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Waltham Forest · London
Holloway Down TV and Media Units
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Holloway Down. After a design visit and a written quote, it’s made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A big screen that dominates the wall
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Boxes with no ventilation
TV and media units in Holloway Down
What TV and media units cannot fix
We’d rather be clear about where our work stops:
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Connecting the TV signal or internet
- New sockets behind the TV, which need an electrician
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can send us a few details through our contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How it works.
What goes into it
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Ventilated cabinets
- Birch plywood
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
TV and media units in Holloway Down: what you get
Media equipment warms up as it runs, so equipment cannot simply be shut in a closed cupboard. Ventilation is planned into the design. Equipment makers often say how much space their boxes need around them. If you are living with boxes with no ventilation and set-top boxes stacked on a stand, that’s what TV and media units are for, made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Around Holloway Down, a large share of homes date from before 1919, which in London mostly means Victorian and Edwardian houses. Main rooms in houses like these normally have a chimney breast with an alcove on each side, and those alcoves are the natural home for TV and media units. Because old walls bow and floors slope, the units are scribed to follow the wall and levelled at the base.
The quote comes in writing, so there’s time to read it properly. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Holloway Down (E11, E15, E7)
- Area
- Waltham Forest
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there’s often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can use the full height and width.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls.
FAQs: TV and media units in Holloway Down
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Holloway Down?
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’s useful to let us know about parking during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
My house in Holloway Down is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
What materials do you use?
We build with moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, depending on the part and the design. The materials are named in your written quote.
Where is the furniture made?
We make it in our workshop, to the design and sizes agreed after the design visit. Then we bring it to your home and fit it.
Can a TV unit hold speakers?
We plan open spaces for speakers and soundbars. Closed doors muffle sound, so we leave them open.
Do I get to choose the colour?
The choice is yours. Whichever finish you pick, it is in the colour you have chosen.
Living-room storage in Holloway Down
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Holloway Down were built before 1919 (about 53%) and since 2000 (about 25%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. 3 conservation areas have at least part of their area within a mile of the centre of Holloway Down. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If you live on or close to a main road in Holloway Down, let us know during the design visit. We can then plan where the van will stop.
If you live near West Ham Park, a room that looks out on trees deserves a design that leaves the window alone. For a flat near Maryland station, it helps to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Holloway Down is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, about 3 miles north-west of Walthamstow. Whether your home in Holloway Down is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Our Waltham Forest coverage includes Holloway Down.
Here we cover the E11, E15 and E7 postcode area for TV and media units. Streets in the area include Eve Road, Cary Road and Lynn Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. If you’re just outside Holloway Down, we also cover East Village (1 mile south-west), Temple Mills (1 mile west), Maryland (1 mile south), Stratford (1 mile south) and Leyton (1 mile north-west). We also make TV and media units in nearby places such as Walthamstow (3 miles north-west), Chingford (5 miles north), Bakers Arms (2 miles north-west), Walthamstow Village (2 miles north), Higham Hill (4 miles north-west) and Upper Walthamstow (2 miles north).
Landmarks near Holloway Down
The streets we cover here include those near Stratford Circus, Buxton School and Cart and Horses pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Holloway Down is Maryland station, roughly 0.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Passmore Edwards Museum (0.8 miles south) and Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End (0.9 miles south).
How fitting day works
On the morning of the fitting, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections made in our workshop, a piece at a time. 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. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- At the design visit we measure the wall and plan cable routes and ventilation, as set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers need air.
- A written quote follows for the unit.
- The unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable openings and vents cut in.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish and the routes left clear.
Before fitting day
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
Getting a quote
For a quote for TV and media units in Holloway Down, get in touch through our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Advice
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.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- A big screen that dominates the wall
- Boxes with no ventilation
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
Sutton House, about 2.4 miles west, 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.
What to check before you book
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Is bespoke worth it?
Some closed off-the-shelf cabinets have little ventilation. We plan ventilation for boxes, consoles and amplifiers, with open backs, gaps or vented doors. Ready-made pieces are proportioned for newer homes and can look lost in an older one, whereas fitted pieces can pick up the room’s height and mouldings.
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, which we write after seeing the room.
What you get with us
- Designed for the room you have
- Scribed to uneven walls
- Saturdays by arrangement
- We work across all London boroughs
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.