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Under-stairs storage in Hounslow
Under-stairs storage for your home in Hounslow: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made in our workshop and fitted by us.
- A fuse board that is hard to get to
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
Need under-stairs storage in Hounslow?
About our under-stairs storage in Hounslow
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 the space works hard without hiding anything that matters. At the design visit in Hounslow, we note what’s there and design around it. If you’re living with a vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go and a hallway crowded with coats and shoes, under-stairs cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish can solve it.
A deep space is only useful if you can reach the back of it, so the design uses drawers, lids or shelves to bring things within reach. For a home in Hounslow, what works depends on how deep and how tall the space is. Services like meters and boilers stay reachable.
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.
- Place
- Hounslow (TW3, TW7, TW2)
- Area
- Hounslow
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
We quote each job after the design visit, because no two rooms are the same. These are the things that affect it:
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- How many doors and drawers there are
The finish affects the cost: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What we need to know
Ahead of the design visit, we will usually ask about:
- Examples of the look you are after
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- How you want to use the space
To make a start, tell us about the room on our contact form and tell us a little about the room. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Where other trades come in
We design, make and fit the furniture. In practice, that means:
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
- Electrical work under the stairs, which your electrician carries out
- Plastering and decorating around the new storage
Not sure whether your space suits under-stairs storage? You can fill in our short enquiry form and we will tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Birch plywood
- Pull-out drawers
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
How it is made
Doors and drawer fronts
A door for the meter or fuse board can match the rest of the fronts. It opens wide so readings and checks are easy. Around it, the other fronts can be drawers, doors or a mix.
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting gives the fronts a very even surface. We apply it in our workshop, so treat it gently while it cures fully.
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How fitting works for under-stairs storage
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. For a flat, building rules and lift booking are worth checking early; if you live in a house, let us know about steps, paths and parking. We plan the details of the day at the measuring visit. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- You get in touch with a few details and, if you like, a sketch.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you will use the space.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish. Take your time to look through it.
- We make the drawers, doors and carcasses in our workshop. The materials are moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
How to prepare
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Let us know about parking near your home
Arranging a design visit
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. To send them, drop us a line using the contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
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Making use of tricky spaces in Hounslow
Homes built since 2000 make up about 30% of the housing in the streets around Hounslow, with about 27% built between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. 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 National Heritage List records 6 entries within half a mile of the centre of Hounslow. Being near listed buildings doesn’t make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. A quarter or more of the homes in the neighbourhood around Hounslow (about 27%) date from between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). In many interwar houses the space under the stairs holds the meters or the fuse board, so the design keeps them reachable.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Worton Hall, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. Close to Inwood Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. Osterley House, about 1.6 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. 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.
Hounslow is one of London’s 33 local authority areas. We can visit homes in Hounslow on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. Our work takes in places right across the rest of London, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
In TW3, TW7 and TW2, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street like New Road, Ivy Road and Bell Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Woodlands (1 mile north-east), Ivybridge (1 mile south-east), Lampton (1 mile north-west), Isleworth (1 mile east) and Spring Grove (1 mile north). Across the rest of the rest of London, our area takes in Feltham (3 miles south-west), Brentford (3 miles north-east), Chiswick (4 miles east), Strand-on-the-Green (3 miles east), Gunnersbury (4 miles north-east) and Hounslow West (2 miles west).
What’s near Hounslow
The streets we cover here include those near Royal Military School of Music, Kingsley Academy and Moon Under Water pub. Hounslow’s nearest station is Hounslow station, about 0.6 miles south-west. A little further out are South Middlesex Hospital (0.9 miles south-east) and Treaty Centre (0.6 miles west). Not far away are Garden Lake.
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Hounslow?
Yes, Hounslow is within the area we cover, which takes in all of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, and then we send a quote.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Hounslow?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit.
Can you build storage around a gas meter or fuse board?
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.
What materials do you use for under-stairs storage?
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. Everything is finished by spray painting or hand painting.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need someone to let us in at the start of the day. It is good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
Is bespoke worth it?
A standard unit knows nothing about your meter or fuse board. Fitted in front of one, it can make access awkward for readings and safety checks. Bespoke storage is planned around them from the start. Standard widths and heights seldom suit an actual room, which leaves gaps at the sides and wasted space on top. Fitted furniture is made to the room.
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Why work with us in Hounslow
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- 300+ projects completed
- Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Read our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.