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Wandsworth · London
TV and Media Units in Clapham Junction
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Clapham Junction. Every piece is built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
TV and media units designed for your room
How fitting day works
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it looks as though it was always there. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so TV and media units are made in sections sized to get through. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through.
- You send us a note about the room and the unit you’d like.
- We visit to measure and discuss the design and how the unit should look in the room.
- You get a quote in writing covering the design, the materials and the finish.
- The unit is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF, which takes paint well, and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home; a hand-painted finish is applied once it is in and is easy to touch up later. Go gently with new paintwork while it cures.
Before we arrive
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Getting a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some photos if you have them. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
Related advice
TV and media units in Clapham Junction: what you get
A built-in TV wall often needs sockets in new places. That job is for your electrician. It’s best done before we fit so the sockets land in the right place. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and people most often get in touch about speakers muffled behind doors and cables trailing across the wall.
In a Victorian or Edwardian terrace, the chimney breast tends to survive even when the fireplace itself has been blocked up. Around Clapham Junction, where a large share of homes date from before 1919, that’s a common starting point. TV and media units built into the recesses either side are scribed to the plaster and cut around the skirting, so they sit as if they came with the house.
A written quote follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it’s clear what’s included.
- Place
- Clapham Junction (SW11, SW18, SW4)
- Area
- Wandsworth
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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What else we make in Clapham Junction
How it’s made
Shelves
Long shelves need the right thickness or a support.
Hand-painted finish
With hand painting, you judge the colour in your own room. Scribed edges are painted along with the rest.
Built-in living-room furniture in Clapham Junction
In the area around Clapham Junction, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 48%) and the years since 2000 (about 20%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. There are 21 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Clapham Junction. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 22% of households in the neighbourhood around Clapham Junction, the 2021 Census shows. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before anything is fixed to the walls.
If your home is one of the older houses near Clapham Welsh Presbyterian Church, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. If your children go to Christ Church CofE Primary School or a school nearby, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else.
Clapham Junction is within the London Borough of Wandsworth. We can visit homes in Clapham Junction on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. In Wandsworth, Clapham Junction is one of the places we cover.
Every home in SW11, SW18 and SW4 is within our area for TV and media units. You’ll find streets here like York Road, Este Road and Home Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. Clapham Junction is near the A3207, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. Close by, we also work in Battersea (1 mile south-east), Sands End (1 mile north-west), Chelsea Harbour (1 mile north-west), Wandsworth (1 mile south-west) and Clapham (1 mile east). Across the rest of Wandsworth, our area takes in Putney (2 miles west), Tooting (2 miles south), Tooting Bec (2 miles south), Balham (2 miles south-east), Southfields (2 miles south-west) and Furzedown (3 miles south). As one of the bigger places in Wandsworth, Clapham Junction is covered for TV and media units and everything else we make.
Landmarks near Clapham Junction
We fit furniture in homes around Thames Christian College, Emanuel School and The Falcon pub. There’s a railway station in Clapham Junction itself: Clapham Junction station. Nearby you’ll also find Battersea General Hospital (0.8 miles north) and Southside Wandsworth (1.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Battersea Park Lake.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it’s easy to buy.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
FAQs: TV and media units in Clapham Junction
Is parking a problem for fitting in Clapham Junction?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
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 can need listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
What do you do at the measuring 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 quote in writing.
Can you add sockets behind the TV?
Your electrician does that. It’s best done before the unit goes in, and we plan cut-outs and cable routes around the sockets.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, especially with rough sizes. To send them, get in touch through our contact form.
Can you make TV and media units for a home in Clapham Junction?
Yes, we do. We work in Clapham Junction and across Wandsworth.
Is it time for TV and media units?
In an open-plan space, the TV wall is on show from everywhere. A built-in unit gives that wall order and adds storage for the rest of the room.
People typically get in touch with us about things like these:
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Clutter around the TV
- Cables trailing across the wall
Living in a block of flats near Clapham Junction station? Then the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
What TV and media units cannot fix
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Configuring the TV and sound system
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Moving sockets or adding new wiring, which is for your electrician
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Cable routes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Spray-painted finish