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Merton · London
TV and media units in Wimbledon, Merton
Thinking about TV and media units in Wimbledon? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a written quote, before anything is made.
- Clutter around the TV
- Boxes with no ventilation
- Wasted space around the screen
Need TV and media units in Wimbledon?
TV and media units in Wimbledon: what you get
In a room with a chimney breast, the alcoves either side are natural places for media storage. Cupboards and shelves in the alcoves can hold the boxes, speakers and books, with the TV in one alcove or on the chimney breast. We keep any vent in the chimney breast clear. People typically come to us about leads that show from every angle and speakers muffled behind doors; the furniture is made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Wherever your home in Wimbledon sits in London’s mix of housing, TV and media units start with the room you actually have. Older rooms bring uneven walls and picture rails, while newer ones bring plasterboard walls and boxed-in pipes. Each is measured, and the pieces are made to fit it.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we’ll tell you. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Place
- Wimbledon (SW19, SW20, SW17, SW18)
- Borough
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Some closed off-the-shelf cabinets have little ventilation. We plan ventilation for boxes, consoles and amplifiers. Ready-made pieces come with a fixed inside layout, which may not suit what you need to store. Fitted furniture is laid out inside around your things.
Rooms that are not square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That’s reflected in the quote.
Why choose us
- Built around your room
- 300+ projects completed
- Scribed to uneven walls
- A design visit, then a written quote
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
Places near Wimbledon
What else we make in Wimbledon
Flats, leases and landlords
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways as well as the room, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. Some leases need the building owner’s consent for alterations, and that’s best sorted before fitting day. We can’t advise on your lease.
Is it time for TV and media units?
Families with consoles, games and controllers want them tidied away. Drawers and cupboards hold them out of sight, and open shelves hold what’s used every day.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- A screen at the wrong height
- Equipment running hot in a closed cupboard
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- Set-top boxes stacked on a stand
For an older house near St. Mark's Church, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
FAQs: TV and media units in Wimbledon
Does a conservation area in or near Wimbledon affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character may need listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
I live near Wimbledon station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London. You can tell us about the room on our contact form to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and discuss the design with you. We’ll also ask about access and parking.
Who moves the sockets for a built-in TV wall?
That’s a job for your electrician. Ideally it’s done before fitting, and we plan cut-outs and cable routes around the sockets.
Will my boxes get too hot inside the unit?
We plan ventilation into the unit for boxes, consoles and amplifiers, using open backs, gaps or vented doors. Each box should have its own space, and it’s worth checking the maker’s guidance on clearances.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket and the cable route behind it. The bracket needs a sound wall so we check the wall at the design visit.
Fitting day, step by step
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together. 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. Before fitting day, we check the route in as well as the room, so TV and media units arrive in sections that fit through. Floors and doorways are protected while the pieces come in.
- You contact us with details of the room, the TV and your equipment, and where the sockets are now.
- We visit to measure, note the sockets and agree where everything will go.
- We send a quote in writing with the design, materials and finish.
- The unit is made in our workshop, with cable routes and vents built in, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the walls and ready for your equipment. A hand-painted finish is done on site, if you chose one.
Preparing the room
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with a few details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. When you are ready, drop us a line using the contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.
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Wimbledon homes and TV and media units
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Wimbledon were built before 1919 (about 44%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 18%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Within a mile of the centre of Wimbledon, 18 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are largely about how buildings look from outside. The share of homes built before 1919 around Wimbledon, about 44%, is well above the figure for Merton as a whole, about 27%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. So older-house details are more likely to come into the design of TV and media units.
If you live in a flat close to Wimbledon station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. Near listed buildings like Parish Church of St Mary, under half a mile north of the centre of Wimbledon, 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.
Wimbledon is in the London Borough of Merton. Homes in Wimbledon are part of the area we cover for TV and media units. We list Wimbledon among 20 places we cover in Merton.
We make TV and media units across the SW19, SW20, SW17 and SW18 postcode area for TV and media units. Our area takes in homes on streets like High Street Mews, High Street and Church Road, for TV and media units and any of our other fitted furniture. Wimbledon is near the A218 and B235; on busy main roads, unloading TV and media units takes a little planning. If you’re just outside Wimbledon, we also cover Crooked Billet (1 mile west), Wimbledon Park (1 mile north), Wimbledon Chase (1 mile south), Copse Hill (1 mile south-west) and Merton Park (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Merton we cover include Colliers Wood (2 miles east), Morden (2 miles south), Eastfields (3 miles south-east), Merton Abbey (2 miles south-east), Mitcham (3 miles south-east) and Hackbridge (3 miles south-east). Wimbledon is among the bigger places we cover in Merton.
Local landmarks in Wimbledon
In Wimbledon, that includes homes near Dog & Fox pub, Willington School and Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Wimbledon itself: Wimbledon station. Well-known places in the area include Wimbledon Museum (under half a mile west) and Atkinson Morley Hospital (1.2 miles west). Not far away are Henman Hill and Merton Park Green Walks.
How it’s made
Shelves
Open shelves suit speakers and things you want on show, while cupboards hide the rest.
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.