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Brent · London
TV and media units in Kensal Green, Brent
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, designed for your room in Kensal Green. We measure, design and quote first, then make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Nowhere good for speakers
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
TV and media units in Kensal Green
Why people ask for TV and media units in Kensal Green
Games, controllers and remotes need a home. Drawers and cupboards hold them out of sight.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- Wasted space around the screen
- Clutter around the TV
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
Kensington Palace, about 2.4 miles south-east, 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.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
TV and media units in Kensal Green: what you get
Where the TV will be wall-mounted, the unit is designed around where the bracket goes. If it stands on the unit, we size the top to suit, with the cables kept out of sight. If your home has a TV that looks out of place in the room and alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste, TV and media units made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Older houses tend to come with picture rails, tall skirtings and cornices, and they set the lines that TV and media units have to meet. Homes built before 1919 make up a large share of the housing around Kensal Green, so mouldings are something we expect to talk about at the measuring visit. The top line can stop at the rail or run on to the cornice, depending on the room.
The furniture is made at our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Location
- Kensal Green (NW10, W10, NW6)
- Borough
- Brent
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions we’re often asked
Is Kensal Green in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes. We cover all of Brent and the rest of London, and Kensal Green is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
My home in Kensal Green is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
We measure the route in along with the room itself: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. TV and media units are made at our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
Walls and floors that aren’t true are part of the job in older homes. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base.
What finishes do you offer?
There are two choices: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. The finish is agreed in your quote.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not typically. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need it. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Is there room for a soundbar?
Speakers and soundbars get open shelves sized for them. Closed doors muffle sound.
Tips worth knowing
These points come up often when people plan TV and media units. They help whatever the room:
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
- Measure your TV, or the size you expect to buy next
- Let us know about parking and access at the measuring visit
- Talk to your electrician early about sockets
Once your equipment is in, check that it isn’t running hot. Don’t block the gaps and openings left for air with cables or clutter.
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Living-room carpentry in Kensal Green: local notes
About 62% of the homes in the streets around Kensal Green went up before 1919, and about 14% between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 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. There are 168 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Kensal Green. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and TV and media units can be designed to work around them. Around Kensal Green, about 62% of homes date from before 1919, well above the figure for Brent as a whole, about 28%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. So older-house details are more likely to come into the design of TV and media units.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as The Anglican Chapel, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. If you live near Little Wormwood Scrubs, TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear.
Kensal Green is part of the London Borough of Brent, about 1 mile north-east of Kilburn. We cover Kensal Green as part of our work across Brent, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Kensal Green is one of the places in Brent where we make TV and media units, and the borough has 29 places on our list.
We work across the NW10, W10 and NW6 postcode area for TV and media units. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Waldo Road, Hazel Road and Hiley Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want TV and media units or another piece made for the room. We also cover Kensal Rise (1 mile east), College Park (1 mile west), North Kensington (1 mile south-east), Willesden Green (1 mile north) and Kensal Town (1 mile south-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Neasden (2 miles north-west), Wembley (4 miles north-west), Kenton (5 miles north-west), Church End (2 miles north-west), Stonebridge (2 miles north-west) and Cricklewood (2 miles north).
Landmarks near Kensal Green
The streets we cover here include those near Queens Park Community School, Brondesbury College and The Masons Arms and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Kensal Green itself: Kensal Green station. Well-known places in the area include Westfield London (1.6 miles south) and Brent Museum and Archives (1.1 miles north).
How it is made
Shelves
Long shelves need the right thickness or a support.
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy close to hand. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.
When is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it’s easy to buy.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
Also near Kensal Green
What else we make in Kensal Green
How fitting day works
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room and take up the floor coverings. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you. How long 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 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. If you need new sockets, your electrician should do that before fitting.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, leaving routes for cables and gaps for air.
- We fit it in your home and leave the cable routes ready for you to use.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
Starting with a design visit
If you know what you want, say so; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, drop us a line using the contact form.