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Under-Stairs Storage in Keston
Under-stairs storage in Keston: 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.
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
Under-stairs storage in Keston
Under-stairs storage for homes in Keston
In a narrow hallway, the stairs may offer the only spare room for coats and shoes. A hanging section, shoe drawers and a shelf for keys keep everything off the floor. Painted in a colour you choose, it reads as part of the house rather than a piece of furniture. For a home in Keston, it can make the front door feel far calmer. Most enquiries start with a vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go and wanting a quiet corner for paperwork, and the answer is built in our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
An interwar house normally has a proper landing, sometimes with a recess or an airing cupboard, and that space can take shallow fitted storage. Around Keston, where interwar homes and semis are a big part of the housing, it is worth looking up as well as down. If a boiler or cylinder sits there, it keeps its clearances and access.
Everything we agree at the measuring visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Where
- Keston (BR2)
- Borough
- Bromley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Hayes (Kent) station?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with some details about the room.
Does a conservation area in or near Keston affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
How much does under-stairs storage cost?
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. It varies with the size of the space, how many drawers and doors you want, and the finish. To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and we will arrange a design visit.
Which materials go into your under-stairs cupboards?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Drawer boxes are birch plywood, as it is strong and holds screws firmly. The materials and finish are agreed in your quote.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and talk through the design with you. Access and parking are worth talking about too, and a quote in writing follows.
Is it possible to match the colour of my hallway?
Yes. The storage is spray-painted or hand-painted in a colour agreed with you. It can match the walls, the stairs or the woodwork, so it looks like part of the house.
Before and after fitting day
New paint needs time to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Let us know if the hall is being decorated
- Let us know about parking near your home
If the hallway is being decorated afterwards, ask your decorator to protect the fronts. Masking tape can lift fresh paint, so it shouldn’t go on the new finish. Should you have a question about the storage, message us from the contact page and we’ll help.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a drawer stops running smoothly, get in touch through our contact form and describe it.
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What it is made from
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.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done in your home, once the storage is fitted. It’s easy to touch up if it gets marked, which suits a busy hallway.
How fitting day works
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared, as we will have talked about at the measuring visit. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a 1920s or 1930s house, the hall and stairs are usually simple, though we still measure the route in along with the room itself. Under-stairs cupboards arrive in sections and are assembled in place, with floors protected throughout.
- To begin, fill in our short enquiry form; a brief note on the space and what it holds now is plenty.
- At the design visit we measure the space and plan the storage around the meters, so readers and engineers can still reach them.
- You receive a quote in writing for the storage.
- We make it in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a door or panel left where the meters need access.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Empty the space we will be working in
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
How to get a quote
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Keston, message us from the contact page. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. We will arrange a design visit, then send a written quote.
Advice
Under-stairs storage in Keston: local notes
In the neighbourhood around Keston, the largest groups of homes date from between 1945 and 1972 (about 33%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 31%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Near the centre of Keston, Historic England’s list includes Keston Windmill (Grade I), less than half a mile south, and Leafy Grove House (Grade II), under half a mile south. If your own home is listed, internal works that affect its character, like fixing into or removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. About 31% of homes in the streets around Keston date from between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. In many interwar houses the space under the stairs holds the meters or the fuse board, so the design keeps them reachable.
For an older house near Keston Parish Church, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks. Close to South Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. The wider area includes historic houses like Down House, about 2.2 miles south-east. For a period home anywhere nearby, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
Keston is about 4 miles north-east of Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in Keston and across Bromley. Our work takes in places right across Bromley, large and small.
We make under-stairs storage across BR2. You’ll find streets here like Church Road, Greys Park Close and Heathfield Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Close by, we also work in Nash (1 mile west), Farthing Street (1 mile south-east), Locksbottom (1 mile north-east), Leaves Green (2 miles south) and Hayes (2 miles north-west). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places like Orpington (4 miles north-east), Bromley (3 miles north), Beckenham (4 miles north-west), St Mary Cray (4 miles north-east), Chislehurst (4 miles north) and Penge (5 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Keston
The streets we cover here include those near Ravens Wood School and The Greyhound pub, among other places. Keston’s nearest station is Hayes (Kent) station, roughly 1.5 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Princess Royal University Hospital (1.1 miles east) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (1.5 miles north).
When you need someone else
It is worth being clear about where our work stops:
- Making good the walls and ceiling, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Altering or cutting into the stairs
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we will give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Pull-out drawers
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so let us know about it at the measuring visit.
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf.