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Under-stairs storage in Farringdon, Islington
Under-stairs storage in Farringdon: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Every piece is built in our workshop and fitted in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- The low end of the space going to waste
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Boards, parts and paint
Pull-out drawers
The back of an under-stairs space is hard to reach, so drawers that slide out are often the answer. Everything is in view when the drawer is open. Shoe drawers, a drawer for the vacuum and drawers for cleaning things are all possible.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting can be done on site after fitting. It’s easy to touch up if it gets marked, which suits a busy hallway.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Farringdon
Pull-out drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space. Rather than reaching into the dark, you pull the drawer towards you and see what’s inside. Cupboards suit the taller end, where coats can hang and a vacuum cleaner can stand. A mix of drawers and cupboards is often the best use of the space. People usually come to us about a hallway crowded with coats and shoes and struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter; the furniture is made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Walls in a block of flats can be concrete, brick, block or plasterboard, sometimes all in one flat. Since most households around Farringdon live in purpose-built flats, we check each wall during the design visit before choosing fixings. On a stud wall, heavier pieces stand on the floor and are tied back.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something isn’t quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Location
- Farringdon (EC1V, EC1R, EC1P)
- Area
- Islington
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about under-stairs storage
I live in a flat in Farringdon. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in as well as the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it is worth checking those early.
Do you cover homes near Farringdon station?
Yes. We cover all of Islington and the rest of London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room.
How long does the fitting take?
It depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. It is something we discuss during the design visit.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
It is something we deal with all the time. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.
How much will my under-stairs cupboard cost?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it. The price comes in a written quote after the design visit.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
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 made at our workshop, a piece at a time. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Parking near blocks of flats can be limited, and loading may need planning, so details of bays, permits or a loading area help. Once inside, the sections are joined and fixed with fixings that suit the wall. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch and tell us what’s under the stairs now, including any gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board.
- At the design visit we measure the space and plan the storage around the meters, so readers and engineers can still reach them.
- You receive a written quote for the storage.
- The storage is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with access to the meters planned in.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before we arrive
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Ask for a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. A written quote follows the visit for you to look over. To arrange the visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Related advice
Do you need under-stairs storage in Farringdon?
Others are looking for a small place to work. If the space opens onto a room, a compact desk with shelves above can sit beneath the stairs. It won’t replace a full home office, but it suits paperwork and a laptop.
People typically get in touch with us about needs like these:
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
For a flat near Farringdon station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Before you choose who makes it
- Are the boards named, like MDF or plywood?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
Flats, blocks and rented homes
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind, once we have measured the way in.
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Let us know about them at the measuring visit, and we will plan the fitting around them.
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Made for the room, or bought in a box?
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. We size each drawer for what it will carry. Large ready-made pieces can be hard to get up the stairs or into the lift, whereas fitted furniture comes in sections made for the way in. The sections are assembled once inside.
We don’t publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing. To start, message us from the contact page.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in Farringdon
- We work across all London boroughs
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
- More than 300 projects completed
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Farringdon
In the area around Farringdon, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 32%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 28%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. 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. Near the centre of Farringdon, Historic England’s list includes Priory Church of St John of Jerusalem (Grade I), under half a mile north, and The Charterhouse (Grade I), less than half a mile east. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, can need listed building consent. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. Purpose-built flats are home to about 83% of households in the area around Farringdon, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. In a block, each section is sized to get up the stairs or into the lift and through the door. Building management rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours are worth checking early.
If your children go to Charterhouse Square School or a school nearby, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. If you live near Barbican Conservatory, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Farringdon is about 2 miles north of Highbury, in the London Borough of Islington. Wherever you are in Farringdon, it works the same way: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made at our workshop and fitting in your home. We list Farringdon among 17 places we cover in Islington.
In EC1V, EC1R and EC1P, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Streets in the area include Oat Lane, Shoe Lane and Long Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Farringdon is near the A1 and A4, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. We also cover the places around Farringdon: Smithfield (1 mile south), Clerkenwell (1 mile north), Holborn (1 mile west), Blackfriars (1 mile south) and Temple Bar (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Islington, our area takes in Highbury (2 miles north), Canonbury (2 miles north-east), Barnsbury (2 miles north), Holloway (3 miles north), Mildmay (2 miles north-east) and Upper Holloway (3 miles north). As one of the bigger places in Islington, Farringdon is covered for under-stairs storage and everything else we make.
Near you in Farringdon
We fit furniture in homes around Barts Health Archives, St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School and The Castle Public House. There is a railway station in Farringdon itself: Farringdon station. Nearby you will also find Montfichet's Tower (0.5 miles south) and Finsbury Health Centre (close by, under half a mile north-west). Green spaces nearby include Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.