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Hammersmith and Fulham · London
TV and media units in North End, Hammersmith and Fulham
TV and media units in North End: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, built in our workshop and fitted by us.
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- A cabinet that traps heat
TV and media units for your home in North End
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
It is worth being honest about cost: off-the-shelf furniture usually costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
TV and media units in North End: what you get
Media equipment warms up as it runs, so equipment can’t simply be shut in a closed cupboard. Ventilation is planned into the design, using open backs, gaps or openings where equipment sits. It is worth checking each maker’s guidance on clearances. Most enquiries start with space for a soundbar and speakers and a cabinet that traps heat, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
With a large share of homes around North End built before 1919, plenty 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. Older internal walls can be lath and plaster rather than brick, which changes how shelving is fixed.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something isn’t quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Location
- North End (W14, SW6, SW5)
- Area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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From workshop to your room
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and that happens on fitting day. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. Where a period house has been split into flats, the way in often goes through shared parts, so it helps to let neighbours know about fitting day. The sections are sized for the narrowest point on the route. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment.
- We come to measure and talk through screen height, speakers and cables.
- A quote in writing follows.
- We then make the unit in our workshop, 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
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
Ask for a quote
For a quote for TV and media units in North End, drop us a line using the contact form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Related advice
Built-in living-room furniture in North End
In the area around North End, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 68%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 11%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of North End include Church of St Cuthbert and St Matthias (Grade I), under half a mile east, and Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles north-west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for example removing original joinery or fixing into it, may need listed building consent from the council. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. Much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones run by the boroughs. A van working in North End will normally need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension arranged through the council, which often needs notice. Parking is worth mentioning at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
The wider area includes historic houses like Garden Lodge, about 0.4 miles north-east. For a period home anywhere nearby, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at. If you live near Gwendwr Garden, TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear. If you live in a flat close to Kensington Olympia station, it’s useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
North End is within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, about 1 mile south of Fulham. Design visits and fitting in North End can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. We list North End among 16 places we cover in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Every address in W14, SW6 and SW5 is covered for TV and media units, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Streets in the area include Sun Road, Star Road and Field Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. Other places close to North End include West Kensington (1 mile east), Brook Green (1 mile north-west), Fulham (1 mile south), Hammersmith (1 mile west) and Brackenbury Village (1 mile north-west). We also make TV and media units in nearby places such as Chelsea Harbour (2 miles south-east), Sands End (2 miles south-east), White City (2 miles north-west), College Park (3 miles north-west) and Old Oak Common (3 miles north-west).
Around North End
The streets we cover here include those near Seven Stars pub, Polish Library POSK in London and Avonmore Primary School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Kensington Olympia station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Chelsea Stadium Tour And Museum (1 mile south-east) and Fulham Hospital (0.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there is WWT London Wetland Centre and Campden Hill.
Practical tips
These points come up often when people plan TV and media units. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Let us know about access early
- Count your equipment, including routers and consoles
- Think about whether you’ll upgrade the screen
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
Cupboard doors may settle slightly with use. Hinges can typically be adjusted to line them up again.
Avoid piling devices on one shelf because heat builds up between them. Each one needs space around it.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways as well as the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
In a managed block, the building manager or concierge may need notice before we arrive. If there is a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Mention it when you contact us.
What we do not do
We design, make and fit the furniture. That means:
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Plastering or decorating around the unit
Not sure whether your space suits TV and media units? You can tell us about the room on our contact form and we’ll tell you. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Cable routes
- Ventilated cabinets
- Spray-painted finish
Questions from North End
My home in North End is a period house with walls that are not straight. Is that a problem?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
Do you cover homes near Kensington Olympia station?
Yes. We cover all of Hammersmith and Fulham and the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you don’t need to stay in the room, but it is useful to be around at the end.
Who chooses the colour?
You choose it, and we agree it with you before the furniture is finished. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.