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Harrow · London
Loft storage in Headstone, Harrow
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make loft storage for homes in Headstone, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A loft room that still feels unfinished
- Unused space in a dormer
- A loft room that doubles as an office or guest room
Need loft storage in Headstone?
Is it time for loft storage?
Standard wardrobes don’t fit under a sloping ceiling. Bespoke wardrobes follow the slope. It is often the main reason people get in touch about a loft bedroom.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- A boarded loft with no proper shelving
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- Furniture that can’t get up to the loft
- A loft room with too many jobs
If you live in a flat close to Headstone Lane station, it helps to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Before you choose who makes it
- How parking will work on your street
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
Loft storage in Headstone: what you get
Getting furniture up to a loft room is part of the planning. At the design visit, we measure the stairs and landings as well as the loft, so the sections we make in our workshop can be carried up. It’s a step that matters for any loft in Headstone. Most enquiries start with a converted loft with no fitted furniture and a boarded loft that’s hard to keep organised; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Landings in houses from between the wars are often roomier than in a Victorian terrace, and that space can take shallow fitted storage. Around Headstone, where interwar homes and semis are a big part of the housing, it is worth looking up as well as down. If a boiler or cylinder sits there, it keeps its clearances and access.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we will tell you, so it can be arranged before fitting day. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Location
- Headstone (HA5, HA3, HA2)
- Area
- Harrow
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Common questions about loft storage
Can you make loft storage for a home in Headstone?
Yes, Headstone is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Harrow and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, and then we send a quote.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Headstone Lane station?
Yes. We cover all of Harrow and the rest of London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Can you convert my loft as well?
No, the conversion itself is not our work. Our part is the storage once the loft is a finished room, including eaves cupboards, knee-wall drawers and wardrobes.
What finishes do you offer?
There are two options: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. The finish is agreed in your quote.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It’s a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, and the written quote comes afterwards.
Will eaves storage block the ventilation?
A good design avoids that. We look behind the knee wall at the measuring visit and plan the storage so air can still move. We do not alter insulation or vents.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
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. That is something we plan for in the design.
Standard units come in set widths and heights, 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 run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Fitted storage in Headstone
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Headstone were built between 1919 and 1939 (about 45%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 26%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Headstone is partly covered by a conservation area, according to Historic England’s records. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are largely about how buildings look from outside. Your council can advise if you are unsure. More than a third of the homes in the area around Headstone (about 45%) date from between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Many interwar houses have had their lofts converted, leaving sloping ceilings and eaves to use.
Near listed buildings like Pinner Park Farmhouse, less than half a mile west of the centre of Headstone, 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. Headstone Manor, about 0.6 miles south-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.
Headstone is in the London Borough of Harrow, about 2 miles south of Harrow. Wherever you are in Headstone, the process is the same: a design visit, a written quote, furniture made in our workshop and fitting in your home. Our work takes in places right across Harrow, large and small.
Design visits and fitting in HA5, HA3 and HA2 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Whether you live on a street like Anselm Road, Ufford Road and Chantry Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. If you’re just outside Headstone, we also cover Hatch End (1 mile west), Harrow Weald (1 mile east) and Belmont (2 miles east). We also make loft storage in nearby places like Harrow (2 miles south), Stanmore (3 miles east), Little Stanmore (3 miles east), Greenhill (2 miles south-east), South Harrow (3 miles south) and Roxeth (2 miles south).
What’s near Headstone
The streets we cover here include those near Hatch End High School and The Moon & Sixpence pub, among other places. Headstone has its own railway station: Headstone Lane station. Well-known places in the area include Kodak Museum (1 mile south-east) and St. George's Shopping Centre (1.7 miles south-east).
From workshop to your room
There is not much for you to do on fitting day. Someone needs to let us in, and the room should already be cleared, as we will have talked about at the design visit. After that, it is over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. The time the 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. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. Each piece is levelled, scribed where the wall wanders and fixed to suit the wall.
- It starts when you get in touch with some details about the loft, and how you get up to it.
- We come to measure the room and the way up to it, and go through the design.
- You receive a written quote for the storage we’ve discussed.
- We make every part in our workshop, cut to the angle of the slope.
- We carry it up, fit it and leave it ready to use, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Getting a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and talk through the design with you. A written quote follows the visit. To book one, send us a few details through our contact form.
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Materials and finishes
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, so the gaps stay even all the way along.
Moisture-resistant MDF
A loft room can see more change in temperature than other rooms, so a stable material matters. It takes a spray-painted or hand-painted finish well. It is used for most of the visible parts.
Caring for painted furniture
A little care keeps the finish looking good, whether it was spray painted or hand painted. Here are our suggestions:
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
- Note any vents or insulation in the eaves
- Count the clothes you will need to hang
- Consider drawers for the deep, low spaces
Wiping the fronts with a soft, damp cloth is normally all they need. Avoid scourers and harsh cleaners. Handles and drawer edges pick up marks first.
Don’t overfill drawers, as heavy loads strain the runners. A quick sort every so often helps. Heavy boxes are best kept low.