Wandsworth · London
Furzedown Under-Stairs Storage
For homes in Furzedown, we make under-stairs storage from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- A low corner too deep to reach into
Under-stairs storage in Furzedown
Under-stairs storage for homes in Furzedown
In a narrow hallway, the stairs may offer the only spare room for coats and shoes. A hanging section, shoe drawers and a shelf for keys keep everything off the floor. Painted in a colour you choose, it reads as part of the house rather than a piece of furniture. It’s a small change that makes a busy hallway feel ordered. If you’re living with the low end of the space going to waste and wanting a quiet corner for paperwork, that is what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Hallways in period terraces are often long and narrow, with the stairs rising along one wall. Around Furzedown, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Even shallow storage can hold a lot without narrowing the way through.
Everything we agree at the measuring visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it is easier before the furniture is made.
- Location
- Furzedown (SW16, SW17, CR4)
- Area
- Wandsworth
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Furzedown
Can you fit under-stairs storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Furzedown?
Yes, that’s normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
Do you cover homes near Tooting station?
Yes. We cover all of Wandsworth and the rest of London. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. At the design visit we’ll say whether a desk makes sense there. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
How much does under-stairs storage cost?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. The mix of drawers, doors and shelves, and the finish you choose, all play a part. Everything is set out in a written quote after the visit.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form.
How long will the fitting take?
How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. The storage is made in our workshop first, so the time in your home is spent fitting. We keep the hallway as clear as we can while we work.
What prompts under-stairs storage in Furzedown
After a hallway is redecorated, an old, tired cupboard under the stairs can stand out. New storage, painted in a colour chosen for the hall, can tie it together. Decorating is for your decorator, so it’s useful to tell us your plans early.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- The low end of the space going to waste
Near listed buildings like Furzedown House, less than half a mile west of the centre of Furzedown, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
What to check before you book
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
Could you do it yourself?
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.
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
Pricing under-stairs storage in Furzedown
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. That depends on:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- How square the room is
- How big the furniture is
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside, and the quote follows.
Getting in touch
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll typically ask about:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- How you want to use the space
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
If you know what you want, say so; 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, fill in our short enquiry form.
Storage in Furzedown homes: local notes
About 65% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Furzedown went up before 1919, and about 15% between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The National Heritage List records 8 entries within half a mile of the centre of Furzedown. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If your home is on or just off a main road, it helps to mention it. We can then plan where the van will stop.
If you live in a flat close to Tooting station, it’s useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day. The wider area includes historic houses such as Kingswood House, about 2.9 miles east. For a period home anywhere nearby, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage.
Furzedown is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, about 3 miles north of Clapham Junction. Wherever you are in Furzedown, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. Furzedown is one of 15 places on our list for Wandsworth.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: SW16, SW17 and CR4. If your home is on a street like Deal Road, Links Road and Seely Road, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. Furzedown sits close to the A216, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Streatham Park (1 mile north-east), Tooting (1 mile west), Tooting Bec (1 mile west), Streatham (1 mile east) and Colliers Wood (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in Wandsworth, we also cover Clapham Junction (3 miles north), Battersea (3 miles north), Putney (4 miles north-west), Wandsworth (3 miles north-west), Southfields (2 miles north-west) and Earlsfield (2 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Furzedown
In Furzedown, that includes homes near Penwortham Primary School, The Holland Tringham pub and Furzedown Secondary School and the streets around them. Furzedown’s nearest station is Tooting station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include London Sewing Machine Museum (0.9 miles north-west) and St Benedict's Hospital (less than half a mile west). For a walk, there’s Oakleigh Way.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. Each section is sized with that in mind, once we’ve measured the way in.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, after checking the walls at the measuring visit.
Fitting day, step by step
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, 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. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Parking on terraced streets can be tight, especially in a controlled parking zone, so it is useful to tell us during the design visit what’s outside. The van is unloaded quickly, with the sections carried straight in. Saturday fitting can be arranged.
- First we hear what’s under your stairs now and what you need.
- At the design visit, the space is measured and any meters are noted, because they must stay accessible.
- The design is agreed and a quote in writing follows.
- Every part is made at our workshop, ready for a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
- We fit it in your home and check every drawer and door with you. The way to any meters is left clear.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
Arranging a design visit
The quote is built from the design visit. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. Afterwards, we send a written quote, so you can take your time with it. To book one, send us a few details through our contact form.