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TV and Media Units in Herne Hill
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Herne Hill. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Wasted space around the screen
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
TV and media units for your home in Herne Hill
About our TV and media units in Herne Hill
Speakers need space to be heard properly. A soundbar normally sits just below the TV. Speakers work best in the open rather than behind closed doors, so we plan open spaces for them. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and people most often get in touch about equipment with nowhere proper to go and leads that show from every angle.
Rooms in houses from before 1919 tend to have generous ceiling heights, and a large share of the homes around Herne Hill date from then. Full-height TV and media units can run up to the picture rail or the cornice, with the top line set to match the room’s own mouldings. Where a fireplace has been blocked up, the chimney still needs ventilating, and any damp is sorted before units go in.
Our quotes are written in plain words, without jargon. You’ll see what will be made, the boards used and the finish, taken from what we agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Herne Hill (SE22, SW2, SE24)
- Borough
- Southwark
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall.
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there is a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Let us know about it when you contact us.
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Do you need TV and media units in Herne Hill?
Some have tried off-the-shelf units that never quite fitted. Standard TV stands rarely suit an awkward wall, and that is where a bespoke unit helps.
TV and media units can help with:
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Boxes with no ventilation
Kingswood House, about 1.7 miles south, 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.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
How it is made
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish suits a TV unit in a period room. The colour is agreed with you.
Plinths and scribe strips
In older houses, we usually scribe the sides and top. It makes the unit look built in.
Could you do it yourself?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it’s easy to buy.
The real difference is in 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 usually do that in an older room.
FAQs: TV and media units in Herne Hill
Can you make TV and media units for a home in Herne Hill?
Yes. We cover all of Southwark and the rest of London, and Herne Hill is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, followed by a quote.
My home in Herne Hill is a period house with walls that are not straight. Is that a problem?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Should I send photos?
Yes, they help. Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. You can send them when you use our contact form.
Do TV units need ventilation?
Media equipment runs warm and needs airflow. The unit is planned with open backs or gaps where boxes go. Keep the vents clear once it is in use.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you contact us.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, then send a quote in writing.
Herne Hill homes and TV and media units
In the streets around Herne Hill, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 59%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 16%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. There are 39 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Herne Hill. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and TV and media units can be designed to work around them. About 59% of homes in the streets around Herne Hill were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). In houses of that age, the chimney breast often becomes the TV wall, with cupboards in the alcoves for set-top boxes and speakers, with cable routes and ventilation planned in.
For an older house near Saint Faith's, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. If you live in a flat close to North Dulwich station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Herne Hill is within the London Borough of Southwark, about 1 mile north-east of East Dulwich. Anywhere in Herne Hill, the process is the same: a design visit, a written quote, furniture made in our workshop and fitting in your home. Our Southwark coverage includes Herne Hill.
Design visits and fitting in SE22, SW2 and SE24 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. You will find streets here like Jelf Road, Dewey Lane and Talma Road, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. Herne Hill is near the A204 and A2214; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Herne Hill: Dulwich Village (1 mile south-east), East Dulwich (1 mile north-east), Dulwich (1 mile south-east), Denmark Hill (1 mile north) and Camberwell (1 mile north). Other parts of Southwark we cover include Bermondsey (3 miles north), Elephant and Castle (3 miles north), Bankside (4 miles north), Southwark (3 miles north), St George's Fields (3 miles north) and Newington Butts (3 miles north). As one of the bigger places in Southwark, Herne Hill is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
Around Herne Hill
Our area takes in the homes around The Charter School, Half Moon pub and The Charter School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Herne Hill itself: North Dulwich station. Other landmarks nearby include Dulwich Community Hospital (0.6 miles north-east) and House of Dreams Museum (0.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Centre for Wildlife Gardening and Knight's Hill.
How fitting works for TV and media units
At the end, we tidy up and take up the floor coverings. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and answer any questions. The time the fitting 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 tell us about the room and what the unit needs to hold.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout.
- A quote in writing follows.
- Once you’re happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We bring it to your home and fit it in place.
Before fitting day
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Ask for a quote
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, when we have measured up and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.