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Childs Hill TV and Media Units
TV and media units for your home in Childs Hill: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. We visit to measure and talk through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Bought furniture that does not suit the room
- Clutter around the TV
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
Need TV and media units in Childs Hill?
Materials and finishes
Spray-painted finish
Because it is sprayed before fitting, the unit comes painted. Treat it gently while the paint cures fully.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, so it’s good for shelves that carry equipment and speakers.
TV and media units in Childs Hill: what you get
Speakers need their own thought. A soundbar can sit on a shelf below the screen, and larger speakers can go on open shelves either side. Closing speakers in a cupboard muffles them. Most enquiries start with clutter around the TV and leads that show from every angle; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Victorian and Edwardian houses were built with solid brick outside walls, and internal walls may be brick or lath and plaster. Since a large share of the homes around Childs Hill date from 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.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Childs Hill (NW2, NW3, NW11)
- Area
- Barnet
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about TV and media units in Childs Hill
I live in a flat in Childs Hill. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in not just the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. It’s useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
I live near Cricklewood station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Barnet and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Will my boxes get too hot inside the unit?
We plan ventilation into the unit for boxes, consoles and amplifiers, with open backs, gaps or openings. Each box should have its own space.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
External walls can be colder and damper than internal ones, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps to avoid condensation. If there is damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
We can plan for either a wall-mounted TV or one standing on the unit. If the TV is wall-mounted, panels and shelves are arranged around the bracket and cables, and if it stands on the unit we size the top for it.
Can you plan for a future TV?
If you’re likely to upgrade, we can leave room for it. Tell us the size you have in mind.
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:
- The internal fittings
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Parking near your home
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Getting in touch
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll usually ask about:
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Examples of the look you are after
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and talk through the design with you. A quote in writing follows the visit for you to look over. To book one, fill in our short enquiry form.
Living-room storage in Childs Hill
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Childs Hill were built before 1919 (about 45%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 25%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how TV and media units are fixed and fitted. The National Heritage List has 41 entries within half a mile of the centre of Childs Hill. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and TV and media units can be designed to work around them. The share of homes built before 1919 around Childs Hill, about 45%, is well above the figure for Barnet as a whole, about 20%, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. So older-house details are more likely to come into the design of TV and media units.
Close to Childs Hill Park? TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. Near listed buildings like Annesley Lodge, under half a mile south of the centre of Childs Hill, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent.
Childs Hill is about 3 miles north of Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. Whether your home in Childs Hill is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our Barnet coverage includes Childs Hill, along with the rest of the borough.
Every home in NW2, NW3 and NW11 is covered for TV and media units. Whether you live on a street such as Nant Road, Ridge Road and Garth Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. If you’re just outside Childs Hill, we also cover Fortune Green (1 mile south), West Hampstead (1 mile south-east), Golders Green (1 mile north), North End (1 mile north-east) and Vale of Health (1 mile east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places such as Finchley (3 miles north), Barnet (6 miles north), Burnt Oak (4 miles north-west), East Finchley (2 miles north-east), Hendon (2 miles north-west) and Whetstone (4 miles north).
Landmarks near Childs Hill
In Childs Hill, that includes homes near The Old Bull and Bush pub, St Vedasts School For Boys and Hampstead School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Cricklewood station, about 0.7 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Kenwood House (1.4 miles north-east) and New End Hospital (0.9 miles east). Not far away are Westbere Copse.
The problems TV and media units solve
Open-plan living is another reason. A built-in unit gives that wall order and holds books and everyday things as well.
We’re often asked to help with:
- Nowhere good for speakers
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
- A screen at the wrong height
Heath House, about 0.7 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Choosing a carpenter
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Will the quote be in writing?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Where they’ll park and unload
Why bespoke in Childs Hill?
Not every bought cabinet allows enough air for warm equipment. Ventilation is designed in where equipment sits, with open backs, gaps or vented doors. Off-the-shelf furniture is made for flat walls and level floors, which older houses rarely have, so you end up with gaps, wobbles and units that don’t meet the skirting. Fitted pieces follow the wall and sit level.
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We’ll talk through what you need inside at the measuring visit, and the quote follows.
Why choose us
- A design visit, then a quote in writing
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Saturday visits and fitting by arrangement
- Built around your room
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.
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How fitting works for TV and media units
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it is going into, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and your quote sets out the fitting days. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, 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 prior arrangement.
- You contact us with a short note about the room and the unit you have in mind, including the size of the screen.
- We come to measure, note the sockets and agree the layout. New sockets or wiring are for your electrician, so it helps to have them in mind early.
- You receive a quote in writing setting out the unit, materials and finish, ready for you to check.
- Each section is built in our workshop to the measurements we took, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The unit is fitted in your home, levelled and scribed to the walls.
Preparing the room
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Ask for a quote
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you do not, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.