Merton · London
Crooked Billet Under-Stairs Storage
Planning under-stairs storage for a home in Crooked Billet? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing.
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- The low end of the space going to waste
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
Need under-stairs storage in Crooked Billet?
How it is made
Spray-painted finish
Spraying gives a smooth, even surface. It is done in our workshop, before the storage comes to your home. The colour is agreed with you.
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.
Under-stairs storage in Crooked Billet: what you get
The space under a staircase is often the hardest-working spot in a house, and the least organised. We design under-stairs storage around the things you actually want to keep there, with pull-out drawers, cupboards or a combination of the two. In Crooked Billet, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are a staircase with untidy space beneath it and coats and shoes piling up in the hall.
A deep cupboard can lose things at the back, so the design uses drawers, lids or shelves to bring things within reach. For a home in Crooked Billet, what works depends on how deep and how tall the space is. Services like meters and boilers stay reachable.
Where other trades are needed, for instance an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Place
- Crooked Billet (SW19, SW20)
- Borough
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Looking after your furniture
New paint needs time to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Think about what you’ll keep in each drawer
- Let us know about parking near your home
A hand-painted finish is easy to touch up if it gets marked. Keep a little of the paint, or a note of the colour, for later. A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, and small marks often clean off with a damp cloth.
Closing drawers fully helps keep the runners and fronts in good order. Overfilled drawers put strain on the runners, so it pays to sort them now and then. Wipe up any spills, particularly near the floor, before they dry.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Crooked Billet
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Crooked Billet?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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 we can plan the day around it.
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Crooked Billet?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London, and Crooked Billet is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, and then we send a quote.
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. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, but it is useful to be around at the end.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so it’s worth raising at the measuring visit.
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, after measuring the route at the measuring visit.
Nearby places to Crooked Billet
Also in Crooked Billet
Crooked Billet homes and under-stairs storage
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Crooked Billet were built before 1919 (about 34%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 21%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Part of Crooked Billet is in the Wimbledon West Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you are unsure, check with the council before work starts. Red routes, run by TfL, have strict rules on stopping and loading. If your home in Crooked Billet is on or near a main road, tell us during the design visit. That way we can plan where to load and unload.
Near listed buildings like Southside House, under half a mile south-east of the centre of Crooked Billet, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. If your home is one of the older houses near Christ Church, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage. If you live in a flat close to Raynes Park station, under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room.
Crooked Billet is about 1 mile east of Wimbledon, within the London Borough of Merton. From period terraces to newer flats in Crooked Billet, we measure the room as it is and design around it. In Merton, Crooked Billet is one of the places we cover.
We work across the SW19 and SW20 postcode area for under-stairs storage. You will find streets here such as Camp Road, Mckay Road and Pepys Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Copse Hill (1 mile south-west), Wimbledon (1 mile east), Bushey Mead (1 mile south), Wimbledon Chase (1 mile south-east) and Kingston Vale (1 mile north-west). Other parts of Merton we cover include Colliers Wood (3 miles east), Morden (2 miles south-east), Eastfields (3 miles east), Merton Abbey (2 miles east), Mitcham (4 miles south-east) and Hackbridge (4 miles south-east).
Around Crooked Billet
Around Crooked Billet, we cover homes near Hollymount School, The Fox and Grapes pub and Ursuline Preparatory School. The nearest railway station is Raynes Park station, roughly 0.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Atkinson Morley Hospital (0.5 miles south-west) and Wimbledon Museum (0.5 miles east). Open spaces near Crooked Billet include Henman Hill and Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads.
How fitting day works
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it is going into, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so we scribe the edges by hand to follow the wall, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. If you live in a block, check any rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours; if you live in a house, let us know about steps, paths and parking. Either way, the day is planned at the measuring visit. Saturdays can be arranged.
- 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.
- In our workshop we build every part from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, following the slope we measured.
- On fitting day the units are set level and scribed to follow the stairs and walls. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand once it is in.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
How to get a quote
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, once the room is measured and the design talked through. For a quote, send us a few details through our contact form.
Related advice
What we don’t do
We don’t treat damp or carry out building work, so these points are worth knowing:
- Making good the walls and ceiling, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Any wiring or new lights, which need an electrician
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves