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Richmond upon Thames · London
TV and Media Units in Hampton
In Hampton, we design TV and media units around the room you actually have. We design your TV unit at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Wasted space around the screen
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
TV and media units designed for your room
What happens on fitting day
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it’s going into, 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, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. If you have a driveway, it can make unloading simpler, so let us know during 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 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 written quote 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.
Before we arrive
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
Starting with a design visit
We quote once we’ve seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and discuss the design with you, and the written quote comes after. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. To book a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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TV and media units for homes in Hampton
Built-in TV and media units bring the screen, set-top boxes, speakers and cables together in one piece of furniture. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. For a living room in Hampton, we start with a design visit to measure and talk through what you use. We make TV and media units from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and the things people most often want solved are wasted space around the screen and leads that show from every angle.
Around Hampton, with interwar houses or semis making up much of the housing, the living room may be a good size but with fewer recesses than a Victorian house. TV and media units can fill the alcoves, run the length of a wall or frame the chimney breast. Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood keep the pieces stable, and the paint finish is agreed with you.
Our quotes are written in plain words. You will see what will be made, the boards used and the finish.
- Location
- Hampton (TW12, TW11)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
The problems TV and media units solve
Open-plan living is another reason. Built-in furniture makes that wall look planned.
A few of the things people ask us to solve are these:
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
If you live in a flat close to Hampton station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Before you choose who makes it
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
TV and media units for homes in Hampton
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Hampton were built between 1973 and 1999 (about 33%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 21%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. 5 conservation areas have at least part of their area less than a mile from the middle of Hampton. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Many London boroughs run controlled parking zones, and Richmond upon Thames sets its own rules. Where a street in Hampton is controlled, a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension from the council. It is useful to tell us about parking at the design visit.
For an older house near All Saints' Hampton, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. For families living near Hampton Infant School and Nursery, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else.
Hampton is within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 2 miles north-east of Twickenham. Homes in Hampton are part of the area we cover for TV and media units, as part of our work in every London borough. In Richmond upon Thames, Hampton is one of the places we cover.
In TW12 and TW11, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. You’ll find streets here like Station Road, High Street and Old Farm Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. Hampton sits close to the A3008. If you are just outside Hampton, we also cover Hanworth (1 mile north-west), Hampton Hill (1 mile east), Fulwell (1 mile north-east) and Teddington (2 miles east). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Twickenham (2 miles north-east), Richmond (4 miles north-east), Richmond upon Thames (4 miles north-east), Barnes (7 miles north-east), Kew (6 miles north-east) and Mortlake (6 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Richmond upon Thames, Hampton is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
Landmarks near Hampton
Our area takes in the homes around Lady Eleanor Holles School, Jolly Coopers pub and Hampton High and the streets around them. The closest station to Hampton is Hampton station, roughly 0.5 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Metropolitan Traffic Police Museum (0.7 miles south-east) and Teddington Memorial Hospital (1.5 miles east). Not far away are Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Bought units often have a single cable gap, but cables usually still show somewhere. A built-in unit has routes planned through it, with access panels for changes later. Walls in interwar houses are straighter than in older ones, but rarely perfect, so standalone furniture can still lean or leave gaps. Built-in pieces are adjusted to the room on site.
Rooms that aren’t square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it, written once we’ve measured up.
What you get with us
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
- Over 300 projects completed
- Saturdays by arrangement
- Work across the whole of London
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf and what a quote should include.
Could you do it yourself?
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, and it’s quick to buy.
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. We design shelves with that in mind.
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Questions from Hampton
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Hampton?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. 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 during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Can you make TV and media units for a home in Hampton?
Yes, Hampton is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, and then we send a quote.
Do TV units need ventilation?
We plan ventilation into the unit for boxes, consoles and amplifiers, with open backs, gaps or openings. We give each box its own space.
Can you plan for a future TV?
We can size the opening for the screen you might buy next. It’s useful to know the size you are thinking of so the space and cable routes suit it.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps to avoid condensation. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Who moves the sockets for a built-in TV wall?
That is a job for your electrician. Ideally it’s done before fitting.
Practical tips
These points come up often when people plan TV and media units. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
- Tell us about parking and access during the design visit
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
Dust collects around equipment and vents, so clean them now and then. It keeps air moving.
Keep ventilation gaps and open backs clear as things change.