Haringey · London
Under-stairs storage in Finsbury Park, Haringey
Thinking about under-stairs storage in Finsbury Park? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a written quote, before anything is made.
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
Under-stairs storage for your home in Finsbury Park
Under-stairs storage in Finsbury Park: what you get
In many terraced houses, the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board sits under the stairs. They need to stay accessible, so readings and safety checks can still be made. We plan the storage around them, typically with a door that leaves them in clear reach, so the space works hard without hiding anything that matters. At the design visit in Finsbury Park, we note what’s there and design around it. We make under-stairs cupboards from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are cleaning things with no proper home and needing a compact spot for a laptop.
A Victorian or Edwardian terrace typically has a long, narrow hall leading to the stairs. A large share of the homes around Finsbury Park were built before 1919, so depth matters as much as width wherever storage goes. Even shallow storage can hold a lot without narrowing the way through.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and share it with anyone else involved. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Finsbury Park (N4, N7, N5)
- Area
- Haringey
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Finsbury Park
My house in Finsbury Park is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. 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.
Is Finsbury Park in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes, Finsbury Park is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Haringey and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician. We will design around them.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you don’t need to stay in the room, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. We plan the storage so the meter or fuse board stays easy to reach, often with a door of its own. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
It depends on the height and how open the space is. We look at it at the measuring visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
Making use of awkward spaces in Finsbury Park
The biggest shares of homes in the area around Finsbury Park were built before 1919 (about 53%) and since 2000 (about 20%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. The National Heritage List records 8 entries within half a mile of the centre of Finsbury Park. Being near listed buildings doesn’t make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. Red routes, run by TfL, have strict rules on stopping and loading. If you live on or close to a main road in Finsbury Park, let us know during the design visit. Then we can work out where to load and unload.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Engine House of Metropolitan Water Board, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. The wider area includes historic houses such as Witanhurst, about 2.1 miles west. If your own home is a period one, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. If you live near Stationers Park, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Finsbury Park is about 3 miles north-east of Tottenham, within the London Borough of Haringey. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Finsbury Park is part of that. Across Haringey, we cover Finsbury Park.
In N4, N7 and N5, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Prah Road, Swan Lane and Moray Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Finsbury Park is near the A1201, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. If you are just outside Finsbury Park, we also cover Stroud Green (1 mile north-west), Nag's Head (1 mile south-west), Holloway (1 mile south-west), Crouch End (1 mile north-west) and Upper Holloway (1 mile west). Elsewhere in Haringey, we also cover Tottenham (3 miles north-east), Noel Park (2 miles north), Wood Green (2 miles north), Tottenham Green (2 miles north-east), South Tottenham (2 miles north-east) and Seven Sisters (2 miles north-east).
Near you in Finsbury Park
The streets we cover here include those near Arts and Media School Islington, The Sir George Robey pub and Woodberry Down School. Finsbury Park has its own railway station: Finsbury Park station. Well-known places in the area include Arsenal Football Club Museum (0.8 miles south) and The Mall Wood Green (1.8 miles north). Not far away are Railway Fields.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Every fitting follows the same order: floors are protected, the sections come in, everything is levelled, scribed to the walls, fixed and finished. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Original hallway tiles and old floorboards are worth protecting, so they’re covered before anything comes in. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Any decorating around the new pieces is for your decorator.
- You get in touch and tell us a little about the space under your stairs.
- At the design visit we measure under the stairs and plan the drawers and doors with you, keeping the meters and fuse board easy to reach.
- You receive a written quote for the storage we have discussed.
- Your storage is built in our workshop and painted to the colour you chose.
- The storage is fitted in your home and checked, drawer by drawer.
Before we arrive
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Starting with a design visit
Photos help us understand the room before we visit. 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, send us a few details through our contact form, and we’ll suggest a time for a design visit.
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What it costs
Every room is different, so every job is quoted on its own. This is what makes the difference:
- The internal fittings
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The overall size of the piece
- Parking and unloading on your street
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside.
Before the design visit
Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Your postcode and the borough
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- What the furniture needs to hold
Getting a quote starts with a few details: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. To send them, fill in our short enquiry form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
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Flats, blocks and rented homes
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, after checking the walls at the measuring visit.
Boards, parts and paint
Plinths and scribe strips
Scribe strips are trimmed to follow the wall, closing the gap a standard unit would leave. They help the storage look as though it was always there. The plinth at the bottom does the same job at the floor.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, almost like a factory finish. It’s done in our workshop, before the storage comes to your home. You choose the colour.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke earns its place where the room is awkward, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. 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. We design shelves with that in mind.