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TV and Media Units in Finchley
TV and media units in Finchley: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Every piece is built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Standard units leaving gaps
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
Need TV and media units in Finchley?
Living-room carpentry in Finchley: local notes
About 47% of the homes in the area around Finchley went up before 1919, and about 17% between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Near the centre of Finchley, Historic England’s list includes The Manor House (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles south-west, and Villa at the Convent of the Good Shepherd (Grade II), about 0.5 miles south. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can need listed building consent from the council. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. More than a third of the homes in the neighbourhood around Finchley (about 47%) were built before 1919, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Older houses typically have a chimney breast and alcoves, which suit a TV in the middle and media storage either side.
If you live in a flat close to New Southgate station, the route in is measured along with the room itself, and the sections are sized to fit it. If your children go to Manorside Primary School or a school nearby, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else. For an older house near St Paul's Finchley, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units.
Finchley is in the London Borough of Barnet. From period terraces to newer flats in Finchley, we measure the room as it is and design around it. In Barnet, Finchley is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 41 places on our list.
We make TV and media units across the N3, N2, N12 and NW11 postcode area. Streets in the area include Station Road, Chaplin Square and Market Place, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. The B1462 runs close to Finchley, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. We also cover the places around Finchley: Church End (1 mile west), Woodside Park (1 mile north), North Finchley (1 mile north), Friern Barnet (2 miles north-east) and Oakleigh Park (2 miles north). 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 (3 miles west). Being one of the larger places in Barnet, Finchley is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
Landmarks near Finchley
The streets we cover here include those near The Elephant Inn, Bishop Douglass School and Woodhouse College and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is New Southgate station, roughly 1.9 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Finchley Memorial Hospital (less than half a mile north-east) and Grand Arcade (1 mile north). For a walk, there’s Lakeside Nature Reserve.
TV and media units in Finchley: what you get
In many period living rooms, the chimney breast and its two alcoves shape the whole wall. The alcoves can take cupboards for equipment and shelves above. Any chimney vent is kept clear. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a TV that looks out of place in the room and equipment running hot in a closed cupboard.
Picture rails, deep skirting boards and plaster cornices are part of the character of older houses, and TV and media units need to meet those lines neatly. Homes built before 1919 make up a large share of the housing around Finchley, so mouldings are something we expect to talk about during the design visit. The top line can stop at the rail or run on to the cornice, depending on the room.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, what it is made from and how it is finished, and it’s what the workshop builds to.
- Where
- Finchley (N3, N2, N12, NW11)
- Area
- Barnet
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Pricing TV and media units in Finchley
To work out the quote, we look at:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The internal fittings
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
Parking is part of the price picture in London. Much of London is covered by controlled parking zones, so we may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a suspended bay near your home. Tell us about parking at the design visit.
Before the design visit
A little information at the start saves time later. If you can, send:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly during the design visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To arrange it, drop us a line using the contact form and let us know about the room. You receive a written quote after the visit.
FAQs: TV and media units in Finchley
Can you fit furniture in a home close to New Southgate station?
Yes, homes across Barnet and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with some details about the room.
Is Finchley in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes, Finchley is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Barnet and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, and then we send a quote.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket and the cable route behind it. The wall needs to be sound for the bracket so we check the wall during the design visit.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and discuss the design with you. We will also ask about access and parking, and a quote in writing follows.
Can I send pictures ahead of the visit?
Yes, they help. Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space, particularly with rough measurements. To send them, use our contact form.
How do I get a quote for TV and media units in Finchley?
Just fill in our short enquiry form. It is useful to send rough sizes and a few pictures, and then we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design.
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How it’s made
Shelves
Wide shelves need enough thickness or support so they stay straight.
Birch plywood
For carcasses and drawer boxes, birch plywood is hard-wearing. Its layered edge can be painted or shown.
Tips worth knowing
New paint needs time to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Note which boxes need line of sight for their remotes
- Mention parking and stairs when we visit
- Plan any new sockets with your electrician before fitting
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
Once your equipment is in, check that it is not running hot. Keep vents, gaps and open backs clear of cables and clutter.
Ask your electrician about new sockets rather than running extension leads through the unit.
Fitting day, step by step
With the carcasses fixed and level, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. Each one is adjusted until the gaps are even and it closes cleanly, then checked again. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- We visit to measure, note the sockets and agree where everything will go. Any new sockets are a job for your electrician.
- You receive a quote setting out the layout and the paint finish, for you to look over.
- The unit is built in our workshop, with cable routes and vents built in.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment.
Before fitting day
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
Starting with a design visit
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, when we have measured up and talked through the design. For a quote, send us a few details through our contact form.
Related advice
When is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job.
It is worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is usually cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is tricky, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.