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Bexley · London
Loft storage in Foots Cray, Bexley
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. We make loft storage for homes in Foots Cray, each designed at a visit to your home.
- Needing storage in a loft office
- A boarded loft that’s hard to keep organised
- Boxes and suitcases with no home
Loft storage for your home in Foots Cray
Loft storage for homes in Foots Cray
We build storage in lofts that are already converted or boarded. We do not carry out loft conversions, and Building Regulations apply to a conversion. Once the room is finished, we can design storage to suit it. If you have a converted loft in Foots Cray, the design visit is the first step. Typical reasons to get in touch are a boarded loft with no proper shelving and boxes and suitcases with no home, and the answer is made in our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Many post-war homes have a boiler in a hall, kitchen or landing cupboard. Any new cupboard around it keeps the clearances its manufacturer sets out. With many homes around Foots Cray built between 1945 and the early 1970s, we look for boilers, meters and fuse boards during the design visit. Any boiler work is for a Gas Safe engineer.
The quote names the materials: 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.
- Location
- Foots Cray (DA14, BR5)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Loft storage for homes in Foots Cray
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 51% of the housing in the streets around Foots Cray, with about 20% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. 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 11 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Foots Cray. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Bexley are set locally. Where a street in Foots Cray is controlled, a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension from the council. Let us know about parking at the design visit.
The wider area includes historic houses like Danson House, about 2.8 miles north. For a period home anywhere nearby, the knee walls of a converted loft can take drawers as well as cupboards. For families living near Orchard Primary School, eaves cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home.
Foots Cray is about 1 mile north-west of Sidcup, part of the London Borough of Bexley. Whether your home in Foots Cray is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our work takes in places right across Bexley.
Here we cover the DA14 and BR5 postcode area for loft storage. Streets in the area include Cray Road, Evry Road and The Avenue, and we cover homes on all of them for loft storage. The A223 runs close to Foots Cray; on busy main roads, unloading eaves cupboards takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Foots Cray: Ruxley (1 mile east), Albany Park (1 mile north-west), Upper Ruxley (1 mile east), Sidcup (1 mile north-west) and North Cray (2 miles north-east). Elsewhere in Bexley, we also cover Welling (3 miles north), Erith (5 miles north-east), Bexley (2 miles north-east), Belvedere (5 miles north), Northumberland Heath (5 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (5 miles north).
Near you in Foots Cray
Our area takes in the homes around Red Lion pub, Kemnal Technology College and Walsingham School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Sidcup station, about 1.4 miles north. A little further out are Metropolitan Police Museum (1.3 miles north-west) and Queen Mary's Hospital (0.6 miles west).
Boards, parts and paint
Pull-out drawers
The space behind a knee wall is deep and low, so drawers that slide out are often the answer. Everything is in view when the drawer is open. We plan them around any access the eaves need.
Moisture-resistant MDF
In a loft, stability matters, and moisture-resistant MDF is stable. It gives a smooth base for paint. It is used for most of the visible parts.
When you need someone else
It helps to know what’s outside our work before you plan:
- Converting the loft itself, which is not our work
- Approval for structural changes
- Fixing damp or ventilation problems in the eaves
If in doubt, you can fill in our short enquiry form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Hand-painted finish
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Spray-painted finish
Nearby places to Foots Cray
Also in Foots Cray
What prompts loft storage in Foots Cray
Many people get in touch once their loft conversion is complete. Standard furniture rarely suits the new room. Fitted storage finishes the room.
If any of these sound familiar, it is worth getting in touch:
- Clothes with nowhere to go in a loft bedroom
- A loft room that doubles as an office or guest room
- A loft room that still feels unfinished
- Low eaves that nobody can use
Living in a block of flats near Sidcup station? Then the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
What to check before you book
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
Common questions about loft storage
Does a conservation area in or near Foots Cray affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Sidcup station?
Yes, homes across Bexley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Is it possible to fit a wardrobe under the slope?
Yes. The wardrobe follows the angle of the ceiling, with hanging where there is height. It makes the most of the space. We will work out the layout when we visit.
How much does loft storage cost?
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. The size of the room, the amount of storage and the finish all shape the price. To get a quote, tell us about the room on our contact form and we will arrange a design visit.
How long does it take to fit loft storage?
The time the fitting takes depends on the length of the eaves and the design, 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 keep the route up to the loft as clear as possible.
Does eaves storage affect the insulation?
Not when it’s planned well. At the design visit we check what’s there and leave the space it needs. We don’t alter insulation or vents.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well.
It is worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is usually cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
How fitting works for loft storage
The last stage of the day is the finish. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that is what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Estates sometimes have their own parking rules alongside the council’s, so it’s useful to tell us during the design visit. Fitting day is the sections coming in, being joined and fixed in place. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- First you let us know about the loft room and what you’d like to store there, and how you get up to it.
- At the design visit we measure the knee walls, slopes and stairs and plan the storage with you.
- A quote in writing follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out, for you to look over.
- Your storage is made at 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.
How to prepare
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
Starting with a design visit
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space, along with rough measurements. To send them over, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.