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Kensington and Chelsea · London
Loft storage in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea
Loft storage for your home in Notting Hill: eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made at our workshop and fitted by us.
- Clothes with nowhere to go in a loft bedroom
- Low eaves that nobody can use
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
Loft storage in Notting Hill
How it’s made
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting gives a slightly softer look than spraying. It’s done on site, in the colour you choose. It can be matched to the room’s woodwork.
Plinths and scribe strips
In a loft room, walls, slopes and floors are rarely straight. We use scribe strips and a plinth to take up the difference. The result is neat, even lines all round.
Loft storage in Notting Hill
Many loft rooms are bedrooms, and storage for clothes is the first need. Wardrobes under the slope, drawers in the knee wall and shelves in the dormer can all work together. Planned together, they make the room feel ordered. For a home in Notting Hill, it’s planned around your things. People typically come to us about boxes piled on loft boards and no wardrobe that fits under the slope; the furniture is made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Original features like shutters, cupboard doors and panelling are worth keeping where they survive. Around Notting Hill, where homes from before 1919 make up a large share, new storage can be made to sit beside them rather than replace them. Door styles can be chosen to suit the age of the house, and painted to match. For a listed home, fixing into original joinery can need consent, so check first.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- Notting Hill (W11, W8, W2)
- Area
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Neighbourhoods near Notting Hill
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Loft storage for homes in Notting Hill
Homes built before 1919 make up about 69% of the housing in the streets around Notting Hill, with about 11% built between 1973 and 1999, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. We take that into account at the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Part of Notting Hill is in the Ladbroke Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. Purpose-built flats are home to about 50% of households in the streets around Notting Hill, the 2021 Census shows. 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.
Near listed buildings like Cosmic House, less than half a mile south-west of the centre of Notting Hill, 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. If your children go to St Clement and St James CofE Primary School or a school nearby, eaves cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home.
Notting Hill is within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, about 1 mile south of Kensington. We cover Notting Hill as part of our work across Kensington and Chelsea. We cover places right across Kensington and Chelsea, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
Design visits and fitting in W11, W8 and W2 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. If your home is on a street like Walmer Road, Aubrey Road and Sirdar Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. Notting Hill is near the A402 and A4204, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. Nearby, we also make loft storage in Holland Park (1 mile south), Notting Dale (1 mile north-west), Kensington (1 mile south), Shepherd's Bush (1 mile south-west) and White City (1 mile west). Across the rest of Kensington and Chelsea, our area takes in Brompton (2 miles south-east), Chelsea (2 miles south-east), South Kensington (2 miles south-east), World's End (2 miles south-east) and Little Chelsea (2 miles south-east).
Around Notting Hill
We fit furniture in homes around The Sun In Splendour pub, Kensington School and Holland Park School. The nearest railway station is Shepherds Bush station, about 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Paddington General Hospital (1 mile north) and Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (0.6 miles east). Open spaces near Notting Hill include Campden Hill and The Long Water.
Caring for painted furniture
The finish lasts best with a little care, whether it was spray painted or hand painted. Here are our suggestions:
- Note the things that need a home in the loft
- Empty the eaves so we can see what’s behind
- Think about how you will reach into the eaves
- Think about matching the woodwork or the walls
Don’t pack things so tightly that air cannot move behind the knee wall. The storage is planned to keep airflow, so leave that space open. It helps keep the loft in good order.
Every so often, look at the handles and hinges. A loose screw is easy to tighten before it works loose. If something stops working smoothly, message us from the contact page and describe it.
Questions from Notting Hill
Can you fit loft storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Notting Hill?
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. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Shepherds Bush station?
Yes. We cover all of Kensington and Chelsea and the rest of London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Is it possible to fit a wardrobe under the slope?
Yes. Bespoke wardrobes are made to the angle of the ceiling. Hanging goes where there is height, with shelves where it’s low. It is scribed to the slope and walls.
How long is the fitting for eaves storage?
How long 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. Every part is made at our workshop before we arrive. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Electrical work is not something we do; it’s a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Should I send photos?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, especially with rough sizes. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form.
From workshop to your room
At the end, we tidy up and take up the floor coverings. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and explain how to look after the paint. 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. 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.
- To begin, tell us about the room on our contact form; a brief note on the loft and the storage you want is enough.
- At the design visit we measure the knee walls and the angle of each slope at more than one point, as they’re rarely even.
- A written quote 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.
- We fit the storage in the loft, trimming the edges so they meet the ceiling neatly.
Getting ready for fitting day
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
How to get a quote
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. 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, send us a few details through our contact form.
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What prompts loft storage in Notting Hill
Some people have a boarded loft and want proper shelving. Storage in a boarded loft keeps everything organised. It suits seasonal things and boxes.
Here’s what loft storage can help with:
- An empty dormer that could hold shelves
- A boarded loft that is hard to keep organised
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- A loft room with too many jobs
Living in a block of flats near Shepherds Bush station? Then the route in is measured as well as the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
Before you hire any carpenter
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Where they’ll park and unload
Where other trades come in
It helps to know what’s outside our work before you plan:
- Electrical work in the loft
- Anything that needs Building Regulations sign-off
- Adding or replacing insulation
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How it works.
What goes into it
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Moisture-resistant MDF