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Under-Stairs Storage in Haverstock
Under-stairs storage in Haverstock: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Under-stairs storage for homes in Haverstock
We make each under-stairs cupboard in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which suits drawer boxes that carry weight, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and fronts. Once painted, by spray or by hand, it is brought to your home in Haverstock and fitted. Typical reasons to get in touch are a hallway crowded with coats and shoes and stairs open to a room, with clutter on show, and the answer is built in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
Hallways in period terraces are often long and narrow, with the stairs rising along one wall. Around Haverstock, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so every bit of depth is weighed up when storage is planned. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made in our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Where
- Haverstock (NW3, NW5, NW1)
- Borough
- Camden
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and lettings
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. An agent can arrange access for you, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
Caring for painted furniture
None of this takes much effort. What we’d suggest:
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Tell us about parking at the design visit
- Tell us about anything bulky that needs to fit
Decorating around the storage is for your decorator, and it’s best to protect the new paintwork while they work. Masking tape can lift fresh paint, so it shouldn’t go on the new finish. If anything isn’t right, use our contact form and we’ll talk it through.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a door drops or a drawer starts to catch, use our contact form and tell us what’s happening.
How fitting day works
You’re welcome to ask questions while we work. Most of the decisions were made during the design visit and set out in your quote, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving everything tidy. The time the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Terraced streets in London are often lined with parked cars, so details of permits, bays and any loading restrictions help. Unloading is kept short, with sections taken straight inside. Saturdays are possible by arrangement.
- You let us know about the stairs and what you’d like to store.
- At the design visit, the space is measured and any meters are noted.
- We talk through drawers, cupboards and coat storage, and send a quote in writing.
- The storage is made in our workshop and painted in your colour. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted, scribed to the stairs and checked with you.
Before we arrive
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Getting a quote
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, once the room is measured and the design talked through. To arrange a visit, use our contact form.
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Also in Haverstock
Why people ask for under-stairs storage in Haverstock
Others are looking for a small place to work. If the space opens onto a room, a compact desk with shelves above can sit beneath the stairs. It will not replace a full home office, but it suits paperwork and a laptop.
People typically get in touch with us about things like these:
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- A fuse board that is hard to get to
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
If you live near Primrose Hill, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Whether you’ll get a written quote, not just a figure
- Have they thought about parking near you?
How it is made
Doors and drawer fronts
The doors and drawer fronts are the face of the storage. They can be plain or panelled, with handles chosen to suit the hall. Each one follows the line of the stairs above.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish works well on plain and panelled fronts. It’s carried out in the workshop for a smooth, even coat. Any paint colour agreed with you can be used.
Fitted storage in Haverstock
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Haverstock were built before 1919 (about 46%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 23%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. 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 has 88 entries within half a mile of the centre of Haverstock. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 30% of households in the streets around Haverstock, based on Census 2021. 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. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it’s worth checking yours first.
If you live in a period home close to Church of St Mary the Virgin, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. If your children go to Fine Arts College or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home.
Haverstock is part of the London Borough of Camden, about 2 miles south-east of St Pancras. We can visit homes in Haverstock on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. Our Camden coverage includes Haverstock, along with the rest of the borough.
In NW3, NW5 and NW1, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets like Eton Road, Lawn Road and Ornan Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Close by, we also work in Belsize Park (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile south), South Hampstead (1 mile west), Swiss Cottage (1 mile west) and Chalk Farm (1 mile east). Across the rest of Camden, our area takes in St Pancras (2 miles south-east), West End (3 miles south-east), St Giles (3 miles south-east), Seven Dials (3 miles south-east), Holborn (3 miles south-east) and Bloomsbury (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Haverstock
Our area takes in the homes around St Paul's Church of England Primary School, St. Mary's Town and Country School and The Washington pub, among other places. Haverstock’s nearest station is South Hampstead station, about 0.7 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Isokon Gallery (0.5 miles north) and O2 Centre (0.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Adelaide Nature Reserve.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Haverstock
Do you cover homes near South Hampstead station?
Yes. We cover all of Camden and the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit under-stairs storage to the uneven walls of an older house in Haverstock?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
It depends on the shape of the space and what you want to store. Drawers make the low end useful, because you pull the back of the space to you. At the tall end, a cupboard is often better for coats and the vacuum.
Can under-stairs storage work around the fuse board?
Yes. Meters and fuse boards often sit under the stairs, and they need to stay accessible. At the design visit we measure around them and leave a clear way in. Moving a meter isn’t our work, so we design for where it is now.
Is it possible to have a desk built under the stairs?
It depends on the height and how open the space is. We look at it during the design visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. If it does, a compact desk with shelving can suit paperwork and a laptop.