Richmond upon Thames · London
Hampton Hill Under-Stairs Storage
Under-stairs storage in Hampton Hill: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. We visit to measure and talk through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Under-stairs storage in Hampton Hill: what you get
No two staircases are quite the same. The soffit slopes, the stringer sets its own line, and floors are often a little out of level. Each under-stairs cupboard we make follows those lines, so the fronts sit neatly against the stairs. It is the part of the job a boxed unit simply can’t manage. Most enquiries start with needing a compact spot for a laptop and a meter or fuse board buried behind clutter, and the answer is made in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
Where housing is mixed, as in much of London, floors, walls and ceilings vary from one home to the next. Each piece is scribed to the wall and set level, whatever the room is like. You choose the paint colour, and whether it is spray-painted or hand-painted.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- Hampton Hill (TW12, TW11, TW2)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Making use of awkward spaces in Hampton Hill
Homes built before 1919 make up about 41% of the housing in the area around Hampton Hill, with about 21% built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how under-stairs cupboards are fixed and fitted. The High Street Hampton Hill Conservation Area is close by, within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Hampton Hill. Planning controls in conservation areas are mainly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitting furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need permission. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. About 41% of homes in the area around Hampton Hill were built before 1919, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Under the stairs in an older terrace is often where the meters or the fuse board are, so the design keeps them accessible.
Near listed buildings like Templeton Lodge, less than half a mile north-east of the centre of Hampton Hill, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. For a flat near Fulwell station, it is useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Hampton Hill is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 2 miles north-east of Twickenham. Hampton Hill is part of the area we cover. Our work takes in places right across Richmond upon Thames, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
We cover every part of the TW12, TW11 and TW2 postcode area for under-stairs storage. Whether you live on a street like Mays Road, Park Road and Holly Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. Hampton Hill sits close to the A311 and A313. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include Fulwell (1 mile north-east), Hampton (1 mile west), Teddington (1 mile east), Hanworth (1 mile west) and Strawberry Hill (1 mile north-east). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places like Twickenham (2 miles north-east), Richmond (3 miles north-east), Richmond upon Thames (4 miles north-east), Barnes (6 miles north-east), Kew (5 miles north-east) and Mortlake (5 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Hampton Hill
The streets we cover here include those near Turing House School, Lady Eleanor Holles School and Park Hotel. The nearest railway station is Fulwell station, roughly 0.6 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Metropolitan Traffic Police Museum (0.9 miles south-west) and Teddington Memorial Hospital (0.6 miles east). Not far away are Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve.
Neighbourhoods near Hampton Hill
More for homes in Hampton Hill
How we price under-stairs storage
Not every room costs the same, and it comes down to:
- The width and height of the space
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Parking and unloading on your street
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
What to send when you get in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- What the furniture needs to hold
We quote once we have seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and talk through the design with you, then send a quote in writing. Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Questions from Hampton Hill
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Hampton Hill?
Yes, we work across Richmond upon Thames, Hampton Hill included, and across the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
I live near Fulwell station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
It depends on the height and how open the space is. 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.
Can under-stairs storage work around the fuse board?
Yes. It is common to find a meter or fuse board under the stairs, and access has to be kept. 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.
What is under-stairs storage made from?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. The finish is spray-painted or hand-painted.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
If you’re 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.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth. Only then is it fixed to the wall, with fixings chosen to suit brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. On fitting day, each piece is fitted to the room’s own walls, with scribing where they wander and packing where floors dip. Hand painting can happen on site, while spray-painted pieces come ready from the workshop.
- You get in touch with some details and, if you like, a sketch. It helps to say whether the meters are under there.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you will use the space.
- A quote in writing follows, with the fitting days agreed. Take your time to look through it.
- We make the drawers, doors and carcasses in our workshop.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use.
Before fitting day
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
Starting with a design visit
To make a start, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us a little about the room. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and a quote in writing follows.
Related advice
Tips worth knowing
The finish lasts best with a little care. Here are our suggestions:
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Measure your vacuum cleaner and ironing board
- Empty the cupboard so we can measure every corner
- Plan decorating around the fitting
If you chose a hand-painted finish, small marks can be touched in. Keep a little of the paint, or a note of the colour, for later. Spray-painted fronts have a smooth, even finish that wipes clean.
Don’t store things in front of the meter or fuse board. Readers and engineers need to reach them, and you may need to as well. With its own door, the meter stays in reach without much effort.
Do you need under-stairs storage in Hampton Hill?
When a home is short on storage, the space under the stairs is too useful to waste. Turned into proper storage, it can hold the everyday things that would otherwise fill the hallway. It often eases the load on every other cupboard too.
People normally get in touch with us about needs like these:
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- The low end of the space going to waste
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
For families living near Hampton Hill Junior School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up.
What to check before you book
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from