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Richmond upon Thames · London
St Margarets TV and Media Units
Thinking about TV and media units in St Margarets? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a written quote, before anything is made.
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Cables trailing across the wall
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
Ask about TV and media units in St Margarets
How it’s made
Plinths and scribe strips
Scribe strips are trimmed on site to meet walls that are not straight.
Spray-painted finish
Spraying coats edges and corners evenly. The colour is agreed before we start.
TV and media units in St Margarets
A built-in TV unit gives the screen, the boxes, the speakers and the cables one planned home. The wall is planned as a whole, rather than a stand with wires trailing behind it. If you’re planning a TV unit in St Margarets, we start with a design visit to measure and talk through what you use. If your home has a screen at the wrong height and boxes with no ventilation, TV and media units made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Across London, neighbouring streets can be decades apart in age, and a wall might be brick, lath and plaster, blockwork or plasterboard. We check what the walls are made of at the design visit, then choose the fixings. With a chimney breast, TV and media units typically fill the alcoves; without one, they can run along a whole wall.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out, so it can be arranged before fitting day. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- St Margarets (TW1, TW7, TW9)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- 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
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What it costs
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. The main factors are:
- The width and height of the space
- The number of doors and drawers
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
Rooms that aren’t square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. That’s reflected in the quote.
What we need to know
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
For a quote for TV and media units in St Margarets, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
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Common questions about TV and media units
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in St Margarets?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
My home in St Margarets is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
At the design visit, we measure the way in not just the room. TV and media units are made at 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.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
How do I get started?
The first step is to tell us about the room on our contact form. After that, we arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
If the TV is wall-mounted, we design the unit around the bracket position. The bracket needs a sound wall so we check the wall at the design visit.
Do you move sockets for a TV unit?
We don’t do electrical work. Sockets and wiring are for your electrician. We share the layout so the sockets line up with the design.
Living-room carpentry in St Margarets: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around St Margarets were built before 1919 (about 43%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 24%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of St Margarets include Asgill House (Grade I), under half a mile east, and The Trumpeters' House (Grade I), under half a mile east. For a listed home, works inside that affect its character can need listed building consent from the council, for instance removing or fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Parking controls in London are set borough by borough, so Richmond upon Thames has its own. If parking near you is controlled, a visitor permit or a bay suspension may be needed, and the council arranges suspensions, often with notice. It helps to let us know about parking during the design visit.
The wider area includes historic houses like Richmond House, about 1 mile south. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. If you live near Richmond Green, TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. For families living near Worple Primary School, a cupboard for board games and a shelf for reading books can go into the same design.
St Margarets is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 1 mile south-west of Twickenham. We can visit homes in St Margarets on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. Our work takes in places right across Richmond upon Thames, large and small.
We make TV and media units across TW1, TW7 and TW9. Whether you live on a street such as Eve Road, Park Road and Crown Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for TV and media units. Main roads around St Margarets include the A316 and A3004. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. We also cover Isleworth (1 mile north-west), Richmond (1 mile east), Ivybridge (1 mile west), Eel Pie Island (1 mile south) and Twickenham (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Teddington (2 miles south), Hampton (3 miles south-west), Barnes (3 miles east), Kew (2 miles north-east), Hanworth (3 miles south-west) and Mortlake (2 miles east).
Near you in St Margarets
Around St Margarets, we cover homes near Kneller Hall Junior School, Orleans Park School and The Turks Head pub, among other places. St Margarets has its own railway station: St Margarets (London) station. Nearby you will also find Eel Pie Island Museum (0.8 miles south) and South Middlesex Hospital (0.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens Lake.
Looking after your furniture
People planning TV and media units often ask about these. They help before and after fitting:
- Think about whether you’ll upgrade the screen
- Plan any new sockets with your electrician before fitting
- Think about the viewing height from your sofa
- Note the size of each box and speaker
Painted finishes feel dry quickly but take longer to cure fully. At first, lift boxes and speakers into place rather than pushing them, so the paint is not scuffed.
Heavy equipment is best kept low.
What happens on fitting day
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. The sections made in our workshop come in next, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Fitting day means joining the sections, fitting them to the walls and setting them level. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether brick, block, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- We visit to measure and go through the design and how the unit should look in the room.
- You get a written quote covering the design, the materials and the finish.
- The unit is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF, which takes paint well, and birch plywood.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, and any hand painting is done in the room.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Ask for a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. When you’re ready, message us from the contact page. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and go through the design, then send a written quote.
Related advice
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall.
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, so fitting day is planned around them.