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Under-stairs storage in Chinbrook, Lewisham
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Chinbrook. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- An old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
Under-stairs storage in Chinbrook
About our under-stairs storage in Chinbrook
Under-stairs storage isn’t only for houses. A maisonette, a split-level flat or a staircase down to a lower floor can all leave space underneath. The parts we make in our workshop are sized to get through the doors and hallways on the way in. Wherever your home is in Chinbrook, the process is the same. If you are living with cleaning things with no proper home and a tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out, that is what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
If you live in one of the interwar houses or semis around Chinbrook, the hall is often wide enough for coat and shoe storage. Bays at the front suit a seat with storage below, with a grille so any radiator below keeps heating the room. Under-stairs cupboards are measured and made for the house you have.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it is clear what’s included.
- Place
- Chinbrook (SE9, SE12, BR1)
- Area
- Lewisham
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Materials and finishes
Moisture-resistant MDF
Moisture-resistant MDF is stable and takes paint well. It suits the doors, drawer fronts and panels of an under-stairs cupboard, where the finish is most on show.
Spray-painted finish
For a crisp, even look, many people choose a spray-painted finish. We apply it in our workshop, and the paint needs time to cure fully once it’s fitted.
From workshop to your room
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections built in our workshop, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Interwar houses typically have a straight run of stairs and a reasonable hallway, though we still measure the route in not just the room. Under-stairs cupboards arrive in sections and are assembled in place, with floors protected throughout.
- You contact us about the space under your stairs.
- 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 quote in writing for the storage.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angle of the stairs.
- We fit the storage in your home, trimming the edges so they meet the stairs neatly.
How to prepare
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
How to get a quote
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To arrange it, fill in our short enquiry form. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
Related advice
Tips worth knowing
Looking after painted furniture is simple. These habits help most:
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
- Make a list of what you want to store before the design visit
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Count the coats and pairs of shoes in daily use
A soft, damp cloth is the best way to keep the fronts clean. Dry them afterwards, and avoid abrasive pads and strong solvents. The edges of drawers and the areas around handles pick up marks first.
Every so often, look at the handles and hinges. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a drawer stops running smoothly, drop us a line using the contact form and describe it.
Why people ask for under-stairs storage in Chinbrook
The low end of the space is normally the problem. You can’t stand up in it, and you cannot reach the back without kneeling. Pull-out drawers solve that by bringing the back of the space to you.
People normally get in touch with us about needs like these:
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- The low end of the space going to waste
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
For a family home near Marvels Lane Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Choosing a carpenter
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Under-stairs storage for homes in Chinbrook
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 48% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Chinbrook, with about 26% built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Chinbrook include Baring Hall Hotel and associated stable block (Grade II), about 0.5 miles west, and The Grange Eltham College Junior School (Grade II), about 0.6 miles north. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features like panelling may need listed building consent. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. About 26% of homes in the neighbourhood around Chinbrook were built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 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 in a flat close to Grove Park station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. If you live near Chinbrook Meadows, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Chinbrook is about 4 miles north-west of New Cross, within the London Borough of Lewisham. Whether your home in Chinbrook is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Chinbrook is one of the places in Lewisham where we make under-stairs storage.
We cover every part of SE9, SE12 and BR1. Our area takes in homes on streets like Luffman Road, Riddons Road and Cobland Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Chinbrook is near the A2212; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. If you’re just outside Chinbrook, we also cover Mottingham (1 mile north-east), Grove Park (1 mile west), Coldharbour (1 mile east), Middle Park (1 mile north) and Sundridge (1 mile south). Other parts of Lewisham we cover include New Cross (4 miles north-west), St Johns (3 miles north-west), Deptford (4 miles north-west), Catford (2 miles west), Lewisham (3 miles north-west) and Surrey Canal (5 miles north-west).
Around Chinbrook
We fit furniture in homes around Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy and Colfe's School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Chinbrook itself: Grove Park station. A little further out are The Glades (2 miles south) and Eltham Community Hospital (1.6 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include The Tarn.
What affects the price in Chinbrook
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- The overall size of the piece
- How square the room is
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
Every room is priced on its own, 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. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
What to send when you contact us
Here’s what helps us most when you get in touch:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- The type of home and how the room is reached
To make a start, use our contact form and let us know which room you have in mind and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Also near Chinbrook
Also in Chinbrook
Questions we’re often asked
Is Chinbrook in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes. We cover all of Lewisham and the rest of London, and Chinbrook is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, and then we send a quote.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Chinbrook?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by 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. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
How long is the fitting for under-stairs storage?
How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. The storage is built in our workshop first, so the time in your home is spent fitting. We know the hall is a busy route, so we keep it as clear as possible.
Do you do the electrics?
No. We are carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need someone to let us in. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
Often a mix works best. Drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space, and a cupboard at the tall end handles taller things. We talk it through at the measuring visit.