Redbridge · London
Cranbrook Under-Stairs Storage
In Cranbrook, we design under-stairs storage around the room you actually have. Your under-stairs cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and made at our workshop.
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
Under-stairs storage in Cranbrook
When you need someone else
Not everything around under-stairs storage is carpentry, from an electrician to a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here’s what to know:
- Gas pipework, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Plastering and decorating around the new storage
- Relocating meters, which your energy supplier deals with
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Pull-out drawers
Under-stairs storage in Cranbrook
In many terraced houses, the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board sits under the stairs. These must stay easy to reach for meter readers and engineers. We plan the storage around them, typically with a door that leaves them in clear reach, so you gain storage without losing access. If you are not sure what’s under your stairs in Cranbrook, we will look when we visit. If you’re living with an under-stairs cupboard full of clutter and wanting a quiet corner for paperwork, under-stairs cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
A Victorian or Edwardian terrace normally has a long, narrow hall leading to the stairs. A large share of the homes around Cranbrook were built before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we’ve agreed. It sets out the under-stairs cupboard designed for your room, its materials and its finish, and it’s what the workshop builds to.
- Where
- Cranbrook (IG1, IG2, E12)
- Borough
- Redbridge
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Is it time for under-stairs storage?
Most people get in touch because the space has become a dumping ground. 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.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Valentines Mansion, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
Choosing a carpenter
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
What affects the price in Cranbrook
Several things affect the price:
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- The overall size of the piece
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- How many doors and drawers there are
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside.
Getting in touch
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Examples of the look you are after
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, once the room is measured and the design talked through. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Cranbrook
About 66% of the homes in the streets around Cranbrook went up before 1919, and about 18% between 1919 and 1939, 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. The National Heritage List records 9 entries within half a mile of the centre of Cranbrook. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. The share of homes built before 1919 around Cranbrook, about 66%, is well above the figure for Redbridge as a whole, about 27%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. So older-house details are more likely to come into the design of under-stairs cupboards.
If your children go to The Ursuline Academy Ilford or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. Close to Valentines Park? Under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Cranbrook is within the London Borough of Redbridge, about 3 miles north-west of Woodford. Design visits and fitting in Cranbrook can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. Our Redbridge coverage includes Cranbrook and the places around it.
Here we cover the IG1, IG2 and E12 postcode area for under-stairs storage. We cover homes on streets like Mill Road, York Road and Prior Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include Ilford (1 mile south-east), Redbridge (1 mile north-west), Gants Hill (1 mile north-east), Little Ilford (1 mile south) and Manor Park (1 mile south). Across the rest of Redbridge, our area takes in Woodford (3 miles north-west), Wanstead (2 miles north-west), South Woodford (3 miles north-west), Goodmayes (2 miles east), Woodford Wells (4 miles north) and Barkingside (2 miles north-east).
Around Cranbrook
We fit furniture in homes around Great Spoon of Ilford pub and Highlands Primary School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Ilford station, about 0.5 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Redbridge Museum (0.7 miles south-east).
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Ilford station?
Yes. We cover all of Redbridge and the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Cranbrook?
Yes. Cranbrook is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Redbridge and London. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
What does an under-stairs cupboard cost?
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. It comes down to the size of the space, how many drawers and doors you want, and the finish. To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and we’ll arrange a design visit.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Let us know when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. We look at it during the design visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, particularly with rough measurements. To send them, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Flats, conversions and lettings
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. We can’t give advice on leases.
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Let us know about it when you contact us.
From workshop to your room
Fitting day follows a set order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- You let us know about the space under the stairs.
- At the design visit we measure and plan how you’ll use the space.
- We send a written quote covering the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is built in 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.
- New paint needs time to cure fully, so open and close things gently at first.
How to prepare
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
Arranging a design visit
It is useful to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space, along with rough measurements. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.