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Bexley · London
Foots Cray TV and Media Units
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, designed for your room in Foots Cray. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it’s built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- A cabinet that traps heat
TV and media units designed for your room
How fitting works for TV and media units
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it’s going into, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself 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. Stairwells in post-war blocks can have tight turns, so sections are sized for both the stairs and any lift. Letting the caretaker or managing agent know beforehand helps. We cover the floors in shared areas on the way in.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- We visit to measure up, note where the sockets are and plan how the cables will run.
- A quote in writing follows for the unit.
- 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
Getting a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Related advice
TV and media units in Foots Cray
Cables are the part most people want to hide. We plan cable routes through the unit 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 MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are space for a soundbar and speakers and a TV that looks out of place in the room.
Concrete floors and ceilings are common in post-war blocks, and drilling into them takes the right tools and fixings. Because many homes around Foots Cray were built in the post-war years, the walls are checked at the design visit before the design of TV and media units is settled. On a lightweight partition, heavier pieces stand on the floor and are fixed back.
The written quote is your record of the job. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Place
- Foots Cray (DA14, BR5)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about TV and media units in Foots Cray
Do you cover homes near Sidcup station?
Yes, homes across Bexley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room.
Will a conservation area stop me having TV and media units fitted in Foots Cray?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
Each room is quoted on its own: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. You’ll get a quote in writing once we’ve measured up.
Will the cables be hidden?
That is the aim, and it’s planned from the start. Routes, openings and removable panels let you add or change leads later without taking the unit apart. If the TV is wall-mounted, we plan a route behind the screen.
Can you plan for a future TV?
If you’re likely to upgrade, we can leave room for it. Tell us the size you have in mind so the space and cable routes suit it.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to let us in. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
When you need someone else
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Configuring the TV and sound system
- Plastering or decorating around the unit
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
Not sure whether your space suits TV and media units? You can send us a few details through our contact form and we will tell you. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Ventilated cabinets
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
Do you need TV and media units in Foots Cray?
Boxes, consoles and routers on the floor are a familiar sight. A unit gives every box its own space, with air to keep it cool.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- A screen at the wrong height
- Wasted space around the screen
If you live in a flat close to Sidcup station, the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
What to check before you book
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
Also near Foots Cray
More for homes in Foots Cray
Foots Cray homes and TV and media units
About 51% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Foots Cray went up between 1945 and 1972, and about 20% between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Near the centre of Foots Cray, Historic England’s list includes Frognal House (Grade II*), under half a mile west, and Parish Church of All Saints (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-east. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features such as panelling may need listed building consent. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. About 51% of homes in the area around Foots Cray were built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Rooms from that era are often squarer, with fewer alcoves and sometimes no chimney breast, so a full wall of TV and media units is often the answer, fixed to suit the wall, which may be concrete or block.
Close to Foots Cray Meadows? TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear. Danson House, about 2.8 miles north, 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.
Foots Cray is in the London Borough of Bexley, about 1 mile north-west of Sidcup. Design visits and fitting in Foots Cray can be on a Saturday, by arrangement. In Bexley, Foots Cray is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 27 places on our list.
Design visits and fitting in DA14 and BR5 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. You will find streets here like Cray Road, Evry Road and The Avenue, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. The A223 run close to Foots Cray, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. We also cover the places around Foots Cray: Ruxley (1 mile east), Albany Park (1 mile north-west), Upper Ruxley (1 mile east), Sidcup (1 mile north-west) and North Cray (2 miles north-east). Across the rest of Bexley, our area takes in Welling (3 miles north), Erith (5 miles north-east), Bexley (2 miles north-east), Belvedere (5 miles north), Northumberland Heath (5 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (5 miles north).
Around Foots Cray
Our area takes in the homes around Red Lion pub, Kemnal Technology College and Walsingham School, among other places. Foots Cray’s nearest station is Sidcup station, about 1.4 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Metropolitan Police Museum (1.3 miles north-west) and Queen Mary's Hospital (0.6 miles west).
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. Span, depth and the weight on it decide whether a shelf sags, so a long run needs a thicker shelf, a stiffening lip or a support. That’s something we plan for in the design.
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, and standard units leave gaps.
What affects the cost of TV and media units
The price for your room depends on:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The overall size of the piece
We don’t publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To arrange a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Helping us understand the room
Here’s what helps us most when you contact us:
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Your postcode and the borough
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. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.