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Wandsworth · London
Tooting TV and Media Units
For homes in Tooting, 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.
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Boxes with no ventilation
- A big screen that dominates the wall
Ask about TV and media units in Tooting
How we make TV and media units for Tooting
We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood in our workshop. The finish is spray painted in the workshop or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you. We work across London, including Tooting, after a design visit and a written quote. Typical reasons to get in touch are boxes and consoles on the floor and cables trailing across the wall; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Solid brick external walls are standard in Victorian and Edwardian houses, and internal walls may be brick or lath and plaster. Since a large share of the homes around Tooting date from before 1919, the wall type is checked before any fixing for TV and media units is chosen. Lath and plaster needs a lighter touch and the right fixings.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Place
- Tooting (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Area
- Wandsworth
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Practical tips
People planning TV and media units often ask about these. They’re worth knowing whatever the room:
- Tell us about parking and access during the design visit
- Note which boxes need line of sight for their remotes
- Book your electrician first if sockets need to move
- Think about whether you’ll upgrade the screen
Cupboard doors may settle slightly with use. Most hinges can be adjusted to bring a door back in line.
Keep ventilation gaps and open backs clear.
Materials and finishes
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers suit games, controllers and remotes close to hand. Fronts are painted to match the unit.
Plinths and scribe strips
A plinth lifts the unit and takes up an uneven floor. It can line up with the skirting.
Questions we’re often asked
My house in Tooting is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Does a conservation area in or near Tooting affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, so 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.
Does the unit work if the TV is on a bracket?
The unit can be planned either way. If the TV is wall-mounted, panels and shelves are arranged around the bracket and cables or we size the top for a TV that stands on it.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two options: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. Your quote sets out which you have chosen.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
Every job is priced for its room: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. The written quote follows the design visit.
Is the furniture made to order?
Each piece is made at our workshop for the room it’s going into, then fitted in your home. It’s built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
What affects the price in Tooting
The price for your room depends on:
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The number of doors and drawers
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- How big the furniture is
How it’s painted is part of the price: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. The written quote reflects your choice, along with the size and fittings.
Helping us understand the room
Here’s what helps us most when you contact us:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the design visit. To arrange it, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
How fitting day works
The last stage of the day is the finish. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is typically only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Original hallway tiles and old floorboards are worth protecting, so they’re covered before anything comes in. Drilling into lath and plaster is done with care, so the plaster around stays sound. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- You get in touch about a built-in TV unit.
- At the design visit we agree the layout and talk about colour and finish.
- You get a written quote covering the design, the materials and the finish.
- The unit is made in 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
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
Starting with a design visit
For a quote for TV and media units in Tooting, tell us about the room on our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea. We will arrange a design visit, then send a quote in writing.
Advice
When you need someone else
We’d rather be clear about where our work stops:
- Aerial, satellite or broadband installation
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Configuring the TV and sound system
Not sure whether your space suits TV and media units? You can message us from the contact page and we will tell you. How it works.
What goes into it
- Cable routes
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Ventilated cabinets
- Hand-painted finish
Also in Tooting
Tooting homes and TV and media units
About 64% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Tooting went up before 1919, and about 12% between 1919 and 1939, 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Tooting include Gala Bingo Club (Grade I), under half a mile south-west, and Franciscan Primary School (Grade II), less than half a mile east. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, like fixing into original panelling. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. About 64% of homes in the neighbourhood around Tooting were built before 1919, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. In houses of that age, the chimney breast often becomes the TV wall, with cupboards in the alcoves for set-top boxes and speakers, with cable routes and ventilation planned in.
If you live near Wandle Park, TV and media units can be arranged to keep the window and the light clear. For a family home near St Boniface RC Primary School, low doors that small hands can open, with books and ornaments higher up, suit a busy family room. If you live in a period home close to St Augustine, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Tooting is part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, about 2 miles north of Clapham Junction. We cover Tooting as part of our work across Wandsworth. We list Tooting among 15 places we cover in Wandsworth.
In SW17, SW19 and CR4, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street such as Vant Road, Byton Road and Avarn Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. We also cover Tooting Bec (1 mile north-west), Colliers Wood (1 mile south), Furzedown (1 mile east), Streatham Park (1 mile east) and Summerstown (1 mile north-west). Across the rest of Wandsworth, our area takes in Clapham Junction (2 miles north), Battersea (2 miles north), Putney (3 miles north-west), Wandsworth (2 miles north-west), Southfields (2 miles north-west) and Roehampton (4 miles north-west). Being one of the larger places in Wandsworth, Tooting is covered for TV and media units and everything else we make.
What’s near Tooting
In Tooting, that includes homes near King's Head pub, Graveney School and Ensham School. For rail, the closest station is Tooting station, roughly 0.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include London Sewing Machine Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and Grove Hospital (within half a mile west). Not far away are Myrna Close.