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TV and Media Units in Hacton
We make TV and media units for homes in Hacton, designed around the room you have. Your TV unit is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
TV and media units designed for your room
Flats, leases and landlords
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. An agent can arrange access for you, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Tell us about them at the measuring visit.
About our TV and media units in Hacton
Set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers give off heat, so sealing equipment in a cupboard isn’t a good idea. Ventilation is planned into the design, using open backs, gaps or openings where equipment sits. It is worth checking each maker’s guidance on clearances. People usually come to us about a tangle of wires behind the TV and speakers muffled behind doors; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Many houses from between the wars, and many semis, have been extended or opened up inside, and around Hacton, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a large share of the housing. A long through room gives TV and media units a whole wall to work with. An extension’s plasterboard walls need different fixings from the original brick or block.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Hacton (RM12, RM14, RM13)
- Area
- Havering
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Tips worth knowing
New paint needs time to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Note the size of each box and speaker
- Think about which things need to be seen by a remote
- Check where the seating will go
- Check each box’s guidance on ventilation and clearances
After setting up, check that the boxes are not getting too warm. Keep vents, gaps and open backs clear of cables and clutter.
Leave any new socket or wiring work to your electrician, and do not daisy-chain adaptors.
FAQs: TV and media units in Hacton
Is parking a problem for fitting in Hacton?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It is useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Do you make TV and media units for homes in Hacton?
Yes. We cover all of Havering and the rest of London, and Hacton is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, and then we send a quote.
Does my lease affect fitted furniture?
Possibly. It depends on your lease, and some need consent for alterations. Your lease is something we cannot advise on.
Do photos help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough measurements. Show anything the furniture has to work around, like radiators or sockets.
How long are you in the house for fitting?
The time on site depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. We’ll explain what fitting day involves before we start.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
We can plan for either a wall-mounted TV or one standing on the unit. If the TV is wall-mounted, panels and shelves are arranged around the bracket and cables.
How we price TV and media units
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. The main factors are:
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- Parking and unloading on your street
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, and that’s part of the price. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space.
What we need to know
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Examples of the look you are after
- The type of home and how the room is reached
The design visit is where every quote starts. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing, so you can take your time with it. To book one, drop us a line using the contact form.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture cannot typically do that in an older room.
It is worth being honest about cost: off-the-shelf furniture typically costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is awkward, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
What else we make in Hacton
TV and media units for homes in Hacton
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 42% of the housing in the streets around Hacton, with about 29% built between 1973 and 1999, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. About 72% of households in the neighbourhood around Hacton live in detached or semi-detached houses, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. In a semi or detached house, a driveway, where there is one, can make unloading easier. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Havering are set locally. Depending on your street in Hacton, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a council bay suspension may be needed. Let us know what the parking is like during the design visit.
If your home is one of the older houses near St Matthews Church Hall, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. The wider area includes historic houses such as Rainham Hall, about 2.1 miles south-west. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. Close to Hornchurch Country Park? TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear.
Hacton is about 3 miles north-west of Romford, within the London Borough of Havering. Anywhere in Hacton, it works the same way: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made at our workshop and fitting in your home. Hacton is one of the places in Havering where we make TV and media units, and the borough has 22 places on our list.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: RM12, RM14 and RM13. You will find streets here such as Gerpins Lane and Berwick Pond Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Upminster Bridge (1 mile north), Hornchurch (2 miles north), Upminster (2 miles north-east), Wennington (2 miles south) and Cranham (2 miles north-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Romford (3 miles north-west), Gallows Corner (4 miles north), Heath Park (3 miles north-west), Collier Row (4 miles north-west), Rainham (2 miles south-west) and Ardleigh Green (3 miles north).
Around Hacton
The streets we cover here include those near Sanders Draper School and The Optimist Tavern and the streets around them. Hacton’s nearest station is Upminster station, roughly 1.8 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include St George's Hospital (0.7 miles north-west). Open spaces near Hacton include Ingrebourne Valley.
What happens on fitting day
There is not much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared, as agreed at the design visit. After that, it’s over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. 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. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. Elsewhere in the house, the route is usually more generous. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- You let us know about the room and what the unit needs to hold.
- We come to measure and talk through screen height, speakers and cables.
- We put the design, materials and finish into a quote in writing.
- We then make the unit in our workshop, with cable routes planned in.
- The unit is fitted in your home, ready for your equipment.
Before fitting day
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
How to get a quote
To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and tell us which room you have in mind and roughly what you’d like. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and send you a written quote afterwards.