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Richmond upon Thames · London
TV and Media Units in Mortlake
In Mortlake, we design TV and media units around the room you actually have. We design your TV unit at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
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TV and media units in Mortlake
Built-in living-room furniture in Mortlake
In the streets around Mortlake, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 58%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 15%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how TV and media units are fixed and fitted. There are 23 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Mortlake. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. All of London, Richmond upon Thames included, is inside the ULEZ. Vans bringing furniture to Mortlake fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. Access and parking are talked through at the design visit.
Near listed buildings like Parish Church of St Mary, under half a mile north-east of the centre of Mortlake, 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. For families living near Thomson House School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room.
Mortlake is within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 3 miles west of Twickenham. We can visit homes in Mortlake on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. In Richmond upon Thames, Mortlake is one of the places we cover.
In SW14, SW13 and SW15, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street such as Elm Road, Well Lane and Coval Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. The A3003 runs close to Mortlake; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. We also cover East Sheen (1 mile south-west), North Sheen (1 mile north-west), Barnes (1 mile north-east), Grove Park (1 mile north) and Roehampton (1 mile south-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Twickenham (3 miles west), Richmond (2 miles south-west), Teddington (4 miles south-west), Hampton (6 miles south-west), Hanworth (6 miles south-west) and St Margarets (2 miles west).
Landmarks near Mortlake
Around Mortlake, we cover homes near Richmond Park Academy, Ibstock Place School and Hare and Hounds pub. Mortlake has its own railway station: Mortlake station. A little further out are Barnes Hospital (within half a mile east) and Ubuntu Museum: African Museum of Humanity (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Duke's Hollow.
TV and media units for homes in Mortlake
Everything starts with the screen. We plan the space around the TV you have, or the one you expect to buy. Viewing height matters too: it should suit where you sit, not just the wall. We make TV and media units from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste and clutter around the TV.
In streets where so much of the housing went up before 1919, as it did around Mortlake, lots of living rooms are two reception rooms knocked into one, each with its own chimney breast. That can mean one pair of alcoves for shelving and the other for low cupboards, with the screen on a chimney breast between. Some internal walls in houses of that age are lath and plaster, so fixings are chosen to suit what’s behind the paint.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish, so it’s clear what’s included.
- Where
- Mortlake (SW14, SW13, SW15)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about TV and media units
Do you cover homes near Mortlake station?
Yes, homes across Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Mortlake?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. It is useful to tell us about parking at the design visit.
Can you plan for a future TV?
If you are likely to upgrade, we can leave room for it. Tell us the size you have in mind.
Is there room for a soundbar?
Speakers sound better in the open than shut in a cupboard. A soundbar can sit on a shelf below the screen, and larger speakers suit open shelves at the sides. Bring the sizes to the design visit.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from 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.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work, but it helps to be around at the end.
Before and after fitting day
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Find out how much space each box needs around it
- Choose how the TV will sit before the design is finished
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
After setting up, check that the boxes aren’t getting too warm. Keep vents, gaps and open backs clear of cables and clutter.
Label cables when you set things up to make future changes easier.
Is it time for TV and media units?
Some want the TV to sit better in a period room. A built-in unit around the chimney breast lets it sit more quietly, rather than the focus of it.
Requests we hear often include:
- A TV stand that does not fit the wall
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
The wider area includes historic houses like Chiswick House, about 1.3 miles north. If your own home is a period one, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- How parking will work on your street
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Whether you will get a quote in writing, not just a figure
Fitting day, step by step
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. The sections made in our workshop come in next, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. On fitting day in an older house, the main job is scribing to walls and levelling on floors that slope, so there’s some trimming and adjusting on site. Floors are protected, and dust is kept down as far as possible. Parking can be tight on terraced streets, so let us know about permits and bays at the design visit.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout, with ventilation for boxes and amplifiers.
- We put the design, materials and finish into a quote in writing.
- Once you are happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable routes planned in.
- The unit is fitted in your home, ready for your equipment, with the cable routes left clear.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Ask for a quote
A quote begins with a few details from you: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of photos if you can take them. When you’re ready, message us from the contact page. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a written quote.
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Where other trades come in
Some parts of a job need another trade, such as an electrician, a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here’s what to know:
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
- Any electrical work (your electrician handles that, and Part P covers some of it)
- Structural changes to the wall
If in doubt, you can use our contact form and describe the room. How it works.
What goes into it
- Hand-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Ventilated cabinets
Could you do it yourself?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
If you’re handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.