Hammersmith and Fulham · London
Chelsea Harbour Under-Stairs Storage
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Chelsea Harbour. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- Storage that does not match the hallway
Ask about under-stairs storage in Chelsea Harbour
Under-stairs storage for homes in Chelsea Harbour
Not every staircase is in a house. A maisonette, a split-level flat or a staircase down to a lower floor can all leave space underneath. We measure the space and the route in, so the sections made at our workshop fit through the front door and along the hall. The same careful process applies to any home in Chelsea Harbour. Most enquiries start with a sloping corner nobody can reach and an old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall, and the answer is made in our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Walls in a block of flats can be concrete, brick, block or plasterboard, sometimes all in one flat. Since most households around Chelsea Harbour live in purpose-built flats, we check each wall during the design visit before choosing fixings. On a stud wall, heavier pieces stand on the floor and are tied back.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Location
- Chelsea Harbour (SW6, SW11, SW10)
- Area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Boards, parts and paint
Doors and drawer fronts
The doors and drawer fronts are the face of the storage. They can be plain or panelled, with handles chosen to suit the hall. Each one follows the line of the stairs above.
Pull-out drawers
Drawers that pull out make the back of the space easy to use. Everything is in view when the drawer is open. Shoe drawers, a drawer for the vacuum and drawers for cleaning things are all possible.
Fitted storage in Chelsea Harbour
In the streets around Chelsea Harbour, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 36%) and the years since 2000 (about 28%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. We take that into account at the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Within a mile of the centre of Chelsea Harbour, 17 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Controlled parking zones cover much of inner London, and each borough runs its own. For fitting in Chelsea Harbour, a van typically needs a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know about parking near your home at the measuring visit.
Carlyle's House, about 0.8 miles north-east, 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. For families living near Chelsea Academy, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Chelsea Harbour is about 1 mile west of Fulham, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Chelsea Harbour is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. In Hammersmith and Fulham, Chelsea Harbour is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 16 places on our list.
We make under-stairs storage across SW6, SW11 and SW10 for under-stairs storage. If your home is on a street like Ann Lane, York Road and Lots Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Sands End (1 mile south), Walham Green (1 mile north-west), World's End (1 mile north), Little Chelsea (1 mile north) and Parsons Green (1 mile west). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as West Kensington (2 miles north-west), North End (2 miles north-west), Hammersmith (2 miles north-west), Shepherd's Bush (3 miles north-west), Brackenbury Village (3 miles north-west) and White City (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Chelsea Harbour
Around Chelsea Harbour, we cover homes near Natural History Museum Library and Archives, Lots Road pub and Heatherley School of Fine Art and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Chelsea Harbour itself: Imperial Wharf station. A little further out are Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (0.6 miles north) and Southside Wandsworth (1.5 miles south). Not far away are Battersea Park Lake.
Flats, leases and landlords
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before fixing furniture to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations, which is worth sorting early. We can’t give advice on leases.
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Chelsea Harbour
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Chelsea Harbour?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Imperial Wharf station?
Yes. We cover all of Hammersmith and Fulham and the rest of London. You can tell us about the room on our contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
How long will the fitting take?
How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Drawers, doors and carcasses are all made in the workshop before we arrive. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
Can under-stairs storage work around the fuse board?
Yes. The design keeps a clear way to the meter or fuse board, typically behind its own door. Access matters for readings and safety checks, so we design around it.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
It’s something we deal with all the time. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth, so there are no gaps at the sides.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
Do you need under-stairs storage in Chelsea Harbour?
The low end of the space is normally the problem. It is too low to stand in and too deep to reach into. Pull-out drawers solve that by bringing the back of the space to you.
Some of the things we’re asked to solve include:
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Old Battersea House, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
Before you choose who makes it
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How doors and drawers are fitted
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Fitting day, step by step
At the end, we tidy up. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and explain how to look after the paint. How long the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Some buildings have a concierge, a lift booking system or set working hours, so check them with the managing agent before fitting day. Communal areas and floors are protected on the way in.
- You get in touch and tell us what’s under the stairs now, including any gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board.
- At the design visit we measure the space and plan the storage around the meters, so readers and engineers can still reach them.
- A quote in writing follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with access to the meters planned in.
- The storage is fitted and set level, and the meter access is checked with you.
Before we arrive
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
How to get a quote
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit. To arrange a visit, use our contact form.
Related advice
Caring for painted furniture
These points come up often when people plan under-stairs storage. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Mention any decorating plans so the work can be timed well
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Make a list of what you want to store before the design visit
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
Before we leave, we check every drawer and door with you. If there’s a meter or fuse board, we make sure its door opens fully and the meter is easy to see. You will know everything works as planned.
Keep sharp or very heavy items away from the painted fronts. Put tools in a case so they do not knock the paint. A small chip on a hand-painted finish is easy to touch in.