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Barnet · London
Staples Corner TV and Media Units
TV and media units in Staples Corner: built-in TV walls and media cabinets. We visit to measure and discuss the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Wasted space around the screen
- Boxes with no ventilation
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
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What happens on fitting day
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room and take up the floor coverings. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together and explain how to look after the paint. 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. If you have a driveway, it can make unloading simpler, so let us know at the measuring visit. Otherwise, details of permits or nearby bays help. Doorways, stairs and floors are covered on the way in.
- You tell us about the room and what the unit needs to hold, from set-top boxes to speakers.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout.
- A written quote follows.
- We then make the unit in our workshop.
- We bring it to your home and fit it in place, with the cable routes left clear.
Preparing the room
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
Starting with a design visit
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit. For a quote, drop us a line using the contact form.
Related advice
TV and media units in Staples Corner
Cables are the part most people want to hide. We plan cable routes through the unit from the start, with openings and removable panels so you can add or swap leads later. The routes are ours, while any wiring is for your electrician. People normally come to us about standard units leaving gaps and a TV that looks out of place in the room; the furniture is made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Ceilings in interwar houses tend to be lower than in Victorian ones, so TV and media units are proportioned to the room rather than copied from a taller one. Where your home is one of the interwar houses or semis that are a big part of the housing around Staples Corner, the cornice may be plain or missing, so the furniture can run straight to the ceiling. The skirting is scribed around neatly.
The written quote is your record of the job. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, what it is made from and how it is finished.
- Location
- Staples Corner (NW2, NW4, NW9)
- Borough
- Barnet
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the price in Staples Corner
To work out the quote, we look at:
- Spray painting or hand painting
- The overall size of the piece
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.
What to send when you get in touch
A few details help us understand the job before we visit. It is useful to include:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and talk through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing. To arrange the visit, use our contact form.
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What TV and media units can’t fix
Before you plan the job, it is useful to know what we do not do:
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Connecting and setting up your equipment
- Painting the walls and ceiling
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
What it is made from
- Ventilated cabinets
- Cable routes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
Caring for painted furniture
Most of what helps is simple. What we’d suggest:
- Look at what the equipment makers say about airflow
- Decide whether the TV will be wall-mounted or stand on the unit
- Think about whether you’ll upgrade the screen
- Tell us about parking and access at the design visit
Use the access panels and cable routes when you add or change leads. It keeps the unit tidy.
Leave any new socket or wiring work to your electrician, and don’t overload sockets.
Your questions about TV and media units in Staples Corner
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Brent Cross West station?
Yes, homes across Barnet and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with a few details about the room.
Can you make TV and media units for a home in Staples Corner?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London, and Staples Corner is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, followed by a quote.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you don’t need to stay in the room, but it helps to be around at the end.
Who moves the sockets for a built-in TV wall?
We don’t do electrical work. Sockets and wiring are for your electrician. We tell you where the unit will sit so the sockets end up in the right place.
Do pictures help?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, especially with rough measurements. You can send them when you message us from the contact page.
How do I get a quote for TV and media units in Staples Corner?
Simply fill in our short enquiry form. Rough sizes and a few photos help, and we will arrange a design visit.
Living-room carpentry in Staples Corner: local notes
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 38% of the housing in the area around Staples Corner, with about 19% built between 1973 and 1999, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. 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. There’s a conservation area within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Staples Corner, according to Historic England’s records. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. All of London, Barnet included, is inside the ULEZ. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in Staples Corner. How the van gets to your door is planned at the measuring visit.
The wider area includes historic houses like Heath House, about 2.2 miles east. 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. Close to Clarefield Park? TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. Near listed buildings like Church of St John, about 0.6 miles north-west of the centre of Staples Corner, older homes may keep original joinery that TV and media units can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
Staples Corner is in the London Borough of Barnet, about 3 miles north-east of Finchley. Homes in Staples Corner are part of the area we cover for TV and media units. Staples Corner is one of 41 places on our list for Barnet.
Design visits and fitting in NW2, NW4 and NW9 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. If your home is on a street such as Park Road, Humber Road and Oxgate Lane, or close by, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. If you’re just outside Staples Corner, we also cover Brent Cross (1 mile north-east), Dollis Hill (1 mile south-west), Hendon (1 mile north), The Hyde (1 mile north-west) and West Hendon (1 mile north-west). Other parts of Barnet we cover include Finchley (3 miles north-east), Barnet (5 miles north), Burnt Oak (3 miles north-west), East Finchley (3 miles north-east), Whetstone (4 miles north-east) and Edgware (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Staples Corner
The streets we cover here include those near Clarion and Woodfield School, among other places. Staples Corner has its own railway station: Brent Cross West station. A little further out are St Andrew's Hospital (0.7 miles south) and Church Farmhouse Museum (1.3 miles north).
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Tell us about them at the measuring visit, so fitting day is planned around them.
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there’s a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Mention it when you get in touch.