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Kensington and Chelsea · London
TV and Media Units in Holland Park
TV and media units in Holland Park: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Every piece is made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
TV and media units designed for your room
About our TV and media units in Holland Park
The screen size comes first. We plan the space around the TV you have, or the one you expect to buy, with a margin so it is not a tight squeeze. Viewing height matters too: it should suit where you sit, not just the wall. If your home has a TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall and a big screen that dominates the wall, TV and media units made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
In a house from the Victorian or Edwardian years, the front room normally keeps its chimney breast even where the fireplace has gone. That matters around Holland Park, as a large share of the homes there were built before 1919. TV and media units built into the recesses either side are scribed to the plaster and cut around the skirting.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Location
- Holland Park (W8, W11, W14)
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How it’s made
Plinths and scribe strips
The plinth raises the unit and hides a sloping floor. It can line up with the skirting.
Doors and drawer fronts
Some equipment needs line of sight for its remote.
Is bespoke worth it?
Standard units come in fixed sizes, and rarely fill an alcove or a wall. A bespoke unit is scribed to the walls and can run to the ceiling with shelves and cupboards around the screen. Recesses in older houses come in every size except the standard ones, so ready-made units rarely fill them properly. Furniture made for the space fills it.
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Bigger pieces use more board and take longer to make and fit, so size is the starting point. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
Why choose us
- Saturday visits and fitting by arrangement
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Work across the whole of London
See how bespoke compares with ready-made or what to look for in a quote.
How fitting works for TV and media units
You are welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving everything tidy. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so TV and media units are made in sections sized to get through. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- At the design visit, we measure the wall and plan the screen space, cable routes and ventilation with you.
- You receive a quote setting out the layout and the paint finish.
- The unit is made in our workshop, with cable routes and vents built in.
- Fitting day: the unit goes in, is levelled and scribed, and the cable routes are left clear.
How to prepare
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
How to get a quote
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 written quote. To arrange the visit, message us from the contact page.
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The problems TV and media units solve
Open-plan living is another reason. A built-in unit gives that wall order and holds books and everyday things as well.
Most of the enquiries we get are about things like these:
- Wasted space around the screen
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
If your home is one of the older houses near Church of St George, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- A written quote that sets out the job
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Questions from Holland Park
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Kensington Olympia station?
Yes. We cover all of Kensington and Chelsea and the rest of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Holland Park?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
How do you hide the TV cables?
We design the unit so cables run out of sight. Routes, openings and removable panels let you add or change leads later without taking the unit apart. For a wall-mounted TV, a route behind the screen is planned in.
Can you add sockets behind the TV?
Your electrician does that. It’s best done before the unit goes in.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Not normally. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first.
Looking after your furniture
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. A few pointers help:
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
- Tell us about parking and access during the design visit
- Look at what the equipment makers say about airflow
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
Doors can settle a little once the unit is in use. Hinges can normally be adjusted to line them up again.
Tag each lead at both ends, so changes later are simple.
TV and media units for homes in Holland Park
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Holland Park were built before 1919 (about 69%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 11%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Holland Park is partly covered by the Holland Park Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 29% of households in the area around Holland Park, based on Census 2021. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it is worth checking yours first.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Leighton House, about 0.4 miles south. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. For a flat near Kensington Olympia station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
Holland Park is about 1 mile south of Kensington, part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Holland Park is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. We list Holland Park among 13 places we cover in Kensington and Chelsea.
Every address in W8, W11 and W14 is covered for TV and media units, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Whether you live on a street like Dukes Lane, Milson Road and Elsham Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. Main roads around Holland Park include the A402 and A4204. We also cover Kensington (1 mile south), Notting Hill (1 mile north), Shepherd's Bush (1 mile west), Notting Dale (1 mile north) and White City (1 mile north-west). We also make TV and media units in nearby places such as Brompton (2 miles east), Chelsea (2 miles south-east), World's End (2 miles south-east), North Kensington (2 miles north-west) and Little Chelsea (2 miles south-east).
What’s near Holland Park
Our area takes in the homes around Fox Primary School, Kensington School and Abdus Salam Library. Holland Park’s nearest station is Kensington Olympia station, roughly 0.5 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St Mary Abbot's Hospital (0.7 miles south-east) and Kensington Arcade (0.6 miles east). Green spaces nearby include The Long Water and Campden Hill.