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Wandsworth · London
TV and media units in Putney Vale, Wandsworth
We make TV and media units in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Putney Vale. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Wasted space around the screen
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
Need TV and media units in Putney Vale?
How we make TV and media units for Putney Vale
Media equipment warms up as it runs, so equipment can’t simply be shut in a closed cupboard. Ventilation is planned into the design. Equipment makers often say how much space their boxes need around them. Typical reasons to get in touch are equipment with nowhere proper to go and alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Many homes around Putney Vale date from the post-war decades. Rooms from that era are often squarer than in older houses, and many have no chimney breast at all. That makes a full wall of TV and media units a strong option, or a recess built out with cupboards either side. Some walls of that age are concrete or blockwork, and the fixings are matched to them.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Putney Vale (SW15, KT2, SW19)
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How fitting works for TV and media units
In older rooms, the furniture normally has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. The time the fitting takes depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Walls in post-war homes can be concrete or blockwork, so fixings are chosen for the wall on fitting day. We protect floors and doorways as the furniture comes in, and the pieces are assembled in the room.
- 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.
- 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.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment.
Before fitting day
- Empty the space we will be working in
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
How to get a quote
It is useful to see the room before we come. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space, particularly with rough sizes. To send them over, send us a few details through our contact form, and we will arrange a design visit.
Related advice
Flats, blocks and rented homes
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 measuring visit.
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Let us know about them during the design visit.
Before and after fitting day
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. Here are a few tips worth knowing:
- Note which boxes need line of sight for their remotes
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
- Book your electrician first if sockets need to move
Use the access panels and cable routes when you add or change leads rather than drilling new holes. It keeps the unit tidy.
Heavy equipment is best kept low, with the weight spread across shelves.
Your questions about TV and media units in Putney Vale
Do you make TV and media units for homes in Putney Vale?
Yes. We cover all of Wandsworth and the rest of London, and Putney Vale is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you plan for a future TV?
We can plan the opening with a bigger screen in mind. Mention the largest screen you might buy when we visit.
How much will my TV unit cost?
It depends on the size, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish. We send a quote in writing after the design visit.
What happens during the design 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, then send a quote in writing.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
That’s normal in older homes, and it’s what scribing is for. We scribe the edges to follow the wall and set the furniture level on adjustable feet or a plinth.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there’s typically a gap left over at the top or at one end. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
If you’re handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
The problems TV and media units solve
The most common reason is a mess of wires. Cables run everywhere, from the screen to the boxes and the wall, and no stand ever quite hides them. Built-in units give cables somewhere to go.
TV and media units can help with:
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Standard units leaving gaps
- A cabinet that traps heat
- Leads that show from every angle
If your children go to Hall School Wimbledon or a school nearby, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design.
Before you choose who makes it
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
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What else we make in Putney Vale
Living-room carpentry in Putney Vale: local notes
In the streets around Putney Vale, the largest groups of homes date from between 1945 and 1972 (about 71%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 12%), 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 Putney Vale is within about a quarter of a mile of the Kingston Vale Conservation Area. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of inner London. A van working in Putney Vale will usually need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension arranged through the council, which often needs notice. It helps to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
Near listed buildings like Dorich House, about 0.5 miles west of the centre of Putney Vale, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent. Close to Wimbledon Common? Shelving that stops short of the window keeps the view of the green.
Putney Vale is about 4 miles north-east of Clapham Junction, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. We can visit homes in Putney Vale on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. We list Putney Vale among 15 places we cover in Wandsworth.
In SW15, KT2 and SW19, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street such as Stag Lane, Friars Avenue and Kingston Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. Putney Vale sits close to the A308. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. We also cover the places around Putney Vale: Kingston Vale (1 mile south), Coombe Hill (1 mile west), Coombe (1 mile south-west), Crooked Billet (1 mile south-east) and Copse Hill (1 mile south-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Clapham Junction (4 miles north-east), Battersea (4 miles north-east), Putney (2 miles north-east), Wandsworth (3 miles north-east), Tooting (4 miles east) and Tooting Bec (4 miles east).
Near you in Putney Vale
We fit furniture in homes around Robin Hood Primary School, Duke of Cambridge pub and The Norwegian School in London. Putney Vale’s nearest station is Raynes Park station, roughly 2 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Atkinson Morley Hospital (1.3 miles south-east) and Wimbledon Windmill Museum (0.8 miles east). For a walk, there’s Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads and Kingston Hill Road area.