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TV and Media Units in Catford
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Catford. After a design visit and a written quote, it is made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A big screen that dominates the wall
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
TV and media units for your home in Catford
Do you need TV and media units in Catford?
Upgrading to a bigger screen is a common trigger. The old stand no longer suits it, or the screen takes over the room. A unit around it puts it in proportion.
We are often asked to help with:
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Nowhere good for speakers
- Wasted space around the screen
Near listed buildings like Church of St Andrew, about 0.6 miles east of the centre of Catford, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How doors and drawers are fitted
TV and media units in Catford
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. For a living room in Catford, we start with a design visit to measure and talk through what you use. Most enquiries start with cables trailing across the wall and empty alcoves beside the TV, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
In streets where so much of the housing went up before 1919, as it did around Catford, the living room is often two rooms knocked through, with a chimney breast in each half. One pair of alcoves might take shelves and the other cupboards, a TV or a desk. Older internal walls can be lath and plaster rather than brick, which changes how shelving is fixed.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you are getting.
- Place
- Catford (SE6, BR1)
- Area
- Lewisham
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to Catford
What else we make in Catford
How fitting day works
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference, which keeps the lines straight. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that’s solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Any decorating around the new pieces is for your decorator.
- You contact us with details of the room, the TV and your equipment, and where the sockets are now.
- We visit to measure, note the sockets and agree where everything will go.
- You receive a quote setting out the layout and the paint finish.
- The unit is made at our workshop, with cable routes and vents built in.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment. A hand-painted finish is done on site, if you chose one.
Preparing the room
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Keep pets in another room while we work
Ask for a quote
It is useful to see the room before we come. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space, along with rough sizes. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will arrange a design visit.
Advice
TV and media units in Catford: local notes
About 68% of the homes in the area around Catford went up before 1919, and about 14% since 2000, 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. Catford is partly covered by the Culverley Green Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. On TfL’s red routes, the rules on stopping and loading are strict. Where a home in Catford is on or beside a main road, it helps to mention that during the design visit. We can then plan where the van will stop.
Eltham Palace, about 2.8 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. If your home is one of the older houses near Church of St Laurence and Community Centre, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Catford is within the London Borough of Lewisham, about 2 miles north of New Cross. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Catford is part of that. Our Lewisham coverage includes Catford, along with the rest of the borough.
We make TV and media units across SE6 and BR1. Whether you live on a street such as Bargery Road, Penerley Road and Inchmery Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. If you are just outside Catford, we also cover Bellingham (1 mile south-west), Southend (1 mile south-west), Ladywell (1 mile north), Hither Green (1 mile north-east) and Bell Green (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in Lewisham, we also cover New Cross (2 miles north), St Johns (2 miles north), Deptford (3 miles north), Surrey Canal (3 miles north-west), Sydenham (2 miles south-west) and Telegraph Hill (2 miles north-west). Catford is one of the larger places we cover in Lewisham.
What’s near Catford
Our area takes in the homes around The London & Rye pub, Conisborough College and Trinity Church of England School, among other places. Catford’s nearest station is Catford Bridge station, about 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Lewisham Shopping Centre (1.4 miles north) and Prefab Museum (0.7 miles south-east). Not far away are Downham Woodland Walk.
What affects the cost of TV and media units
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. The main factors are:
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- How many doors and drawers there are
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space.
What to send when you get in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
A quote begins with a few details from you: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. To send them, message us from the contact page. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Where other trades come in
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:
- Moving sockets or adding new wiring, which is for your electrician
- Painting the walls and ceiling
- Connecting the TV signal or internet
If in doubt, you can drop us a line using the contact form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
What goes into it
- Ventilated cabinets
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
Why bespoke in Catford?
Bespoke furniture takes longer than buying from a shop: there’s a design visit, a quote and making time. If you are renting or moving soon, a standalone stand may suit you better. Ready-made units stop well short of a tall period ceiling, and that space collects dust instead of storage. Built-in pieces can run to the cornice or the picture rail.
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Why work with us in Catford
- Designed for the room you have
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturdays by arrangement
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.
Questions from Catford
Is parking a problem for fitting in Catford?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit.
Will a conservation area stop me having TV and media units fitted in Catford?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character may need listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch.
Can a built-in unit hide all the wires?
We design the unit so cables run out of sight. Routes, openings and removable panels let you add or change leads later without taking the unit apart. If the TV is wall-mounted, we plan a route behind the screen.
Can I send photos before the visit?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. You can send them when you fill in our short enquiry form.
What happens during the design visit?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.