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Loft Storage in Connaught Village
Loft storage in Connaught Village: eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts. We visit to measure and discuss the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Needing storage in a loft office
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
- Unused space in a dormer
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Connaught Village homes and loft storage
In the streets around Connaught Village, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 44%) and the years since 2000 (about 17%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. 18 conservation areas have at least part of their area within a mile of the centre of Connaught Village. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. Purpose-built flats are home to about 76% of households in the streets around Connaught Village, according to Census 2021. For a flat, eaves cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, the lift and the doors. Building management rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours are worth checking early.
Handel Hendrix House, about 0.9 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, sloping ceilings in a loft room suit wardrobes cut to the angle. If your home is one of the older houses near Church of St John the Evangelist, sloping ceilings in a loft room suit wardrobes cut to the angle.
Connaught Village is about 1 mile east of City of Westminster, part of the City of Westminster. Connaught Village is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. In Westminster, Connaught Village is one of the places we cover.
Every home in W1U, W1H and W2 is within our area for loft storage. If your home is on a street such as Craven Road, Harbet Road and Edgware Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. Connaught Village sits close to the A40 and A402. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you are just outside Connaught Village, we also cover Hyde Park Estate (1 mile west), Tyburn (1 mile south-east), Paddington (1 mile north-west), City of Westminster (1 mile east) and Paddington Green (1 mile north-west). Elsewhere in Westminster, we also cover Soho (2 miles east), Covent Garden (2 miles east), Aldwych (2 miles east), Charing Cross (2 miles east), Adelphi (2 miles east) and Victoria (2 miles south-east).
Around Connaught Village
In Connaught Village, that includes homes near Duke Of Kendal pub, Royal Society of Medicine Library and North Westminster Community School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is London Paddington station, roughly 0.5 miles west. A little further out are Fortius Clinic (0.6 miles east) and Harrods (1 mile south). For a walk, there’s The Long Water.
Loft storage for homes in Connaught Village
Each eaves cupboard is made in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood gives the carcasses and drawers their strength, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and panels. Once painted, by spray or by hand, it’s carried up and fitted in your home in Connaught Village. If you are living with standard furniture that won’t go up the loft stairs and nowhere to store bags and boxes, eaves cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
With most households around Connaught Village in purpose-built flats, mansion blocks and modern developments are both possible. Mansion block flats often have long hallways, bays and high ceilings that suit fitted storage, while newer flats tend to have compact halls and boxed-in services. If you have a maisonette or duplex, the stairs can take storage too.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Place
- Connaught Village (W1U, W1H, W2)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
In a loft room, walls and floors are seldom square. Ready-made pieces show the gaps. We scribe our storage to the slopes and walls, and set it level. Off-the-shelf furniture is sized for an average room, and flats are rarely average, leaving gaps or crowding a door or radiator. Fitted furniture is planned around those.
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. Let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so we can plan for it.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in Connaught Village
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Fitted tight to walls that aren’t straight
- More than 300 projects completed
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
What prompts loft storage in Connaught Village
Boxes, suitcases and seasonal things need a home. Eaves cupboards keep them out of sight. It keeps the room tidy.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- An empty dormer that could hold shelves
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- A sloping ceiling with no room for a wardrobe
Close to Hyde Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and eaves cupboards can give those things a place.
Choosing a carpenter
- Are the boards named, like MDF or plywood?
- Where they’ll park and unload
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
Common questions about loft storage
Does a conservation area in or near Connaught Village affect fitted furniture?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you make loft storage for a home in Connaught Village?
Yes, Connaught Village is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Westminster and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, followed by a quote.
Which materials go into your loft storage?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Both are stable, which matters in a loft room. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.
Can you build a wardrobe under a sloping ceiling?
Yes. We shape the wardrobe to follow the slope, with hanging at the tall end and shelves or drawers lower down. It uses the full height of the room. We plan it at the design visit.
Will the storage fit up my loft stairs?
Every piece is made in sections that fit up the stairs. At the design visit, we measure the loft stairs, the turns and the landings. That way, even a large wardrobe can reach the loft.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Sockets, switches and lighting are for your electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We’ll design around them.
How fitting day works
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the room and the number of cupboards and drawers, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Noise from drilling travels in a block, so neighbours may appreciate a note, and some buildings set hours for noisy work. Fitting day is planned around any rules your building has. Saturday work is by arrangement where the building permits it.
- You contact us about storage in your converted loft.
- At the design visit we plan the storage and measure the stairs, landings and loft doorway.
- We send a written quote.
- Everything is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections small enough for the loft stairs.
- The sections go up the stairs, are assembled under the eaves and set level. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or hand-painted in the loft.
Preparing the room
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
How to get a quote
Getting a quote starts with some details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of photos if you can take them. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and go through the design, then send a written quote.
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Honest limits
It’s useful to know what’s outside our work before you plan:
- Any wiring, which needs an electrician
- Insulation or ventilation work behind the eaves
- Structural changes, such as cutting into rafters or joists
If in doubt, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and describe the room. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Hand-painted finish
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Birch plywood
Boards, parts and paint
Doors and drawer fronts
We make the fronts from moisture-resistant MDF and finish them in the colour you choose. Angled fronts are cut to follow the slope, keeping the lines neat.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well. It suits carcasses, drawer boxes and shelves. The edge can be left on show or painted.