Merton · London
Merton Abbey Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Merton Abbey. After a design visit and a written quote, it’s made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- The low end of the space going to waste
- Storage that does not match the hallway
Need under-stairs storage in Merton Abbey?
Under-stairs storage in Merton Abbey: what you get
In some homes the stairs rise from the living room or kitchen, so the storage beneath them is on show. 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. In Merton Abbey or anywhere else, the aim is storage that looks considered, not added on. If you’re living with a tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out and a low corner too deep to reach into, that is what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Homes in an area like Merton Abbey can come from many different periods, and so do the awkward corners, from bays and stairs to halls and eaves. Under-stairs cupboards are designed for the space you have. Any meters, fuse boards or boilers stay accessible.
Everything we agree at the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Place
- Merton Abbey (SW19, CR4, SW17)
- Area
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Could you do it yourself?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, because scribing and the right fixings start to matter.
Questions we are often asked
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Merton Abbey?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Do you cover homes near Haydons Road station?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
Which works best under the stairs, drawers or cupboards?
Many designs use both. Deep pull-out drawers suit the shallow end under the bottom steps, while a cupboard at the tall end takes coats, the vacuum or an ironing board. We’ll suggest a layout when we visit.
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, often with a door of its own. Access matters for readings and safety checks, so we design around it.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Typically not. Inside a house, fitted furniture does not normally need planning permission. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first.
Flats, leases and landlords
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways along with the room itself, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too, often to make the most of a small or awkward room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
The problems under-stairs storage solve
When a home is short on storage, the space under the stairs is too useful to waste. Turned into proper storage, it can hold the everyday things that would otherwise fill the hallway. It often eases the load on every other cupboard too.
A few of the things people ask us to solve are these:
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
- A fuse board that is hard to get to
If you live near Wandle Park, 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
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
Merton Abbey homes and under-stairs storage
Homes built before 1919 make up about 34% of the housing in the streets around Merton Abbey, with about 27% built between 1973 and 1999, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock 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. Near the centre of Merton Abbey, Historic England’s list includes Colour House at Misters Liberty's Print Works (Grade II), less than half a mile north-west, and Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks (Grade II), less than half a mile north-west. If your own home is listed, works inside that affect its character, like fixing into or removing original joinery, can need listed building consent. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Merton is inside it. It applies to the vans that deliver and fit furniture in Merton Abbey, as it does anywhere else in London. We plan parking and access with you during the design visit.
For a flat near Haydons Road station, the route in is measured as well as the room, and the sections are sized to fit it. For families living near Haslemere Primary School, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Merton Abbey is part of the London Borough of Merton, about 2 miles north-west of Wimbledon. Whether your home in Merton Abbey is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. We cover places right across Merton, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
Here we cover the SW19, CR4 and SW17 postcode area for under-stairs storage. Our area takes in homes on streets such as East Road, Hardy Road and Mount Road, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. The A24 runs close to Merton Abbey; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Merton Abbey: Merton (1 mile west), Colliers Wood (1 mile north-east), South Wimbledon (1 mile north-west), Eastfields (1 mile east) and Tooting Bec (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Merton, we also cover Wimbledon (2 miles north-west), Morden (2 miles south-west), Crooked Billet (2 miles west), Bushey Mead (2 miles west), Copse Hill (2 miles west) and Mitcham (2 miles south-east).
What’s near Merton Abbey
Our area takes in the homes around King's Head pub, Rutlish School and Ensham School, among other places. The closest station to Merton Abbey is Haydons Road station, roughly 0.9 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Wandle Industrial Museum (0.9 miles south-east) and St George's Hospital (1 mile north). Green spaces nearby include Myrna Close.
From workshop to your room
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth, and that keeps the doors and shelves true. Only then is it fixed to the wall, with fixings chosen to suit brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. We measure the hall, stairs, doors and any lift along with the room itself, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route. We cover floors and doorways on the way in.
- You tell us about the space under the stairs.
- At the design visit we measure and plan how you will use the space.
- A quote in writing follows.
- We make the drawers and cupboards in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and finished, and we check each pull-out with you before we leave.
- Treat the fresh paintwork gently while it cures; a hand-painted finish is easy to touch up later.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
Getting a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To share them, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
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Practical tips
People planning under-stairs storage often ask about these. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Mention any decorating plans so the work can be timed well
We run each drawer and open each door with you before we go. If there’s a meter or fuse board, we make sure its door opens fully and the meter is easy to see. You will know everything works as planned.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. A loose handle is easy to tighten before it works its way out. If a drawer stops running smoothly, fill in our short enquiry form and describe it.