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Under-Stairs Storage in Addington
Planning under-stairs storage for a home in Addington? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a quote in writing.
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- The low end of the space going to waste
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
Under-stairs storage in Addington
How it’s made
Plinths and scribe strips
Walls are rarely flat and floors rarely level, in older homes particularly. We use scribe strips at the walls and a plinth at the floor to take up the difference. The result is neat, even lines all round.
Birch plywood
Its layered build gives birch plywood its strength. We use it for carcasses, shelves and drawer boxes, and its edge can be left visible or painted to match.
About our under-stairs storage in Addington
Under the stairs is where so much ends up, from coats and shoes to the vacuum cleaner. Our under-stairs storage is planned around what you need to store, with pull-out drawers, cupboards or a combination of the two. In Addington, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. People usually come to us about a dark, wasted space under the stairs and nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Some homes from the 1950s and 1960s have original built-in cupboards on the landing or in the hall, which can be rebuilt with better shelves and doors. Many homes around Addington date from between 1945 and the early 1970s, so reworking those spaces can be a good place to start. New carcasses are made to fit the opening and fixed to the wall behind.
You get the quote in writing, so there is time to read it properly and share it with anyone else involved. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Place
- Addington (CR0, CR2, BR4)
- Borough
- Croydon
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
From workshop to your room
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a post-war block of flats, the route in may include communal stairs, landings and a lift, so under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for each. Tell us about any building rules on lifts or working hours at the design visit.
- You let us know about the stairs and what you’d like to store, like coats, shoes or the vacuum cleaner.
- At the design visit, the space is measured and any meters are noted.
- The design is agreed and a quote in writing follows.
- Every part is made in our workshop, ready for a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
- The storage is fitted, scribed to the stairs and checked with you. The way to any meters is left clear.
Preparing the room
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Ask for a quote
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To arrange a visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Related advice
What under-stairs storage cannot fix
Our work is the furniture itself: designing it, making it in our workshop and fitting it. That means:
- Structural changes to the staircase itself
- Electrical work under the stairs, which your electrician carries out
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll give you a straight answer. How a job runs, step by step.
What it’s made from
- Birch plywood
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Pull-out drawers
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
What it costs
There is no set price, because there’s no set room. The things that affect it are:
- How big the furniture is
- Parking near your home
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Doors and drawers, and how many
Awkward rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That is reflected in the quote, which we write after seeing the room.
Before the design visit
What helps most when you first contact us:
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Your postcode and the borough
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and tell us a little about the room. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.
Nearby places to Addington
What else we make in Addington
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Addington
Is parking a problem for fitting in Addington?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. 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. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in Addington?
Yes, we work across Croydon, Addington included, and across the rest of London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit a small desk under the stairs?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. At the design visit we’ll say whether a desk makes sense there. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
What materials do you use for under-stairs storage?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. Everything is finished by spray painting or hand painting.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not usually. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need it. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
Can you build storage around a gas meter or fuse board?
Yes. The design keeps a clear way to the meter or fuse board, usually behind its own door. Access matters for readings and safety checks, so we design around it.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
Addington homes and under-stairs storage
The biggest share of homes in the streets around Addington, about 96%, were built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. There are 7 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Addington. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. About 96% of homes in the area around Addington were built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Homes from that era tend to have little built-in storage, so under-stairs cupboards make a real difference, fixed to suit concrete, block or brick.
If you live in a period home close to Church of St Mary, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. If you live near Addington Park, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. The wider area includes historic houses such as Addington Palace, about 0.4 miles west. If your own home is a period one, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
Addington is about 4 miles north-west of Thornton Heath, part of the London Borough of Croydon. Addington is part of the area we cover. In Croydon, Addington is one of the places we cover.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: CR0, CR2 and BR4. Streets in the area include Lodge Lane, Falconwood Road and Addington Village Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Other places close to Addington include Coney Hall (1 mile north), Forestdale (1 mile south), Spring Park (1 mile north), New Addington (1 mile south-east) and West Wickham (1 mile north). Other parts of Croydon we cover include Thornton Heath (4 miles north-west), Croydon (3 miles west), Coulsdon (5 miles south-west), Purley (4 miles west), Broad Green (4 miles north-west) and Upper Norwood (5 miles north-west).
Near you in Addington
Around Addington, we cover homes near John Ruskin College and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is West Wickham station, about 1.7 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include National Psychosis Unit (1.6 miles north). Not far away are Bramley Bank.