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Camden · London
Loft Storage in Kentish Town
Planning loft storage for a home in Kentish Town? We start with a design visit and a written quote, before anything is made.
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- Standard furniture that won’t go up the loft stairs
Need loft storage in Kentish Town?
Could you do it yourself?
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. 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.
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, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
How we make loft storage for Kentish Town
A loft room can hold a great deal of storage, if the low spaces are used well. Our loft storage includes eaves cupboards, knee-wall drawers, wardrobes under sloping ceilings and dormer shelving, each shaped to the room. In Kentish Town, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. Most enquiries start with nowhere to store bags and boxes and standard furniture that won’t go up the loft stairs, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
One flat can have concrete, block and plasterboard walls side by side. Since most households around Kentish Town live in purpose-built flats, each wall is checked before fixings are chosen. Storage on a lightweight wall stands on the floor and is fixed back for stability.
We write quotes in plain English. They say what will be made, what it is made from and how it will be finished.
- Where
- Kentish Town (NW5, NW1, NW3)
- Area
- Camden
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
When you need someone else
It’s worth being clear about where our work stops:
- Converting the loft itself, which is not our work
- Adding or replacing insulation
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
Not sure whether your space suits loft storage? You can send us a few details through our contact form and we will tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Birch plywood
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
Loft storage for homes in Kentish Town
The biggest shares of homes in the area around Kentish Town were built before 1919 (about 43%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 21%), 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. The National Heritage List has 117 entries within half a mile of the centre of Kentish Town. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and eaves cupboards can be designed to work around them. About 57% of households in the streets around Kentish Town live in purpose-built flats, according to Census 2021. For a flat, eaves cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, the lift and the doors. Many blocks have rules on lift booking and working hours, so check with the managing agent before fitting day.
If you live in a flat close to Kentish Town West station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room. Keats House, about 1.2 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the low eaves and slopes of a converted loft are worth using.
Kentish Town is about 2 miles south-east of St Pancras, within the London Borough of Camden. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Kentish Town included. We list Kentish Town among 28 places we cover in Camden.
Postcode districts we cover here for loft storage: NW5, NW1 and NW3. Whether you live on a street such as Eton Road, Oval Road and Regal Lane or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for loft storage. Neighbouring places we cover for loft storage include Chalk Farm (1 mile west), Camden Town (1 mile south-east), Gospel Oak (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile south-west) and Agar Town (1 mile south-east). We also make loft storage in nearby places like St Pancras (2 miles south-east), Hampstead (2 miles west), West End (2 miles south), St Giles (2 miles south), Seven Dials (2 miles south) and West Hampstead (2 miles west).
Around Kentish Town
In Kentish Town, that includes homes near Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, North Bridge House School and Haverstock School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Kentish Town itself: Kentish Town West station. A little further out are O2 Centre (1.6 miles west) and Isokon Gallery (0.9 miles north-west). Open spaces near Kentish Town include Adelaide Nature Reserve.
Questions from Kentish Town
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
Do you make loft storage for homes in Kentish Town?
Yes, Kentish Town is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Camden 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.
How is the furniture painted?
There are two options: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. The finish is agreed in your quote.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Do I choose the paint colour?
You choose it, and it’s agreed with you before painting. Whichever finish you pick, it is in the colour you’ve chosen.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
External walls can be colder and damper than internal ones, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps to avoid condensation. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Places near Kentish Town
What else we make in Kentish Town
Do you need loft storage in Kentish Town?
Some people want to hide clutter in the eaves. Cupboards behind the knee wall hide them away. It keeps the room tidy.
Loft storage can help with:
- A dormer that isn’t being used
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
- Boxes piled on loft boards
- Needing storage in a loft office
Near listed buildings like All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, about 0.5 miles south-east of the centre of Kentish Town, older homes may keep original joinery that eaves cupboards can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
What affects the cost of loft storage
Every room is different, so every job is quoted on its own. This is what makes the difference:
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The internal fittings
- How big the furniture is
- How square the room is
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections. Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured.
Before the design visit
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- How you want to use the space
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
A quote begins with a few details from you: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of photos if you can take them. When you’re ready, message us from the contact page. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a written quote.
How fitting works for loft storage
The last stage of the day is the finish. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Drilling can be heard through the walls and floors of a block, and many buildings limit noisy work to certain hours. We plan the day to suit those rules. Saturdays can be arranged if your building allows work then.
- First you tell us 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, including the headroom under the slope.
- A written quote 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 fit it in your home, scribed to the slopes and the walls.
How to prepare
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Getting a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you do not, 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 arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.