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Barnet · London
High Barnet TV and Media Units
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. Our work on TV and media units in High Barnet starts with a design visit, and everything is made in our workshop.
- Cables trailing across the wall
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Clutter around the TV
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TV and media units for homes in High Barnet
Media equipment warms up as it runs, so equipment cannot simply be shut in a closed cupboard. We plan ventilation into the unit. Equipment makers often say how much space their boxes need around them. People typically come to us about space for a soundbar and speakers and boxes with no ventilation, and the answer is made at our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
A house from between the wars usually has lower ceilings than a Victorian one, so TV and media units are proportioned to the room rather than copied from a taller one. If yours is one of the interwar houses, semis or detached homes that make up much of the housing around High Barnet, there may be little or no cornice, which lets the furniture run straight up to the ceiling. The skirting is scribed around neatly.
Everything we agree at the measuring 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.
- Location
- High Barnet (EN5)
- Area
- Barnet
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Built-in living-room furniture in High Barnet
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around High Barnet were built before 1919 (about 42%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 25%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. We take that into account at the measuring visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Near the centre of High Barnet, Historic England’s list includes Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II*), less than half a mile south-east, and Stable Block to Hadley House (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-east. If your own home is listed, internal works that affect its character, like fixing into or removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in High Barnet. Parking and access are planned at the design visit.
For a family home near Foulds School, shelving with deep cupboards below keeps books, games and school things in one place. Close to King George's Fields (Monken Hadley)? TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it.
High Barnet is within the London Borough of Barnet, about 4 miles south of Finchley. Homes in High Barnet are part of the area we cover for TV and media units. We list High Barnet among 41 places we cover in Barnet.
We cover every part of EN5. You’ll find streets here such as Byng Road, Park Road and Kings Road, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. High Barnet sits close to the A1081. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Hadley (1 mile east), Arkley (1 mile south-west), Totteridge (1 mile south) and Rowley Green (2 miles west). Other parts of Barnet we cover include Finchley (4 miles south), Burnt Oak (4 miles south-west), East Finchley (5 miles south), Hendon (5 miles south), Whetstone (3 miles south-east) and Edgware (4 miles south-west).
What’s near High Barnet
The streets we cover here include those near Queen Elizabeth's School, Susi Earnshaw Theatre School and The White Lion pub. For rail, the closest station is Hadley Wood station, roughly 1.6 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Barnet General Hospital (0.5 miles south-west) and Spires Shopping Centre (close by, under half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Barnet Countryside Centre.
Questions we’re often asked
Does a conservation area in or near High Barnet affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
I live near Hadley Wood station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Barnet and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
How do you hide the TV cables?
We plan cable routes through the unit from the start, with access panels for later changes. Where the cables meet the wall depends on where the sockets are, and your electrician can move them if needed.
How long will the fitting take?
The fitting depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. The making happens in our workshop.
Can you plan for a future TV?
The space can be sized for a larger TV so the unit suits your next set. Tell us the size you might move to at the design visit.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You choose it, and we agree it with you before the furniture is finished. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
Why bespoke in High Barnet?
TVs keep getting bigger, and a stand that suits today’s set may look small with the next. We can leave room for a larger screen, so the unit lasts longer. Ready-made furniture rarely suits a bay, a box room or a bulkhead over the stairs, and interwar homes often have all three. Built-in pieces are designed to fit them.
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Why choose us
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Work across the whole of London
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- More than 300 projects completed
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made or what to look for in a quote.
Caring for painted furniture
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after. A few things help it stay looking good:
- List every box, console and speaker that needs a home
- Measure your TV, or the size you expect to buy next
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
- Look at what the equipment makers say about airflow
Vents and equipment shelves gather dust, so a quick clean now and then helps. Clear vents keep equipment cooler.
Don’t stack boxes on top of each other in one space. Give each its own space.
Is it time for TV and media units?
A new, larger TV often prompts it. The old stand no longer suits it, or the screen takes over the room. A unit around it puts it in proportion.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Clutter around the TV
- A cabinet that traps heat
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
If your home is one of the older houses near Christ Church, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Whether you’ll get a written quote, not just a figure
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
What happens on fitting day
Finishing comes last. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Loft stairs in an interwar house can be tight, with a low ceiling at the top, so any section going up there is sized for them. Elsewhere in the house, the route is typically more generous. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout, with ventilation for boxes and amplifiers.
- 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Let us know about parking near your home
Getting a quote
To get a quote, tell us about the room on 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 discuss the design, and send you a written quote afterwards.
Advice
Flats, blocks and rented homes
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways as well as the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.