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TV and Media Units in Surrey Quays
Thinking about TV and media units in Surrey Quays? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a written quote, before anything is made.
- A cabinet that traps heat
- A TV that looks out of place in the room
- Bought furniture that does not suit the room
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Questions from Surrey Quays
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Surrey Quays?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. 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 helps to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
Do you cover homes near Surrey Quays station?
Yes, homes across Southwark and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. To send them, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Just mention it when you contact us.
How long does it take to fit a TV unit?
The fitting depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and the fitting days are set out in your quote. The unit is made in our workshop first, so the time in your home is mostly fitting and finishing.
What happens during the design visit?
It’s a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
TV and media units for homes in Surrey Quays
Sockets often need to move for a built-in TV wall, like behind the screen or in the equipment cupboard. That job is for your electrician. Ideally it is done before the unit goes in. If you’re living with clutter around the TV and alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste, TV and media units made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
A large number of homes around Surrey Quays date from 2000 onwards, and newer homes tend to have open-plan living rooms with no chimney breast. So TV and media units often give the room its shape, along a full wall or around the TV. Plasterboard stud walls are common in newer homes, so heavy pieces are fixed into the studs or stand on the floor.
Everything we agree at the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Place
- Surrey Quays (SE16, SE8, SE15)
- Borough
- Southwark
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need TV and media units in Surrey Quays?
Others are tired of furniture that doesn’t fit. Bought units seldom suit an alcove, a slope or an uneven wall, and a bespoke unit is made for the space.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- A TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
For a flat near Surrey Quays station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
Before you choose who makes it
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
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In the neighbourhood around Surrey Quays, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 42%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 26%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Surrey Quays include The Terrace (Grade II), about 0.5 miles east, and Tide Gauge House on South Quay of Greenland Lock (Grade II), about 0.6 miles north-east. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features like panelling can require listed building consent. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. In inner London, a large part of the street parking sits inside borough-run controlled parking zones. That typically means a van in Surrey Quays needs a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council. Parking is worth mentioning at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
If your children go to Rotherhithe Primary School or a school nearby, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room. For an older house near St Katharine with St Bartholomew, picture rails and cornices give TV and media units a line to finish at.
Surrey Quays is about 3 miles south-west of East Dulwich, within the London Borough of Southwark. We cover Surrey Quays as part of our work across Southwark, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Our work takes in places right across Southwark.
Here we cover the SE16, SE8 and SE15 postcode area for TV and media units. Streets in the area include Bush Road, Gomm Road and Lower Road, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. Main roads around Surrey Quays include the A200 and A2208. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you’re just outside Surrey Quays, we also cover Rotherhithe (1 mile north), Surrey Canal (1 mile south-west), South Bermondsey (1 mile south-west), Millwall (1 mile east) and North Greenwich (1 mile east). Elsewhere in Southwark, we also cover East Dulwich (3 miles south-west), Herne Hill (3 miles south-west), Elephant and Castle (2 miles west), Bankside (3 miles north-west), Southwark (2 miles west) and St George's Fields (3 miles west).
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In Surrey Quays, that includes homes near Spa School, The Surrey Docks pub and Bacon's College, among other places. Surrey Quays has its own railway station: Surrey Quays station. Well-known places in the area include Brunel Museum (0.8 miles north-west) and Tower of London (1.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Lavender Pond.
What happens on fitting day
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together and explain how to look after the paint. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Walls in newer homes are often plasterboard on studs, so fixings go into the studs or use fixings made for the board. Floors are covered while we work, and dust is kept to a minimum.
- You contact us with details of the room, the TV and your equipment, and where the sockets are now.
- At the design visit, we measure the wall and plan the screen space, cable routes and ventilation with you. Any new sockets are a job for your electrician.
- You receive a quote setting out the layout and the paint finish.
- We build the unit in our workshop, with routes and ventilation planned in.
- Fitting day: the unit goes in, is levelled and scribed, and the cable routes are left clear. A hand-painted finish is done on site, if you chose one.
Preparing the room
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
How to get a quote
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. To book a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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How it’s made
Spray-painted finish
The unit arrives already finished. Treat it gently while the paint cures fully.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done on site once the unit is fitted. Small marks are simple to touch up.
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Could you do it yourself?
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.
Looking after your furniture
Getting the most from TV and media units starts with the planning and carries on after fitting day. Here are some things worth bearing in mind:
- Plan open spaces for anything controlled by a remote
- Mention parking and stairs when we visit
- Decide where you will sit, so the screen height suits it
- Book your electrician first if sockets need to move
Dust collects around equipment and vents, so clean them now and then. Clear vents keep equipment cooler.
Heavy equipment is best kept low, with the weight spread across shelves.