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Loft Storage in Seven Kings
We make loft storage for homes in Seven Kings, designed around the room you have. We design your eaves cupboard at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Low eaves that nobody can use
- A converted loft with no fitted furniture
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
Loft storage in Seven Kings
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. Some leases need the building owner’s consent for alterations. We cannot advise on your lease, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
Loft storage in Seven Kings: what you get
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, each shaped to the room. For a home in Seven Kings, it starts with a design visit to measure and talk it through. If you’re living with furniture that can’t get up to the loft and no wardrobe that fits under the slope, that’s what eaves cupboards are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Outside walls in houses from before 1919 are usually solid brick, which can be cold, so storage against it is designed with ventilation behind. That matters around Seven Kings, where a large share of the homes are that old. Damp should be sorted before anything is fitted against the wall.
You get the quote in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Seven Kings (IG3, IG2, IG1)
- Area
- Redbridge
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
If you only need a few boxes in a boarded loft, standalone shelving may be enough. Bespoke work makes sense in a converted loft room, where the storage is part of the room. We’ll give you an honest view at the design visit. Ready-made pieces are proportioned for newer homes and can look lost in an older one, while fitted furniture can follow the room’s own lines, with panels and details to suit the house.
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension near your home. It helps to talk about parking at the measuring visit.
Why us?
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and what a quote should include.
Also near Seven Kings
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Loft storage for homes in Seven Kings
Homes built before 1919 make up about 45% of the housing in the streets around Seven Kings, with about 28% built between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how eaves cupboards are fixed and fitted. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If your home in Seven Kings is on or near a main road, tell us at the measuring visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day. About 28% of homes in the streets around Seven Kings date from between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Loft conversions are common in houses of that age, and the eaves can take fitted storage; we build the storage once the loft is converted or boarded.
If you live in a flat close to Seven Kings station, eaves cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. Valentines Mansion, about 1.4 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, a dormer in a converted loft can hold shelves or a small desk. If your home is one of the older houses near St John the Evangelist, eaves cupboards in a converted loft are scribed to slopes that are rarely even.
Seven Kings is about 4 miles north-west of Woodford, within the London Borough of Redbridge. We can visit homes in Seven Kings on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. We cover places right across Redbridge.
In IG3, IG2 and IG1, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street like New Road, Lynn Road and High Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. Main roads around Seven Kings include the A118. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Nearby, we also make loft storage in Newbury Park (1 mile north-west), Ilford (1 mile south-west), Gants Hill (1 mile north-west), Barkingside (1 mile north-west) and Cranbrook (1 mile west). Other parts of Redbridge we cover include Woodford (4 miles north-west), Wanstead (3 miles west), South Woodford (4 miles north-west), Redbridge (2 miles west), Woodford Wells (4 miles north-west) and Monkhams (5 miles north-west).
Near you in Seven Kings
Our area takes in the homes around Palmer Catholic Academy and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Seven Kings itself: Seven Kings station. Nearby you will also find Redbridge Museum (1.2 miles south-west) and Goodmayes Hospital (0.8 miles north-east).
FAQs: loft storage in Seven Kings
Can you fit loft storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Seven Kings?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Seven Kings?
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. It helps to tell us about parking at the design visit.
Can I send photos ahead of the visit?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, especially with rough sizes. You can send them when you use our contact form.
Which materials go into your loft storage?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood gives strength to the carcasses and drawers, while the doors and panels are MDF, which paints well. The finish is spray-painted or hand-painted.
How long is the fitting for eaves storage?
The time the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want in the loft, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Because everything is made in our workshop, the work in your home is the fitting itself. We keep the route up to the loft as clear as possible.
Can you build a wardrobe under a sloping ceiling?
Yes. The wardrobe follows the angle of the ceiling, with hanging where there’s height. It makes the most of the space. We plan it during the design visit.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. That’s something we plan for in the design.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
Fitting day, step by step
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving the room tidy. How long 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. Original hallway tiles and old floorboards are worth protecting, so they’re covered before anything comes in. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- You let us know about your converted or boarded loft.
- We measure the eaves, the slopes and the stairs up to the loft.
- We agree the cupboards, drawers and wardrobes, and send a written quote, with the finish set out.
- The storage is made in our workshop, in sections sized for the stairs.
- The storage is fitted, scribed to the slopes and checked with you.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Arranging a design visit
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, when we have measured up and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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Boards, parts and paint
Pull-out drawers
Drawers along the knee wall make a neat, low run of storage. The top can be a surface for books or lamps. We agree the layout at the design visit.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish works well on every part of the storage. It’s carried out in the workshop for an even coat. Any paint colour agreed with you can be used.