job before we visit. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Your postcode and the borough
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- How you want to use the space
Photos help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space, along with rough sizes. To share them, send us a few details through our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
Alcove units in Loughborough Junction: what you get
Most Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses have a chimney breast in the main rooms, with an alcove on each side. Built-in alcove units put that space to work as cupboards and shelving that look as though they belong there. Where a room in Loughborough Junction has a pair of alcoves, we design a unit for each one, starting with a design visit to measure. We make alcove units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the usual reasons to get in touch are cupboards in keeping with an older house and space for a growing book collection.
Purpose-built flats are home to most households around Loughborough Junction, so living rooms often double as dining rooms or home offices. A single run of alcove units can hold the TV, books and the things you’d rather keep out of sight. Fixings are matched to the wall, whether it’s solid or plasterboard.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It describes the alcove unit we have designed for the room, what it’s made from and how it’s finished.
- Place
- Loughborough Junction (SW9, SE5, SE24)
- Area
- Lambeth
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, leases and landlords
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind, once we’ve measured the way in.
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations. We cannot give advice on leases, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
From workshop to your room
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Parking near blocks of flats can be limited, and loading may need planning, so details of bays, permits or a loading area help. Once inside, the sections are joined and fixed with fixings that suit the wall. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- You get in touch to say you’d like alcove units.
- We come to measure and talk through cupboards, shelves, heights and doors. If one alcove needs a desk or a TV space, this is when we plan it.
- A written quote follows, with the finish set out, ready for you to check.
- The units are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The units are fitted in your home, ready to fill.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Arranging a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and talk through the design with you, and the written quote comes after. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To book a design visit, message us from the contact page.
Related advice
Boards, parts and paint
Shelves
We set shelf spacing around what you own so tall books and records have room. Upper shelves can be shallower for a lighter look.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish often suits alcove units in older houses. The colour is agreed with you, and it’s easy to refresh in years to come.
Alcove units in Loughborough Junction: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 37% of the housing in the area around Loughborough Junction, with about 21% built between 1945 and 1972, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. The National Heritage List has 37 entries within half a mile of the centre of Loughborough Junction. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. Much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones run by the boroughs. For fitting in Loughborough Junction, a van normally needs a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Parking is worth mentioning at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Near listed buildings like St Saviours Parish Hall, less than half a mile south-east of the centre of Loughborough Junction, older homes may keep original joinery that alcove units can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. If you live in a period home close to St Matthew's Camberwell, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for alcove units. The wider area includes historic houses like Kingswood House, about 2.6 miles south. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for alcove units.
Loughborough Junction is in the London Borough of Lambeth, about 1 mile west of Stockwell. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Loughborough Junction included. Our Lambeth coverage includes Loughborough Junction.
In SW9, SE5 and SE24, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets like Minet Road, Heron Road and Lowth Road, whether you want alcove units or another piece made for the room. Close by, we also work in Angell Town (1 mile north-west), North Brixton (1 mile north-west), Stockwell (1 mile west), Brixton (1 mile south-west) and Little Portugal (1 mile north-west). We also make alcove units in nearby places such as Streatham (3 miles south-west), West Norwood (3 miles south), Clapham (2 miles west), South Bank (3 miles north), Waterloo (2 miles north) and Vauxhall (2 miles north-west).
Near you in Loughborough Junction
Our area takes in the homes around Loughborough Hotel, The Hospital and Home Tuition Sick Children's Service and The Michael Tippett School, among other places. Loughborough Junction has its own railway station: Loughborough Junction station. Other landmarks nearby include St Giles' Hospital (1 mile north-east). Green spaces nearby include Centre for Wildlife Gardening and Knight's Hill.
FAQs: alcove units in Loughborough Junction
Do you cover homes near Loughborough Junction station?
Yes, homes across Lambeth and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Can you make alcove units for a home in Loughborough Junction?
Yes. Loughborough Junction is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Lambeth and London. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It can be done with some care: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. We don’t treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Should I send photos?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. Show anything the furniture has to work around, like radiators or sockets.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Not normally. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent.
Should both alcoves have the same units?
That depends on how you use the room. Alcoves are often different widths anyway, so each unit is made to its own measurements. They can share a style while doing different things.
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Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. Span, depth and the weight on it decide whether a shelf sags, so a long run needs a thicker shelf, a stiffening lip or a support. That is something we plan for in the design.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it is easy to buy.