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TV and media units in St George's Fields, Southwark
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. Our work on TV and media units in St George's Fields starts with a design visit, and everything is built in our workshop.
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- A big screen that dominates the wall
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About our TV and media units in St George's Fields
A built-in TV unit gives the screen, the boxes, the speakers and the cables one planned home. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. If you’re planning a TV unit in St George's Fields, we start with a design visit to measure and talk through what you use. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the things people most often want solved are equipment running hot in a closed cupboard and wasted space around the screen.
Homes built since 2000 are often open-plan, with the kitchen, dining and living space in one room, and many homes around St George's Fields were built in that time. TV and media units can give the sitting end of an open-plan room its own identity. Floors are protected throughout, as newer finishes mark easily.
A quote in writing is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, what it is made from and how it is finished.
- Place
- St George's Fields (SE1, SE11, SE17)
- Area
- Southwark
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
How it’s made
Spray-painted finish
A sprayed coat covers edges and corners well. The colour is agreed before we start.
Shelves
Long shelves need the right thickness or a support to carry heavy equipment.
What it costs
Several things affect the price:
- Parking near your home
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
Awkward rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That’s reflected in the quote, written once we have measured up.
Helping us understand the room
What helps most when you first contact us:
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Your postcode and the borough
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the measuring visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, fill in our short enquiry form and let us know about the room. You receive a written quote after the visit.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so let us know about it at the measuring visit.
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. Some leases need the building owner’s consent for alterations, which is worth sorting early. We can’t give advice on leases.
Living-room storage in St George's Fields
Homes built since 2000 make up about 43% of the housing in the streets around St George's Fields, with about 18% built between 1945 and 1972, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for TV and media units, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. St George's Fields is partly covered by the St George's Circus Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. Purpose-built flats are more common around St George's Fields than across Southwark: about 81% of households, against about 64%, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. So the route in, from stairs to lifts, is part of the design.
If you live in a period home close to Former Church of St Jude, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. For families living near St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design.
St George's Fields is about 3 miles south of East Dulwich, part of the London Borough of Southwark. We design and make TV and media units for homes in St George's Fields, as part of our work in every London borough. We cover places right across Southwark, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
Postcode districts we cover here for TV and media units: SE1, SE11 and SE17. If your home is on a street like York Road, Spur Road and Bear Lane, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. Main roads around St George's Fields include the A300 and A302, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Elephant and Castle (1 mile south-east), Newington Butts (1 mile south-east), Vauxhall (1 mile south-west), Lambeth (1 mile south-west) and Westminster (1 mile west). Other parts of Southwark we cover include East Dulwich (3 miles south), Herne Hill (3 miles south), Camberwell (2 miles south-east), Peckham (3 miles south-east), Rotherhithe (3 miles east) and Surrey Quays (3 miles east).
Local landmarks in St George's Fields
Our area takes in the homes around London School of Musical Theatre, Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School and Lambeth Palace Library, among other places. St George's Fields has its own railway station: Elephant & Castle station. Well-known places in the area include Gabriel's Wharf (0.7 miles north) and General Lying-In Hospital (0.5 miles west). For a walk, there is St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.
Fitting day, step by step
Once the main sections are fixed in place, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. Each one is adjusted until the gaps are even and it closes cleanly, then checked again. The time the fitting 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. Fitting day starts by covering floors and setting out the sections. The pieces are levelled and fixed with fixings that suit the wall. Hand-painted finishes can be completed once the furniture is in.
- You tell us about the room and what the unit needs to hold, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- We come to measure and talk through screen height, speakers and cables.
- A quote in writing follows. If anything in it is unclear, ask us.
- We then make the unit in our workshop.
- We bring it to your home and fit it in place.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
Getting a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. To send them, use our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Related advice
Questions from St George's Fields
Is St George's Fields in the area you cover for TV and media units?
Yes, St George's Fields is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Southwark and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
I live near Elephant & Castle station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Southwark and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to let us in. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
What if I buy a larger TV?
If you are likely to upgrade, we can leave room for it. Tell us the size you have in mind.
How do I get started?
Simply use our contact form. It is useful to send rough sizes and a few pictures, and then we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design.
Will my boxes get too hot inside the unit?
We plan ventilation into the unit for boxes, consoles and amplifiers. Each box should have its own space.
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Do you need TV and media units in St George's Fields?
Families with consoles, games and controllers want them tidied away. Cupboards and drawers in the unit keep them in one place, and open shelves hold what’s used every day.
We are often asked to help with:
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Clutter around the TV
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
The wider area includes historic houses like Benjamin Franklin House, about 1.1 miles north-west. If your own home is a period one, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Before you choose who makes it
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote