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Under-Stairs Storage in Brent
From one end of Brent to the other, we design and make under-stairs storage for your room. Every job starts with a design visit, then a written quote.
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Under-stairs storage across Brent
Each job starts with a design visit and a written quote. The lists below link to a page for each place, or get in touch to arrange a design visit.
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How we make under-stairs storage for Brent
Some under-stairs spaces are open enough for a small desk. A built-in desk with shelving and drawers can turn the space into a quiet corner for paperwork. Any new socket or light there is for your electrician, and we leave room and a route for the cable. We’ll look at whether it suits your stairs when we visit in Brent. Typical reasons to get in touch are a staircase with untidy space beneath it and a meter or fuse board buried behind clutter; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
You will not need to do much on the day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote.
- 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 at 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. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand once it’s in.
Quotes in Brent
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.
Why work with us
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
- Every quote follows a design visit
- Finished by spray or by hand
- 300+ projects completed
How to get a quote
To make a start, drop us a line using the contact form and let us know which room you have in mind and roughly what you’d like. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Near you in Kilburn
In Kilburn, that includes homes near Maida Vale School, Marylebone Boys' School and St Anne's and St Andrew's and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Queen’s Park (a few minutes’ walk west), Salusbury Primary School (close by, under half a mile west) and The Brondesbury Arms (a few minutes’ walk south-east). Kilburn has its own railway station: Queens Park (London) station. Other landmarks nearby include Paddington General Hospital (1 mile south) and Brent Museum and Archives (1.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Greville Place nature reserve.
Fitted storage across Brent
Across Brent, the most useful storage is often hidden in an tricky corner. A stair void, a bay or an eaves slope can all take under-stairs cupboards built to their exact angles. Each piece is fitted to the room as it is.
About 32% of the homes in Brent went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 28% before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Around a third of the homes in Brent (about 32%) date from between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Interwar houses typically have a straight flight of stairs with a cupboard below, often holding the meters or the fuse board, which must stay accessible. Of the 29 places we have local pages for in Brent, 29 have their centre inside a conservation area, according to Historic England’s data. The rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission.
Homes across Brent range from period terraces to modern blocks, and we work in all of them. The process is the same wherever you are: a design visit, a quote in writing, then making and fitting.
Kilburn: If you live near Queen’s Park, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. If your home is one of the older houses near St Anne's and St Andrew's, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there’s usually a gap left over at the top or at one end. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
The problems under-stairs storage solve
The low end of the space is typically the problem. You can’t stand up in it, and you cannot reach the back without kneeling. Drawers that slide out on runners turn that tricky corner into useful storage.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there’s a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Tell us about it when you contact us.
We also make and fit furniture for landlords furnishing a let, often to make the most of a small or awkward room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf storage comes in the colours the maker offers. Bespoke storage can be painted in the colour you choose, by spray or by hand, so it can sit with the walls, the banisters or the skirting.
What to check before you book
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
Before and after fitting day
A little care keeps the finish looking good. Here are our suggestions:
- Tell us if the hall is being decorated
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Decide whether you’d like coats on hooks or on a rail
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
If you chose a hand-painted finish, small marks can be touched in. Keep a little of the paint, or a note of the colour, for later. Spray-painted fronts have a smooth, even finish that wipes clean.
Keep the way to the meter or fuse board clear. Readers and engineers need to reach them, and you may need to as well. With its own door, the meter stays in reach without much effort.
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Brent
Is the furniture made to order?
Everything is made in our workshop for your room, then fitted in your home. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
What does an under-stairs cupboard cost?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. The mix of drawers, doors and shelves, and the finish you choose, all play a part. Everything is set out in a quote in writing after the visit.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, but it is useful to be around at the end.
How long does it take to fit under-stairs storage?
How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. We make every part in our workshop, so the time at your home is spent fitting. If you’d like the fitting on a Saturday, that can be arranged.
Do you cover areas outside London?
No. We work in London and nowhere else, across all the boroughs and the City of London.
What happens when you come to measure?
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, then send a written quote.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Usually not. Fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent, so ask the council’s conservation officer.