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TV and Media Units in New Addington
TV and media units in New Addington: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. We visit to measure and talk through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Wasted space around the screen
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
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TV and media units for homes in New Addington
Speakers need their own thought. A soundbar can sit on a shelf below the screen. Speakers work best in the open rather than behind closed doors, so we leave open bays for them. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are a TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall and a tangle of wires behind the TV.
Post-war housing makes up a good share of the homes around New Addington, and in London that can mean houses or flats in blocks. Post-war walls tend to be truer than older ones, though every wall and floor is still measured before anything is made. For TV and media walls, cable routes are planned before the walls are drilled, and any new wiring is a job for your electrician.
The written quote is your record of the job. It describes the TV unit we’ve designed for the room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Location
- New Addington (CR0, CR9)
- Borough
- Croydon
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need TV and media units in New Addington?
The most common reason is a mess of wires. Leads trail from the TV to the boxes, the sockets and the speakers, and no stand ever quite hides them. Built-in units give cables somewhere to go.
If any of these sound familiar, it’s worth getting in touch:
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- A big screen that dominates the wall
- Leads that show from every angle
For a family home near Rowdown Primary School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How they handle walls that are not straight
Why bespoke in New Addington?
Bought units come in the maker’s finishes. We paint ours in the colour you choose. Several standalone pieces of different sizes can make a plain room look busy, while one fitted run looks calm and uses the space better. It can be painted to suit the room.
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. We will talk through what you need inside at the measuring visit, then set it out in the quote.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in New Addington
- Saturday work by arrangement
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- We visit, measure and go through the design before we quote
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
What TV and media units can’t fix
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Configuring the TV and sound system
- New sockets behind the TV, which need an electrician
- Taking out a fireplace or chimney breast
If in doubt, you can get in touch through our contact form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it’s made from
- Birch plywood
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Ventilated cabinets
Your questions about TV and media units in New Addington
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in New Addington?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the design visit.
Do you make TV and media units for homes in New Addington?
Yes, New Addington is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Croydon and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
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, so there are no gaps at the sides.
Do I choose the paint colour?
The choice is yours, and it’s agreed with you before painting. Whichever finish you pick, it’s in the colour you’ve chosen.
Who moves the sockets for a built-in TV wall?
Electrical work is not something we do. 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.
TV and media units in New Addington: local notes
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 78% of the housing in the area around New Addington, with about 13% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. About 44% of households in the neighbourhood around New Addington live in detached or semi-detached houses, the 2021 Census shows. In a semi or detached house, a driveway, where there is one, can make unloading easier. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If you live on or close to a main road in New Addington, let us know at the measuring visit. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
The wider area includes historic houses like Addington Palace, about 1.5 miles north-west. If your own home is a period one, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. Close to Addington Vale? TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear.
New Addington is about 6 miles north-west of Thornton Heath, part of the London Borough of Croydon. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, New Addington included. We cover places right across Croydon.
We cover every part of CR0 and CR9 for TV and media units. Streets in the area include Bothwell Road, Windham Avenue and Gascoigne Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. We also cover Forestdale (1 mile west), Addington (1 mile north-west) and Nash (2 miles north-east). Other parts of Croydon we cover include Thornton Heath (6 miles north-west), Croydon (4 miles north-west), Coulsdon (6 miles west), Purley (4 miles west), Broad Green (5 miles north-west) and Upper Norwood (6 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in New Addington
We fit furniture in homes around Meridian High School. New Addington’s nearest station is Hayes (Kent) station, roughly 2.6 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Warlingham Park Hospital (1.8 miles south). Not far away are Hutchinson's Bank.
What it is made from
Spray-painted finish
Because it’s sprayed before fitting, the unit comes painted. Give the paint time to cure fully.
Doors and drawer fronts
Doors can hide boxes and clutter.
How fitting works for TV and media units
Once the main sections are fixed in place, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly, then checked again. 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. Post-war homes often have concrete or block walls, so the right fixings are part of the plan for fitting day. We protect floors and doorways as the furniture comes in, and the pieces are assembled in the room.
- To begin, message us from the contact page; a brief note on the TV wall and everything that plugs into it is plenty.
- 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.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, leaving routes for cables and gaps for air.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish and the routes left clear.
Preparing the room
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Getting a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To send them over, send us a few details through our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.