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Wandsworth · London
TV and Media Units in Streatham Park
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. Our work on TV and media units in Streatham Park starts with a design visit, and everything is built in our workshop.
- Bought furniture that doesn’t suit the room
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
- A big screen that dominates the wall
TV and media units for your home in Streatham Park
TV and media units in Streatham Park: what you get
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. For a living room in Streatham Park, the first step is a design visit to measure up and look at your equipment. If your home has nowhere good for speakers and a TV that looks out of place in the room, that’s what TV and media units are for, made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
A large share of the homes around Streatham Park were built before 1919, and in London most homes of that age are Victorian or Edwardian. Houses of that age usually have a chimney breast in the front and back reception rooms, with an alcove either side, which gives TV and media units an obvious place to go. Because old walls bow and floors slope, the units are scribed to follow the wall and levelled at the base, then cut neatly around the skirting and any picture rail or cornice.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It sets out the TV unit designed for your room, its materials and its finish.
- Place
- Streatham Park (SW16, SW17, SW12)
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Could you do it yourself?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it is quick to buy.
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture cannot typically do that in an older room.
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Flats, conversions and lettings
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, unloading takes some planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so it is worth raising at the design visit.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of.
TV and media units in Streatham Park: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Streatham Park were built before 1919 (about 63%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 12%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Part of Streatham Park is in the Streatham Park Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Being in a conservation area mainly affects changes to the outside of a building, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 31% of households in the streets around Streatham Park, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it’s worth checking yours first.
If you live near Streatham Common, TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. For an older house near Parish Church of St Alban, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Streatham Park is about 3 miles north-west of Clapham Junction, within the London Borough of Wandsworth. Streatham Park is part of the area we cover. We list Streatham Park among 15 places we cover in Wandsworth.
Every home in SW16, SW17 and SW12 is within our area for TV and media units. Streets in the area include Lewin Road, Rydal Road and Natal Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for TV and media units. We also cover the places around Streatham Park: Furzedown (1 mile south-west), Streatham (1 mile east), Tooting (1 mile west), Tooting Bec (1 mile west) and Hyde farm estate (1 mile north). Other parts of Wandsworth we cover include Clapham Junction (3 miles north-west), Battersea (3 miles north-west), Putney (4 miles north-west), Wandsworth (3 miles north-west), Southfields (3 miles north-west) and Earlsfield (2 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Streatham Park
The streets we cover here include those near Graveney School, The Holland Tringham pub and Furzedown Secondary School and the streets around them. Streatham Park’s nearest station is Streatham station, about 0.5 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Tooting Bec Hospital (under half a mile north-west) and London Sewing Machine Museum (0.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there is Oakleigh Way.
What happens on fitting day
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. Most of the decisions were made during the design visit and set out in your quote, so the day itself is about careful fitting. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so it helps to let neighbours know about fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- You get in touch and list what the unit has to take: the screen, boxes, consoles and speakers.
- At the design visit we measure the wall and plan cable routes and ventilation, as set-top boxes, consoles and amplifiers need air.
- A quote in writing follows for the unit.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, leaving routes for cables and gaps for air.
- We fit it in your home and leave the cable routes ready for you to use.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
How to get a quote
To make a start, fill in our short enquiry form and tell us a little about the room and roughly what you’d like. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.
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Your questions about TV and media units in Streatham Park
How do you fit TV and media units in a flat in Streatham Park?
At the design visit, we measure the way in along with the room itself. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Will a conservation area stop me having TV and media units fitted in Streatham Park?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
The unit can be planned either way. For a wall-mounted TV, the layout works around the bracket position or we size the top for a TV that stands on it.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
Each room is quoted on its own: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. The written quote follows the design visit.
How long are you in the house for fitting?
The fitting depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. The unit is made at our workshop first, so the time in your home is mostly fitting and finishing.
Materials and finishes
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting is done in the workshop, giving a smooth, even surface.
Moisture-resistant MDF
Wide panels around a screen need to stay flat. MDF gives a smooth surface for a painted finish.
Is it time for TV and media units?
Most people come to us because of the cables. Cables run everywhere, from the screen to the boxes and the wall, and no stand ever quite hides them. Built-in units give cables somewhere to go.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- A TV stand that does not fit the wall
Kingswood House, about 2.6 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
What to check before you book
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- How parking will work on your street
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room