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TV and media units in Cranham, Havering
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make TV and media units for homes in Cranham, each designed at a visit to your home.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Wasted space around the screen
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
Ask about TV and media units in Cranham
Your questions about TV and media units in Cranham
I live near Upminster station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Havering and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Cranham?
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. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket, with a route for the cables. The wall needs to be sound for the bracket, which we look at during the design visit.
Will the cables be hidden?
Cable routes are built into the design. Where the cables meet the wall depends on where the sockets are, so it helps to plan sockets with your electrician.
Does my lease affect fitted furniture?
Possibly. Leases vary, and some require the building owner’s consent for alterations. Your lease is something we cannot advise on, so check it or ask your managing agent.
How do you get large furniture into a flat?
We plan the route in at the measuring visit. The stairs, landings, any lift and the doorways are measured, and each section is made to a size that will get through.
About our TV and media units in Cranham
Cables are the part most people want to hide. Cable routes are built into the design from the start, with openings and removable panels so you can add or swap leads later. We make the routes, and your electrician handles any wiring. We make TV and media units from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are space for a soundbar and speakers and boxes and consoles on the floor.
In an area like Cranham, where interwar homes or semis make up much of the housing, many living rooms have been opened up to the dining room behind. The result is often a long room with a chimney breast, a good spot for TV and media units. Cable routes for a TV or speakers, and space for set-top boxes, are planned during the design visit.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- Cranham (RM14)
- Area
- Havering
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Materials and finishes
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish suits a TV unit in a period room. The colour is agreed with you.
Shelves
Open shelves suit speakers and things you want on show.
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Fitting day, step by step
Fitting day follows a set order: floors are protected, the sections come in, everything is levelled, scribed to the walls, fixed and finished. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Some interwar and suburban streets have driveways, which can make unloading easier, so it is worth mentioning at the design visit. Otherwise, a visitor permit or a nearby bay helps. Doorways, stairs and floors are covered on the way in.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- At the design visit we agree the layout and talk about colour and finish.
- A quote in writing follows, with the finish set out.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray-painted finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Getting a quote
To get a quote for TV and media units in Cranham, message us from the contact page. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
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Looking after your furniture
Fitted furniture is part of the room, so it’s worth looking after. Here are a few tips worth knowing:
- Think about whether you will upgrade the screen
- Count your equipment, including routers and consoles
- Mention parking and stairs when we visit
- Note which boxes need line of sight for their remotes
Clean the paintwork with a soft cloth that’s barely damp. Skip scouring pads and harsh cleaners, which can mark the finish.
Keep ventilation gaps and open backs clear when you add equipment.
Do you need TV and media units in Cranham?
The most common reason is a mess of wires. Leads trail from the TV to the boxes, the sockets and the speakers and nothing off the shelf hides them all. A built-in unit gives them a planned route.
Some of the things we are asked to solve are these:
- Nowhere good for speakers
- Wasted space around the screen
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- A TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall
Close to St. Andrew's Park? TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear.
Choosing a carpenter
- Whether you’ll get a written quote, not just a figure
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
Where other trades come in
It’s worth being clear about where our work stops:
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Moving sockets or adding new wiring, which is for your electrician
- Plastering or decorating around the unit
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can send us a few details through our contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Cable routes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
TV and media units in Cranham: local notes
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 64% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Cranham, with about 21% built between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Near the centre of Cranham, Historic England’s list includes Upminster Hall (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-west. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. More than half of the homes in the area around Cranham (about 64%) were built between 1945 and 1972, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Rooms from that era are often squarer, with fewer alcoves and sometimes no chimney breast, so TV and media units often run along a full wall, with fixings chosen for the wall.
If your children go to Hall Mead School or a school nearby, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room. For an older house near St Luke's Cranham, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Cranham is about 4 miles west of Romford, within the London Borough of Havering. Design visits and fitting in Cranham can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. Cranham is one of 22 places on our list for Havering.
We work across the RM14 postcode area. You will find streets here like Avon Road, Moor Lane and Front Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. We also cover Upminster (1 mile west), Puddle Dock (1 mile east), Upminster Bridge (1 mile west), North Ockendon (2 miles south-east) and Emerson Park (2 miles north-west). Other parts of Havering we cover include Romford (4 miles west), Hornchurch (2 miles west), Gallows Corner (3 miles north-west), Heath Park (3 miles west), Elm Park (3 miles west) and Collier Row (5 miles north-west).
Near you in Cranham
Our area takes in the homes around The James Oglethorpe Primary School and The Crumpled Horn pub, among other places. The closest station to Cranham is Upminster station, about 0.7 miles west. A little further out are Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia (0.6 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Cranham Brickfields.