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TV and Media Units in Bayswater
TV and media units in Bayswater: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made in our workshop and fitted by us.
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
TV and media units designed for your room
Before and after fitting day
People planning TV and media units often ask about these. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Let us know about access early
- Note the size of each box and speaker
- Note the screen size you have or plan to buy
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
After setting up, check that the boxes are not getting too warm. Don’t block the gaps and openings left for air with cables or clutter.
Avoid piling devices on one shelf. Each one needs space around it.
TV and media units in Bayswater
Hiding the cables is often the main aim. Cable routes are built into the design from the start, with holes, channels and access panels so leads can be added or changed later. We make the routes, and your electrician handles any wiring. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the things people most often want solved are cables trailing across the wall and speakers muffled behind doors.
In a Victorian or Edwardian terrace, the front room typically keeps its chimney breast even where the fireplace has gone. Around Bayswater, where a large share of homes date from before 1919, that’s a common starting point. TV and media units built into the recesses either side are scribed to the plaster and cut around the skirting, so they sit as if they came with the house.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish.
- Place
- Bayswater (W2, W8, W11)
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Let us know about them at the measuring visit.
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations, which is worth sorting early. We can’t give advice on leases, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
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Honest limits
Not everything around TV and media units is carpentry, like an electrician, a plumber or an engineer on the Gas Safe Register. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Setting up and tuning the TV, boxes and speakers
- New sockets behind the TV, which need an electrician
- Structural changes to the wall
Not sure whether your space suits TV and media units? You can drop us a line using the contact form and we will tell you. How a job runs, step by step.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
Fitting day, step by step
On the morning of the fitting, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. Next, we carry in the sections made at our workshop, a piece at a time. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and the fitting days are set out 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. Saturday fitting can be arranged.
- You get in touch with details of the room and where it is in your home.
- At the design visit we measure the wall and also the hall, stairs and doorways the unit has to pass through.
- A written quote follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- In our workshop we make the unit in sections from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We bring the sections in, join them on the wall and scribe them to fit.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
Getting a quote
For a quote for TV and media units in Bayswater, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know the room and the rough idea. We will arrange a design visit, then send a quote in writing.
Advice
Common questions about TV and media units
How do you fit TV and media units in a flat in Bayswater?
We measure the route in not just the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. TV and media units are made in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
My house in Bayswater 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. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
What do you do at the measuring 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, and the written quote comes afterwards.
How do you hide the TV cables?
We plan cable routes through the unit from the start. Where the cables meet the wall depends on where the sockets are, and your electrician can move them if needed.
Do you move sockets for a TV unit?
Your electrician does that. It’s best done before the unit goes in, and we plan cut-outs and cable routes around the sockets.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Living-room storage in Bayswater
In the area around Bayswater, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 71%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 10%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Near the centre of Bayswater, Historic England’s list includes Church of St Matthew (Grade II*), less than half a mile north-east, and Hallfield School (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-east. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. About 30% of households in the neighbourhood around Bayswater live in flats in converted or shared houses, according to Census 2021. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before anything is fixed to the walls.
Kensington Palace, about 0.4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. Living in a block of flats near London Paddington station? Then the route in is measured along with the room itself, and the sections are sized to fit it. For a family home near Fox Primary School, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else.
Bayswater is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, about 1 mile south-west of Kensington. We design and make TV and media units for homes in Bayswater and across Kensington and Chelsea. Bayswater is one of the places in Kensington and Chelsea where we make TV and media units.
We make TV and media units across the W2, W8 and W11 postcode area for TV and media units. We cover homes on streets like Dukes Lane, Salem Road and Aubrey Road, along with the roads around them, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Bayswater is near the A4204 and A4206, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. If you are just outside Bayswater, we also cover Westbourne (1 mile north), Westbourne Green (1 mile north), Little Venice (1 mile north-east), Paddington (1 mile north-east) and Paddington Green (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Kensington and Chelsea, we also cover Brompton (2 miles south-east), Chelsea (2 miles south-east), World's End (2 miles south), North Kensington (2 miles north-west) and Little Chelsea (2 miles south).
Around Bayswater
We fit furniture in homes around Kensington School, The Churchill Arms and Abdus Salam Library, among other places. Bayswater’s nearest station is London Paddington station, roughly 0.9 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (a few minutes’ walk north) and St Mary Abbot's Hospital (0.8 miles south). Not far away are The Long Water and Campden Hill.
Boards, parts and paint
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy close to hand. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which suits shelves for heavy speakers and amplifiers.