Merton · London
Colliers Wood Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, designed for your room in Colliers Wood. After a design visit and a written quote, it is made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
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Why bespoke in Colliers Wood?
Standard drawer units are made in fixed sizes that rarely match the depth under the stairs. Drawers made for the space can run the full depth, so nothing is lost at the back. Each one is sized for what it will hold, from shoes to the vacuum cleaner. Off-the-shelf furniture is made for flat walls and level floors, which older houses rarely have, so it leaves gaps at the wall, tilts on sloping floors or sits awkwardly against skirting and picture rails. Fitted furniture is scribed to the wall instead.
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. A larger piece means more material and more time. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
Why us?
- Designed for the room you have
- A design visit, then a quote in writing
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday work by arrangement
Under-stairs storage in Colliers Wood: what you get
Every staircase has its own shape. The underside slopes, the side of the stairs runs at its own angle and the floor below is rarely perfectly level. Each under-stairs cupboard we make follows those lines, so the fronts sit neatly against the stairs. That’s something a standard unit cannot do, in Colliers Wood or anywhere else. Most enquiries start with an old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall and space under the stairs that’s hard to use, and the answer is made at our workshop from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Outside walls in houses from before 1919 are typically solid brick, which can be cold, so storage against it is designed with ventilation behind. That matters around Colliers Wood, where a large share of the homes are that old. Damp should be sorted before anything is fitted against the wall.
Our quotes are written in plain words, without jargon. They say what will be made, what it is made from and how it will be finished.
- Location
- Colliers Wood (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Borough
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
The problems under-stairs storage solve
After a hallway is redecorated, an old, tired cupboard under the stairs can stand out. New storage, painted in a colour chosen for the hall, can tie it together. If decorating is planned, it’s worth mentioning during the design visit so the work can be timed sensibly.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Storage that does not match the hallway
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
For a family home near Sellincourt Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Before you choose who makes it
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- How they handle walls that are not straight
From workshop to your room
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Terraced streets in London are often lined with parked cars, so it helps to tell us during the design visit what’s outside. The van is unloaded quickly, with the sections carried straight in. Saturday fitting can be arranged.
- You tell us about the space under the stairs.
- We come to measure and discuss the design.
- We send a quote in writing covering the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and run through each drawer and door with you.
- Treat the fresh paintwork gently while it cures; a hand-painted finish is easy to touch up later.
Before we arrive
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
Ask for a quote
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, message us from the contact page. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
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Flats, leases and landlords
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. We choose fixings to suit the wall, which we check at the design visit.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways along with the room itself, so each section is sized to get through.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Colliers Wood
In the neighbourhood around Colliers Wood, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 55%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 16%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The Mellison Road Conservation Area is close by, within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Colliers Wood. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. About 31% of households in the area around Colliers Wood live in terraced houses, according to Census 2021. Under-stairs cupboards in terraces often house the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board, and they must stay accessible.
Near listed buildings like Gala Bingo Club, about 0.5 miles north of the centre of Colliers Wood, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. Southside House, about 2.8 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
Colliers Wood is within the London Borough of Merton, about 2 miles west of Wimbledon. We can visit homes in Colliers Wood on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. We cover places right across Merton.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: SW17, SW19 and CR4. Our area takes in homes on streets like Acre Road, Boyd Road and Park Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Close by, we also work in Tooting (1 mile north), Tooting Bec (1 mile north), Merton Abbey (1 mile south-west), Furzedown (1 mile north-east) and Eastfields (1 mile south-east). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as Wimbledon (2 miles west), Morden (3 miles south-west), Wimbledon Chase (2 miles west), Merton Park (2 miles west), Crooked Billet (3 miles west) and Bushey Mead (2 miles west). As one of the bigger places in Merton, Colliers Wood is covered for under-stairs storage and everything else we make.
Landmarks near Colliers Wood
In Colliers Wood, that includes homes near The Royal Standard pub, Graveney School and Ensham School and the streets around them. Colliers Wood has its own railway station: Tooting station. A little further out are Wandle Industrial Museum (1.2 miles south) and Grove Hospital (0.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Myrna Close.
When is bespoke worth it?
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. That’s something we plan for in the design.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
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Your questions about under-stairs storage in Colliers Wood
Does a conservation area in or near Colliers Wood affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Tooting station?
Yes, homes across Merton and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Electrical work isn’t something we do; it is a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Can you fit a small desk under the stairs?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. At the design visit we’ll say whether a desk makes sense there. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
External walls can be colder and damper than internal ones, so we allow for ventilation behind and inside the furniture. If there’s damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.