Example photo by Kirsten Miles on Unsplash, not our project
Bexley · London
Loft Storage in Blendon
We make loft storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Blendon. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- A converted loft with no fitted furniture
- Ready-made wardrobes too big for the stairs
- Needing storage in a loft office
Ask about loft storage in Blendon
What affects the price in Blendon
To work out the quote, we look at:
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
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.
What we need to know
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
To get a quote, use our contact form and tell us a little about the room. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.
How we make loft storage for Blendon
Many loft rooms are bedrooms, and storage for clothes is the first need. A wardrobe under the slope, knee-wall drawers and dormer shelves make a complete set. Designed as one, they give the room calm, consistent lines. For a home in Blendon, it is planned around your things. If you’re living with a sloping ceiling with no room for a wardrobe and a boarded loft with no proper shelving, eaves cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Walls in houses from between the wars are typically straighter than in older ones, but seldom perfect. Around Blendon, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a big part of the housing, so we still scribe every piece to the wall. Each piece is levelled on site, so doors, lids and drawers line up.
Where other trades are needed, for instance an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Where
- Blendon (DA5, DA15, DA6)
- Area
- Bexley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about loft storage in Blendon
I live near Albany Park station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Bexley and the rest of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Blendon?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. 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 during the design visit.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, then send a written quote.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you contact us.
How is the furniture painted?
There are two choices: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. Your quote sets out which you’ve chosen.
Can you build a wardrobe under a sloping ceiling?
Yes. Bespoke wardrobes are made to the angle of the ceiling. The tall end takes hanging space, and the low end can hold shelves or drawers. It’s scribed to the slope and walls.
What loft storage can’t fix
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Altering the structure of the loft
- Loft conversions, which we don’t carry out
- Electrical work in the loft
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can send us a few details through our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
Do you need loft storage in Blendon?
Most people get in touch because the eaves are going to waste. Behind the knee walls, there’s space nobody can reach. Built-in storage makes that space useful.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- No wardrobe that fits under the slope
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- Needing storage in a loft office
The wider area includes historic houses like Danson House, about 0.7 miles north. For a period home anywhere nearby, the knee walls of a converted loft can take drawers as well as cupboards.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Where they’ll park and unload
- How doors and drawers are fitted
Making use of awkward spaces in Blendon
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 63% of the housing in the area around Blendon, with about 22% built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Near the centre of Blendon, Historic England’s list includes Jays Cottages (Grade II), less than half a mile north, and Chapel House (Grade II), less than half a mile north-west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. More than half of the homes in the neighbourhood around Blendon (about 63%) date from between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Loft conversions are common in houses of that age, and the eaves can take fitted storage.
For an older house near St James the Great, eaves cupboards in a converted loft are scribed to slopes that are rarely even. For a flat near Albany Park station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
Blendon is part of the London Borough of Bexley, about 1 mile south-west of Sidcup. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Blendon included. We cover places right across Bexley, large and small.
In DA5, DA15 and DA6, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets like Penn Lane, Hurst Road and Brook Lane, whether you want loft storage or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Blendon include the A221. Nearby, we also make loft storage in Bexley (1 mile south-east), Crook Log (1 mile north), Welling (1 mile north-west), Upton (1 mile north-east) and Bexleyheath (1 mile north-east). Across the rest of Bexley, our area takes in Erith (3 miles north-east), Belvedere (3 miles north-east), Northumberland Heath (3 miles north-east), Lessness Heath (3 miles north-east), Albany Park (2 miles south-west) and Bexley Riverside (3 miles north-east).
Near you in Blendon
Our area takes in the homes around St Columba's Catholic Boys' School, The Royal Oak Public House and Hurst Primary School, among other places. Blendon’s nearest station is Albany Park station, roughly 0.8 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Bexley Hospital (0.8 miles north-east) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.3 miles south-west).
How fitting works for loft storage
Finishing comes last. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that is what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Loft stairs in an interwar house can be tight, with a low ceiling at the top, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are typically straighter. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- You get in touch with some details about the loft room.
- At the design visit, we look at the slopes, the eaves and the way up.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- We make the cupboards and drawers in our workshop, cut to the slope, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready to fill, with the doors and drawers checked with you.
Before fitting day
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
How to get a quote
For a quote for loft storage in Blendon, get in touch through our contact form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Related advice
What else we make in Blendon
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls.
It is worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke earns its place where the room is awkward, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.