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Hampstead Garden Suburb Under-Stairs Storage
We make under-stairs storage for homes in Hampstead Garden Suburb, designed around the room you have. We design your under-stairs cupboard at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- Cleaning things with no proper home
Need under-stairs storage in Hampstead Garden Suburb?
How we make under-stairs storage for Hampstead Garden Suburb
Every staircase has its own shape. The underside slopes, the side of the stairs runs at its own angle and the floor below is rarely perfectly level. We scribe the storage to the stairs and the walls, so it looks as though it has always been there. That is something a standard unit cannot do, in Hampstead Garden Suburb or anywhere else. People usually come to us about a fuse board that’s hard to get to and the low end of the space going to waste, and the answer is made at our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
An interwar house tends to have truer walls than a Victorian one, though rarely square corners. Around Hampstead Garden Suburb, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a big part of the housing, and every piece is still scribed where it meets the wall. Lids, doors and drawers are set level on site so they run true.
A written quote is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It sets out the under-stairs cupboard designed for your room, what it’s made from and how it is finished, and the workshop works from it.
- Location
- Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11, N2, N3)
- Area
- Barnet
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need under-stairs storage in Hampstead Garden Suburb?
The low end of the space is typically the problem. You can’t stand up in it, and you can’t reach the back without kneeling. Pull-out drawers solve that by bringing the back of the space to you.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- Cleaning things with no proper home
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Jude, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
What we don’t do
Our work is the furniture itself: designing it, making it in our workshop and fitting it. In practice, that means:
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
- Moving gas pipes under the stairs
- Painting the hallway walls and ceiling
If in doubt, you can use our contact form and describe the room. How it works.
Materials and parts
- Pull-out drawers
- Birch plywood
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
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How it’s made
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be applied once the storage is in place. Marks can be touched in without much trouble. Like any new paint, it needs time to cure fully.
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting gives the fronts a very even surface. It’s applied in our workshop, so treat it gently while it cures fully.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Hampstead Garden Suburb
In the streets around Hampstead Garden Suburb, the largest groups of homes date from between 1919 and 1939 (about 44%) and before 1919 (about 39%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock 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 has 179 entries within half a mile of the centre of Hampstead Garden Suburb. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. About 44% of homes in the neighbourhood around Hampstead Garden Suburb date from between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. In many interwar houses the space under the stairs holds the meters or the fuse board, so the design keeps them reachable.
Heath Hall, about 0.8 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. For a family home near The Henrietta Barnett School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is in the London Borough of Barnet, about 1 mile north of Finchley. From period terraces to newer flats in Hampstead Garden Suburb, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of 41 places on our list for Barnet.
Every home in NW11, N2 and N3 is covered for under-stairs storage, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Our area takes in homes on streets like Maya Road, Oakwood Road and Bigwood Road, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Hampstead Garden Suburb include the A1, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Other places close to Hampstead Garden Suburb include Temple Fortune (1 mile west), East Finchley (1 mile north-east), Golders Green (1 mile south-west), North End (1 mile south) and Vale of Health (1 mile south). Across the rest of Barnet, our area takes in Barnet (4 miles north), Burnt Oak (4 miles north-west), Hendon (2 miles west), Whetstone (3 miles north), Edgware (4 miles north-west) and Friern Barnet (2 miles north-east).
Around Hampstead Garden Suburb
Around Hampstead Garden Suburb, we cover homes near Brookland Infant and Nursery School, The King Alfred School and The Old White Lion pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Brent Cross West station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Jewish Museum - Finchley (0.9 miles north) and Highgate Private Hospital (1.3 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Turner's Wood.
How fitting day works
Getting everything level comes first. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference, which keeps the lines straight. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that is solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are normally straighter. The pieces are joined and fixed once in place.
- You get in touch and tell us a little about the space under your stairs, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- We visit to measure the space and talk through the design with you.
- A written quote follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out, for you to read through.
- We make every part in our workshop, shaped to the angle of your stairs.
- The storage is fitted in your home and checked, drawer by drawer. Any meters stay easy to reach.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
Getting 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. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Related advice
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Hampstead Garden Suburb?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Brent Cross West station?
Yes, homes across Barnet and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. Meters and fuse boards often sit under the stairs, and they need to stay accessible. We note them at the design visit and plan the drawers and doors around them. Moving a meter isn’t our work, so we design for where it is now.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. You can send them when you send us a few details through our contact form.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
Many designs use both. Drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space, while a cupboard at the tall end takes coats, the vacuum or an ironing board. We will suggest a layout when we visit.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Usually not. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. Listed buildings may need listed building consent for works that affect their character, so check with the council first.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
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, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. 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.