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Islington · London
Loft storage in Upper Holloway, Islington
Planning loft storage for a home in Upper Holloway? We start with a design visit and a written quote.
- Space under the eaves going to waste
- A dormer that isn’t being used
- A converted loft with no fitted furniture
Ask about loft storage in Upper Holloway
Why people ask for loft storage in Upper Holloway
Boxes, suitcases and seasonal things need a home. Eaves cupboards keep them out of sight. The room stays calm and clear.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- Clothes with nowhere to go in a loft bedroom
- A loft room that doubles as an office or guest room
- Seasonal things cluttering the loft room
- A new loft conversion that needs storage
If you live in a flat close to Upper Holloway 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.
Before you hire any carpenter
- How parking will work on your street
- A quote in writing that sets out the job
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
Loft storage for homes in Upper Holloway
We make each eaves cupboard in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which suits drawer boxes and carcasses, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and panels. It is then spray-painted or hand-painted and fitted in your home in Upper Holloway. People usually come to us about a loft room that doubles as an office or guest room and furniture that can’t get up to the loft, and the answer is built in our workshop from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
A Victorian or Edwardian terrace normally has a long, narrow hall leading to the stairs. A large share of the homes around Upper Holloway were built before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
After the design visit, we send you a written quote. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you’re getting.
- Place
- Upper Holloway (N19, N7, N6)
- Borough
- Islington
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Upper Holloway
My house in Upper Holloway is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
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. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Do you make loft storage for homes in Upper Holloway?
Yes, Upper Holloway is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Islington and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, and then we send a quote.
Do pictures help?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. You can send them when you send us a few details through our contact form.
What are your eaves cupboards made from?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Stable materials suit a loft, where temperatures can vary. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Electrical work isn’t something we do; it’s a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Is it possible to fit a wardrobe under the slope?
Yes. Bespoke wardrobes are made to the angle of the ceiling. Hanging goes where there is height, with shelves where it is low. It’s scribed to the slope and walls.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
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 measuring visit.
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants. An agent can arrange access for you.
Is bespoke worth it?
Standalone furniture can move with you, and it may suit a short stay. Fitted storage stays put, and it makes far more of the loft. The right choice depends on how long you plan to stay. Chimney breasts in older houses stand out by different amounts, so the recesses either side are rarely the same, which means a matching pair of ready-made units seldom fits both. Fitted furniture is made to each one separately.
We do not publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To arrange a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Why work with us in Upper Holloway
- Work across the whole of London
- We visit, measure and discuss the design before we quote
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Over 300 projects completed
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
From workshop to your room
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there’s normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Parking on terraced streets can be tight, especially in a controlled parking zone, so details of permits, bays and any loading restrictions help. Unloading is kept short, with sections taken straight inside. Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement.
- First you let us know about the loft room and what you’d like to store there, and how you get up to it.
- At the design visit we measure the knee walls, slopes and stairs and plan the storage with you.
- You receive a quote in writing for the storage we have discussed.
- The cupboards and drawers are made at our workshop, in sections sized for the loft stairs. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We carry it up, fit it and leave it ready to use.
Before we arrive
- Empty the space we will be working in
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Starting with a design visit
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we have measured, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To start, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Honest limits
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
- Building Regulations approval for a conversion
- Converting the loft itself, which is not our work
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can message us from the contact page and we’ll give you a straight answer. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Sloped wardrobe tops
- Spray-painted finish
- Eaves doors and drawers
Storage in Upper Holloway homes: local notes
About 59% of the homes in the area around Upper Holloway went up before 1919, and about 16% between 1973 and 1999, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. 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 Upper Holloway, 7 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are largely about how buildings look from outside. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of inner London. So a van fitting furniture in Upper Holloway usually needs a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension arranged through the council. We ask about parking at the design visit, so the van can be planned for.
For families living near St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. If you live in a period home close to St Andrew's Whitehall Park, the low eaves and slopes of a converted loft are worth using.
Upper Holloway is about 2 miles south-east of Highbury, within the London Borough of Islington. We can visit homes in Upper Holloway on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. We list Upper Holloway among 17 places we cover in Islington.
Here we cover the N19, N7 and N6 postcode area for loft storage. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Ward Road, Kiver Road and Foxham Road, along with the roads around them, for loft storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around Upper Holloway include the A103. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Other places close to Upper Holloway include Tufnell Park (1 mile south), Dartmouth Park (1 mile south-west), Highgate (1 mile north-west), Nag's Head (1 mile south-east) and Holloway (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Islington we cover include Highbury (2 miles south-east), Farringdon (3 miles south), Clerkenwell (3 miles south-east), Finsbury (3 miles south-east), St Luke's (3 miles south-east) and Islington (2 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Upper Holloway
In Upper Holloway, that includes homes near City of London Academy, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and The Mother Red Cap pub. Upper Holloway has its own railway station: Upper Holloway station. Nearby you’ll also find Royal Northern Hospital (0.5 miles south-east) and Arsenal Football Club Museum (1.2 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Parkland Walk and Dartmouth Park Hill.