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Bexley · London
TV and media units in North End, Bexley
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. Our work on TV and media units in North End starts with a design visit, and everything is made at our workshop.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Wasted space around the screen
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Questions we are often asked
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in North End?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Do you make TV and media units for homes in North End?
Yes. We cover all of Bexley and the rest of London, and North End is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, followed by a quote.
What if the stairs or lift are small?
It’s made in sections, sized for the route as well as the room. That is why we measure the stairs, lift and doorways at the measuring visit.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
The unit can be planned either way. If the TV is wall-mounted, panels and shelves are arranged around the bracket and cables or we size the top for a TV that stands on it.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so we allow for ventilation behind and inside the furniture. If there is damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Do you move sockets for a TV unit?
Electrical work isn’t 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.
How we make TV and media units for North End
TV units are made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted in the workshop or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you. We fit across Bexley and the rest of London once the design and quote are agreed. If you are living with speakers muffled behind doors and boxes with no ventilation, TV and media units made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Rooms from the 1950s and 1960s tend to be plain, with flat walls and simple skirting. Around North End, many homes date from between 1945 and the early 1970s, so TV and media units often have no period details to work around. That lets the furniture set the character of the room.
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.
- Where
- North End (DA8, DA1, DA7)
- Area
- Bexley
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What it costs
To work out the quote, we look at:
- The width and height of the space
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
Every room is priced on its own, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
Helping us understand the room
Here’s what helps us most when you contact us:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
To get a quote for TV and media units in North End, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, plus any rough measurements. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
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What else we make in North End
Do you need TV and media units in North End?
In older living rooms, a TV can look out of place. A built-in unit around the chimney breast lets it sit more quietly, rather than the focus of it.
Here are some of the needs we’re asked about most:
- Nowhere good for speakers
- Boxes with no ventilation
- Wasted space around the screen
- A TV stand that does not fit the wall
If you live near Braeburn Park, shelving that stops short of the window keeps the view of the green.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
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. The time the fitting takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Stairwells in post-war blocks can have tight turns, so the size of each section is set by the stairs as well as the lift. Where the building has a caretaker or managing agent, it helps to tell them before fitting day. Common parts are protected while we carry in.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit, and where the sockets are now.
- We visit to measure, note the sockets and agree where everything will go.
- You receive a quote setting out the layout and the paint finish.
- The unit is built in our workshop, with cable routes and vents built in, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment. A hand-painted finish is done on site, if you chose one.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Arranging a design visit
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some photos if you have them. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Advice
Built-in living-room furniture in North End
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 33% of the housing in the area around North End, with about 29% built between 1973 and 1999, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax 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 North End is within about a quarter of a mile of the Oak Road Conservation Area. Conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. About 33% of homes in the area around North End were built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Rooms from that era are often squarer, with fewer alcoves and sometimes no chimney breast, so TV and media units often run along a full wall, fixed to suit the wall, which may be concrete or block.
Hall Place and Gardens, about 2 miles south-west, 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 children go to St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School or a school nearby, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room.
North End is part of the London Borough of Bexley, about 5 miles south-west of Sidcup. North End is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Across Bexley, we cover North End and the places around it.
Here we cover the DA8, DA1 and DA7 postcode area for TV and media units. Streets in the area include Oak Road, Elm Road and Moat Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. We also cover Slade Green (1 mile east), Bexley Riverside (1 mile west), Barnehurst (1 mile west) and Northumberland Heath (1 mile west). Other parts of Bexley we cover include Sidcup (5 miles south-west), Welling (4 miles west), Bexley (3 miles south-west), Belvedere (2 miles north-west), Lessness Heath (2 miles north-west) and Bexleyheath (2 miles west).
Local landmarks in North End
The streets we cover here include those near Railway Tavern and Haberdashers' Aske's Crayford Academy and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in North End itself: Slade Green station. A little further out are Erith Museum (1.2 miles north-west) and Erith and District Hospital (1.4 miles north-west).
Boards, parts and paint
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish suits a TV unit in a period room. The colour is agreed with you.
Birch plywood
We often use birch plywood for carcasses and drawers that stand up to daily use. The edge can be painted or left as a detail.
When is bespoke worth it?
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there’s often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.