Kingston upon Thames · London
Under-Stairs Storage in Kingston upon Thames
Wherever you are in Kingston upon Thames, we design and make under-stairs storage for your room. We visit, measure and talk it through before we quote.
Talk to us about under-stairs storage in Kingston upon Thames
Under-stairs storage in every part of Kingston upon Thames
What it covers: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Every neighbourhood has its own page, listed below, or get in touch to arrange a design visit.
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Other services in Kingston upon Thames
- Fitted cupboards
- Bespoke kitchens
- Built-in bookshelves
- Window seats
- Fitted wardrobes
- Loft storage
- Alcove units
- Wall beds
- Walk-in wardrobes
- TV and media units
- Fitted home offices
Postcode areas we cover
Under-stairs storage across Kingston upon Thames: what to expect
The space under a staircase is often the hardest-working spot in a house, and the least organised. We design under-stairs storage around the things you actually want to keep there, with pull-out drawers, cupboards or a combination of the two. For a home in Kingston upon Thames, it starts with a design visit to measure the space and talk it through. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and people most often get in touch about coats and shoes piling up in the hall and space under the stairs that’s hard to use.
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference, and that keeps the doors and shelves true. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that is solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard.
- You get in touch and let us know what’s under the stairs now, including any gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board.
- We visit to measure the slope and the floor, and agree a design that keeps any meter or fuse board accessible.
- A quote in writing follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with access to the meters planned in.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
What affects the price in Kingston upon Thames
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
What you get with us
- Over 300 projects completed
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
Arranging a design visit
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Kingston upon Thames, message us from the contact page. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
What’s near Kingston upon Thames
The streets we cover here include those near Tiffin School, Church of St Luke and The Grey Horse pub and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Kingston Grammar School (close by, under half a mile south), St Luke's CofE Primary School (within half a mile east) and Canbury Gardens (less than half a mile north-west). There is a railway station in Kingston upon Thames itself: Kingston station. Nearby you will also find Kingston Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Bentall Centre (a few minutes’ walk south-west). Green spaces nearby include Rose Walk and Kingston Hill Road area.
Tricky spaces in homes across Kingston upon Thames
Across Kingston upon Thames, including Surbiton, New Malden and Hampton Wick, most homes have a corner or recess that could do more. That might be under the stairs, in a bay, along the hall or under the eaves of a converted loft. The furniture is made for the space you have.
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 34% of the housing in Kingston upon Thames, with about 21% built before 1919, 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. Around a third of the homes in Kingston upon Thames (about 34%) date from between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. In many interwar houses the space under the stairs holds the meters or the fuse board, which must stay accessible. About 44% of households in Kingston upon Thames live in detached or semi-detached houses, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. A house like that usually has more rooms to plan around than a flat, and sometimes a driveway that makes unloading easier.
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Kingston upon Thames: Hampton Court Palace, about 1.8 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Church of All Saints, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
Looking after your furniture
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after with a little care. These habits help most:
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Let us know about parking at the design visit
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. A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, and small marks often clean off with a damp cloth.
Sharp tools and heavy boxes can chip a painted edge. Put tools in a case so they don’t knock the paint. A small chip on a hand-painted finish is easy to touch in.
When you need someone else
Before you plan the job, it’s useful to know what we don’t do:
- Relocating meters, which your energy supplier deals with
- Painting the hallway walls and ceiling
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
Materials and finishes
Pull-out drawers
Pull-out drawers bring the deep, low end of the space within reach. Each one is sized for what it will hold. Many designs use a run of drawers stepping down with the stairs.
Doors and drawer fronts
What you see of the storage is mostly the doors and drawer fronts. We make them plain or panelled, with handles to suit the room. Each one follows the line of the stairs above.
Is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf units are made for flat walls and square corners, and the space under a staircase is neither. A ready-made unit tends to leave gaps at the slope and wasted space at the back. Storage made for the space follows the angle of the stairs and uses its full depth. It’s a bigger investment than a flat-pack unit, and the return is in the space it uses.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
What affects the price in Kingston upon Thames
There’s no set price, because there is no set room. What affects it comes down to:
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
Rooms that are not square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. That is reflected in the quote, which we write after seeing the room.
Helping us understand the room
Ahead of the design visit, we will typically ask about:
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- What the furniture needs to hold
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we’ll suggest a time for a design visit.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Kingston upon Thames
Do pictures help?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit, along with rough measurements. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Will you travel outside London?
No. Our work is in London only: every London borough and the City of London.
What happens during the design visit?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and go through the design with you. Access and parking are worth talking about too, and afterwards we send a quote in writing.
Is it possible to match the colour of my hallway?
Yes. We paint the storage in the colour you choose, by spray or by hand. It can match the walls, the stairs or the woodwork, so it looks like part of the house.
Can under-stairs storage work around the fuse board?
Yes. The design keeps a clear way to the meter or fuse board, typically behind its own door. Access matters for readings and safety checks, so we design around it.
How long does it take to fit under-stairs storage?
The time the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. The storage is built in our workshop first, so the time in your home is spent fitting. We keep the hallway as clear as we can while we work.