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TV and Media Units in Lessness Heath
For homes in Lessness Heath, we make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
TV and media units designed for your room
Questions we’re often asked
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Is Lessness Heath in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes, Lessness Heath is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Bexley and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, followed by a quote.
Can the TV unit fit a bigger TV later?
We can plan the opening with a bigger screen in mind so the unit suits your next set. Tell us the size you might move to at the measuring visit.
Will the cables be hidden?
We plan cable routes through the unit from the start, with openings and access panels. Where cables reach the wall depends on the sockets, so it is useful to plan sockets with your electrician.
Can you add sockets behind the TV?
We don’t do electrical work. Sockets and wiring are for your electrician, and Part P of the Building Regulations covers some electrical work in homes. We tell you where the unit will sit so the sockets end up in the right place.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch.
About our TV and media units in Lessness Heath
Built-in TV and media units bring the screen, set-top boxes, speakers and cables together in one piece of furniture. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. For a living room in Lessness Heath, we start with a design visit to measure and talk through what you use. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and people most often get in touch about a cabinet that traps heat and a tangle of wires behind the TV.
Wherever your home in Lessness Heath sits in London’s mix of housing, TV and media units start with the room you actually have. Older rooms bring uneven walls and picture rails, while newer ones bring plasterboard walls and boxed-in pipes. Each is measured, and the pieces are made to fit it.
A quote in writing is the clearest record of what we’ve agreed. It describes the TV unit we have designed for the room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Place
- Lessness Heath (DA17, DA8, DA7)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How it is made
Moisture-resistant MDF
Moisture-resistant MDF is stable and takes paint well, so we use it for panels, doors and the faces you see.
Shelves
Speakers and books suit open shelves, while cupboards hide the rest.
TV and media units in Lessness Heath: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Lessness Heath were built before 1919 (about 26%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 22%), 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 Lessness Heath. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. Purpose-built flats are more common around Lessness Heath than across Bexley: about 37% of households, against about 21%, the 2021 Census shows. So the route in, from stairs to lifts, is part of the design.
Near listed buildings like Parish Church of All Saints, under half a mile south-west of the centre of Lessness Heath, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent. Red House, about 2.3 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units.
Lessness Heath is within the London Borough of Bexley, about 4 miles south-west of Sidcup. We can visit homes in Lessness Heath on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. Lessness Heath is one of the places in Bexley where we make TV and media units, and the borough has 27 places on our list.
In DA17, DA8 and DA7, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets like Cray Road, Clive Road and Erith Road, along with the roads around them, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. We also cover Belvedere (1 mile east), Erith (1 mile south-east), Northumberland Heath (1 mile south-east), West Heath (1 mile south-west) and Bexley Riverside (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Bexley we cover include Sidcup (4 miles south-west), Welling (3 miles south-west), Bexley (3 miles south), Bexleyheath (2 miles south), Albany Park (5 miles south-west) and Thamesmead (2 miles north-west).
Around Lessness Heath
The streets we cover here include those near Trinity Church of England School, Priory Club pub and Trinity School. The closest station to Lessness Heath is Belvedere station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Erith and District Hospital (0.9 miles south-east) and Erith Museum (1.2 miles east). For a walk, there is Crossness Nature Reserve.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
It’s worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is usually cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
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How fitting day works
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long fitting takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. London parking ranges from controlled zones to driveways and private bays, so let us know what applies at the design visit. For a flat, building rules on lifts and working hours are worth checking.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- We visit to measure up, note where the sockets are and plan how the cables will run. If you need new sockets, your electrician should do that before fitting.
- A quote in writing follows for the unit.
- The unit is made at 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
- Let us know about parking near your home
Starting with a design visit
A quote begins with a few details from you: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. To send them, get in touch through our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and go through the design, then send a written quote.
Advice
What it costs
Not every room costs the same, and it comes down to:
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The width and height of the space
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- Spray painting or hand painting
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Bigger pieces use more board and take longer to make and fit, so size is the starting point. Doors, drawers, internal fittings and the finish make up most of the rest.
Before the design visit
A few details help us understand the job before we visit. It is useful to include:
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Your postcode and the borough
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
We quote once we have seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, then send a written quote. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. To arrange a visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Do you need TV and media units in Lessness Heath?
Open-plan living is another reason. Built-in furniture makes that wall look planned.
If you recognise any of these, it’s worth talking to us:
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- A screen at the wrong height
- A cabinet that traps heat
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
For an older house near Parish Church of All Saints, 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
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How parking will work on your street