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TV and media units in Newington Butts, Southwark
Thinking about TV and media units in Newington Butts? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
TV and media units in Newington Butts
What it is made from
Shelves
Shelves are sized for the equipment and speakers they carry, with space around for air.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done on site once the unit is fitted. Small marks are simple to touch up.
TV and media units in Newington Butts: what you get
A built-in TV wall often needs sockets in new places, behind the screen or inside a cupboard. That job is for your electrician, and some electrical work in homes falls under Part P of the Building Regulations. Ideally it is done before the unit goes in so the sockets land in the right place. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are somewhere to keep games tidy and equipment with nowhere proper to go.
Internal walls in newer homes are normally plasterboard on metal or timber studs, and the board will not carry a heavy load on its own. That matters around Newington Butts, as many homes there date from 2000 onwards: heavier pieces stand on the floor and are fixed back into the studs.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. The finish is stated too, whether that is spray painting or hand painting.
- Location
- Newington Butts (SE1, SE17, SE11)
- Area
- Southwark
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need TV and media units in Newington Butts?
Open-plan living is another reason. A built-in unit gives that wall order and adds storage for the rest of the room.
Some of the things we are asked to solve are these:
- Bought furniture that does not suit the room
- Cables trailing across the wall
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
If your home is one of the older houses near Metropolitan Tabernacle, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Before you choose who makes it
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Real projects you can actually look at
- How parking will work on your street
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
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Flats, conversions and leaseholders
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, after checking the walls at the design visit.
Living-room carpentry in Newington Butts: local notes
In the streets around Newington Butts, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 38%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 20%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That matters for TV and media units, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The centre of Newington Butts is within about a quarter of a mile of the Eliot's Row Conservation Area. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you are unsure, check with the council before work starts. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If you live on or close to a main road in Newington Butts, let us know at the design visit. We will plan where the van can stop.
Benjamin Franklin House, about 1.4 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. For families living near London College of Communication, TV and media units can be planned with low cupboards for toys and higher shelves for everything else.
Newington Butts is about 2 miles south of East Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. Anywhere in Newington Butts, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made at our workshop and fitting in your home. Our Southwark coverage includes Newington Butts, along with the rest of the borough.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: SE1, SE17 and SE11. Whether you live on a street like Dante Road, Oakey Lane and Ash Avenue or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. Newington Butts sits close to the A302 and A3202. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Nearby, we also make TV and media units in Elephant and Castle (1 mile north), St George's Fields (1 mile north-west), Vauxhall (1 mile west), Lambeth (1 mile west) and Kennington (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in Southwark, we also cover East Dulwich (2 miles south), Herne Hill (3 miles south), Peckham (2 miles south-east), Rotherhithe (3 miles east), Surrey Quays (2 miles east) and Denmark Hill (2 miles south).
Landmarks near Newington Butts
In Newington Butts, that includes homes near Elephant and Castle pub, Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School and Lambeth Palace Library, among other places. There’s a railway station in Newington Butts itself: Elephant & Castle station. Nearby you’ll also find Gabriel's Wharf (1.1 miles north) and Newport Street Gallery (0.7 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Ludgate Hill.
What happens on fitting day
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there’s typically only filling and touching up to do in the room; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. On the day, floors are covered first and the sections brought in. The pieces are levelled and fixed with fixings that suit the wall. Hand-painted finishes can be completed once the furniture is in.
- You get in touch with details of the room and where it is in your home.
- We visit to plan the unit and check the way in.
- We send a quote in writing.
- The unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections that fit the route in.
- We bring the sections in, join them on the wall and scribe them to fit. The finish is sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Preparing the room
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
How to get a quote
Rough measurements are fine at the start. We measure everything properly at the design visit. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form. You receive a written quote after the visit.
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Why bespoke in Newington Butts?
TVs keep getting bigger, and a stand chosen for today’s set may not suit the next. We can leave room for a larger screen. Large standalone pieces do not always fit the lift or the hallway, whereas fitted furniture is made in sections that fit. It’s then assembled and fixed in the room.
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design.
Why choose us
- Designed for the room you have
- We visit, measure and discuss the design before we quote
- Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.
Questions from Newington Butts
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character may need listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
I live near Elephant & Castle station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Southwark and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Does the unit work if the TV is on a bracket?
We can plan for either a wall-mounted TV or one standing on the unit. For a wall-mounted TV, the layout works around the bracket position, and if it stands on the unit we size the top for it.
Can I send photos ahead of the visit?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It is useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It is good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
What happens during the design visit?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and talk through the design with you. We will also ask about access and parking, and afterwards we send a written quote.