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Richmond upon Thames · London
Loft Storage in East Sheen
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make loft storage for homes in East Sheen, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A boarded loft with no proper shelving
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
- Space under the eaves going to waste
Loft storage for your home in East Sheen
Fitting day, step by step
Once the main sections are fixed in place, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly. How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want in the loft, and your quote sets out the fitting days. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. The sections are sized for the narrowest point on the route. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch and describe the loft room, its slopes and any dormer.
- We visit to measure the slopes and eaves and talk through cupboards, drawers and wardrobes under them.
- Your written quote sets out the storage and the finish.
- The storage is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angles we measured.
- We fit the storage in the loft, trimming the edges so they meet the ceiling neatly, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before fitting day
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
How to get a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and go through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a written quote, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
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Loft storage in East Sheen
A converted loft often has more storage space than it first seems. We design and make eaves cupboards, drawers in the knee walls, wardrobes under the slopes and shelves in dormers, each shaped to the room. In East Sheen, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. People usually come to us about boxes piled on loft boards and a loft room that doubles as an office or guest room; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
A Victorian or Edwardian terrace typically has a long, narrow hall leading to the stairs. Around East Sheen, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
You get the quote in writing, so there’s time to read it properly and talk it over at home. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Place
- East Sheen (SW14, SW13, SW15)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, blocks and rented homes
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so tell us about it at the measuring visit.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of.
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Practical tips
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Think about how you will reach into the eaves
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Measure the loft stairs, the turns and the landing
Heavy items are best kept in the lower parts of the storage. It helps the runners and keeps the storage working well. We size the shelves for what you said you’d keep there.
Avoid overloading drawers so they keep running smoothly. It is useful to clear out now and then. Heavy boxes are best kept low.
Why people ask for loft storage in East Sheen
A loft room used as an office or guest room often needs storage too. Storage in the eaves leaves the main floor clear.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- Low eaves that nobody can use
- Furniture that can’t get up to the loft
- Boxes piled on loft boards
- A dormer that isn’t being used
For families living near Thomson House School, eaves cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Before you choose who makes it
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
Storage in East Sheen homes: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the area around East Sheen were built before 1919 (about 58%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 15%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. There are 27 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of East Sheen. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and eaves cupboards can be designed to work around them. TfL’s Ultra Low Emission Zone covers every part of London, Richmond upon Thames included. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in East Sheen. Parking and access are planned at the measuring visit.
The wider area includes historic houses like Chiswick House, about 1.3 miles north. For a period home anywhere nearby, sloping ceilings in a loft room suit wardrobes cut to the angle. Near listed buildings like Parish Church of St Mary, less than half a mile north-east of the centre of East Sheen, older homes may keep original joinery that eaves cupboards can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
East Sheen is within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 3 miles west of Twickenham. Wherever you are in East Sheen, the process is the same: we visit and measure, send a quote in writing, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. East Sheen is one of 19 places on our list for Richmond upon Thames.
In SW14, SW13 and SW15, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets like Elm Road, Well Lane and Fife Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want loft storage or another piece made for the room. If you’re just outside East Sheen, we also cover Mortlake (1 mile north-east), North Sheen (1 mile north-west), Barnes (1 mile north-east), Grove Park (1 mile north) and Richmond upon Thames (1 mile west). Elsewhere in Richmond upon Thames, we also cover Twickenham (3 miles west), Richmond (2 miles west), Teddington (4 miles south-west), Hampton (5 miles south-west), Hanworth (5 miles south-west) and St Margarets (2 miles west).
Local landmarks in East Sheen
The streets we cover here include those near Ibstock Place School, Richmond Park Academy and Hare and Hounds pub. There’s a railway station in East Sheen itself: Mortlake station. Well-known places in the area include Ubuntu Museum: African Museum of Humanity (1.1 miles south-east) and Barnes Hospital (0.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Duke's Hollow.
Questions from East Sheen
Can you make loft storage for a home in East Sheen?
Yes, East Sheen is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Does a conservation area in or near East Sheen affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
My walls aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
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 work on Saturdays?
Yes, by prior arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.
How do you get large pieces into a loft?
We measure the stairs and landings as well as the loft room. Each section is made to fit the narrowest point, and the pieces are put together in the room.
How long does it take to fit loft storage?
How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the room and the number of cupboards and drawers, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Because everything is built in our workshop, the work in your home is the fitting itself. We work tidily and keep the stairs and landing as clear as we can.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.