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TV and media units in Church End, Barnet
TV and media units for your home in Church End: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. We visit to measure and go through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- A TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- A cabinet that traps heat
TV and media units designed for your room
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there is a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Mention it when you get in touch.
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, so fitting day is planned around them.
How we make TV and media units for Church End
Speakers need their own thought. A soundbar typically sits just below the TV. Closing speakers in a cupboard muffles them, so we plan open spaces for them. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are equipment with nowhere proper to go and a tangle of wires behind the TV.
Across London, neighbouring streets can be decades apart in age, and a wall might be brick, lath and plaster, blockwork or plasterboard. That is why every wall is checked at the measuring visit before the fixings are chosen. With a chimney breast, TV and media units usually fill the alcoves; without one, they can run along a whole wall.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out, so it can be arranged before fitting day. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Church End (N3, N12, NW7)
- Borough
- Barnet
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Places near Church End
Other services in Church End
Before and after fitting day
None of this takes much effort. What we’d suggest:
- Note the screen size you have or plan to buy
- Book your electrician first if sockets need to move
- Choose how the TV will sit before the design is finished
- List every box, console and speaker that needs a home
Once your equipment is in, check that it isn’t running hot. Keep vents, gaps and open backs clear of cables and clutter.
Do not stack boxes on top of each other in one space. Give each its own space.
Boards, parts and paint
Birch plywood
For carcasses and drawer boxes, birch plywood is hard-wearing. The edge can be painted or left as a detail.
Plinths and scribe strips
A plinth lifts the unit and takes up an uneven floor. It can line up with the skirting.
What it costs
A few things affect what fitted furniture costs:
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- How square the room is
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
The finish affects the cost: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
Helping us understand the room
When you contact us, these help most:
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Where you live, with the postcode
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and talk through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing for you to look over. To arrange the visit, get in touch through our contact form.
Church End homes and TV and media units
About 36% of the homes in the area around Church End went up before 1919, and about 29% between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). We take that into account at the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Near the centre of Church End, Historic England’s list includes Parish Church of St Mary (Grade II*), under half a mile south-west, and The Manor House (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles south. If your own home is listed, internal works that affect its character, like fixing into or removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If your home in Church End is on or near a main road, tell us at the design visit. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
If you live near Victoria Park, a room that looks out on trees deserves a design that leaves the window alone. Heath Hall, about 2.1 miles south-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. For a flat near New Southgate station, the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
Church End is part of the London Borough of Barnet, about 1 mile east of Finchley. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Church End included. Church End is one of 41 places on our list for Barnet.
Here we cover the N3, N12 and NW7 postcode area for TV and media units. We cover homes on streets such as The Avenue, Cyprus Road and Gordon Road, whether you want TV and media units or another piece made for the room. We also cover the places around Church End: Finchley (1 mile east), Woodside Park (1 mile north), North Finchley (1 mile north-east), Friern Barnet (2 miles north-east) and Oakleigh Park (2 miles north-east). Across the rest of Barnet, our area takes in Barnet (3 miles north), Burnt Oak (3 miles west), Hendon (2 miles south-west), Edgware (4 miles west), Southgate (3 miles north-east) and Colindale (2 miles west).
Around Church End
We fit furniture in homes around Woodhouse College, Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum and The Elephant Inn and the streets around them. Church End’s nearest station is New Southgate station, about 2.3 miles east. Nearby you will also find Finchley Memorial Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Grand Arcade (1.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Lakeside Nature Reserve.
Questions from Church End
I live in a flat in Church End. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
At the design visit, we measure the way in not just the room. TV and media units are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It’s useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Church End?
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. It helps to let us know about parking during the design visit.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
That is normal in older homes, and it is what scribing is for. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Do photos help?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do TV units need ventilation?
We plan ventilation into the unit for boxes, consoles and amplifiers, using open backs, gaps or vented doors. Each box should have its own space.
What happens during the design visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too, and afterwards we send a written quote.
How fitting works for TV and media units
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and your quote sets out the fitting days. On fitting day, each piece is fitted to the room’s own walls, scribed where walls bow and levelled where floors slope. Hand painting can happen on site, while spray-painted pieces come ready from the workshop.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout.
- We put the design, materials and finish into a quote in writing. If anything in it is unclear, ask us.
- Once you’re happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable routes planned in.
- The unit is fitted in your home, ready for your equipment, with the cable routes left clear.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
How to get a quote
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the measuring visit. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form and tell us about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.