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Ealing · London
Loft Storage in Northfields
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. Our work on loft storage in Northfields starts with a design visit, and everything is built in our workshop.
- Wasted space behind the knee walls
- Furniture that can’t get up to the loft
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
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Loft storage in Northfields: what you get
Each eaves cupboard is made at our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which suits drawer boxes and carcasses, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and panels. It’s then spray-painted or hand-painted and fitted in your home in Northfields. If your home has an empty dormer that could hold shelves and seasonal things cluttering the loft room, that’s what eaves cupboards are for, made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
In streets where many homes were built before 1919, as they were around Northfields, the space under the stairs in a terraced house often holds the gas meter, the electricity meter or the fuse board. Meter readers and engineers need to get to them, so the design keeps them accessible. Bays and sash windows in period houses are natural spots for a window seat.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made in our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Where
- Northfields (W5, W13, TW8)
- Borough
- Ealing
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the price in Northfields
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. That depends on:
- The overall size of the piece
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- How square the room is
- The number of doors and drawers
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, which the quote allows for. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit.
Before the design visit
To give us a picture of the room, it helps to include:
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
For a quote for loft storage in Northfields, tell us about the room on our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, plus any rough measurements. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Fitting day, step by step
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through.
- You get in touch and let us know about your converted or boarded loft, 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.
- We send a written quote setting out the design, materials and finish, for you to look over.
- We make every part in our workshop, cut to the angle of the slope.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the slopes and the walls, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
How to prepare
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
Starting with a design visit
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, when we have measured up and talked through the design. For a quote, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Related advice
Loft storage in Northfields: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 63% of the housing in the streets around Northfields, with about 19% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. That matters for eaves cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Northfields include Boston Manor House (Grade I), about 0.5 miles south, and Church of St Mary (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-east. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features like panelling may need listed building consent. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. About 63% of homes in the area around Northfields were built before 1919, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Many older terraces have had loft conversions, leaving eaves spaces and slopes that suit fitted storage.
For a family home near Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. Close to Lammas Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and eaves cupboards can give those things a place.
Northfields is part of the London Borough of Ealing, about 1 mile north of Ealing. Homes in Northfields are part of the area we cover for loft storage. In Ealing, Northfields is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 19 places on our list.
Design visits and fitting in W5, W13 and TW8 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Burns Road, South Road and Elers Road, whether you want loft storage or another piece made for the room. Northfields sits close to the A3002. We also cover the places around Northfields: Brentford (1 mile south-east), Gillette Corner (1 mile south-west), Brentford End (1 mile south), Osterley (2 miles south-west) and Spring Grove (2 miles south-west). Elsewhere in Ealing, we also cover Acton (2 miles east), Southall (3 miles west), Greenford (3 miles north-west), Northolt (4 miles north-west), Acton Green (2 miles east) and Bedford Park (2 miles east).
Local landmarks in Northfields
In Northfields, that includes homes near Ealing Park Tavern, Library for Iranian Studies and Great Ealing School, among other places. Northfields’s nearest station is Brentford station, about 0.8 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Ealing Hospital (1.4 miles west) and Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (1.2 miles east). Open spaces near Northfields include Castlebar Hill and Long Wood.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf pieces come in the maker’s finishes. We paint the storage in the colour you choose, so it sits with the rest of the room. Recesses in older houses come in every size except the standard ones, so off-the-shelf pieces either don’t fit or leave a gap either side. Furniture made for the space fills it.
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. You’ll see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Why work with us in Northfields
- A design visit, then a written quote
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Work across the whole of London
- Built around your room
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
Questions we are often asked
Can you fit loft storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Northfields?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Northfields?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit.
Do you cover areas outside London?
No. We only take on work in London, across all the boroughs and the City of London.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Just mention it when you get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Can you convert my loft as well?
No, we build storage in lofts that are already converted or boarded. Loft conversions are building work, with Building Regulations to follow. When the room is finished, we can plan the storage.
How is loft storage priced?
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Drawers in the knee wall typically involve more work than simple cupboards, and the finish matters too. We set it all out in a quote in writing.
Is it time for loft storage?
Standard wardrobes do not fit under a sloping ceiling. A wardrobe made for the slope uses the full height. It’s often the main reason people get in touch about a loft bedroom.
Some of the things we’re asked to solve include:
- Boxes piled on loft boards
- Low eaves that nobody can use
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- A sloping ceiling with no room for a wardrobe
The wider area includes historic houses like Boston Manor, about 0.5 miles south. For a period home anywhere nearby, the knee walls of a converted loft can take drawers as well as cupboards.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Whether you’ll get a written quote, not just a figure
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
Neighbourhoods near Northfields
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Flats, blocks and rented homes
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations. We cannot advise on your lease.
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, unloading takes some planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so it is worth raising at the design visit.