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Alcove units in Yeading, Hillingdon
Thinking about alcove units in Yeading? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a quote in writing.
- Furniture that does not fit the alcove
- Empty alcoves either side of the chimney breast
- Tired cupboards in the alcoves
Ask about alcove units in Yeading
Alcove units for homes in Yeading
We make alcove units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. MDF suits doors and panels because it paints so evenly, while birch plywood is strong and holds screws well. The finish is spray painted in the workshop or hand painted on site, in the colour you choose. We make alcove units from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are furniture that doesn’t fit the alcove and toys and paperwork with no proper home.
Rooms from the 1950s and 1960s tend to be plain, with flat walls and simple skirting. Many homes around Yeading were built between 1945 and the early 1970s, so alcove units often have no period details to work around. That lets the furniture set the character of the room, in a paint colour you choose.
You get the quote in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Yeading (UB5, UB4, UB1)
- Area
- Hillingdon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Yeading
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Yeading?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Do you make alcove units for homes in Yeading?
Yes. We cover all of Hillingdon and the rest of London, and Yeading is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
What paint finish can I have on alcove units?
You can choose a spray-painted finish from our workshop or a hand-painted finish in your home. Both are in a colour agreed with you. Spraying gives a smooth, even surface, and hand painting is easy to touch up.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Typically not. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. Listed buildings may need listed building consent for works that affect their character, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
How tall should alcove units be?
That depends on the room and what you’d like to store. In a tall period room, units can stop under the picture rail or the cornice, or run to the ceiling for a built-in look. We agree the height at the design visit.
Can the two alcove units be different?
It is entirely your choice. The two alcoves are often slightly different sizes. They can share a style while doing different things.
Pricing alcove units in Yeading
The price for your room depends on:
- The overall size of the piece
- How square the room is
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The internal fittings
We don’t publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. Instead, we measure, discuss the design and then quote in writing. To arrange a design visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Before the design visit
To give us a picture of the room, it’s useful to include:
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Your postcode and the borough
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
To make a start, message us from the contact page and tell us a little about the room and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
From workshop to your room
You won’t need to do much on the day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long fitting takes depends on how many alcoves there are and how tall the units go, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Drilling into concrete is noisier than into brick or plaster, so if neighbours are close, a note before fitting day can help. We work within any rules your building has on noise and hours. We tidy as we go.
- To begin, send us a few details through our contact form; a brief note on the alcoves is plenty.
- We visit to measure the alcoves, discuss the design and check the route from the street to the room. Parking is worth mentioning too, since a van often needs a permit or a paid bay in London.
- We then send a quote in writing for the units.
- The units are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections sized to come through your door.
- On fitting day the sections come in, are joined in place and scribed to the walls.
How to prepare
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
Arranging a design visit
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, when we’ve measured up and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
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Living-room storage in Yeading
The biggest shares of homes in the area around Yeading were built between 1945 and 1972 (about 45%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 27%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Yeading include White Hart Public House (Grade II), about 0.5 miles north. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, such as fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. All of London, Hillingdon included, is inside the ULEZ. Vans bringing furniture to Yeading fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. Parking and access are planned at the measuring visit.
For an older house near St Joseph the Worker & Dovetail Centre, picture rails and cornices give alcove units a line to finish at. If you live near Northala Fields, shelving that stops short of the window keeps the view of the green.
Yeading is about 3 miles north of Ruislip, part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Yeading included. We list Yeading among 17 places we cover in Hillingdon.
Every address in UB5, UB4 and UB1 is within our area for alcove units, from the main roads to the quieter streets. You will find streets here such as Owen Road, Friar Road and Maple Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for alcove units. Neighbouring places we cover for alcove units include Yiewsley (1 mile north), Dormers Wells (2 miles south-east), Northolt (2 miles north-east), Southall (2 miles south) and South Ruislip (2 miles north). We also make alcove units in nearby places like Ruislip (3 miles north), Hayes (2 miles south-west), Hillingdon (2 miles west), West Drayton (4 miles south-west), Ruislip Manor (3 miles north) and Yiewsley (3 miles west). As one of the bigger places in Hillingdon, Yeading is covered for alcove units and everything else we make.
Landmarks near Yeading
In Yeading, that includes homes near White Hart Public House and Barnhill Community High School and the streets around them. Yeading’s nearest station is Southall station, roughly 1.8 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Hayes Cottage Hospital (1.5 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Yeading Brook Meadows.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths.
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What else we make in Yeading
What alcove units can’t fix
Some parts of a job need another trade, from an electrician to a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here’s what to know:
- Replastering, which is a plasterer’s job
- Decorating the rest of the room
- Removing or altering a chimney breast, which is structural work
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it is made from
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Scribed side panels
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Panelled or flat doors
- Adjustable shelves
- Hand-painted finish
Do you need alcove units in Yeading?
A bedroom’s alcoves are often the best place for a wardrobe. A fitted alcove cupboard holds clothes without filling the floor.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- Space for a growing book collection
- Alcoves that aren’t square
- Units that sit well with original features
- Furniture that does not fit the alcove
If your children go to Brookside Primary School or a school nearby, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home