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Loft Storage in Barnes
Thinking about loft storage in Barnes? We start with a design visit and a written quote.
- A loft room that still feels unfinished
- Furniture that can’t get up to the loft
- Space under the eaves going to waste
Loft storage in Barnes
How fitting works for loft storage
Fitting day follows a set order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want in the loft, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Scribing is done on site, which means some cutting in the room or close by, so a clear area to work in near the room helps. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- First you let us know about the loft room and what you’d like to store there, and how you get up to it.
- We visit to measure the eaves and slopes and go through the design, including the headroom under the slope.
- A quote in writing follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out.
- Your storage is made in our workshop and painted to your chosen colour. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted in the loft and checked, door by door, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Starting with a design visit
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the measuring visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, tell us about the room on our contact form with some details about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
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Loft storage for homes in Barnes
Getting furniture up to a loft room is part of the planning. At the design visit, we measure the stairs and landings as well as the loft, so the sections we make in our workshop can be carried up. It’s a step that matters for any loft in Barnes. We make eaves cupboards from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and the usual reasons to get in touch are boxes piled on loft boards and seasonal things cluttering the loft room.
Older homes like many around Barnes have floors and ceilings that slope, and a large share of homes around Barnes are that old. Each piece is scribed and levelled on site so it looks straight in a room that is not. Picture rails, skirting and cornices are worked around rather than removed.
Our quotes are written in plain words, without jargon. You’ll see what will be made, the boards used and the finish, all taken from the design visit.
- Place
- Barnes (SW13, SW15, SW14)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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About loft storage
When is bespoke worth it?
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, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture cannot typically do that in an older room.
What prompts loft storage in Barnes
A loft room used as an office or guest room often needs storage too. Built-in storage under the slopes keeps the room flexible.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- A converted loft with no fitted furniture
- A loft room that doubles as an office or guest room
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- Boxes piled on loft boards
If you live in a flat close to Barnes Bridge station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Choosing a carpenter
- A written quote that sets out the job
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
Pricing loft storage in Barnes
To work out the quote, we look at:
- Parking near your home
- How square the room is
- The overall size of the piece
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
Parking is part of the price picture in London. Much of London is covered by controlled parking zones, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. It is useful to talk about parking during the design visit, so it can be planned.
What to send when you contact us
Here’s what helps us most when you contact us:
- What the furniture needs to hold
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- Your postcode and the borough
To get a quote for loft storage in Barnes, drop us a line using the contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, plus any rough measurements. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
Making use of tricky spaces in Barnes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Barnes were built before 1919 (about 52%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 17%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for eaves cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Within a mile of the centre of Barnes, 15 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If you live on or close to a main road in Barnes, let us know during the design visit. Then we can work out where to load and unload.
If your home is one of the older houses near Barnes Methodist Church, the low eaves and slopes of a converted loft are worth using. If your children go to St Osmund's Catholic Primary School or a school nearby, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up.
Barnes is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 4 miles south-west of Twickenham. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Barnes included. We list Barnes among 19 places we cover in Richmond upon Thames.
Every home in SW13, SW15 and SW14 is within our area for loft storage. You’ll find streets here like Church Road, Station Road and Barnes High Street, and we cover homes on all of them for loft storage. The A306 and B349 runs close to Barnes; on busy main roads, unloading eaves cupboards takes a little planning. Nearby, we also make loft storage in Old Chiswick (1 mile north), Turnham Green (1 mile north-west), Mortlake (1 mile south-west), East Sheen (1 mile south-west) and Putney (1 mile south-east). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Twickenham (4 miles south-west), Richmond (3 miles south-west), Richmond upon Thames (2 miles west), Teddington (5 miles south-west), Hampton (7 miles south-west) and Kew (2 miles north-west).
Near you in Barnes
In Barnes, that includes homes near Polish Library POSK in London, The Harrodian School and Chiswick School, among other places. Barnes has its own railway station: Barnes Bridge station. Nearby you’ll also find Putney Exchange (1.4 miles south-east) and Antique Breadboard Museum (1.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Barnes include Duke's Hollow.
Where other trades come in
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Electrical work in the loft
- Building Regulations approval for a conversion
- Building work to turn a loft into a room
Not sure whether your space suits loft storage? You can message us from the contact page and we’ll tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
Your questions about loft storage in Barnes
Do you cover homes near Barnes Bridge station?
Yes, homes across Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Is Barnes in the area you cover for loft storage?
Yes. Barnes is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Richmond upon Thames and London. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with a few details.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps. If there is damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
Walls and floors that are not true are part of the job in older homes. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Sockets, switches and lighting are for your electrician. We will design around them.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. We will also ask about access and parking, and a written quote follows.