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TV and media units in Perry Vale, Lewisham
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Perry Vale. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it’s made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Leads that show from every angle
- Boxes with no ventilation
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
Ask about TV and media units in Perry Vale
How we make TV and media units for Perry Vale
In a room with a chimney breast, the alcoves either side are natural places for media storage. The alcoves can take cupboards for equipment and shelves above. We keep any vent in the chimney breast clear. Typical reasons to get in touch are set-top boxes stacked on a stand and alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste, and the answer is made in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
London homes run from Victorian terraces and interwar semis to mansion blocks and recent flats, and a home in Perry Vale could be any of these. Because walls and floors change with the age of a house, the design of TV and media units starts at the design visit. Bowed walls call for scribing, and plasterboard for the right fixings.
Everything we agree at the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something isn’t quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Location
- Perry Vale (SE23, SE26, SE6)
- Area
- Lewisham
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Tips worth knowing
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Decide where you will sit, so the screen height suits it
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
- Count your equipment, including routers and consoles
- Let us know about parking and access at the measuring visit
Use the access panels and cable routes when you add or change leads. It keeps everything neat.
Don’t stack boxes on top of each other in one space. Give each its own space.
When you need someone else
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. Please bear these in mind too:
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Configuring the TV and sound system
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Hand-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Ventilated cabinets
Materials and finishes
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers suit games, controllers and remotes close to hand. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF has no grain to show through for a smooth finish. We use the moisture-resistant grade.
Built-in living-room furniture in Perry Vale
Homes built before 1919 make up about 43% of the housing in the area around Perry Vale, with about 21% built between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. The Perry Fields Conservation Area is close by, within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Perry Vale. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. About 43% of homes in the neighbourhood around Perry Vale were built before 1919, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Older houses normally have a chimney breast and alcoves, which suit a TV in the middle and media storage either side, with cable routes and ventilation planned in.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Fire Station, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. Kingswood House, about 1.7 miles 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. If you live in a period home close to Christ Church, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Perry Vale is about 3 miles north of New Cross, part of the London Borough of Lewisham. We design and make TV and media units for homes in Perry Vale and across Lewisham, as part of our work in every London borough. Our work takes in places right across Lewisham, large and small.
We make TV and media units across SE23, SE26 and SE6. We cover homes on streets like Como Road, Mayow Road and South Road, along with the roads around them, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Nearby, we also make TV and media units in Bell Green (1 mile south-east), Sydenham (1 mile south-west), Bellingham (1 mile east), Southend (1 mile east) and Forest Hill (1 mile north-west). Across the rest of Lewisham, our area takes in New Cross (3 miles north), St Johns (3 miles north), Deptford (3 miles north), Lewisham (2 miles north-east), Surrey Canal (4 miles north) and Hither Green (2 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Perry Vale
We fit furniture in homes around Capitol Cinema pub and Forest Hill School. For rail, the closest station is Forest Hill station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west. A little further out are St Christopher's Hospice (1.1 miles south-west) and Horniman Museum and Gardens (0.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Dacres Wood.
Neighbourhoods near Perry Vale
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Fitting day, step by step
On the morning of the fitting, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. Next, we carry in the sections made in our workshop, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and your quote sets out the fitting days. On fitting day, each piece is fitted to the room’s own walls, scribed where walls bow and levelled where floors slope. Hand painting can happen on site, while spray-painted pieces come ready from the workshop.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit, and where the sockets are now.
- At the design visit, we measure the wall and plan the screen space, cable routes and ventilation with you. Any new sockets are a job for your electrician.
- We send a quote in writing with the design, materials and finish, for you to look over.
- We build the unit in our workshop, with routes and ventilation planned in, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment.
How to prepare
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
Getting a quote
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and go through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing for you to look over. To book one, message us from the contact page.
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Common questions about TV and media units
I live near Forest Hill station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Lewisham and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Does a conservation area in or near Perry Vale affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. We will also ask about access and parking, and afterwards we send a quote in writing.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket, with a route for the cables. The bracket needs a sound wall.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Tell us when you get in touch if a Saturday suits you best.
How do I get a quote?
It is easiest to use our contact form and let us know about the room. We then arrange a design visit, measure up and send a quote in writing.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there’s a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Mention it when you contact us.
If the property is let, we will need access agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. An agent can arrange access for you, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.