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Southwark · London
Honor Oak TV and Media Units
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Honor Oak. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- A big screen that dominates the wall
TV and media units for your home in Honor Oak
TV and media units in Honor Oak: what you get
Sockets often need to move for a built-in TV wall. That’s work for your electrician, and some electrical work in homes falls under Part P of the Building Regulations. It is best done before we fit, and we can tell you where the unit will sit. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the usual reasons to get in touch are equipment with nowhere proper to go and a cabinet that traps heat.
Victorian and Edwardian houses were built with solid brick outside walls, while the walls inside can be brick or lath and plaster. Since a large share of the homes around Honor Oak date from before 1919, the wall type is checked before any fixing for TV and media units is chosen. Lath and plaster needs a lighter touch and the right fixings, especially behind loaded shelves.
We write quotes in plain English. You’ll see what will be made, the boards used and the finish.
- Location
- Honor Oak (SE23, SE22, SE4)
- Area
- Southwark
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Honor Oak
I live in a flat in Honor Oak. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in as well as the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. TV and media units are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
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, then send a written quote.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we will see what we can do.
Can the TV unit fit a bigger TV later?
We can size the opening for the screen you might buy next. It helps to know the size you are thinking of.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Tips worth knowing
These points come up often when people plan TV and media units. They’re worth knowing whatever the room:
- Book your electrician first if sockets need to move
- Think about whether you want the screen on a bracket or on a shelf
- Check where the seating will go
- Note the size of each box and speaker
Paint is dry to the touch well before it has fully cured. At first, lift boxes and speakers into place rather than pushing them to avoid marks.
Ask your electrician about new sockets rather than running extension leads through the unit, and don’t overload sockets.
The problems TV and media units solve
Upgrading to a bigger screen is a common trigger. The old stand looks too small, or the screen dominates the wall. A unit around it puts it in proportion.
People normally get in touch with us about needs like these:
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Cables trailing across the wall
Close to Peckham Rye? TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Bespoke furniture takes longer than buying from a shop: there is a design visit, a quote and making time. For a short stay, a standalone stand can make more sense. Alcoves and recesses in period houses are rarely a standard width or depth, so ready-made units rarely fill them properly. Made for the space, the furniture uses the full width and height.
How it’s painted is part of the price: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What you get with us
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
Also near Honor Oak
What else we make in Honor Oak
How fitting works for TV and media units
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so we scribe the edges by hand to follow the wall, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Parking on terraced streets can be tight, especially in a controlled parking zone, so details of permits, bays and any loading restrictions help. The van is unloaded quickly, with the sections carried straight in. Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement.
- You send us a note about the room and the unit you’d like.
- At the design visit we agree the layout and talk about colour and finish.
- You get a quote in writing covering the design, the materials and the finish.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray-painted finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, and any hand painting is done in the room. Go gently with new paintwork while it cures.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
Ask for a quote
To make a start, fill in our short enquiry form and tell us which room you have in mind and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and a written quote follows.
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Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too. It’s made from the same moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood as any of our work, finished by spray or by hand.
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
Living-room carpentry in Honor Oak: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 54% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Honor Oak, with about 17% built between 1945 and 1972, 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Honor Oak include Church of St Augustine (Grade II), under half a mile east, and Woodville Hall (Grade II), under half a mile south-west. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Southwark is inside it. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in Honor Oak is covered by it. Access and parking are talked through at the design visit.
Kingswood House, about 1.9 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. If your children go to St Francesca Cabrini Primary School or a school nearby, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design.
Honor Oak is in the London Borough of Southwark, about 2 miles north-west of East Dulwich. Homes in Honor Oak are part of the area we cover for TV and media units, as part of our work in every London borough. Honor Oak is one of the places in Southwark where we make TV and media units.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: SE23, SE22 and SE4. We cover homes on streets such as Rye Road, Ewart Road and Bovill Road, along with the roads around them, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Other places close to Honor Oak include Forest Hill (1 mile south), Brockley (1 mile east), Crofton Park (1 mile east), Nunhead (1 mile north) and Telegraph Hill (1 mile north). Elsewhere in Southwark, we also cover East Dulwich (2 miles north-west), Herne Hill (2 miles west), Bermondsey (3 miles north), Elephant and Castle (4 miles north-west), Bankside (4 miles north-west) and Southwark (4 miles north-west).
Near you in Honor Oak
The streets we cover here include those near Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich and Herne Tavern. There’s a railway station in Honor Oak itself: Honor Oak Park station. Other landmarks nearby include Dulwich Community Hospital (1.4 miles north-west) and Horniman Museum and Gardens (0.8 miles south-west). Open spaces near Honor Oak include One Tree Hill.