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Aldgate TV and Media Units
TV and media units in Aldgate: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Every piece is built in our workshop and fitted in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- A TV stand that does not fit the wall
TV and media units in Aldgate
Pricing TV and media units in Aldgate
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. The things that affect it are:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- The number of doors and drawers
There’s no price list, because every piece is designed for one room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing. To arrange a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Helping us understand the room
When you contact us, these help most:
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
Getting a quote starts with some details: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of pictures if you can take them. When you are ready, message us from the contact page. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
TV and media units in Aldgate: what you get
Built-in TV and media units bring the screen, set-top boxes, speakers and cables together in one piece of furniture. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. If you’re planning a TV unit in Aldgate, the first step is a design visit to measure up and look at your equipment. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are boxes with no ventilation and a tangle of wires behind the TV.
Many homes around Aldgate have been built since 2000, and in a newer home the living space is normally open-plan, without a chimney breast. So TV and media units often give the room its shape, along a full wall or around the TV. Many internal walls in newer homes are plasterboard on timber or metal studs, so fixings go into the studs or use fixings made for the board.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, its materials and its finish, and it is what the workshop builds to.
- Where
- Aldgate (E1, EC2A, SE1)
- Borough
- City of London
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and lettings
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind.
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 it’s worth raising during the design visit.
What else we make in Aldgate
Common questions about TV and media units
Does a conservation area in or near Aldgate affect fitted furniture?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can need listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
Is Aldgate in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes. We cover all of the City of London and the rest of London, and Aldgate is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
The unit can be planned either way. For a wall-mounted TV, the layout works around the bracket position or we size the top for a TV that stands on it.
How is the price worked out?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it. We send a written quote after the design visit.
How do I get a quote?
Simply message us from the contact page. Rough sizes and a few pictures help, and we will arrange a design visit, followed by a written quote.
How long does it take to fit a TV unit?
The fitting depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. The making happens in our workshop.
Built-in living-room furniture in Aldgate
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Aldgate were built since 2000 (about 48%) and before 1919 (about 18%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Aldgate include Church of St Katherine Cree (Grade I), less than half a mile west, and Church of St Botolph (Grade I), under half a mile north-east. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, like fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Newer homes are more common around Aldgate than across the City of London: about 48% date from 2000 onwards, against about 27%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That makes plasterboard stud walls and compact rooms more likely, which shapes the fixings and sizes.
For a family home near The Aldgate School, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else. For an older house near St James Duke's Place, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Aldgate is part of the City of London, about 1 mile west of City of London. We design and make TV and media units for homes in Aldgate and across the City of London. Our work takes in places right across the City of London, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: E1, EC2A and SE1. If your home is on a street such as Bush Lane, Swan Lane and Mark Lane, or close by, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. Aldgate is near the A3 and A10; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Spitalfields (1 mile north-east), Bishopsgate (1 mile north-west), Tower Hill (1 mile south), Whitechapel (1 mile north-east) and City of London (1 mile west).
Local landmarks in Aldgate
We fit furniture in homes around Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives, East India Arms and Fund Academy and the streets around them. You’ll also find London Enterprise Academy (0.6 miles east) and St Mary-at-Hill (a few minutes’ walk south-west). There’s a railway station in Aldgate itself: London Fenchurch Street station. Well-known places in the area include The City Wall at Vine Street (close by, under half a mile south-east) and Gabriel's Wharf (1.4 miles west). Not far away are Tower Hill.
From workshop to your room
In older rooms, the furniture usually has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details. The time the fitting takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Before fixing into a stud wall, we check for pipes and cables, and heavy pieces are fixed into the studs or stand on the floor. Any new sockets or plumbing are for your electrician or plumber.
- To begin, tell us about the room on our contact form; a brief note on the TV wall and everything that plugs into it is plenty.
- We visit to measure up, note where the sockets are and plan how the cables will run. If you need new sockets, your electrician should do that before fitting.
- A written quote follows for the unit.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, leaving routes for cables and gaps for air.
- We fit it in your home and leave the cable routes ready for you to use.
Preparing the room
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
Starting with a design visit
To get a quote for TV and media units in Aldgate, send us a few details through our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, with sizes if you have them. We will arrange a design visit, then send a written quote.
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Why people ask for TV and media units in Aldgate
Others are tired of furniture that doesn’t fit. Bought units seldom suit an alcove, a slope or an uneven wall, and that is where a bespoke unit helps.
If you recognise any of these, it’s worth talking to us:
- Cables trailing across the wall
- A screen at the wrong height
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
The wider area includes historic houses such as Mansion House, about 0.5 miles west. If your own home is a period one, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Materials and finishes
Moisture-resistant MDF
Wide panels around a screen need to stay flat. MDF gives a smooth surface for a painted finish with crisp edges.
Plinths and scribe strips
A plinth lifts the unit and takes up an uneven floor. Its height can match the skirting board.