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Under-stairs storage in Barnehurst, Bexley
Planning under-stairs storage for a home in Barnehurst? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing.
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Fitting day, step by step
The last stage of the day is the finish. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; 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. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are usually straighter. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- It starts when you get in touch about the space under your stairs. It’s useful to say whether the meters are under there.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you will use the space, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- A quote in writing follows, with the fitting days agreed.
- We make the drawers, doors and carcasses in our workshop. The materials are moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before we arrive
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Arranging a design visit
To get a quote, drop us a line using the contact form and tell us which room you have in mind and roughly what you’d like. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and a quote in writing follows.
Advice
Under-stairs storage in Barnehurst: what you get
Not every staircase is in a house. Maisonettes, split-level flats and homes with stairs down to a lower floor often have usable space beneath the steps. We measure the space and the route in, so the sections built in our workshop fit through the front door and along the hall. Wherever your home is in Barnehurst, the process is the same. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and people most often get in touch about a low corner too deep to reach into and open space under the stairs that collects clutter.
An interwar house tends to have truer walls than a Victorian one, though rarely square corners. Much of the housing around Barnehurst is interwar, semi-detached or detached, and every piece is still scribed where it meets the wall. Each piece is levelled on site, so doors, lids and drawers line up.
We write quotes in plain English. You’ll see what will be made, the boards used and the finish, taken from what we agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Barnehurst (DA7, DA1, DA8)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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What else we make in Barnehurst
What under-stairs storage cannot fix
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. Please bear these in mind too:
- Relocating meters, which your energy supplier deals with
- Making good the walls and ceiling, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Altering or cutting into the stairs
If in doubt, you can drop us a line using the contact form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Spray-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Birch plywood
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. 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.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Barnehurst
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Barnehurst?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
I live near Barnehurst station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Bexley and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can tell us about the room on our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Electrical work isn’t something we do; it is a job for your electrician. We can allow for cable routes in the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
What materials do you use for under-stairs storage?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Drawer boxes are birch plywood, as it is strong and holds screws firmly. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. Let us know when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
It is something we deal with all the time. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base, so it sits tight to the room.
Boards, parts and paint
Plinths and scribe strips
The floor under a staircase is rarely perfectly level. A plinth or adjustable feet let us set the storage level, so the doors and drawers run true.
Moisture-resistant MDF
With wet shoes and coats coming in, a moisture-resistant grade of MDF is a sensible choice. It takes a spray-painted or hand-painted finish well, and it holds its shape in the space under the stairs.
Making use of tricky spaces in Barnehurst
About 40% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Barnehurst went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 31% 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Barnehurst include Parish Church of St Paulinus (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles south-east, and One Bell Public House (Grade II), about 0.6 miles south-east. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can need listed building consent from the council. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. Where a home in Barnehurst is on or beside a main road, it helps to mention that at the measuring visit. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
If you live in a period home close to Church of St Paulinus, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space. If you live near Braeburn Park, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For a family home near Mayplace Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Barnehurst is in the London Borough of Bexley, about 3 miles south-west of Sidcup. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Barnehurst is part of that. We list Barnehurst among 27 places we cover in Bexley.
We work across DA7, DA1 and DA8. We cover homes on streets such as Old Road, Grove Road and Manor Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Barnehurst include the A2000. If you are just outside Barnehurst, we also cover Bexley Riverside (1 mile north), Northumberland Heath (1 mile north), North End (1 mile east) and Slade Green (1 mile east). Elsewhere in Bexley, we also cover Sidcup (3 miles south-west), Welling (3 miles west), Bexley (2 miles south-west), Belvedere (2 miles north), Lessness Heath (2 miles north-west) and Albany Park (4 miles south-west).
Near you in Barnehurst
Around Barnehurst, we cover homes near The Red Barn pub, St Catherine's Catholic School and St Catherine's Catholic School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Barnehurst station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Bexley Museum (1 mile south) and Broadway Shopping Centre (1.1 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Wansunt Pit.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too, often to make the most of a small or tricky room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, after checking the walls at the measuring visit.