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TV and Media Units in Colliers Wood
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Colliers Wood. Every piece is made in our workshop and fitted in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Wasted space around the screen
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
TV and media units in Colliers Wood
Why bespoke in Colliers Wood?
Off-the-shelf TV units come in a few set colours. We paint ours in the colour you choose, sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand. Alcoves and recesses in period houses are rarely a standard width or depth, so off-the-shelf pieces either do not fit or leave a gap either side. Furniture made for the space fills it.
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension near your home. It helps to talk about parking at the measuring visit, so it can be planned.
What you get with us
- Scribed to uneven walls
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
- Work across the whole of London
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.
TV and media units in Colliers Wood
Media equipment warms up as it runs, so equipment can’t simply be shut in a closed cupboard. We plan ventilation into the unit, using open backs, gaps or openings where equipment sits. It’s worth checking each maker’s guidance on clearances. If your home has nowhere good for speakers and equipment with nowhere proper to go, that’s what TV and media units are for, made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
A large share of the homes around Colliers Wood were built before 1919, which in London mostly means Victorian and Edwardian houses. Main rooms in houses like these typically have a chimney breast with an alcove on each side, which gives TV and media units an obvious place to go. Walls are rarely flat, so each piece is scribed to the plaster and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet.
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
- Colliers Wood (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Borough
- Merton
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Practical tips
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Choose how the TV will sit before the design is finished
- Find out how much space each box needs around it
- Let us know about parking and access at the design visit
- Think about which things need to be seen by a remote
Cupboard doors may settle slightly with use. Hinges can typically be adjusted to line them up again.
Keep heavy speakers and amplifiers on lower shelves, with the weight spread across shelves.
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Could you do it yourself?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. Off-the-shelf furniture can’t usually do that in an older room.
The problems TV and media units solve
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.
Here are some of the needs we’re asked about most:
- Clutter around the TV
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- A screen at the wrong height
Southside House, about 2.8 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units.
What to check before you book
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Real projects you can actually look at
From workshop to your room
You are welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so the day itself is about careful fitting and leaving everything tidy. How long 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, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- To begin, message us from the contact page; a brief note on the TV wall and everything that plugs into it is plenty.
- We visit to measure up, note where the sockets are and plan how the cables will run.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
Getting a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space, especially with rough measurements. To send them over, drop us a line using the contact form, and we will arrange a design visit.
Related advice
TV and media units for homes in Colliers Wood
Homes built before 1919 make up about 55% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Colliers Wood, with about 16% built between 1973 and 1999, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. The National Heritage List records 11 entries within half a mile of the centre of Colliers Wood. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. Each London borough runs its own parking controls, and Merton is no exception. If parking near you is controlled, a visitor permit or a bay suspension may be needed, and the council arranges suspensions, often with notice. Let us know what the parking is like during the design visit.
Living in a block of flats near Tooting station? Then the route in is measured as well as the room, and the sections are sized to fit it. For families living near Sellincourt Primary School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room.
Colliers Wood is about 2 miles west of Wimbledon, part of the London Borough of Merton. Anywhere in Colliers Wood, it works the same way: we visit and measure, send a quote in writing, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. Colliers Wood is one of 20 places on our list for Merton.
We cover every part of the SW17, SW19 and CR4 postcode area for TV and media units. Whether you live on a street such as Acre Road, Boyd Road and Park Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. If you are just outside Colliers Wood, we also cover Tooting (1 mile north), Tooting Bec (1 mile north), Merton Abbey (1 mile south-west), Furzedown (1 mile north-east) and Eastfields (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Merton we cover include Wimbledon (2 miles west), Morden (3 miles south-west), Wimbledon Chase (2 miles west), Merton Park (2 miles west), Crooked Billet (3 miles west) and Bushey Mead (2 miles west). Colliers Wood is among the bigger places we cover in Merton.
Around Colliers Wood
Around Colliers Wood, we cover homes near The Royal Standard pub, Graveney School and Ensham School. Colliers Wood has its own railway station: Tooting station. Well-known places in the area include Wandle Industrial Museum (1.2 miles south) and Grove Hospital (0.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Myrna Close.
Common questions about TV and media units
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Colliers Wood?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It is useful to tell us about parking during the design visit.
Will a conservation area stop me having TV and media units fitted in Colliers Wood?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you add sockets behind the TV?
That’s a job for your electrician. Ideally it’s done before fitting, and we plan cut-outs and cable routes around the sockets.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
If the TV is wall-mounted, we design the unit around the bracket position and the cable route behind it. The bracket needs a sound wall.
How do you get large furniture into a flat?
The furniture is built in sections, sized for the route along with the room itself. At the design visit, we measure the route not just the room.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.