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Under-stairs storage in Greenhill, Camden
Thinking about under-stairs storage in Greenhill? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a quote in writing, before anything is made.
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
Under-stairs storage in Greenhill
Making use of awkward spaces in Greenhill
Homes built before 1919 make up about 65% of the housing in the neighbourhood around Greenhill, with about 10% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Part of Greenhill is in the Fitzjohns Netherhall Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 41% of households in the neighbourhood around Greenhill, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before anything is fixed to the walls.
If you live near Hampstead Heath, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. If your children go to The Royal School or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home.
Greenhill is about 3 miles south-east of St Pancras, part of the London Borough of Camden. Greenhill is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Across Camden, we cover Greenhill, along with the rest of the borough.
We cover every part of the NW3 and NW6 postcode area. Streets in the area include Back Lane, Well Road and Ornan Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Hampstead (1 mile south-west), Vale of Health (1 mile north), West Hampstead (1 mile west), Fortune Green (1 mile west) and Haverstock (1 mile south-east). Elsewhere in Camden, we also cover St Pancras (3 miles south-east), West End (4 miles south-east), St Giles (3 miles south-east), Seven Dials (4 miles south-east), Holborn (4 miles south-east) and Bloomsbury (3 miles south-east).
Around Greenhill
Around Greenhill, we cover homes near Fitzjohn's Primary School, South Hampstead High School and Cecil Sharp House, among other places. Greenhill has its own railway station: Hampstead Heath station. A little further out are O2 Centre (0.6 miles south-west) and New End Hospital (under half a mile north-west). Open spaces near Greenhill include Belsize Wood and Parliament Hill.
Under-stairs storage in Greenhill
Under-stairs cupboards often hold a gas meter, an electricity meter or the fuse board. These must stay easy to reach for meter readers and engineers. Our designs keep a clear way to them, often behind their own door, so you gain storage without losing access. At the design visit in Greenhill, we note what’s there and design around it. People usually come to us about space under the stairs that’s hard to use and wanting a quiet corner for paperwork, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Ceilings and floors in homes built before 1919 are rarely level, and a large share of the homes around Greenhill date from then. Under-stairs cupboards are scribed to the walls and levelled on site so doors, lids and drawers run true. Original skirting and mouldings are met neatly, and the paint colour is agreed with you.
Our quotes are written in plain words. They say what will be made, what it is made from and how it will be finished.
- Place
- Greenhill (NW3, NW6)
- Borough
- Camden
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Common questions about under-stairs storage
My house in Greenhill 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. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
How do you fit under-stairs storage in a flat in Greenhill?
At the design visit, we measure the way in along with the room itself. Under-stairs cupboards are made in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It is useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
How do I get a quote for under-stairs storage in Greenhill?
The first step is to get in touch through our contact form. We then arrange a design visit, measure up and send a quote in writing.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Electrical work is not something we do; it is a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design.
Is it time for under-stairs storage?
A hallway full of shoes and coats is a common reason to get in touch. A coat and shoe section under the stairs keeps the floor clear and the door easy to open, and the family has an obvious place to put things.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
If your home is one of the older houses near Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
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. That’s something we plan for in the design.
How fitting day works
Fitting day follows a set 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 the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. 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 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.
- We make it in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a door or panel left where the meters need access.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Preparing the room
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
Starting with a design visit
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Greenhill, tell us about the room on our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Advice
How it is made
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well. Drawer boxes and carcasses that take a load are often made from it. The layered edge can be left on show or painted.
Plinths and scribe strips
Floors under the stairs are often out of level. We set the storage level on a plinth or adjustable feet, so everything opens and closes as it should.
Flats, conversions and lettings
If the property is let, we will need access agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. An agent can arrange access for you.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall.