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Bromley · London
Southborough TV and Media Units
We make TV and media units in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Southborough. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
Need TV and media units in Southborough?
Flats, conversions and lettings
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Let us know about them at the measuring visit, and we will plan the fitting around them.
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind, after measuring the route during the design visit.
TV and media units in Southborough: what you get
TV units are made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. You choose a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, in the colour you prefer. We fit across Bromley and the rest of London once the design and quote are agreed. 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 alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste and space for a soundbar and speakers.
Around Southborough, with interwar houses or semis making up much of the housing, the living room may be a good size but with fewer recesses than a Victorian house. TV and media units can fill the alcoves, run the length of a wall or frame the chimney breast, depending on how you use the room. Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood keep the pieces stable, and the paint finish is agreed with you.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is built in our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- Southborough (BR2, BR1)
- Borough
- Bromley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Fitting day, step by step
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth, which keeps the lines straight. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that is solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so any section going up there is sized for them. Elsewhere in the house, the route is normally more generous. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- You describe the TV wall and your equipment, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- We come to measure and talk through screen height, speakers and cables, with ventilation for boxes and amplifiers.
- We put the design, materials and finish into a quote in writing.
- Once you’re happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable routes planned in.
- We bring it to your home and fit it in place, with the cable routes left clear.
How to prepare
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
Getting a quote
Getting a quote starts with some details: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. When you’re ready, tell us about the room on our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Related advice
TV and media units in Southborough: local notes
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 35% of the housing in the streets around Southborough, with about 23% built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how TV and media units are fixed and fitted. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Southborough include Turpington Farmhouse (Grade II), under half a mile south-west, and The Chequers Public House (Grade II), under half a mile east. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. It is worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. Vans bringing furniture to Southborough fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. We plan parking and access with you at the measuring visit.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Bromley Palace, about 1.4 miles north-west. If your own home is a period one, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. For an older house near St Augustine's Church, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. Close to Jubilee Country Park? A room that looks out on trees deserves a design that leaves the window alone.
Southborough is part of the London Borough of Bromley, about 3 miles east of Orpington. From period terraces to newer flats in Southborough, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our Bromley coverage includes Southborough and the places around it.
In BR2 and BR1, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets such as Pope Road, Crown Lane and Union Road, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. We also cover the places around Southborough: Bromley Common (1 mile south-west), Petts Wood (1 mile east), Locksbottom (2 miles south-east), Shortlands (2 miles west) and Crofton (2 miles south-east). We also make TV and media units in nearby places like Orpington (3 miles east), Bromley (2 miles north-west), Beckenham (3 miles west), St Mary Cray (3 miles east), Chislehurst (2 miles north-east) and Penge (5 miles west).
Landmarks near Southborough
The streets we cover here include those near Bishop Justus CofE School and The Chequers Public House, among other places. Southborough’s nearest station is Bickley station, roughly 0.7 miles north. A little further out are Bridgeways Day Hospital (within half a mile south) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (0.9 miles south-west). Not far away are Summer Hill.
Materials and finishes
Spray-painted finish
Because it is sprayed before fitting, the unit comes painted. Treat it gently while the paint cures fully.
Plinths and scribe strips
Scribing trims the edges on site to follow the wall, so there’s no gap.
Could you do it yourself?
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is 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 run to the ceiling and fill the width.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
Questions we’re often asked
Do you make TV and media units for homes in Southborough?
Yes, we work across Bromley, Southborough included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with some details.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Bickley station?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
How much will my TV unit cost?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it, along with access and parking. We send a written quote after the design visit.
Who chooses the colour?
The choice is yours, and we agree it with you before the furniture is finished. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not usually. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
How long are you in the house for fitting?
How long 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. We’ll explain what fitting day involves before we start.
Practical tips
People planning TV and media units often ask about these. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
- Look at what the equipment makers say about airflow
- Tell us about parking and access during the design visit
- Measure your TV, or the size you expect to buy next
When you change equipment, use the cable routes we planned rather than drilling new holes. It keeps the unit tidy.
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