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TV and media units in Single Street, Bromley
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in Single Street. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it’s made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Wasted space around the screen
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
- A TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall
TV and media units designed for your room
About our TV and media units in Single Street
A built-in TV wall often needs sockets in new places, such as behind the screen or in the equipment cupboard. That’s work for your electrician, and Part P of the Building Regulations covers some electrical work in homes. Ideally it’s done before the unit goes in. We make TV and media units from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a cabinet that traps heat and somewhere to keep games tidy.
A good part of the housing around Single Street is interwar, semi-detached or detached. In a typical 1930s house, the front room has a bay at one end and a chimney breast with an alcove to either side, which decides where TV and media units sit. Walls are often truer than in older houses, but they’re still measured carefully and scribed where they wander.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and share it with anyone else involved. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Single Street (TN16)
- Area
- Bromley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Screen sizes change, and a stand chosen for today’s set may not suit the next. We can plan the opening with a bigger screen in mind, so the unit lasts longer. The spaces between doors, windows and radiators are seldom a stock size, so ready-made furniture often ends up in the wrong place. Fitted furniture is designed around them.
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.
Why us?
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
- Work across the whole of London
Read our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
Fitting day, step by step
You’re welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving the room tidy. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are typically straighter. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- You send us some details about the TV, the boxes and the speakers you use, including the size of the screen.
- We visit to measure the wall and discuss the design.
- Your quote follows, with the design, materials and finish set out.
- Each section is built in our workshop to the measurements we took, with openings for cables and air.
- We fit it in your home, with the cable routes ready to use. We check the doors and shelves with you before we leave.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Getting a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space, along with rough sizes. To send them over, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
Related advice
What affects the cost of TV and media units
Prices vary from room to room, for these reasons:
- Parking near your home
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- The width and height of the space
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We’ll talk through what you need inside at the design visit, then set it out in the quote.
Helping us understand the room
To give us a picture of the room, it’s useful to include:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- What the furniture needs to hold
For a quote for TV and media units in Single Street, message us from the contact page. Let us know the room and the rough idea. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
Nearby places to Single Street
What else we make in Single Street
Why people ask for TV and media units in Single Street
Open-plan living is another reason. Built-in furniture makes that wall look planned and adds storage for the rest of the room.
We’re often asked to help with:
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Clutter around the TV
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
Down House, about 1 mile north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units.
Choosing a carpenter
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
Common questions about TV and media units
Do you cover homes near Chelsfield station?
Yes, homes across Bromley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room.
Is Single Street in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes. Single Street is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Bromley and London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with some details.
Is there room for a soundbar?
Speakers work best in open spaces rather than behind doors. A soundbar can sit on a shelf below the screen with open bays for bigger speakers. Bring the sizes to the design visit.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so we allow for ventilation behind and inside the furniture to avoid condensation. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
How long will the fitting take?
The time on site depends on the length of the TV wall and what it needs to hold, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. We’ll explain what fitting day involves before we start.
TV and media units for homes in Single Street
About 29% of the homes in the area around Single Street went up between 1945 and 1972, and about 25% between 1973 and 1999, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Near the centre of Single Street, Historic England’s list includes Church of St Peter and St Paul (Grade II*), less than half a mile east, and Bell Cottage (Grade II), less than half a mile north-west. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, like fixing into original panelling. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. About 29% of homes in the neighbourhood around Single Street were built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Post-war rooms tend to be simple shapes, often without a chimney breast, so a full wall of TV and media units is often the answer, with fixings chosen for the wall.
For a family home near Cudham Church of England Primary School, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design. For a flat near Chelsfield station, TV and media units are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room.
Single Street is about 5 miles north of Orpington, within the London Borough of Bromley. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Single Street included. Our work takes in places right across Bromley.
Design visits and fitting in TN16 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. We cover homes on streets like Berry's Hill and Single Street, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Berry's Green (1 mile south), Luxted (1 mile north-west) and Aperfield (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Bromley we cover include Orpington (5 miles north), Bromley (6 miles north), Beckenham (7 miles north-west), St Mary Cray (5 miles north), Chislehurst (7 miles north) and Plaistow (7 miles north).
Local landmarks in Single Street
Our area takes in the homes around Charles Darwin School and The Old Jail Public House and the streets around them. Single Street’s nearest station is Chelsfield station, about 3.3 miles north-east. Not far away are Downe Bank.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
If you’re handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
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. That is something we plan for in the design.