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Bromley · London
Crofton Loft Storage
Eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts, designed for your room in Crofton. After a design visit and a written quote, it is built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A loft room with too many jobs
- Ready-made wardrobes too big for the stairs
- A dormer that is not being used
Loft storage designed for your room
Fitted storage in Crofton
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 57% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Crofton, with about 31% built between 1919 and 1939, 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Crofton include Crofton Court (Grade II), less than half a mile north-west, and The Lodge (Grade II), less than half a mile south-west. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, like fixing into original panelling. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. More than half of the homes in the streets around Crofton (about 57%) were built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). In a post-war house with a converted loft, the space under the slopes is worth using; we build once the loft is converted or boarded.
If your home is one of the older houses near Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, sloping ceilings in a loft room suit wardrobes cut to the angle. For a flat near Orpington station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. For a family home near Crofton Infant School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Crofton is part of the London Borough of Bromley, about 1 mile north-east of Orpington. Wherever you are in Crofton, the process is the same: we visit and measure, send a written quote, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. In Bromley, Crofton is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 49 places on our list.
We make loft storage across the BR6 and BR5 postcode area. Whether you live on a street such as Grange Road, Reed Avenue and Gumping Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for loft storage. Other places close to Crofton include Broom Hill (1 mile north-east), Locksbottom (1 mile west), Petts Wood (1 mile north), Farnborough (1 mile south) and Green Street Green (2 miles south). Elsewhere in Bromley, we also cover Bromley (3 miles north-west), Beckenham (5 miles north-west), St Mary Cray (2 miles north-east), Chislehurst (3 miles north), Penge (7 miles north-west) and Anerley (7 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Crofton
Our area takes in the homes around The Maxwell pub, Newstead Wood School and The Priory School, among other places. Crofton has its own railway station: Orpington station. Well-known places in the area include Orpington Hospital (1.1 miles south-east) and Crofton Roman Villa (less than half a mile south-east).
Loft storage in Crofton
Loft stairs are often narrow and steep, with tight turns. At the design visit, we measure the stairs and landings as well as the loft, so every section made in our workshop fits up the stairs. It is a step that matters for any loft in Crofton. Typical reasons to get in touch are a sloping ceiling with no room for a wardrobe and a loft room that doubles as an office or guest room, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
If you live in one of the interwar houses or semis around Crofton, the hall is often wide enough for coat and shoe storage. Bays at the front suit a seat with storage below, with a grille so any radiator below keeps heating the room. Each space is measured and eaves cupboards are made to suit it.
A written quote follows the design visit. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you’re getting.
- Where
- Crofton (BR6, BR5)
- Borough
- Bromley
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions we’re often asked
Can you make loft storage for a home in Crofton?
Yes, Crofton is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Bromley and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, followed by a quote.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Orpington station?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Who chooses the colour?
You do. The paint colour is agreed with you before anything is painted.
What are your eaves cupboards made from?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Stable materials suit a loft, where temperatures can vary. Your quote confirms the materials and finish.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. We are carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can allow for cable routes in the design, and any new sockets are best done before fitting day.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and go through the design with you. Access and parking are worth talking about too.
How fitting works for loft storage
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on how much storage you want in the loft, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. It helps to clear the room and the route before we arrive. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. The pieces are levelled, fitted to the walls and fixed back.
- 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. You can ask us about any of it.
- Your storage is built in our workshop, shaped to the loft, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
How to get a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space, along with rough sizes. To share them, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
Advice
Tips worth knowing
Most of what helps is simple. What we’d suggest:
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
- Plan where the tall end of a wardrobe can go
- Make room so the whole loft can be measured
Wiping the fronts with a soft, damp cloth is normally all they need. Avoid scourers and harsh cleaners. The edges around handles are touched most.
Avoid overloading drawers so they keep running smoothly. A quick sort every so often helps. Keep the heaviest things near the floor.
Boards, parts and paint
Doors and drawer fronts
Fronts are made from moisture-resistant MDF and painted to your colour. The angled fronts match the ceiling, keeping the lines neat.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting gives a slightly softer look than spraying. It can be applied on site, in a colour agreed with you. It can match the skirting and doors.
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Why bespoke in Crofton?
For simple storage in a boarded loft, ready-made shelving can do the job. Bespoke work makes sense in a converted loft room, where the storage is part of the room. We’ll give you an honest view during the design visit. Ready-made furniture rarely suits a bay, a box room or a bulkhead over the stairs, and those are common in interwar houses. Built-in pieces are designed to fit them.
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We’ll talk through what you need inside at the measuring visit, and the quote follows.
What you get with us
- Over 300 projects completed
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- A design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
When is bespoke worth it?
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. Span, depth and the weight on it decide whether a shelf sags, so a long run needs a thicker shelf, a stiffening lip or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can use the full height and width.