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Under-stairs storage in Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets
We make under-stairs storage for homes in Canary Wharf, designed around the room you have. Your under-stairs cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and made at our workshop.
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
- Cleaning things with no proper home
Ask about under-stairs storage in Canary Wharf
From workshop to your room
There is not much for you to do on fitting day. Someone needs to let us in, and it is useful to have the room cleared beforehand, as we’ll have talked about at the measuring visit. After that, it is over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a newer development, the lift, the concierge and set working hours may all need checking, so it is useful to sort them out ahead of time. The furniture is built in sections that fit the lift and doorways.
- You contact us about the space under your stairs.
- We visit to measure the space at several points along the slope, as stairs and walls are rarely square in older houses.
- We send a quote in writing for the storage.
- In our workshop we build every part from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, following the slope we measured.
- We fit the storage in your home, trimming the edges so they meet the stairs neatly. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand once it is in.
Before fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
Ask for a quote
For a quote for under-stairs storage in Canary Wharf, send us a few details through our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, plus any rough measurements. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
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How we make under-stairs storage for Canary Wharf
Each under-stairs cupboard is made at our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it is 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 Canary Wharf. If you’re living with struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter and needing a compact spot for a laptop, under-stairs cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Many homes around Canary Wharf have been built since 2000, and newer homes rarely come with much storage. Halls, landings and the space beneath the stairs are where fitted storage can help. Walls in newer homes are often plasterboard on timber or metal studs, so the fixings are chosen for that.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Place
- Canary Wharf (E14, SE16, E22)
- Borough
- Tower Hamlets
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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What else we make in Canary Wharf
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
It’s worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is usually cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. Some leases need the building owner’s consent for alterations, which is worth sorting early. We cannot advise on your lease.
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too, as it makes good use of an awkward room. It’s made from the same moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood as any of our work.
Boards, parts and paint
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF can be cut and shaped cleanly, which suits the angled panels under a staircase. We use a moisture-resistant grade, which stays stable and takes paint well. Most of what you see on the finished storage is MDF.
Pull-out drawers
Deep drawers on runners let you use the low end of the space without crawling in. Each one is sized for what it will hold. Many designs use a run of drawers stepping down with the stairs.
Tips worth knowing
Getting the most from under-stairs storage starts with the planning and carries on after fitting day. Here are some things worth bearing in mind:
- Make a list of what you want to store before the design visit
- Plan decorating around the fitting
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Decide whether you’d like coats on hooks or on a rail
We run each drawer and open each door with you before we go. Any door to a meter or fuse board is checked so it opens fully and leaves the meter in view. That way, nothing is left for you to sort out later.
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. A dedicated door makes this easy to keep up.
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Canary Wharf
Is Canary Wharf in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes, Canary Wharf is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Tower Hamlets and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Canary Wharf station?
Yes, homes across Tower Hamlets and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need someone to let us in. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
Which materials go into your under-stairs cupboards?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. The finish is spray-painted or hand-painted.
Is it possible to have a desk built under the stairs?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. We look at it at the design visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
How long is the fitting for under-stairs storage?
How long the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Because everything is built in our workshop, the work in your home is the fitting itself. We know the hall is a busy route, so we keep it as clear as possible.
Making use of awkward spaces in Canary Wharf
Homes built since 2000 make up about 66% of the housing in the area around Canary Wharf, with about 16% built between 1973 and 1999, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how under-stairs cupboards are fixed and fitted. 14 conservation areas have at least part of their area within a mile of the centre of Canary Wharf. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. More than half of the homes in the area around Canary Wharf (about 66%) were built since 2000, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Newer homes often have little built-in storage, and their walls are normally plasterboard on studs, so under-stairs cupboards are designed with fixings to suit.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Matthias, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. If your children go to Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School or a school nearby, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. If you live near Sir John McDougall Gardens, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Canary Wharf is about 2 miles west of Whitechapel, part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Canary Wharf included. Our Tower Hamlets coverage includes Canary Wharf, along with the rest of the borough.
Here we cover the E14, SE16 and E22 postcode area for under-stairs storage. If your home is on a street like Castor Lane, Cassilis Road and Dockyard Lane, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Main roads around Canary Wharf include the A1261. Close by, we also work in London Docklands (1 mile east), Poplar (1 mile north-east), Heron Quays (1 mile south-west), Coldharbour (1 mile east) and Blackwall (1 mile east). Other parts of Tower Hamlets we cover include Whitechapel (2 miles west), Spitalfields (3 miles west), Tower Hill (3 miles west), Bethnal Green (2 miles north-west), Cambridge Heath (3 miles north-west) and Stepney (2 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Canary Wharf
We fit furniture in homes around Tower Hamlets College, The Ledger Building pub and Canary Wharf College 3. Canary Wharf has its own railway station: Canary Wharf station. Other landmarks nearby include Poplar Hospital (0.7 miles north-east) and The Pumphouse Educational Museum (0.8 miles west). For a walk, there is Lavender Pond.