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TV and media units in St Luke's, Islington
For homes in St Luke's, we make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Wasted space around the screen
- Boxes with no ventilation
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
TV and media units designed for your room
How we make TV and media units for St Luke's
If the TV is wall-mounted, we plan the panels and shelves around the bracket position, with a route for the cables behind the screen. If it stands on the unit, we size the top to suit, with the cables kept out of sight. If your home has a screen at the wrong height and nowhere good for speakers, TV and media units made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish can solve it.
A large share of the homes around St Luke's date from 2000 onwards, and newer homes rarely come with any built-in shelving or media storage. TV and media units can be planned around where the sockets and aerial points already are, with cable routes built in. Plasterboard on studs takes fitted furniture well, as long as the fixings suit it.
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 you can check every detail beforehand.
- Place
- St Luke's (N1, EC1V, EC2A)
- Area
- Islington
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about TV and media units
How do you fit TV and media units in a flat in St Luke's?
We measure the route in along with the room itself: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. TV and media units are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it is worth checking those early.
Do you make TV and media units for homes in St Luke's?
Yes. St Luke's is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Islington and London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can a built-in unit hide all the wires?
That’s the aim, and it is planned from the start. Access panels make future changes easy. If the TV is wall-mounted, we plan a route behind the screen.
How much will my TV unit cost?
Every job is priced for its room: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. You’ll get a quote in writing once we’ve measured up.
How is the furniture painted?
There are two ways to finish it: spray painted or hand painted. Spray painting gives a smooth, even finish, and hand painting is easy to touch up.
Can the TV unit fit a bigger TV later?
If you are likely to upgrade, we can leave room for it. It helps to know the size you’re thinking of.
TV and media units in St Luke's: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the area around St Luke's were built since 2000 (about 37%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 28%), 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. There are 263 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of St Luke's. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and TV and media units can be designed to work around them. All of London, Islington included, is inside the ULEZ. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in St Luke's is covered by it. We go through parking and access at the design visit.
For families living near St Luke's CofE Primary School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room. The wider area includes historic houses like Mansion House, about 0.8 miles south. For a period home anywhere nearby, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place. For a flat near Old Street station, it helps to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
St Luke's is about 2 miles north of Highbury, within the London Borough of Islington. Homes in St Luke's are part of the area we cover for TV and media units, as part of our work in every London borough. We cover places right across Islington, large and small.
In N1, EC1V and EC2A, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Streets in the area include Long Lane, City Road and Moor Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. The A1 and A501 run close to St Luke's, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. We also cover Finsbury (1 mile south), Barbican Estate (1 mile south), Shoreditch (1 mile east), Hoxton (1 mile north-east) and City of London (1 mile south). Elsewhere in Islington, we also cover Highbury (2 miles north), Barnsbury (2 miles north-west), Holloway (2 miles north-west), Mildmay (2 miles north), Upper Holloway (3 miles north-west) and Nag's Head (2 miles north-west). St Luke's is among the bigger places we cover in Islington.
Near you in St Luke's
Around St Luke's, we cover homes near St Mary-at-Hill, The Masque Haunt pub and Charterhouse Square School. St Luke's has its own railway station: Old Street station. Nearby you will also find Gabriel's Wharf (1.3 miles south-west) and St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics (within half a mile east). For a walk, there is Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
Places near St Luke's
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Practical tips
Fitted furniture is part of the room, so it’s worth looking after. Here are a few tips worth knowing:
- Note the screen size you have or plan to buy
- Plan any new sockets with your electrician before fitting
- Check where the seating will go
- Check each box’s guidance on ventilation and clearances
Doors can settle a little once the unit is in use. Most hinges can be adjusted to bring a door back in line.
Ask your electrician about new sockets rather than running extension leads through the unit.
Where other trades come in
Electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering and structural work aren’t part of what we do. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Setting up and tuning the TV, boxes and speakers
- Any electrical work (your electrician handles that, and Part P covers some of it)
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
If in doubt, you can send us a few details through our contact form and describe the room. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Birch plywood
- Ventilated cabinets
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
From workshop to your room
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, 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. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Newer homes often have finished floors, painted walls and new doors that mark easily, so we protect the route before carrying anything in. Door frames and corners get covers too. Once inside, the pieces are joined in place.
- It starts with a short note from you about the TV wall.
- We visit to plan the unit and check the way in.
- A quote in writing follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- The unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections that fit the route in.
- We bring the sections in, join them on the wall and scribe them to fit.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Starting with a design visit
Rough sizes are fine at the start. We measure everything properly at the design visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us about the room. You receive a written quote after the visit.
Advice
Materials and finishes
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting can be done in your home after fitting. Small marks are simple to touch up.
Shelves
Each shelf is planned for what will sit on it, with room for cables behind.
Bespoke TV and media units or ready-made?
Bought units often have a single cable gap, but cables normally still show somewhere. A built-in unit has routes planned through it, with access panels for changes later. Ready-made units fixed to stud walls are often held by fixings that don’t suit the board. Fitted furniture is planned with fixings into the studs or made for the board, and heavy pieces can stand on the floor.
There is no price list, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, discuss the design and then quote in writing. To start, fill in our short enquiry form.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in St Luke's
- Fitted tight to walls that aren’t straight
- Over 300 projects completed
- We work across all London boroughs
- Saturday work by arrangement
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.