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Under-Stairs Storage in Mayfair
For homes in Mayfair, we make under-stairs storage from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
Under-stairs storage in Mayfair
How we price under-stairs storage
A few things affect what fitted furniture costs:
- The number of doors and drawers
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The width and height of the space
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
Awkward rooms take more time: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. The quote allows for it, written once we have measured up.
Getting in touch
The more you can tell us at the start, the better the design visit goes. When you contact us, it helps to send:
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Any ideas or images you’ve saved
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and talk through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
About our under-stairs storage in Mayfair
Each under-stairs cupboard is made in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it’s strong and holds screws firmly, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and fronts. The finish is sprayed or hand-painted, and then the storage is fitted in your home in Mayfair. Most enquiries start with coats and shoes piling up in the hall and needing a compact spot for a laptop, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Around Mayfair, a large share of homes date from before 1919, and older houses have lots of odd corners: under the stairs, in the bay, along the hall and under the eaves of a converted loft. That is where fitted storage comes in, made to follow walls that are seldom true.
The quote names the materials: 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.
- Location
- Mayfair (W1K, W1F, W1U)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Is parking a problem for fitting in Mayfair?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking 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.
Does a conservation area in or near Mayfair affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
Many designs use both. Drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space, and a cupboard at the tall end handles taller things. We talk it through at the measuring visit.
Do you work in Mayfair?
Yes, we do. We work in Mayfair and across Westminster.
How is under-stairs storage priced?
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Drawers normally involve more work than plain shelving, and the finish makes a difference too. Everything is set out in a quote in writing after the visit.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. The design keeps a clear way to the meter or fuse board, usually behind its own door. Access matters for readings and safety checks, so we design around it.
Making use of awkward spaces in Mayfair
In the neighbourhood around Mayfair, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 51%) and the years since 2000 (about 20%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 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. Within a mile of the centre of Mayfair, 23 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in Mayfair is covered by it. We plan parking and access with you at the design visit.
If your children go to LITE Regal International School or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. If you live in a flat close to Bond Street station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Mayfair is about 1 mile north-west of City of Westminster, within the City of Westminster. Anywhere in Mayfair, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. Across Westminster, we cover Mayfair, along with the rest of the borough.
We make under-stairs storage across W1K, W1F and W1U. Our area takes in homes on streets like Park Lane, Bruton Lane and Market Mews, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around Mayfair include the A4201 and A4202. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the measuring visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include Burlington Estate (1 mile east), City of Westminster (1 mile north-west), Marylebone (1 mile north), St James's (1 mile east) and Chinatown (1 mile east). Elsewhere in Westminster, we also cover Westbourne (2 miles west), Little Venice (2 miles north-west), Westbourne Green (2 miles west), Pimlico (2 miles south), Maida Vale (2 miles north-west) and St John's Wood (2 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Mayfair
Our area takes in the homes around St George's Church of England Primary School, Royal College of Nursing Library & Museum and The St Marylebone CofE School and the streets around them. Mayfair has its own railway station: Bond Street station. Nearby you will also find Kingly Court (less than half a mile east) and London Eye Hospital (0.5 miles north). For a walk, there is St. James's Park Lake.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.
Nearby places to Mayfair
What else we make in Mayfair
Caring for painted furniture
A little care keeps the finish looking good. Here are our suggestions:
- Count the coats and pairs of shoes in daily use
- Mention any parking rules on your street
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Find out what sits in the space now, from meters to pipes
A hand-painted finish is easy to touch up if it gets marked. Keep a little of the paint, or a note of the colour, for later. A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, and small marks often clean off with a damp cloth.
Keep the way to the meter or fuse board clear. 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.
Why people ask for under-stairs storage in Mayfair
Sometimes the reason is a meter reading or an engineer’s visit, and the struggle to reach the meter. Planned storage can leave a clear path to the meter or fuse board, and the rest of the space can still work hard.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
Handel Hendrix House, about 0.2 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
Before you choose who makes it
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
Fitting day, step by step
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- First you let us know about the stairs and what you’d like to store beneath them, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- We visit to measure the space and go through the design with you.
- You receive a written quote for the storage we’ve discussed, for you to read through.
- We make every part in our workshop, shaped to the angle of your stairs.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls.
Preparing the room
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
How to get a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, send us a few details through our contact form.