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Old Town Fitted Cupboards
Fitted cupboards in Old Town: built-in cupboards for hallways, landings, utility rooms and boot rooms. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Built-in storage that matches the woodwork
- A cupboard for a recess or odd corner
- Tall cupboards where space is short
Fitted cupboards in Old Town
What happens on fitting day
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is typically only filling and touching up to do in the room; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Walls in newer homes are often plasterboard on studs, so on fitting day heavy pieces go into the studs or stand on the floor. Floors are protected throughout, as many newer homes have finished floors that mark easily.
- To begin, use our contact form; a brief note on the space and anything in it that needs access is plenty.
- At the design visit we measure up and note the clearances and ventilation the boiler manufacturer asks for. Boiler work itself is for a Gas Safe engineer.
- A quote in writing follows with the design, materials and finish.
- The cupboards are built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with the access planned in.
- We fit them in your home, scribed to the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Arranging a design visit
To make a start, fill in our short enquiry 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 go through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Advice
About our fitted cupboards in Old Town
We make our cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, depending on what each part needs to do. MDF is stable and takes paint well, while birch plywood is good for long shelves. The finish is either spray painted in our workshop or hand painted, in the colour you choose. Most enquiries start with boxing in a boiler with room for servicing and a hallway cupboard for coats and shoes, and the answer is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
A large number of homes around Old Town date from 2000 onwards, and in London many homes of that age are flats in newer developments. Boilers, cylinders and consumer units often sit in a hall cupboard, and any new storage keeps their access and ventilation. Cupboards can be shallow where space is tight, so the hallway still feels open.
Everything we agree at the measuring visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Place
- Old Town (CR0, CR9, CR90)
- Area
- Croydon
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Places near Old Town
The problems fitted cupboards solve
The usual reason is simple: there is too much stuff and not enough storage. Coats pile up on the newel post, shoes gather by the door and the vacuum lives in a corner. A cupboard built for the space gives everything a place and clears the floor.
Requests we hear often include:
- Boxing in a boiler with room for servicing
- Built-in storage that matches the woodwork
- Storage for coats and shoes in the hallway
- Landing shelves for bedding and towels
If your children go to The Minster Nursery and Infant School or a school nearby, fitted cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Will the quote be in writing?
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
What it costs
We quote each job after the design visit, because no two rooms are the same. These are the things that affect it:
- How square the room is
- The internal fittings
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Doors and drawers, and how many
We do not publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing, with the materials and finish set out. To arrange a design visit, use our contact form.
Helping us understand the room
These details help when you get in touch:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Your postcode and the borough
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly during the design visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, message us from the contact page and let us know about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
Flats, conversions and lettings
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so it is worth raising at the measuring visit.
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too. It is made from the same moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood as any of our work, finished by spray or by hand.
Fitted storage in Old Town
In the area around Old Town, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 42%) and before 1919 (about 31%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how fitted cupboards are fixed and fitted. Within a mile of the centre of Old Town, 6 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. London’s red routes are run by TfL, and stopping on them is tightly controlled. If your home in Old Town is on or near a main road, tell us during the design visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Addington Palace, about 3 miles east. For a period home anywhere nearby, hallway recesses and alcoves are where fitted cupboards earn their keep. Near listed buildings like Parish Church of St John the Baptist, under half a mile south-west of the centre of Old Town, older homes may keep original joinery that fitted cupboards can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Old Town is in the London Borough of Croydon, about 2 miles north of Thornton Heath. Design visits and fitting in Old Town can be on a Saturday, by arrangement. In Croydon, Old Town is one of the places we cover.
We make fitted cupboards across CR0, CR9 and CR90 for fitted cupboards. Our area takes in homes on streets like Park Lane, Fell Road and Abbey Road, along with the roads around them, for fitted cupboards and any of our other fitted furniture. Other places close to Old Town include Waddon (1 mile south-west), Broad Green (1 mile north), Beddington (1 mile west), Bandonhill (1 mile south-west) and Russell Hill (2 miles south-west). Across the rest of Croydon, our area takes in Thornton Heath (2 miles north), Coulsdon (4 miles south), Purley (3 miles south), Upper Norwood (3 miles north), Selhurst (2 miles north-east) and South Norwood (2 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Old Town
Around Old Town, we cover homes near St Andrew's CofE School, The Gun Tavern and Rutherford School. There is a railway station in Old Town itself: West Croydon station. A little further out are Centrale Croydon (under half a mile north-east) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1.3 miles south-west).
FAQs: fitted cupboards in Old Town
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Old Town?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit.
I live near West Croydon station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Croydon and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with some details about the room.
Will the cupboards fit my uneven walls?
Yes. We scribe each cupboard to follow the wall and set it level on adjustable feet or a plinth. It’s one of the reasons fitted joinery suits period homes.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we will see what we can do.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Typically not. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. Listed buildings can require listed building consent for works that affect their character, so check with the council first.
What are the cupboards made of?
We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray painting or hand painting. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.