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South Norwood TV and Media Units
We make TV and media units for homes in South Norwood, designed around the room you have. Your TV unit is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
TV and media units in South Norwood
When is bespoke worth it?
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there’s often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can use the full height and width.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
TV and media units in South Norwood
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, with the TV in one alcove or on the chimney breast. We keep any vent in the chimney breast clear. 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 games, controllers and remotes everywhere and speakers muffled behind doors.
In a part of London with mixed housing, like much of the city, living rooms can be very different from one street to the next. Some have alcoves either side of a chimney breast, some a bay window, and some neither. The design for your home in South Norwood starts from its own walls, with shelves sized so they don’t sag.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- South Norwood (SE25, SE20, CR0)
- Area
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Looking after your furniture
People planning TV and media units often ask about these. They help whatever the room:
- Think about whether you want the screen on a bracket or on a shelf
- Let us know about access early
- Talk to your electrician early about sockets
- Find out how much space each box needs around it
Vents and equipment shelves gather dust, so a quick clean now and then helps. Clear vents keep equipment cooler.
Keep ventilation gaps and open backs clear.
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Is it time for TV and media units?
Open-plan living is another reason. A built-in unit gives that wall order and holds books and everyday things as well.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Games, controllers and remotes everywhere
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Cables trailing across the wall
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
Living in a block of flats near Norwood Junction station? Then the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Choosing a carpenter
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- How parking will work on your street
Fitting day, step by step
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it is going into, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so we scribe the edges by hand to follow the wall, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. 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. London parking ranges from controlled zones to driveways and private bays, so let us know what’s near you at the design visit. If you live in a flat, any lift or building rules are worth checking too.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- We visit to measure up, note where the sockets are and plan how the cables will run.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, leaving routes for cables and gaps for air.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish and the routes left clear.
How to prepare
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Keep pets in another room while we work
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with some details: the room, rough sizes and some photos if you have them. To send them, tell us about the room on our contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
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FAQs: TV and media units in South Norwood
Can you make TV and media units for a home in South Norwood?
Yes, we work across Croydon, South Norwood included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with a few details.
My home in South Norwood is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
We measure the route in as well as the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. TV and media units are made in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit, along with rough sizes. Show anything the furniture has to work around, such as radiators or sockets.
Do you move sockets for a TV unit?
Your electrician does that. Ideally it is done before fitting and we design the cable routes around the sockets.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Tell us when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
Does the unit work if the TV is on a bracket?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket, with a route for the cables. The wall needs to be sound for the bracket.
Flats, conversions and lettings
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 at the measuring visit.
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so tell us about it at the design visit.
South Norwood homes and TV and media units
About 41% of the homes in the area around South Norwood went up before 1919, and about 17% between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. 3 conservation areas have at least part of their area within a mile of the centre of South Norwood. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Many London boroughs run controlled parking zones, and Croydon sets its own rules. If your street in South Norwood is in a controlled parking zone, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension through the council may be needed. Let us know what the parking is like at the design visit.
For a family home near St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design. Near listed buildings like Stanley Technical High School and Stanley Halls, under half a mile north-west of the centre of South Norwood, 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.
South Norwood is in the London Borough of Croydon, about 1 mile west of Thornton Heath. Wherever you are in South Norwood, it works the same way: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made in our workshop and fitting in your home. Across Croydon, we cover South Norwood.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: SE25, SE20 and CR0. We cover homes on streets such as Park Road, Court Road and Dixon Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want TV and media units or another piece made for the room. Main roads around South Norwood include the A213. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Selhurst (1 mile north), Woodside (1 mile south), Ashburton (1 mile south), Elmers End (1 mile east) and Addiscombe (1 mile south). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Croydon (2 miles south), Coulsdon (6 miles south-west), Purley (5 miles south-west), Broad Green (2 miles south-west), Norwood New Town (2 miles north-west) and Old Town (2 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in South Norwood
Around South Norwood, we cover homes near The Albion pub and Harris Academy South Norwood, among other places. South Norwood has its own railway station: Norwood Junction station. A little further out are Whitgift Centre (2 miles south-west) and Crystal Palace Museum (1.4 miles north).