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Hackney · London
Loft Storage in Hackney
Planning loft storage for a home in Hackney? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing.
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- A boarded loft that’s hard to keep organised
- An empty dormer that could hold shelves
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Storage in Hackney homes: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 33% of the housing in the streets around Hackney, with about 24% built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Within a mile of the centre of Hackney, 15 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. TfL’s Ultra Low Emission Zone covers every part of London, the rest of London included. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in Hackney is covered by it. How the van gets to your door is planned at the design visit.
For a family home near Berger Primary School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. If your home is one of the older houses near Church of St Luke, the knee walls of a converted loft can take drawers as well as cupboards.
Hackney is about 2 miles south-west of Shoreditch, part of the London Borough of Hackney. Hackney is part of the area we cover. We cover places right across the rest of London, large and small.
Every home in E9, E8, E3 and E5 is covered for loft storage. Streets in the area include Homerton High Street, Primrose Square and St John's Church Road, and we cover homes on all of them for loft storage. Main roads around Hackney include the A107 and B113. We also cover the places around Hackney: Homerton (1 mile north), Lower Clapton (1 mile north), Hackney Central (1 mile west), London Fields (1 mile south-west) and Cambridge Heath (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in the rest of London, we also cover Shoreditch (2 miles south-west), Hoxton (2 miles south-west), West Hackney (2 miles north-west), Stoke Newington (2 miles north-west), Stamford Hill (2 miles north-west) and Upper Clapton (2 miles north).
Local landmarks in Hackney
Around Hackney, we cover homes near The Urswick School, Cardinal Pole Catholic School and Chesham Arms. There’s a railway station in Hackney itself: Homerton station. Nearby you will also find Homerton University Hospital (less than half a mile north) and Cell Project Space (0.9 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Old Ford Island.
Loft storage in Hackney
A sloping ceiling leaves little room for a standard wardrobe. We shape wardrobes to the slope, putting hanging space at the tall end and shelves or drawers where it’s low. It uses the full height of the room. The design visit in Hackney is where we work it out. If your home has nowhere to store bags and boxes and standard furniture that won’t go up the loft stairs, that’s what eaves cupboards are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Most homes around Hackney are purpose-built flats, from mansion blocks to newer blocks. Older mansion block flats can have bays, long corridors and tall ceilings with space to use, while modern flats often have short halls and service boxing to work around. In a maisonette, the space under the internal stairs is worth using.
After the design visit, we send you a written quote. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- Hackney (E9, E8, E3, E5)
- Borough
- Hackney
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Materials and finishes
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is made in layers, which makes it strong and stable. It goes into the carcasses, the shelves and the drawers, and its edge can be left visible or painted.
Plinths and scribe strips
We trim scribe strips to the exact line of the wall and ceiling. They help the storage look as though it was always there. The plinth does the same job at the floor.
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Pricing loft storage in Hackney
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. That depends on:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- How big the furniture is
- The number of doors and drawers
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
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. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside, and the quote follows.
Helping us understand the room
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Your postcode and the borough
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To start, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Common questions about loft storage
Can you make loft storage for a home in Hackney?
Yes, Hackney is within the area we cover, which takes in all of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, and then we send a quote.
Will a conservation area stop me having loft storage fitted in Hackney?
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. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can I send photos before the visit?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough sizes. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. We’re carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need someone to let us in. It is good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Practical tips
The finish lasts best with a little care, whether it was spray painted or hand painted. Here are our suggestions:
- Check the route up to the loft
- Mention any parking rules on your street
- Note any vents or insulation in the eaves
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
Wiping the fronts with a soft, damp cloth is normally all they need. Dry them afterwards, and avoid abrasive pads and strong solvents. Handles and drawer edges pick up marks first.
Loft rooms can be warm in summer and cool in winter. A little ventilation helps. That keeps the storage and the paint in good order.
Is it time for loft storage?
Boxes, suitcases and seasonal things need a home. Cupboards behind the knee wall hide them away. The room stays calm and clear.
Loft storage can help with:
- A loft room with too many jobs
- Clothes with nowhere to go in a loft bedroom
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
Near listed buildings like Church of St John of Jerusalem, under half a mile south of the centre of Hackney, 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.
What to check before you book
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
From workshop to your room
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site. The time the 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. In a block without a lift, every section goes up the stairs, so it is sized to be manageable. The stair turns and landings set the limit. Once inside, the sections are joined and fixed.
- It starts with a few details from you.
- At the design visit we measure up and agree the layout and colour.
- A quote in writing follows.
- We make the cupboards and drawers in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and scribed to the slopes, and any hand painting is done on site.
- Go easy on new paintwork while it cures; hand-painted surfaces are easy to touch up later.
Before fitting day
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Arranging a design visit
It is useful to see the room before we come. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space. To send them over, send us a few details through our contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.