Hounslow · London
Under-Stairs Storage in Gunnersbury
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Gunnersbury. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
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 your quote sets out the fitting days. If you live in a block, check any rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours; for a house, steps, paths and parking are the things to mention. Either way, the day is planned at the measuring visit. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- You get in touch with a few details and, if you like, a sketch.
- At the design visit, we look at the stairs, the hall and what you need to store, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish. Take your time to look through it.
- Your storage is made at our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready for the first coats and shoes, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
How to get a quote
Getting a quote starts with a few details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. When you’re ready, use our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a quote in writing.
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About our under-stairs storage in Gunnersbury
In a narrow hallway, the stairs may offer the only spare room for coats and shoes. We can make a coat section with a rail or hooks, shoe drawers and a small shelf for keys and post. With a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, it sits quietly in the hall. For a home in Gunnersbury, it can make the front door feel far calmer. If you are living with open space under the stairs that collects clutter and nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags, that is what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
A deep cupboard can lose things at the back, so drawers, lift-up lids or shallow shelves are chosen to suit the space. For a home in Gunnersbury, what works depends on how deep and how tall the space is. Any meters, fuse board or boiler keep the access they need.
We write quotes in plain English. You will see what will be made, the boards used and the finish, all taken from the design visit.
- Place
- Gunnersbury (W4, W3, TW8)
- Area
- Hounslow
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and lettings
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. We choose fixings to suit the wall, after checking the walls at the design visit.
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it.
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FAQs: under-stairs storage in Gunnersbury
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Gunnersbury station?
Yes, homes across Hounslow and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Will a conservation area stop me having under-stairs storage fitted in Gunnersbury?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too, and a quote in writing follows.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement. Just mention it when you contact us, and we will see what we can do.
Do you do the electrics?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We’ll design around them.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
Under-stairs storage in Gunnersbury: local notes
About 37% of the homes in the area around Gunnersbury went up before 1919, and about 23% since 2000, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Near the centre of Gunnersbury, Historic England’s list includes Zoffany House (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles south-west, and Arlington Cottages (Grade II), under half a mile east. For a listed home, changes inside that alter its character can need listed building consent from the council, for example removing or fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. The share of homes built before 1919 around Gunnersbury, about 37%, is well above the figure for Hounslow as a whole, about 16%, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. So older-house details are more likely to come into the design of under-stairs cupboards.
If your home is one of the older houses near St Michael's Church, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space. For a flat near Gunnersbury station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room. The wider area includes historic houses like Gunnersbury Park, about 0.7 miles north-west. For a period home anywhere nearby, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them.
Gunnersbury is about 4 miles south-west of Hounslow, in the London Borough of Hounslow. Gunnersbury is part of the area we cover. Across Hounslow, we cover Gunnersbury, along with the rest of the borough.
We make under-stairs storage across the W4, W3 and TW8 postcode area. You’ll find streets here like Kew Road, Kent Road and Power Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Gunnersbury sits close to the A3000. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Close by, we also work in Strand-on-the-Green (1 mile south), Kew (1 mile south), Grove Park (1 mile south-east), Chiswick (1 mile east) and Turnham Green (1 mile south-east). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places like Hounslow (4 miles south-west), Feltham (7 miles south-west), Isleworth (3 miles south-west), Woodlands (3 miles south-west), Lampton (4 miles west) and Hounslow West (5 miles west).
Landmarks near Gunnersbury
The streets we cover here include those near Ark Acton Academy, Clayton Hotel Chiswick and Library for Iranian Studies, among other places. There’s a railway station in Gunnersbury itself: Gunnersbury station. Well-known places in the area include Barnes Hospital (2 miles south-east) and Asian Music Museum (under half a mile north-east). Not far away are Kew Gardens Lake.
How it is made
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF can be cut and shaped cleanly, which suits the angled panels under a staircase. The moisture-resistant grade we use is stable and paints well. Most of what you see on the finished storage is MDF.
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.
Caring for painted furniture
Most of what helps is simple. Here’s what we suggest:
- Think about how your household uses coats and shoes
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Plan decorating around the fitting
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
Wiping the fronts with a soft, damp cloth is normally all they need. Dry them afterwards, and avoid abrasive pads and strong solvents. The edges of drawers and the areas around handles pick up marks first.
Every so often, look at the handles and hinges. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a drawer stops running smoothly, drop us a line using the contact form and describe it.