Ealing · London
Ealing Under-Stairs Storage
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make under-stairs storage for homes in Ealing, each designed at a visit to your home.
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- The low end of the space going to waste
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Is bespoke worth it?
Flat-pack furniture is designed to be easy to carry home and quick to assemble. Bespoke storage is designed for one space and built to suit it, with birch plywood drawer boxes that hold screws well and carry weight. The right choice depends on how hard you want the space to work. Ready-made units stop well short of a tall period ceiling, and that space collects dust instead of storage. Fitted furniture can go all the way up.
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: 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, then set it out in the quote.
What you get with us
- Fitted tight to walls that are not straight
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
About our under-stairs storage in Ealing
Deep pull-out drawers bring the back of the space within reach. Rather than reaching into the dark, you pull the drawer towards you and see what’s inside. At the tall end, a cupboard works well for coats, an ironing board or the vacuum. A mix of drawers and cupboards is often the best use of the space. If your home has a meter or fuse board buried behind clutter and coats and shoes piling up in the hall, under-stairs cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish can solve it.
Hallways in period terraces are often long and narrow, with the stairs rising along one wall. Around Ealing, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so depth matters as much as width wherever storage goes. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Ealing (W5, W13, W3, NW10)
- Area
- Ealing
- Cost
- 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
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
How it is made
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting on site lets the storage be finished alongside the woodwork around it. Marks can be touched in without much trouble. Paint needs time to cure fully, so it’s best treated gently at first.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, almost like a factory finish. We spray in the workshop, so the finish is complete before fitting. The colour is agreed with you.
Making use of awkward spaces in Ealing
Homes built before 1919 make up about 56% of the housing in the streets around Ealing, with about 19% built since 2000, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Part of Ealing is in the Ealing Green Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you want to be certain, ask the council’s planning team. The share of homes built before 1919 around Ealing, about 56%, is well above the figure for the rest of London as a whole, about 28%, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That makes period details like uneven walls, alcoves and picture rails more likely to shape the design.
If you live in a period home close to St Saviour's Church, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. Living in a block of flats near Ealing Broadway station? Then check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. The wider area includes historic houses like Pitzhanger Manor, about 0.1 miles east. If your own home is a period one, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
Ealing is one of London’s 33 local authority areas. Homes in Ealing are part of the area we cover for under-stairs storage, as part of our work in every London borough. We cover places right across the rest of London, large and small.
Here we cover the W5, W13, W3 and NW10 postcode area for under-stairs storage. Our area takes in homes on streets like High Street, Coleridge Square and Station Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Ealing is near the A40 and B452; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include South Ealing (1 mile south), Pitshanger (1 mile north), Brentham Garden Suburb (1 mile north), Hanwell (1 mile west) and West Ealing (1 mile west). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places like Acton (2 miles east), Southall (3 miles west), Greenford (3 miles north-west), Northolt (4 miles north-west), Acton Green (2 miles east) and Bedford Park (2 miles east).
What’s near Ealing
Our area takes in the homes around Great Ealing School, Library for Iranian Studies and Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School. Ealing’s nearest station is Ealing Broadway station, about 0.5 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Ealing Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (1.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Ealing include Castlebar Hill and Fox Wood.
Before and after fitting day
Looking after painted furniture is simple with a little care. These habits help most:
- Count the coats and pairs of shoes in daily use
- Mention any parking rules on your street
- Empty the cupboard so we can measure every corner
- Think about what you will keep in each drawer
Heavy items are best kept in the lower drawers. That keeps the drawers running smoothly and the load where the carcass is strongest. Shelves are made for the things you told us about at the measuring visit, so it is worth keeping to that plan.
Keep the way to the meter or fuse board clear. Readers and engineers need to reach them, and you may need to as well. With its own door, the meter stays in reach without much effort.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Ealing
Can you fit under-stairs storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Ealing?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Do you cover homes near Ealing Broadway station?
Yes, homes across London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
In many homes it’s possible, if the space is open to a room and tall enough at one end. We can build a desk with shelves and drawers to suit the space. Any socket or light there is for your electrician, and we plan around it.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Tell us when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
What does an under-stairs cupboard cost?
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. The mix of drawers, doors and shelves, and the finish you choose, all play a part. Everything is set out in a quote in writing after the visit.
Is it possible to match the colour of my hallway?
Yes. The colour is your choice and is agreed in the quote. A spray-painted finish is done in our workshop, and a hand-painted one can be done on site. Both can be matched to a colour you already have.
From workshop to your room
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Where a period house has been split into flats, the way in often goes through shared parts, so it’s useful to let neighbours know about fitting day. The sections are sized for the narrowest point on the route. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch and tell us a little about the space under your stairs, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- We come to measure, note any meters or fuse boards and discuss the design, keeping the meters and fuse board easy to reach.
- You receive a quote in writing for the storage we have discussed.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are built in our workshop. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls. Any meters stay easy to reach.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
Ask for a quote
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Ealing, drop us a line using the contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, plus any rough measurements. We’ll arrange a design visit, then send a written quote.
Related advice
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
Prices vary from room to room, and it comes down to:
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- How big the furniture is
- The number of doors and drawers
- Spray painting or hand painting
The finish affects the cost: spray painting happens in the workshop, and hand painting can be done in your home. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
Helping us understand the room
To give us a picture of the room, it helps to include:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you do not, that is fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.