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Under-stairs storage in Avery Hill, Greenwich
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Avery Hill. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
Under-stairs storage in Avery Hill
About our under-stairs storage in Avery Hill
Each under-stairs cupboard is built in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it’s strong and holds screws firmly, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and fronts. The finish is sprayed or hand-painted, and then the storage is fitted in your home in Avery Hill. We make under-stairs cupboards from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and the things people most often want solved are space under the stairs that’s hard to use and a low corner too deep to reach into.
Coats, shoes, bags and the vacuum cleaner all need somewhere to go in a family house. Around Avery Hill, where interwar homes, semis and detached houses make up a big part of the housing, fitted storage near the front door can take much of it. Anything that needs to stay reachable, like meters or a fuse board, is designed around.
The written quote is your record of the job. It sets out the under-stairs cupboard designed for your room, what it’s made from and how it’s finished.
- Location
- Avery Hill (SE9, DA15, DA16)
- Borough
- Greenwich
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Pricing under-stairs storage in Avery Hill
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- The overall size of the piece
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. We’ll talk through what you need inside during the design visit, and the quote follows.
What to send when you contact us
Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Your postcode and the borough
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
Rough sizes are fine at the start. We measure everything properly at the design visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, send us a few details through our contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
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What prompts under-stairs storage in Avery Hill
People who have just moved in, or have just finished a hallway, often want the space under the stairs to match. New storage, painted in a colour chosen for the hall, can tie it together. Decorating is for your decorator, so it helps to tell us your plans early.
Here’s what under-stairs storage can help with:
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
Eltham Palace, about 1.2 miles 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.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
Avery Hill homes and under-stairs storage
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Avery Hill were built between 1919 and 1939 (about 52%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 25%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The National Heritage List records 6 entries within half a mile of the centre of Avery Hill. Being near listed buildings does not make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If your home is on or just off a main road, it is useful to mention it. Then we can work out where to load and unload.
If you live near Shoulder of Mutton Green, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. For an older house near Church of Holy Trinity, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
Avery Hill is about 2 miles north of Plumstead, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. From period terraces to newer flats in Avery Hill, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Across Greenwich, we cover Avery Hill.
Design visits and fitting in SE9, DA15 and DA16 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. We cover homes on streets such as Bexley Road, Glenure Road and Perpins Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. The A210 runs close to Avery Hill, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. Other places close to Avery Hill include Blackfen (1 mile east), Eltham (1 mile south-west), New Eltham (1 mile south), Falconwood (1 mile north-east) and Well Hall (1 mile west). Elsewhere in Greenwich, we also cover Plumstead (2 miles north), Greenwich (4 miles north-west), Woolwich (3 miles north), Westcombe Park (3 miles north-west), Maze Hill (4 miles north-west) and Coldharbour (2 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Avery Hill
The streets we cover here include those near Alderwood Primary School. The closest station to Avery Hill is Falconwood station, roughly 0.6 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Eltham Community Hospital (1 mile west) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.7 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s The Tarn.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, once we have measured the way in.
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too, as it makes good use of an awkward room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Falconwood station?
Yes, homes across Greenwich and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Is Avery Hill in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes. Avery Hill is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Greenwich and London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
How long does it take to fit under-stairs storage?
The time the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Drawers, doors and carcasses are all made in the workshop before we arrive. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Usually not. Inside a house, fitted furniture does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings can require listed building consent for works that affect their character.
Can you build storage around a gas meter or fuse board?
Yes. Meters and fuse boards often sit under the stairs, and they need to stay accessible. We note them during the design visit and plan the drawers and doors around them. Moving a meter isn’t our work, so we design for where it is now.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
How fitting day works
On the morning of the fitting, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections built in our workshop. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Fitting day means carrying in the sections, joining them and fitting them to the walls. Hand-painted furniture can be finished on site; spray-painted pieces arrive finished from the workshop. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- First you let us know about the stairs and what you’d like to store beneath them, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- We visit to measure the space and discuss the design with you, keeping the meters and fuse board easy to reach.
- A written quote follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out.
- Your storage is made at our workshop and painted to the colour you chose.
- We bring it to your home, fit it and leave it ready to use. Any meters stay easy to reach.
How to prepare
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
Ask for a quote
Photos help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space, especially with rough sizes. To share them, message us from the contact page, and we will arrange a design visit.
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Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. That is something we plan for in the design.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it’s easy to buy.