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Westminster · London
Maida Vale TV and Media Units
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Maida Vale. Every piece is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Cables trailing across the wall
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
TV and media units in Maida Vale
Practical tips
New paint needs time to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Plan any new sockets with your electrician before fitting
- Note the screen size you have or plan to buy
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
- Decide where you’ll sit, so the screen height suits it
Clean the paintwork with a soft cloth that’s barely damp. Avoid abrasive pads and strong sprays.
Avoid piling devices on one shelf. Give each its own space.
TV and media units in Maida Vale: what you get
Sockets often need to move for a built-in TV wall, behind the screen or inside a cupboard. That job is for your electrician. It is best done before we fit so the sockets land in the right place. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are cables trailing across the wall and nowhere good for speakers.
Rooms in houses from before 1919 tend to have generous ceiling heights, and a large share of the homes around Maida Vale date from then. Full-height TV and media units can run up to the picture rail or the cornice, with the top line set to match the room’s own mouldings. Blocked fireplaces are common too, and a capped chimney should still be ventilated before anything is built against it.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we will tell you. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Place
- Maida Vale (W9, NW8, NW6)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the cost of TV and media units
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
In London, parking can affect the price. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so we may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a suspended bay. Let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so it can be planned.
Before the design visit
When you contact us, these help most:
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- Your postcode and the borough
- What the furniture needs to hold
A quote begins with a few details from you: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and go through the design, then send a written quote.
Common questions about TV and media units
Is parking a problem for fitting in Maida Vale?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by 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 we can plan the day around it.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Kilburn High Road station?
Yes, homes across Westminster and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with some details about the room.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket and the cable route behind it. The wall needs to be sound for the bracket.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it. The price comes in a quote in writing after the design visit.
Could you do it yourself?
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, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
It is worth being honest about cost: off-the-shelf furniture normally costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Living-room carpentry in Maida Vale: local notes
In the streets around Maida Vale, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 49%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 16%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Maida Vale include Church of St Mary Magdalene (Grade I), less than half a mile south, and Church of St Augustine (Grade I), less than half a mile north. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features such as panelling may need listed building consent. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. About 23% of households in the neighbourhood around Maida Vale live in flats in converted or shared houses, 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 way in often goes up shared stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it is worth checking yours first.
Winfield House, about 1.1 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. If your home is one of the older houses near St Peter Elgin Avenue, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. If your children go to Essendine Primary School or a school nearby, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room.
Maida Vale is about 2 miles south-east of City of Westminster, part of the City of Westminster. Homes in Maida Vale are part of the area we cover for TV and media units. In Westminster, Maida Vale is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 29 places on our list.
In W9, NW8 and NW6, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets like The Lane, Hall Road and Hill Road, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Maida Vale is near the A404; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. Close by, we also work in Westbourne Green (1 mile south), Little Venice (1 mile south-east), Paddington Green (1 mile south-east), Westbourne (1 mile south) and St John's Wood (1 mile north-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like City of Westminster (2 miles south-east), Marylebone (2 miles east), Soho (3 miles east), Chinatown (3 miles south-east), St James's (3 miles south-east) and Covent Garden (3 miles east).
What’s near Maida Vale
Our area takes in the homes around Maida Vale School, The Warrington pub and Cecil Sharp House, among other places. Maida Vale’s nearest station is Kilburn High Road station, about 0.7 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include O2 Centre (1.5 miles north) and Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (1 mile south). Open spaces near Maida Vale include The Long Water and Greville Place nature reserve.
Honest limits
Before you plan the job, it helps to know what we do not do:
- Setting up and tuning the TV, boxes and speakers
- Moving sockets or adding new wiring, which is for your electrician
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
If in doubt, you can get in touch through our contact form and describe the room. Our process from visit to fitting.
What goes into it
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Cable routes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
How fitting works for TV and media units
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. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. 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. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so TV and media units are made in sections sized to get through. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment.
- We come to measure and talk through screen height, speakers and cables.
- A written quote follows.
- Once you are happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable routes planned in.
- We bring it to your home and fit it in place.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
Arranging a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.