Bromley · London
Bickley Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Bickley. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
Under-stairs storage for your home in Bickley
Under-stairs storage in Bickley
Where a staircase is open to a living space, the storage under it becomes part of the room. That calls for clean lines, well-fitted doors and a finish that suits the rest of the room. We can make plain or panelled fronts, painted to sit with the walls or to stand out. The result should look like part of the house, not an afterthought. Typical reasons to get in touch are a dark, wasted space under the stairs and coats and shoes piling up in the hall, and the answer is made at our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
Homes in an area like Bickley can come from many different periods, and so do the awkward corners, from bays and stairs to halls and eaves. The furniture is made for the space as it is. Any meters, fuse boards or boilers stay accessible.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it is easier before the furniture is made.
- Location
- Bickley (BR1, BR2, BR7)
- Area
- Bromley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions we’re often asked
Is Bickley in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London, and Bickley is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, and then we send a quote.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Bickley?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.
Can you fit a small desk under the stairs?
Often, yes, where the space opens onto a room and there’s enough height at one end. We can build a desk with shelves and drawers to suit the space. New sockets or lights are for your electrician, and we leave a route for the cables.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. You can send them when you use our contact form.
Can under-stairs storage work around the 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.
More for homes in Bickley
Why people ask for under-stairs storage in Bickley
The most common reason is clutter. Things get pushed to the back, piled on top of each other and forgotten. Purpose-made drawers and shelves give everything its own place, and you no longer need to empty the cupboard to reach one thing.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
For a family home near Bullers Wood School for Boys, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Choosing a carpenter
- A written quote that sets out the job
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
What we do not do
We’re carpenters, so some jobs belong to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Relocating meters, which your energy supplier deals with
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
- Gas pipework, which needs a Gas Safe engineer
Not sure whether your space suits under-stairs storage? You can send us a few details through our contact form and we will tell you before you arrange a visit. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Pull-out drawers
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
Looking after your furniture
Looking after painted furniture is simple. These habits help most:
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
- Think about what you will keep in each drawer
- Tell us if the hall is being decorated
Decorating around the storage is for your decorator, and it is best to protect the new paintwork while they work. Tape on fresh paint can pull it off, so keep it away from the doors and drawers. If anything isn’t right, get in touch through our contact form and we’ll talk it through.
Keep the way to the meter or fuse board clear. You may need to reach them yourself in a hurry, so leave the path open. With its own door, the meter stays in reach without much effort.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Standard storage is built for a level floor and a square space, and the space under a staircase is neither. Boxed units usually leave tricky gaps under the slope and dead space behind. Bespoke storage is designed and cut to the shape of your stairs. It is a bigger investment than a flat-pack unit, and the return is in the space it uses. Ready-made pieces come with a fixed inside layout, which may not suit what you need to store. With fitted furniture, the inside is planned around what you keep.
No two rooms cost the same to furnish, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. You’ll see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Why work with us in Bickley
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Saturdays by arrangement
- A design visit, then a quote in writing
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.
Fitted storage in Bickley
Homes built before 1919 make up about 33% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Bickley, with about 25% built between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Within a mile of the centre of Bickley, 4 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are largely about how buildings look from outside. Parking controls in London are set borough by borough, so Bromley has its own. Where a street in Bickley is controlled, a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension from the council. Let us know what the parking is like during the design visit.
For a flat near Bickley station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St George, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
Bickley is in the London Borough of Bromley, about 3 miles south-east of Orpington. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in Bickley and across Bromley. In Bromley, Bickley is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 49 places on our list.
In BR1, BR2 and BR7, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. You will find streets here like Golf Road, The Avenue and Canon Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. We also cover the places around Bickley: Widmore (1 mile north), Elmstead (1 mile north), Chislehurst (1 mile north-east), Bromley (1 mile west) and Sundridge (1 mile north-west). Elsewhere in Bromley, we also cover Orpington (3 miles south-east), Beckenham (3 miles west), St Mary Cray (3 miles east), Penge (5 miles west), Anerley (5 miles west) and Crystal Palace (5 miles west).
Near you in Bickley
In Bickley, that includes homes near Bird In Hand Public House, St George's and Holy Trinity College Bromley. There is a railway station in Bickley itself: Bickley station. Nearby you will also find Bridgeways Day Hospital (1 mile south) and The Mall (1.3 miles west). Not far away are Summer Hill.
How fitting day works
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 the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and your quote sets out the fitting days. We measure the hall, stairs, doors and any lift not just the room, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route. We cover floors and doorways on the way in.
- You tell us about the space under the stairs.
- We come to measure and discuss the design.
- We send a written quote covering the design, materials and finish.
- We make the drawers and cupboards in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and finished, and we check each pull-out with you before we leave.
- Treat the fresh paintwork gently while it cures; a hand-painted finish is easy to touch up later.
Before fitting day
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Keep pets in another room while we work
Ask for a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. When you’re ready, fill in our short enquiry form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.