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TV and media units in Monken Hadley, Barnet
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. Our work on TV and media units in Monken Hadley starts with a design visit, and everything is made in our workshop.
- Wasted space around the screen
- A big screen that dominates the wall
- Standard units leaving gaps
TV and media units in Monken Hadley
Questions from Monken Hadley
Will a conservation area stop me having TV and media units fitted in Monken Hadley?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
Can you make TV and media units for a home in Monken Hadley?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London, and Monken Hadley is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, followed by a quote.
How do I get a quote for TV and media units in Monken Hadley?
Just get in touch through our contact form. It helps to send rough measurements and a few pictures, and we will arrange a design visit.
Does the unit work if the TV is on a bracket?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket, with a route for the cables. The bracket needs a sound wall so we check the wall at the measuring visit.
How long does it take to fit a TV unit?
It depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. The making happens in our workshop.
My walls aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
Walls and floors that are not true are part of the job in older homes. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth, so it sits tight to the room.
About our TV and media units in Monken Hadley
Set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers give off heat, so sealing equipment in a cupboard is not a good idea. We plan ventilation into the unit, with open backs, gaps or vented doors where they’re needed. It’s worth checking each maker’s guidance on clearances. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room and a tangle of wires behind the TV.
Ceilings in interwar houses tend to be lower than in Victorian ones, and the proportions of TV and media units are set to match. Where your home is one of the interwar houses or semis that are a big part of the housing around Monken Hadley, there may be little or no cornice, which lets the furniture run straight up to the ceiling. Any skirting is cut around neatly.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we will tell you. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- Monken Hadley (EN5, EN4)
- Area
- Barnet
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Materials and finishes
Plinths and scribe strips
Scribe strips are trimmed on site to meet walls that are not straight.
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy. Fronts are painted to match the unit.
How we price TV and media units
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- Parking and unloading on your street
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- The width and height of the space
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Before the design visit
The more you can tell us at the start, the better the design visit goes. It is useful to include:
- Your postcode and the borough
- Examples of the look you’re after
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To get started, get in touch through our contact form and let us know about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Where other trades come in
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Painting the walls and ceiling
- Connecting the TV signal or internet
- Structural changes to the wall
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it is made from
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
Also near Monken Hadley
More for homes in Monken Hadley
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it’s easy to buy.
Living-room storage in Monken Hadley
About 42% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Monken Hadley went up before 1919, and about 25% between 1919 and 1939, 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. There are 55 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Monken Hadley. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and TV and media units can be designed to work around them. Since the zone was extended to the outer boroughs in August 2023, the whole of London has been inside the ULEZ. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in Monken Hadley. Parking and access are planned at the measuring visit.
If you live in a period home close to Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. For a family home near Monken Hadley CofE Primary School, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else. Close to King George's Fields (Monken Hadley)? Shelving that stops short of the window keeps the view of the green.
Monken Hadley is part of the London Borough of Barnet, about 4 miles south of Finchley. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Monken Hadley included. Monken Hadley is one of 41 places on our list for Barnet.
Every address in EN5 and EN4 is covered for TV and media units, from the main roads to the quieter streets. You’ll find streets here like Dury Road, Lucan Road and Bruce Road, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. The A1081 run close to Monken Hadley; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Underhill (1 mile south), Hadley Wood (1 mile east), Barnet (1 mile south-east), New Barnet (2 miles south-east) and Cockfosters (2 miles east). Elsewhere in Barnet, we also cover Finchley (4 miles south), Burnt Oak (4 miles south-west), East Finchley (5 miles south), Hendon (5 miles south), Whetstone (3 miles south-east) and Edgware (4 miles south-west).
Near you in Monken Hadley
The streets we cover here include those near Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Former King William IV Public House and Susi Earnshaw Theatre School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Hadley Wood station, about 1 mile north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Barnet General Hospital (1 mile south-west) and Spires Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south). Not far away are Hadley Green.
How fitting works for TV and media units
Fitting day follows a set order: floors are protected, the sections come in, everything is levelled, scribed to the walls, fixed and finished. 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. Loft stairs in an interwar house can be tight, with a low ceiling at the top, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are typically straighter. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- 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 in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable openings and vents cut in.
- We fit it in your home and leave the cable routes ready for you to use.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
How to get a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. 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, use our contact form.