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Haringey · London
TV and Media Units in Broadwater Farm
We make TV and media units in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Broadwater Farm. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Boxes with no ventilation
- Nowhere good for speakers
- A screen at the wrong height
TV and media units designed for your room
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it is quick to buy.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
About our TV and media units in Broadwater Farm
Set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers give off heat, so sealing equipment in a cupboard is not a good idea. Ventilation is planned into the design. Equipment makers often say how much space their boxes need around them. If your home has empty alcoves beside the TV and a TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall, TV and media units made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
Victorian and Edwardian houses were built with solid brick outside walls, while the walls inside can be brick or lath and plaster. With so many homes around Broadwater Farm built before 1919, we check which you have before deciding how TV and media units are fixed. Lath and plaster needs a lighter touch and the right fixings, especially behind loaded shelves.
Our quotes are written in plain words. They say what will be made, what it’s made from and how it will be finished.
- Place
- Broadwater Farm (N17, N15, N22)
- Borough
- Haringey
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
TV and media units for homes in Broadwater Farm
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Broadwater Farm were built before 1919 (about 48%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 19%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The National Heritage List has 25 entries within half a mile of the centre of Broadwater Farm. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. More than a third of the homes in the area around Broadwater Farm (about 48%) were built before 1919, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock 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, with cable routes and ventilation planned in.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Tower to South West of Bruce Castle, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. If you live in a period home close to St Philip the Apostle, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. For a flat near Bruce Grove station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Broadwater Farm is part of the London Borough of Haringey, about 1 mile east of Tottenham. Design visits and fitting in Broadwater Farm can be on a Saturday, by arrangement. Across Haringey, we cover Broadwater Farm, along with the rest of the borough.
We cover every part of N17, N15 and N22. Our area takes in homes on streets such as High Road, Ripon Road and Clyde Road, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Broadwater Farm sits close to the A10, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Close by, we also work in Tottenham (1 mile east), West Green (1 mile south-west), Tottenham Green (1 mile south-east), Duckett's Green (1 mile south-west) and South Tottenham (1 mile south-east). Elsewhere in Haringey, we also cover Crouch End (2 miles south-west), Finsbury Park (2 miles south-west), Bounds Green (2 miles north-west), Hornsey (2 miles west), Stroud Green (2 miles south-west) and Highgate (3 miles south-west).
What’s near Broadwater Farm
We fit furniture in homes around Bruce Castle School, The Beehive Public House and Park View School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bruce Grove station, roughly 0.5 miles east. Well-known places in the area include The Mall Wood Green (1.2 miles west) and North Middlesex University Hospital (1.3 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Railway Fields.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall, after checking the walls at the measuring visit.
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it.
What happens on fitting day
The last stage of the day is the finish. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed 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.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- 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.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- 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
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
How to get a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and go through the design with you. A written quote follows the visit, so you can take your time with it. To book one, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Advice
Tips worth knowing
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. A few pointers help:
- Choose how the TV will sit before the design is finished
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
- Count your equipment, including routers and consoles
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
Paint is dry to the touch well before it has fully cured. For the first while, place equipment gently rather than sliding it.
Ask your electrician about new sockets rather than running extension leads through the unit, and do not overload sockets.
Questions from Broadwater Farm
Is Broadwater Farm in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes. We cover all of Haringey and the rest of London, and Broadwater Farm is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, followed by a quote.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Broadwater Farm?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit.
How do I get a quote?
It’s easiest to drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room. After that, we arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
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.
Do I choose the paint colour?
You choose it, and we agree it with you before the furniture is finished. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
It depends on the size, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish. The price comes in a quote in writing after the design visit.
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Shelves
Wide shelves need enough thickness or support to carry heavy equipment.
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy close to hand. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.