Fitted cupboards in Headstone, Harrow

About our fitted cupboards in Headstone

In many London hallways, space is tight, so a cupboard has to earn its place. We can make a shallow cupboard for coats, shoes and bags that still leaves room to pass, fitted out with a rail, hooks or shelves. A bench with a lift-up lid or drawers under it is another option, so there’s somewhere to sit by the door. If your home has storage for coats and shoes in the hallway and a boiler cupboard that keeps access clear, fitted cupboards made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.

With interwar houses or semis a big part of the picture around Headstone, loft conversions are common, and they leave low eaves and sloping ceilings. Fitted storage can make use of the eaves, the bay or the hall. We build storage in lofts that are already converted or boarded.

Where other trades are needed, for instance an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.

How fitting day works

You won’t need to do much on the day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and it is useful to have the room cleared beforehand, as we will have talked about during the design visit. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long the fitting takes depends on how many cupboards there are and where they go, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a 1920s or 1930s house, the hall and stairs are typically simple, though we still measure the route in as well as the room. Fitted cupboards arrive in sections and are assembled in place, with floors protected throughout.

1. To begin, use our contact form; a brief note on the space and anything in it that needs access is plenty.
2. At the design visit we measure up and note the clearances and ventilation the boiler manufacturer asks for.
3. You receive a quote in writing for the cupboards.
4. The cupboards are built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with the access planned in.
5. We fit them in your home, scribed to the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.

Preparing the room

• Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
• Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
• If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager

Ask for a quote

To make a start, tell us about the room on our contact form 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 talk through the design, and send you a written quote afterwards.

Ask for a design visit

Advice

• Fitted Furniture on External Walls: Damp and Ventilation
• Storage Ideas for Victorian and Edwardian Terraces

What it costs

Prices vary from room to room, for these reasons:

• How square the room is
• Spray painting or hand painting
• How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
• Parking near your home

What goes inside matters as much as the outside: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We will talk through what you need inside at the design visit, and the quote follows.

What to send when you get in touch

Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:

• The type of home and how the room is reached
• What the furniture needs to hold
• A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
• The postcode, so we can plan the visit

Photos help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space, particularly with rough measurements. To send them over, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.