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Wandsworth · London
Summerstown Loft Storage
For homes in Summerstown, we make loft storage from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
- Clothes with nowhere to go in a loft bedroom
- Low eaves that nobody can use
Loft storage for your home in Summerstown
How we make loft storage for Summerstown
The space behind the knee wall usually has insulation and ventilation to think about. Storage shouldn’t block the ventilation or squash the insulation. If anything looks wrong behind the eaves, it’s worth asking whoever converted the loft. We look at this at the design visit in Summerstown. If you are living with a loft room that still feels unfinished and unused space in a dormer, eaves cupboards made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Where original shutters, doors or panelling survive, they’re worth designing around. With a large share of the homes around Summerstown built before 1919, new storage can be made to sit beside them rather than replace them. Panel details can be drawn to suit the house, and painted to match. For a listed home, fixing into original joinery can need consent, so check first.
A written quote follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it is clear what’s included.
- Where
- Summerstown (SW17, SW18, SW19)
- Area
- Wandsworth
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, leases and landlords
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, unloading takes some planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so let us know about it at the design visit.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so each section is sized to get through.
Also near Summerstown
More for homes in Summerstown
What prompts loft storage in Summerstown
Standard wardrobes do not fit under a sloping ceiling. A wardrobe made for the slope uses the full height. It is often the main reason people get in touch about a loft bedroom.
If any of these sound familiar, it’s worth getting in touch:
- Standard furniture that won’t go up the loft stairs
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- No wardrobe that fits under the slope
- A converted loft with no fitted furniture
Southside House, about 2.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, eaves cupboards in a converted loft are scribed to slopes that are rarely even.
What to check before you book
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Off-the-shelf wardrobes often do not fit up narrow loft stairs. Our storage is made in sections sized for the route. It means a full wardrobe can still reach the room. Recesses in older houses come in every size except the standard ones, so off-the-shelf pieces either do not fit or leave a gap either side. Furniture made for the space fills it.
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, which the quote allows for. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit.
Why us?
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Saturday work by arrangement
- A design visit, then a written quote
- Built around your room
Read our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
Questions from Summerstown
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Summerstown?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Will a conservation area stop me having loft storage fitted in Summerstown?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
How long will the loft storage fitting take?
How long the fitting takes depends on the length of the eaves and the design, 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.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Walls and floors that aren’t true are part of the job in older homes. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room.
What happens during the design visit?
It’s a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, then send a written quote.
What happens on fitting day
On the morning of the fitting, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections made in our workshop. How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want in the loft, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- First we hear about the loft room and what you’d like to store.
- We measure the eaves, the slopes and the stairs up to the loft.
- The design is agreed and a written quote follows.
- The storage is made in our workshop, in sections sized for the stairs.
- We carry it up, fit it and check every door and drawer with you. Any hand painting is done in the loft.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with a few details: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
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Summerstown homes and loft storage
Homes built before 1919 make up about 53% of the housing in the area around Summerstown, with about 22% built since 2000, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Within a mile of the centre of Summerstown, 6 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. More than half of the homes in the neighbourhood around Summerstown (about 53%) were built before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Many older terraces have had loft conversions, leaving eaves spaces and slopes that suit fitted storage.
If your children go to Burntwood School or a school nearby, eaves cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. If you live near King George's Park, eaves cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Summerstown is about 2 miles north of Clapham Junction, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. Homes in Summerstown are part of the area we cover for loft storage. We list Summerstown among 15 places we cover in Wandsworth.
We cover every part of SW17, SW18 and SW19 for loft storage. You’ll find streets here such as Weir Road, Acuba Road and Mount Road, and we cover homes on all of them for loft storage. The A218 runs close to Summerstown, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Close by, we also work in Earlsfield (1 mile north), Southfields (1 mile north), Tooting Bec (1 mile south-east), Tooting (1 mile south-east) and South Wimbledon (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Wandsworth, our area takes in Clapham Junction (2 miles north), Battersea (2 miles north), Putney (2 miles north-west), Balham (2 miles north-east), Furzedown (2 miles south-east) and Streatham Park (2 miles east).
Around Summerstown
The streets we cover here include those near Hillcroft School, Leather Bottle pub and Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit. The closest station to Summerstown is Earlsfield station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St George's Hospital (0.7 miles south-east) and Southside Wandsworth (1.4 miles north). Open spaces near Summerstown include Henman Hill and Wandle Meadow Nature Park.
When you need someone else
Not everything around loft storage is carpentry, like an electrician, a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Adding or replacing insulation
- Building work to turn a loft into a room
- Building Regulations approval for a conversion
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can message us from the contact page and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Spray-painted finish
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
- Sloped wardrobe tops