Greenwich · London
Maze Hill Under-Stairs Storage
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. Our work on under-stairs storage in Maze Hill starts with a design visit, and everything is made at our workshop.
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
Need under-stairs storage in Maze Hill?
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Walls and floors in older homes are seldom straight or level. Ready-made units leave gaps that need filler pieces. Our storage is scribed to the walls and stairs and set level, so the lines look right. Rooms in newer homes are often compact, and standard depths can take too much floor, while fitted furniture can be made shallower where space is tight. It still uses the full height.
Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. Bigger pieces use more board and take longer to make and fit, so size comes first. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
Why choose us
- 300+ projects completed
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Fitted tight to walls that are not straight
Take a look at bespoke vs off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.
Under-stairs storage in Maze Hill
Where a staircase is open to a living space, the storage under it becomes part of the room. Here the doors, drawer fronts and finish matter as much as the storage behind them. We can make plain or panelled fronts, painted to sit with the walls or to stand out. The result should look like part of the house, not an afterthought. If you’re living with a low corner too deep to reach into and struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter, that’s what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
A hall in a home built since 2000 is often compact, with several doors leading off it, which leaves little wall for storage. With many homes around Maze Hill built since 2000, the hall is often where we look first. Even a shallow run can hold coats and shoes without crowding the doors.
Everything we agree during the design 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.
- Place
- Maze Hill (SE10, SE3, E14)
- Area
- Greenwich
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Boards, parts and paint
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done in your home, once the storage is fitted. Small marks are simple to touch in later, which helps in a well-used hall.
Moisture-resistant MDF
Hallways see wet coats, shoes and umbrellas, so a moisture-resistant grade makes sense. It takes a spray-painted or hand-painted finish well, and stays stable once it’s fitted.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it’s going into, and that happens on fitting day. Few walls in older London homes are truly flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a newer development, the lift, the concierge and set working hours may all need checking, so check them with the managing agent before fitting day. Under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the lift and doors.
- It starts when you get in touch about the space under your stairs.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you’ll use the space, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- Your storage is made at our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready for the first coats and shoes, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
How to prepare
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
How to get a quote
We quote once we’ve 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. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To book a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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FAQs: under-stairs storage in Maze Hill
Do you cover homes near Maze Hill station?
Yes. We cover all of Greenwich and the rest of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in Maze Hill?
Yes, Maze Hill is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Greenwich and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
In many homes it’s possible, if the space is open to a room and tall enough at one end. We can build a desk with shelves and drawers to suit the space. Any socket or light there is for your electrician, and we plan around it.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
It’s something we deal with all the time. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
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.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. We plan the storage so the meter or fuse board stays easy to reach, usually behind its own door. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
Pricing under-stairs storage in Maze Hill
Every room is different, so every job is quoted on its own. These are the things that affect it:
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Parking near your home
- How many doors and drawers there are
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension near your home. It helps to talk about parking at the design visit.
Helping us understand the room
Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- How you want to use the space
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you do not, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.
Fitted storage in Maze Hill
About 44% of the homes in the streets around Maze Hill went up since 2000, and about 32% before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. The National Heritage List has 87 entries within half a mile of the centre of Maze Hill. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and under-stairs cupboards can be designed to work around them. Purpose-built flats are home to about 55% of households in the neighbourhood around Maze Hill, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. For a flat, under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, the lift and the doors. Many blocks have rules on lift booking and working hours, so check with the managing agent before fitting day.
For a flat near Maze Hill station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. Queen's House, about 0.3 miles west, 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.
Maze Hill is about 3 miles east of Plumstead, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We can visit homes in Maze Hill on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. In Greenwich, Maze Hill is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 18 places on our list.
We cover every part of SE10, SE3 and E14. We cover homes on streets such as Webb Road, The Avenue and Hardy Road, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. We also cover the places around Maze Hill: Greenwich (1 mile south-west), Vanbrugh Park Estate (1 mile south-east), Westcombe Park (1 mile east), Blackheath (1 mile south) and Isle of Dogs (1 mile north-west). Elsewhere in Greenwich, we also cover Plumstead (3 miles east), Eltham (3 miles south-east), Woolwich (3 miles east), Well Hall (3 miles south-east), Coldharbour (4 miles south-east) and Charlton (2 miles east).
Landmarks near Maze Hill
Around Maze Hill, we cover homes near Wildwood Montessori School, Meridian Primary School and The Plume of Feathers pub. Maze Hill has its own railway station: Maze Hill station. Other landmarks nearby include Greenwich Castle (close by, under half a mile south-west) and Greenwich District Hospital (less than half a mile north-east). Open spaces near Maze Hill include Creekside Discovery Centre.
Do you need under-stairs storage in Maze Hill?
Many people struggle with the shallow, sloping end under the bottom steps. You can’t stand up in it, and you cannot reach the back without kneeling. Pull-out drawers solve that by bringing the back of the space to you.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
If you live near East Greenwich Pleasaunce, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place.
Before you choose who makes it
- Are the boards named, like MDF or plywood?
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- How doors and drawers are fitted