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Haringey · London
Loft storage in Turnpike Lane, Haringey
In Turnpike Lane, we design loft storage around the room you actually have. Your eaves cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and made at our workshop.
- A loft room with too many jobs
- No wardrobe that fits under the slope
- Nowhere to store bags and boxes
Loft storage designed for your room
What affects the price in Turnpike Lane
Every room is different, so every job is quoted on its own. These are the things that affect it:
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.
Before the design visit
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Examples of the look you are after
- How you want to use the space
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, when we have measured up and talked through the design. For a quote, use our contact form.
How we make loft storage for Turnpike Lane
A loft room can hold a great deal of storage, if the low spaces are used well. Our loft storage includes eaves cupboards, knee-wall drawers, wardrobes under sloping ceilings and dormer shelving, all made for the shape of the room. In Turnpike Lane, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. We make eaves cupboards from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are a dormer that isn’t being used and a loft room with too many jobs.
Hallways in period terraces are often long and narrow, with the stairs rising along one wall. Around Turnpike Lane, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Even shallow storage can hold a lot without narrowing the way through.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Location
- Turnpike Lane (N8, N22, N15)
- Borough
- Haringey
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Standard furniture doesn’t allow for the insulation and ventilation behind the eaves. Bespoke storage is designed so it does not block ventilation or squash insulation. That is important for the health of the loft. Tall ceilings in older homes leave a band of empty wall above standard furniture, wasting space that could hold things you rarely use. Built-in pieces can run to the cornice or the picture rail.
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside, and the quote follows.
Why us?
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
- Saturday visits and fitting by arrangement
- Over 300 projects completed
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
Read our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.
FAQs: loft storage in Turnpike Lane
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Turnpike Lane?
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. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
My home in Turnpike Lane is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
We measure the route in along with the room itself: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Can a wardrobe follow a sloping ceiling?
Yes. We shape the wardrobe to follow the slope, with hanging at the tall end and shelves or drawers lower down. It makes the most of the space. We plan it at the measuring visit.
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, but it is useful to be around at the end.
How is loft storage priced?
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. The size of the room, the amount of storage and the finish all shape the price. To get a quote, fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll arrange a design visit.
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How fitting day works
When we arrive on fitting day, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. Next, we carry in the sections built in our workshop. 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. 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 and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You contact us about storage in your converted loft.
- We visit to measure the loft and the way up, including the top flight and any tight turn.
- We send a written quote.
- Everything is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections small enough for the loft stairs.
- We carry the sections up, join them in the room and scribe them to fit. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or hand-painted in the loft.
Before fitting day
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Starting with a design visit
To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and tell us which room you have in mind and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and discuss the design, and send you a written quote afterwards.
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What we don’t do
Some parts of a job need another trade, such as an electrician, a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Approval for structural changes
- Insulation or ventilation work behind the eaves
- Any wiring, which needs an electrician
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can use our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Eaves doors and drawers
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
Turnpike Lane homes and loft storage
About 66% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Turnpike Lane went up before 1919, and about 15% since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Turnpike Lane include Church of St John the Baptist (greek Orthodox) (Grade II*), less than half a mile south, and Tower of Old Parish Church of St Mary (Grade II*), under half a mile west. For a listed home, changes inside that alter its character can require listed building consent from the council, for example removing or fixing into original panelling. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. Since the zone was extended to the outer boroughs in August 2023, the whole of London has been inside the ULEZ. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in Turnpike Lane. Parking and access are planned at the measuring visit.
Living in a block of flats near Hornsey station? Then check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. Bruce Castle, about 1.5 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the knee walls of a converted loft can take drawers as well as cupboards. For families living near North Harringay Primary School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up.
Turnpike Lane is part of the London Borough of Haringey, about 2 miles east of Tottenham. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Turnpike Lane included. Our Haringey coverage includes Turnpike Lane and the places around it.
We work across the N8, N22 and N15 postcode area for loft storage. Streets in the area include Bury Road, High Road and Glebe Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for loft storage. Other places close to Turnpike Lane include Hornsey (1 mile west), Noel Park (1 mile north), Wood Green (1 mile north), Stroud Green (1 mile south) and Crouch End (1 mile south-west). We also make loft storage in nearby places such as Tottenham (2 miles east), Highgate (2 miles south-west), Muswell Hill (2 miles west), Fortis Green (2 miles west), Northumberland Park (2 miles north-east) and Tottenham Hale (2 miles east).
Landmarks near Turnpike Lane
Around Turnpike Lane, we cover homes near The Toll Gate pub, Greig City Academy and Moselle Upper School, among other places. Turnpike Lane has its own railway station: Hornsey station. Nearby you will also find Hornsey Central Hospital (1.1 miles west) and Broomfield House Museum (1.9 miles north). Open spaces near Turnpike Lane include Railway Fields.
Before and after fitting day
These points come up often when people plan loft storage. They help before and after fitting:
- Measure the loft stairs, the turns and the landing
- Think about hanging space for a loft bedroom
- Consider drawers for the deep, low spaces
- Let us know about parking during the design visit
Keep the ventilation behind the eaves clear. The storage is planned to keep airflow, so leave that space open. It helps prevent damp behind the storage.
Loft rooms can be warm in summer and cool in winter. Keep the room ventilated. That keeps the storage and the paint in good order.