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Under-Stairs Storage in Aldwych
Thinking about under-stairs storage in Aldwych? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing, before anything is made.
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
Need under-stairs storage in Aldwych?
What it costs
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. The main factors are:
- The overall size of the piece
- The number of doors and drawers
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- How square the room is
Rooms that are not square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. The quote allows for it, written once we have measured up.
Getting in touch
There’s no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Examples of the look you are after
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- The type of home and how the room is reached
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we have measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Aldwych
Pull-out drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space. Rather than reaching into the dark, you pull the drawer towards you and see what’s inside. Cupboards suit the taller end, where coats can hang and a vacuum cleaner can stand. Many designs for homes in Aldwych combine the two. We make under-stairs cupboards from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and people most often get in touch about a dark, wasted space under the stairs and nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags.
Ceilings and floors in homes built before 1919 are rarely level, and a large share of the homes around Aldwych date from then. Each piece is scribed and levelled on site so it looks straight in a room that is not. Picture rails, skirting and cornices are worked around rather than removed.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Aldwych (W1D, WC2H, W1F)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Boards, parts and paint
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is made in layers, which makes it strong and stable. We use it for carcasses, shelves and drawer boxes, with the edge either shown or painted.
Pull-out drawers
Deep drawers on runners let you use the low end of the space without crawling in. Each one is sized for what it will hold. A set of drawers can step down to follow the line of the stairs.
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Aldwych
Do you cover homes near London Charing Cross station?
Yes. We cover all of Westminster and the rest of London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details about the room.
Does a conservation area in or near Aldwych affect fitted furniture?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can need listed building consent from the council. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
What does an under-stairs cupboard cost?
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. The size of the space, the number of drawers and doors, and the finish all shape the price. To get a quote, drop us a line using the contact form and we will arrange a design visit.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
Walls and floors that are not true are part of the job in older homes. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work, but it is useful to be around at the end.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too.
Practical tips
These points come up often when people plan under-stairs storage. They help whatever the room:
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
- Think about how your household uses coats and shoes
When we’ve finished fitting, the drawers and doors are ready to use. Paint needs time to cure fully, so treat the new finish gently at first. Avoid sticky tape, heavy knocks and harsh cleaners while it hardens.
Damp coats and shoes put moisture into a closed space. Let them dry before they go away, and leave the door open for a while after a wet day if the cupboard feels damp.
From workshop to your room
The last stage of the day is the finish. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally 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. On fitting day, edges are trimmed on site to follow the walls, so a clear area to work in near the room helps. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Hand painting, if that is your finish, can follow the fitting.
- You get in touch and describe the stairs and the hall.
- At the design visit we measure the underside of the stairs and the floor, then talk through drawers, cupboards and coat storage.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angle of the stairs.
- On fitting day the units are set level and scribed to follow the stairs and walls.
Preparing the room
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
How to get a quote
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.
Advice
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Under-stairs storage in Aldwych: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 48% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Aldwych, with about 22% built since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. There are 725 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Aldwych. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Westminster is inside it. That includes the vans that bring and fit furniture in Aldwych. How the van gets to your door is planned during the design visit.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Dr Johnson's House, about 0.4 miles east. If your own home is a period one, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. If your children go to St Clement Danes CofE Primary School or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. If your home is one of the older houses near St Mary le Strand, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
Aldwych is within the City of Westminster, about 2 miles west of City of Westminster. Homes in Aldwych are part of the area we cover for under-stairs storage. In Westminster, Aldwych is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 29 places on our list.
Every address in W1D, WC2H and W1F is covered for under-stairs storage. If your home is on a street such as Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. The A4 and A301 runs close to Aldwych, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Other places close to Aldwych include Clare Market (1 mile north), Covent Garden (1 mile west), Temple Bar (1 mile east), Temple (1 mile east) and Adelphi (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in Westminster, we also cover City of Westminster (2 miles west), Victoria (2 miles south-west), Paddington Green (3 miles west), Paddington (2 miles west), Connaught Village (2 miles west) and Belgravia (2 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Aldwych
The streets we cover here include those near Ye Old White Horse pub, Mercers' School and LSE Shaw Library, among other places. The nearest railway station is London Charing Cross station, about 0.5 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Montfichet's Tower (0.7 miles east) and St Philip's Hospital (a few minutes’ walk north). Green spaces nearby include St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
Off-the-shelf storage is not designed around a meter or a fuse board. Fitted in front of one, it can make access tricky for readings and safety checks. Bespoke storage is planned around them from the start. Ready-made pieces are proportioned for newer homes and can look lost in an older one, whereas fitted pieces can pick up the room’s height and mouldings, with panels and details to suit the house.
We do not publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a quote in writing, with the materials and finish set out. To arrange a design visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Why choose us
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
- We visit, measure and go through the design before we quote
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.