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Bromley · London
St Mary Cray Loft Storage
Eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts, for homes in St Mary Cray. After a design visit and a written quote, it is built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Standard furniture that will not go up the loft stairs
- An empty dormer that could hold shelves
- No wardrobe that fits under the slope
Need loft storage in St Mary Cray?
Boards, parts and paint
Moisture-resistant MDF
We use moisture-resistant MDF because it’s stable and gives a smooth surface for paint. It is used for the doors, fronts and side panels, where a smooth, even finish matters.
Doors and drawer fronts
The doors and drawer fronts are the face of the storage. We make them plain or panelled, with handles to match. Their tops follow the line of the slope.
Loft storage in St Mary Cray: what you get
A sloping ceiling leaves little room for a standard wardrobe. A wardrobe made for the slope follows its angle, with hanging where there is height and shelves or drawers lower down. It uses the full height of the room. The design visit in St Mary Cray is where we work it out. If you are living with no wardrobe that fits under the slope and a loft room that doubles as an office or guest room, that is what eaves cupboards are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Around St Mary Cray, interwar houses or semi-detached and detached homes make up a good part of the housing. In a typical 1930s house, storage tends to hide in the bay, under the stairs and in the box room. Any meters or fuse board under the stairs stay accessible, and the storage is planned around them.
A quote in writing is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It describes the eaves cupboard we’ve designed for the room, what it’s made from and how it’s finished, and it is what the workshop builds to.
- Location
- St Mary Cray (BR5, BR6, BR7)
- Area
- Bromley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Fitted storage in St Mary Cray
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 42% of the housing in the streets around St Mary Cray, with about 22% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Within a mile of the centre of St Mary Cray, 4 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Bromley are set locally. If parking near you is controlled, a visitor permit or a bay suspension may be needed, and the council arranges suspensions, often with notice. Let us know about parking during the design visit.
If you live near Jubilee Country Park, eaves cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For a flat near St Mary Cray station, it’s useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Mary, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent.
St Mary Cray is in the London Borough of Bromley, about 1 mile south of Orpington. St Mary Cray is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. St Mary Cray is one of 49 places on our list for Bromley.
In BR5, BR6 and BR7, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets such as New Road, Kent Road and Park Road, along with the roads around them, for loft storage and any of our other fitted furniture. St Mary Cray sits close to the A224, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. If you’re just outside St Mary Cray, we also cover Poverest (1 mile south-west), St Paul's Cray (1 mile north), Orpington (1 mile south), Derry Downs (1 mile south-east) and Kevington (1 mile east). Elsewhere in Bromley, we also cover Bromley (4 miles west), Beckenham (6 miles west), Chislehurst (2 miles north-west), Penge (7 miles west), Anerley (8 miles west) and Crystal Palace (8 miles west). Being one of the larger places in Bromley, St Mary Cray is covered for loft storage and everything else we make.
Near you in St Mary Cray
The streets we cover here include those near Walsingham School, Harris Academy Orpington and The Blue Anchor Public House, among other places. There’s a railway station in St Mary Cray itself: St Mary Cray station. Other landmarks nearby include Queen Mary's Hospital (1.9 miles north) and London Borough of Bromley Museum (0.9 miles south). Open spaces near St Mary Cray include The Warren.
Places near St Mary Cray
What else we make in St Mary Cray
What happens on fitting day
With the carcasses fixed and level, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly, then checked again. 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. On fitting day, the sections are carried in, assembled, scribed to the wall and levelled. Hand-painted furniture can be finished on site; spray-painted pieces arrive finished from the workshop. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- You get in touch and tell us about your converted or boarded loft.
- We come to measure the room and the way up to it, and talk through the design, including the headroom under the slope.
- A written quote follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out, for you to look over.
- We make every part in our workshop, cut to the angle of the slope. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the slopes and the walls.
Before we arrive
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Empty the space we will be working in
Arranging a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To book a design visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Related advice
Common questions about loft storage
Do you cover homes near St Mary Cray station?
Yes, homes across Bromley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make loft storage for homes in St Mary Cray?
Yes, we work across Bromley, St Mary Cray included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Sockets, switches and lighting are for your electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
How long will the loft storage fitting take?
How long the fitting takes depends on the length of the eaves and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Because everything is built in our workshop, the work in your home is the fitting itself. We keep the route up to the loft as clear as possible.
Should I send pictures?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough measurements. Show anything the furniture has to work around, such as radiators or sockets.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two ways to finish it: by spray or by hand. A spray finish is smooth and even, while a hand-painted one is easy to touch up later.
Looking after your furniture
None of this takes much effort. Here’s what we suggest:
- Think about how you will reach into the eaves
- Note the things that need a home in the loft
- Count the clothes you will need to hang
- Make room so the whole loft can be measured
A soft, damp cloth is the best way to keep the storage clean. Avoid scourers and harsh cleaners. The edges around handles are touched most.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. Tightening early stops a small looseness getting worse. If a door drops or a drawer catches, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us.
Could you do it yourself?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well.
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Bespoke loft storage or ready-made?
Standalone furniture can move with you, and it may suit a short stay. Fitted storage stays with the house, and it uses the slopes in a way a standalone piece cannot. The right choice depends on how long you plan to stay. Walls in interwar houses are straighter than in older ones, but rarely perfect, and standalone units can lean or gap. Fitted furniture is scribed and levelled on site.
Rooms that aren’t square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. The quote allows for it, which we write after seeing the room.
Why us?
- Over 300 projects completed
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.