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Richmond upon Thames · London
Loft Storage in Strawberry Hill
Eaves cupboards, drawers and wardrobes in converted lofts, for homes in Strawberry Hill. After a design visit and a written quote, it is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A dormer that isn’t being used
- A loft room that still feels unfinished
- A loft room with too many jobs
Loft storage in Strawberry Hill
What happens on fitting day
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the length of the eaves and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. On fitting day, edges are trimmed on site to follow the walls, so a clear area to work in near the room helps. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- It starts with some details from you.
- We come to measure and discuss the design and finish.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, and sprayed there if you chose a spray finish.
- The storage is fitted and scribed to the slopes, and any hand painting is done on site.
- Fresh paint needs time to cure, so use the doors and drawers gently at first.
Before fitting day
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
Starting with a design visit
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you don’t, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To start, use our contact form.
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Loft storage for homes in Strawberry Hill
Loft stairs are often narrow and steep, with tight turns. At the design visit, we measure the stairs and landings as well as the loft, so the sections we make in our workshop can be carried up. It’s part of the job for any loft room in Strawberry Hill. People usually come to us about a loft room with too many jobs and furniture that can’t get up to the loft, and the answer is built in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
With a large share of homes around Strawberry Hill built before 1919, 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.
We write quotes in plain English, without jargon. They say what will be made, what it’s made from and how it will be finished, taken from what we agreed at the visit.
- Location
- Strawberry Hill (TW1, TW11, TW2)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Why people ask for loft storage in Strawberry Hill
Some people want to hide clutter in the eaves. Eaves cupboards keep them out of sight. It keeps the room tidy.
People usually get in touch with us about needs like these:
- A sloping ceiling with no room for a wardrobe
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
- Low eaves that nobody can use
- A loft room that doubles as an office or guest room
Living in a block of flats near Strawberry Hill station? Then the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Can you see real work of theirs?
Storage in Strawberry Hill homes: local notes
In the area around Strawberry Hill, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 47%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 18%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That matters for eaves cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The centre of Strawberry Hill is within about a quarter of a mile of the Strawberry Hill Road Conservation Area. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. The ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) now covers the whole of London, Richmond upon Thames included. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in Strawberry Hill. We go through parking and access at the measuring visit.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Chapel in the Wood, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. The wider area includes historic houses like Strawberry Hill House, about 0.1 miles south-west. For a period home anywhere nearby, sloping ceilings in a loft room suit wardrobes cut to the angle.
Strawberry Hill is within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 1 mile north of Twickenham. We design and make loft storage for homes in Strawberry Hill and the rest of Richmond upon Thames. Strawberry Hill is one of 19 places on our list for Richmond upon Thames.
In TW1, TW11 and TW2, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. If your home is on a street like Tower Road, Heath Road and Clive Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for loft storage. We also cover Fulwell (1 mile south-west), Eel Pie Island (1 mile north-east), Twickenham (1 mile north), Teddington (1 mile south) and Whitton (1 mile north-west). Elsewhere in Richmond upon Thames, we also cover Richmond (2 miles north-east), Richmond upon Thames (2 miles north-east), Hampton (2 miles south-west), Barnes (5 miles north-east), Kew (4 miles north-east) and Hanworth (2 miles west).
Near you in Strawberry Hill
Our area takes in the homes around Pope's Grotto pub, St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School and Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School, among other places. There is a railway station in Strawberry Hill itself: Strawberry Hill station. Well-known places in the area include Teddington Memorial Hospital (0.9 miles south) and Eel Pie Island Museum (0.8 miles north-east). Not far away are Ham Lands.
Could you do it yourself?
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. Span, depth and the weight on it decide whether a shelf sags, so a long run needs a thicker shelf, a stiffening lip or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In a managed block, the building manager or concierge may need notice before we arrive. If there is a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Mention it when you contact us.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways along with the room itself, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
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Looking after your furniture
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after. A few things help it stay looking good:
- Make a list of what you want to store in the eaves
- Look at the insulation and any vents behind the knee wall
- Note how narrow the loft stairs are
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
Before we leave, we check every door and drawer with you. Any access to the eaves is checked so it still opens. You will know it all works as it should.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. A loose screw is easy to tighten before it works loose. If a door drops or a drawer catches, use our contact form and tell us.
FAQs: loft storage in Strawberry Hill
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Strawberry Hill?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It is useful to let us know about parking at the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Strawberry Hill station?
Yes. We cover all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Does eaves storage affect the insulation?
It shouldn’t, if it’s designed properly. The storage is planned around the insulation and ventilation behind the knee wall. For worries about existing insulation or vents, ask the people who did the conversion.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need someone to let us in. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Usually not. Inside a house, fitted furniture does not normally need planning permission. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
How do you get large pieces into a loft?
We make the storage in sections sized for the route. We measure the way up as well as the room. It means a full wardrobe can still reach the room.