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Southwark · London
Nunhead TV and Media Units
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. Our work on TV and media units in Nunhead starts with a design visit, and everything is made at our workshop.
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Speakers muffled behind doors
TV and media units for your home in Nunhead
Built-in living-room furniture in Nunhead
In the area around Nunhead, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 47%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 15%), 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. There are 19 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Nunhead. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. Around Nunhead, about 47% of homes date from before 1919, well above the figure for Southwark as a whole, about 26%, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That makes period details like uneven walls, alcoves and picture rails more likely to shape the design.
If your home is one of the older houses near Saint Antony with Saint Silas, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. Near listed buildings like Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery, less than half a mile north of the centre of Nunhead, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Nunhead is about 1 mile west of East Dulwich, within the London Borough of Southwark. Wherever you are in Nunhead, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made in our workshop and fitting in your home. In Southwark, Nunhead is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 21 places on our list.
Here we cover the SE15, SE4 and SE14 postcode area for TV and media units. Our area takes in homes on streets like Rye Road, Nash Road and Kitto Road, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. If you’re just outside Nunhead, we also cover Telegraph Hill (1 mile north-east), Honor Oak (1 mile south), Peckham (1 mile north-west), New Cross (1 mile north-east) and Brockley (1 mile south-east). Elsewhere in Southwark, we also cover Herne Hill (2 miles west), Bermondsey (3 miles north-west), Elephant and Castle (3 miles north-west), Bankside (4 miles north-west), Southwark (3 miles north-west) and St George's Fields (3 miles north-west).
Around Nunhead
The streets we cover here include those near Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich and The Ivy House. Nunhead has its own railway station: Nunhead station. A little further out are Southwark Adult Education Institute (0.7 miles north) and Peckham Platform (1.1 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include One Tree Hill.
How we make TV and media units for Nunhead
Set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers give off heat, so equipment can’t simply be shut in a closed cupboard. Ventilation is planned into the design, with open backs, gaps or vented doors where they’re needed. Equipment makers often say how much space their boxes need around them. If you are living with games, controllers and remotes everywhere and a tangle of wires behind the TV, TV and media units made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish can solve it.
In a house from the Victorian or Edwardian years, the front room normally keeps its chimney breast even where the fireplace has gone. Around Nunhead, where a large share of homes date from before 1919, that’s a common starting point. The recesses either side take TV and media units scribed to the plaster and cut around the skirting.
We write quotes in plain English. You’ll see what will be made, the boards used and the finish.
- Place
- Nunhead (SE15, SE4, SE14)
- Area
- Southwark
- Cost
- 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 plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How fitting works for TV and media units
The last stage of the day is the finish. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is typically only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so TV and media units are made in sections sized to get through. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out.
- You send us a few details about the TV, the boxes and the speakers you use, including the size of the screen.
- We come to measure, note the sockets and agree the layout.
- You receive a quote in writing setting out the unit, materials and finish, ready for you to check.
- Each section is built in our workshop to the measurements we took, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The unit is fitted in your home, levelled and scribed to the walls.
Preparing the room
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Ask for a quote
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it. For a quote, send us a few details through our contact form.
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What it’s made from
Plinths and scribe strips
A plinth lifts the unit and takes up an uneven floor. It can line up with the skirting.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is stiff and grips screws firmly, which suits shelves for heavy speakers and amplifiers.
Common questions about TV and media units
Does a conservation area in or near Nunhead affect fitted furniture?
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 are unsure, the council can confirm.
Is Nunhead in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes, Nunhead is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Southwark and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, and then we send a quote.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, then send a written quote.
Who moves the sockets for a built-in TV wall?
We don’t do electrical work. Sockets and wiring are for your electrician, and Part P of the Building Regulations covers some electrical work in homes. We share the layout so the sockets line up with the design.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. Tell us when you get in touch if a Saturday suits you best.
Can a built-in unit hide all the wires?
We plan cable routes through the unit from the start. Where cables reach the wall depends on the sockets, so it helps to plan sockets with your electrician.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Cost matters, and it is fair to say so: 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.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it’s quick to buy.
Why bespoke in Nunhead?
Standard units come in fixed sizes, and rarely fill an alcove or a wall. Ours are scribed to the walls and can run up to the ceiling with shelves and cupboards around the screen. Standard furniture is drawn for modern rooms, so its proportions can look odd in a tall period room, while fitted furniture can follow the room’s own lines.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that’s part of the price. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in Nunhead
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
What prompts TV and media units in Nunhead
A new, larger TV often prompts it. The old stand looks too small, or the screen dominates the wall. A unit around it puts it in proportion.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Cables trailing across the wall
The wider area includes historic houses like Queen's House, about 2.4 miles north-east. For a period home anywhere nearby, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Choosing a carpenter
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote