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Merton · London
Lower Morden Loft Storage
Eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts, for homes in Lower Morden. After a design visit and a written quote, it is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
- Boxes piled on loft boards
- Needing storage in a loft office
Need loft storage in Lower Morden?
Tips worth knowing
A little care keeps the finish looking good. Here are our suggestions:
- Think about how you will reach into the eaves
- Note any vents or insulation in the eaves
- Let us know about parking at the measuring visit
- Note the things that need a home in the loft
A hand-painted finish is easy to touch up if it gets marked. It is worth keeping a record of the paint colour. If anything isn’t right with the storage, fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll talk it through.
Avoid overloading drawers so they keep running smoothly. A quick sort every so often helps. Keep the heaviest things near the floor.
Loft storage in Lower Morden
A converted loft often has more storage space than it first seems. Our loft storage includes eaves cupboards, knee-wall drawers, wardrobes under sloping ceilings and dormer shelving, all made for the shape of the room. For a home in Lower Morden, it starts with a design visit to measure and talk it through. We make eaves cupboards from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are nowhere to store bags and boxes and furniture that can’t get up to the loft.
If you live in one of the interwar houses or semis around Lower Morden, the hallway may be wider than in a Victorian terrace, with room for a cupboard by the door. Bays at the front suit a seat with storage below, with a grille so any radiator below keeps heating the room. Each space is measured and eaves cupboards are made to suit it.
The furniture is built in our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- Lower Morden (SM4, SM3, KT4)
- Borough
- Merton
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Lower Morden
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about 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. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
I live near St Helier station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Merton and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can fill in our short enquiry form to arrange a design visit.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Do you carry out loft conversions?
No, the conversion itself isn’t our work. Our part is the storage once the loft is a finished room, including eaves cupboards, knee-wall drawers and wardrobes.
How do you get large pieces into a loft?
Every piece is made in sections that fit up the stairs. We measure the way up as well as the room. It means a full wardrobe can still reach the room.
Will cupboards in the eaves stop air moving?
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.
Flats, leases and landlords
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Let us know about them at the design visit, and we will plan the fitting around them.
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. An agent can arrange access for you, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
Lower Morden homes and loft storage
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 85% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Lower Morden, with about 6% built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The centre of Lower Morden is within about a quarter of a mile of the Upper Morden Conservation Area. Being in a conservation area mainly affects changes to the outside of a building, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If you’re unsure, check with the council before work starts. London’s red routes are run by TfL, and stopping on them is tightly controlled. If you live on or close to a main road in Lower Morden, let us know at the measuring visit. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
Southside House, about 2 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, a dormer in a converted loft can hold shelves or a small desk. If your children go to Aragon Primary School or a school nearby, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. Close to Cannon Hill Common? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and eaves cupboards can give those things a place.
Lower Morden is part of the London Borough of Merton, about 2 miles north of Wimbledon. Design visits and fitting in Lower Morden can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. We list Lower Morden among 20 places we cover in Merton.
Here we cover the SM4, SM3 and KT4 postcode area for loft storage. Whether you live on a street such as Ash Road, Bow Lane and Garth Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. We also cover the places around Lower Morden: Morden (1 mile north-east), Sutton Common (1 mile east) and North Cheam (1 mile south). Across the rest of Merton, our area takes in Wimbledon (2 miles north), Colliers Wood (3 miles north-east), Eastfields (3 miles north-east), South Wimbledon (2 miles north-east), Merton Abbey (2 miles north-east) and Wimbledon Chase (2 miles north).
Near you in Lower Morden
In Lower Morden, that includes homes near Merton College, Lord Nelson pub and Glenthorne High School and the streets around them. The closest station to Lower Morden is St Helier station, roughly 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find St. Anthony's Hospital (0.6 miles south). Not far away are Derwent Floodwash.
What it is made from
Hand-painted finish
Some people prefer a hand-painted finish for its softer look. It can be applied on site, in a colour agreed with you. It can be matched to the room’s woodwork.
Doors and drawer fronts
An access door into the eaves can match the rest of the fronts. It opens wide, so you can still get into the eaves. The other fronts can be doors, drawers or both.
What happens on fitting day
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it is going into, and fitting day is where that happens. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so we scribe the edges by hand to follow the wall. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the shape of the room and the number of cupboards and drawers, and your quote sets out the fitting days. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so any section going up there is sized for them. The main stairs in houses of that age are usually straighter. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- 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.
- A quote in writing follows, with the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angles we measured.
- On fitting day the units are set level and scribed to the slope and the knee wall, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Preparing the room
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Getting a quote
We quote once we’ve seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and talk through the design with you, then send a quote in writing. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. To arrange a visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Advice
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
With ready-made furniture, the colour is the maker’s choice. We paint the storage in the colour you choose, so it can match the walls and the woodwork. Off-the-shelf units come in set widths, so a run along a wall normally ends with a gap, so fitted furniture is made to the wall’s own length. It can also go up to the ceiling rather than stopping short.
No two rooms cost the same to furnish, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
What you get with us
- Built around your room
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
- Finished by spray or by hand
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made or what to look for in a quote.