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Haringey · London
TV and Media Units in Fortis Green
Planning TV and media units for a home in Fortis Green? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing, before anything is made.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- Boxes with no ventilation
TV and media units for your home in Fortis Green
TV and media units in Fortis Green
Where the TV will be wall-mounted, the unit is designed around where the bracket goes and the cable route behind it. If it stands on the unit, we size the top to suit, with the cables kept out of sight. If your home has a TV that looks out of place in the room and clutter around the TV, that’s what TV and media units are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
With a large share of homes around Fortis Green built before 1919, plenty of living rooms are two reception rooms knocked into one, each with its own chimney breast. One pair of alcoves might take shelves and the other cupboards, a TV or a desk. Some internal walls in houses of that age are lath and plaster, so fixings are chosen to suit what’s behind the paint, and long shelves are sized so they don’t sag under books.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Where
- Fortis Green (N10, N2, N6)
- Borough
- Haringey
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Tell us about it when you contact us.
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so tell us about it at the design visit.
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Where other trades come in
Electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering and structural work are not part of what we do. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Installing aerials, satellite dishes or broadband
- Configuring the TV and sound system
- Taking out a fireplace or chimney breast
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can use our contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Birch plywood
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Ventilated cabinets
What affects the price in Fortis Green
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- How square the room is
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- The overall size of the piece
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. You’ll see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Helping us understand the room
Some details help us understand the job before we visit. When you contact us, it helps to send:
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
Rough sizes are fine at the start. We measure everything properly at the design visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, message us from the contact page and let us know about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Living-room storage in Fortis Green
About 56% of the homes in the streets around Fortis Green went up before 1919, and about 21% between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. 7 conservation areas have at least part of their area less than a mile from the middle of Fortis Green. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 27% of households in the neighbourhood around Fortis Green, the 2021 Census shows. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it’s worth checking yours first.
For a family home near Fortismere School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room. Heath Hall, about 1.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. For an older house near United Reformed Church, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Fortis Green is about 4 miles east of Tottenham, part of the London Borough of Haringey. Whether your home in Fortis Green is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. We list Fortis Green among 23 places we cover in Haringey.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: N10, N2 and N6. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Hill Road, Durham Road and Steeds Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want TV and media units or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Fortis Green include the A504. If you are just outside Fortis Green, we also cover Muswell Hill (1 mile east), East Finchley (1 mile west), Highgate (1 mile south), Crouch End (1 mile south-east) and Hampstead Garden Suburb (2 miles south-west). We also make TV and media units in nearby places such as Tottenham (4 miles east), Noel Park (2 miles east), Wood Green (2 miles east), Tottenham Green (3 miles east), South Tottenham (3 miles east) and Seven Sisters (3 miles east).
Around Fortis Green
We fit furniture in homes around Tollington School, The Clissold Arms and Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School. The nearest railway station is Alexandra Palace station, about 1.4 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Coppetts Wood Hospital (0.7 miles north) and Kenwood House (1.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Glebelands Local Nature Reserve.
Questions from Fortis Green
Does a conservation area in or near Fortis Green affect fitted furniture?
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. 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.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Fortis Green?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
External walls can be colder and damper than internal ones, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps, which helps avoid condensation and mould. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Do you do plastering or decorating?
No. Plastering and decorating are not part of our work. The furniture itself is spray painted or hand painted.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, then send a quote in writing.
Do TV units need ventilation?
Ventilation is designed in wherever equipment sits, using open backs, gaps or vented doors. Each box should have its own space, and it is worth checking the maker’s guidance on clearances.
What happens on fitting day
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so we scribe the edges by hand to follow the wall. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Any decorating around the new pieces is for your decorator.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit, and where the sockets are now.
- 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.
- We build the unit in our workshop, with routes and ventilation planned in, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment. A hand-painted finish is done on site, if you chose one.
Before fitting day
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
How to get a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space. To share them, get in touch through our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
Related advice
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
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.