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Belgravia TV and Media Units
We make TV and media units for homes in Belgravia, designed around the room you have. Your TV unit is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Standard units leaving gaps
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
TV and media units designed for your room
Your questions about TV and media units in Belgravia
Can you fit TV and media units to the uneven walls of an older house in Belgravia?
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 TV and media units for homes in Belgravia?
Yes, we work across Westminster, Belgravia included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with a few details.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, but it helps to be around at the end.
Can a built-in unit hide all the wires?
We design the unit so cables run out of sight. Access panels make future changes easy. For a wall-mounted TV, a route behind the screen is planned in.
How much will my TV unit cost?
Each room is quoted on its own: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. You’ll get a written quote once we’ve measured up.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You choose it. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
How we make TV and media units for Belgravia
In many period living rooms, the chimney breast and its two alcoves shape the whole wall. Cupboards and shelves in the alcoves can hold the boxes, speakers and books. We keep any vent in the chimney breast clear. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room and speakers muffled behind doors.
A large share of the homes around Belgravia were built before 1919, and in London most homes of that age are Victorian or Edwardian. Main rooms in houses like these normally have a chimney breast with an alcove on each side, which gives TV and media units an obvious place to go. Because old walls bow and floors slope, the units are scribed to follow the wall and levelled at the base, then cut neatly around the skirting and any picture rail or cornice.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- Belgravia (SW3, SW1X, SW1W)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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The problems TV and media units solve
Some have tried off-the-shelf units that never quite fitted. Standard TV stands rarely suit an awkward wall, and that is where a bespoke unit helps.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- A cabinet that traps heat
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Speakers muffled behind doors
Living in a block of flats near London Victoria station? Then each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Before you choose who makes it
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
What happens on fitting day
There is not much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long 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. Where a period house has been split into flats, the way in often goes through shared parts, so it is useful to let neighbours know about fitting day. The sections are sized for the narrowest point on the route. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- At the design visit we agree the layout and talk about colour and finish.
- A written quote follows, with the finish set out.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray-painted finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- We fit it in your home; a hand-painted finish is applied once it’s in and is easy to touch up later.
Preparing the room
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
Arranging a design visit
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space, particularly with rough measurements. To share them, message us from the contact page, and we will arrange a design visit.
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Is bespoke worth it?
Most stands have a cable hole or two at the back, but the wires still show between the stand, the wall and the screen. A built-in unit has routes planned through it, with access left for later changes. Tall standalone furniture needs fixing back to the wall so it cannot tip, and older walls of brick or lath and plaster make that harder than it looks. Fitted furniture is designed with the wall in mind.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, which the quote allows for. Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in Belgravia
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
- More than 300 projects completed
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Every quote follows a design visit
See how bespoke compares with ready-made or what a quote should include.
Built-in living-room furniture in Belgravia
In the streets around Belgravia, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 60%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 14%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Belgravia is partly covered by the Belgravia Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. About 60% of homes in the area around Belgravia were built before 1919, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. In houses of that age, the chimney breast often becomes the TV wall, with cupboards in the alcoves for set-top boxes and speakers.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Apsley House, about 0.4 miles north. If your own home is a period one, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. If you live in a period home close to St Peter's Church, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Belgravia is about 1 mile north of City of Westminster, in the City of Westminster. We can visit homes in Belgravia on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. Belgravia is one of 29 places on our list for Westminster.
We make TV and media units across SW3, SW1X and SW1W. We cover homes on streets such as Hans Road, Eaton Lane and Gerald Road, along with the roads around them, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Belgravia is near the A3214 and A3217, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. If you’re just outside Belgravia, we also cover Brompton (1 mile south-west), Victoria (1 mile south-east), Chelsea (1 mile south-west), Pimlico (1 mile south-east) and Westminster (1 mile east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Covent Garden (2 miles north-east), Aldwych (2 miles north-east), Adelphi (2 miles north-east), Paddington Green (2 miles north-west), Paddington (2 miles north-west) and Lisson Grove (2 miles north).
Around Belgravia
In Belgravia, that includes homes near Star Tavern, Saint Thomas More Language College and Inchbald School of Design and the streets around them. Belgravia’s nearest station is London Victoria station, about 0.5 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Health Exhibition Centre (close by, under half a mile south-east) and London Lock Hospital (a few minutes’ walk north-east). For a walk, there is Serpentine.
Boards, parts and paint
Spray-painted finish
The unit arrives already finished. Give the paint time to cure fully.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish suits a TV unit in a period room. You choose the colour.
How we price TV and media units
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. The main factors are:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- How many doors and drawers there are
There is no price list, because each job is designed for a single room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a quote in writing. To arrange a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
What to send when you contact us
The more you can tell us at the start, the better the design visit goes. It is useful to include:
- Examples of the look you’re after
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. The design is talked through at the visit, once we have measured, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To arrange a visit, send us a few details through our contact form.