Bexley · London
Bexley Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, designed for your room in Bexley. We measure, design and quote first, then make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
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About our under-stairs storage in Bexley
Deep pull-out drawers bring the back of the space within reach. Instead of crawling in to find something, you slide the drawer out and everything is in view. Cupboards suit the taller end, where coats can hang and a vacuum cleaner can stand. A mix of drawers and cupboards is often the best use of the space. Most enquiries start with a fuse board that’s hard to get to and an under-stairs cupboard full of clutter, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
In an area where interwar homes or semis make up much of the housing, as around Bexley, many have had the loft converted, leaving low eaves and sloping ceilings. Those spaces, along with bays and hallways, are where fitted storage can add the most. For lofts, we work in spaces that are already converted or boarded.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something isn’t quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Where
- Bexley (DA5, DA6, DA14, DA1)
- Area
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
How it is made
Pull-out drawers
A tall pull-out drawer can hold coats on a rail or a vacuum cleaner standing up. Shorter drawers lower down suit shoes and bags. The design visit is where we agree the mix.
Plinths and scribe strips
Walls are rarely flat and floors rarely level, in older homes especially. Scribe strips and a plinth take up the difference. That keeps the lines neat all round.
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Questions we are often asked
Do you cover homes near Bexley station?
Yes. We cover the whole of London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with a few details about the room.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Bexley?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the measuring visit.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
How long will the fitting take?
How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Drawers, doors and carcasses are all made in the workshop before we arrive. If you’d like the fitting on a Saturday, that can be arranged.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, by arrangement. Let us know when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
What happens when you come to measure?
It is 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.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
A standard unit knows nothing about your meter or fuse board. Fitted in front of one, it can make access awkward for readings and safety checks. A design made for the space keeps them in clear reach from the start. Off-the-shelf units come in set widths, so a run along a wall normally ends with a gap, which fitted furniture avoids. It can use the full height too.
There’s no price list, because each job is designed for a single room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a written quote, naming the materials and finish. To arrange a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Why choose us
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday work by prior arrangement
- 300+ projects completed
- Every quote follows a design visit
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
Practical tips
The finish lasts best with a little care. Here are our suggestions:
- Find out what sits in the space now, from meters to pipes
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
- Tell us about parking at the measuring visit
- Tell us about anything bulky that needs to fit
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. Minor chips can be touched up with the matching colour.
Fitting day, step by step
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Fitting day means carrying in the sections, joining them and fitting them to the walls. Spray-painted pieces come finished from the workshop, while hand painting can happen on site. Saturdays can be arranged.
- 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.
- We send a written quote for the storage.
- 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
Starting with a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, then send a written quote. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To book a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Related advice
Under-stairs storage in Bexley: local notes
About 45% of the homes in the area around Bexley went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 31% between 1945 and 1972, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. The centre of Bexley is within about a quarter of a mile of the Parkhurst Conservation Area. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. About 31% of homes in the neighbourhood around Bexley were built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Post-war homes often have fewer nooks than older houses, so under-stairs cupboards add storage that was never built in, fixed to suit concrete, block or brick.
If you live near Danson Park, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For an older house near Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. Red House, about 0.9 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. 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.
Bexley is about 2 miles south-west of Sidcup, part of the London Borough of Bexley. From period terraces to newer flats in Bexley, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Our work takes in places right across the rest of London, large and small.
In DA5, DA6, DA14 and DA1, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Streets in the area include Bexley High Street, Camden Road and The North Glade, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Bexley sits close to the A2018 and B2210, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Blendon (1 mile north-west), North Cray (1 mile south), Bexleyheath (1 mile north), Upton (1 mile north) and Coldblow (1 mile east). Elsewhere in the rest of London, we also cover Sidcup (2 miles south-west), Welling (2 miles north-west), Erith (3 miles north-east), Belvedere (3 miles north), Northumberland Heath (2 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (3 miles north).
What’s near Bexley
Around Bexley, we cover homes near St Columba's Catholic Boys' School, Townley Grammar School and The Railway Tavern and the streets around them. The closest station to Bexley is Bexley station, about 0.6 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Bexley Museum (1.1 miles east) and Broadway Shopping Centre (1 mile north-east).
Honest limits
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Making good the walls and ceiling, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Reshaping or rebuilding the staircase
- Electrical work under the stairs, which your electrician carries out
Not sure whether your space suits under-stairs storage? You can message us from the contact page and we’ll tell you. How it works.
Materials and parts
- Birch plywood
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers