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Under-Stairs Storage in Mitcham
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Mitcham. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
Need under-stairs storage in Mitcham?
About our under-stairs storage in Mitcham
We make each under-stairs cupboard in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it’s strong and holds screws firmly, and MDF gives the doors and fronts a smooth surface for paint. The finish is sprayed or hand-painted, and then the storage is fitted in your home in Mitcham. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are open space under the stairs that collects clutter and coats and shoes piling up in the hall.
In an area where interwar homes or semis make up much of the housing, as around Mitcham, loft conversions are common, and they leave low eaves and sloping ceilings. Those spaces, along with bays and hallways, are where fitted storage can add the most. We build storage in lofts that are already converted or boarded.
The written quote is your record of the job. It sets out the under-stairs cupboard designed for your room, what it is made from and how it’s finished, and the workshop works from it.
- Place
- Mitcham (CR4, SW16, SM4)
- Area
- Merton
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so it is worth raising at the measuring visit.
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Tell us about them at the measuring visit, so fitting day is planned around them.
What under-stairs storage cannot fix
Damp treatment and building work are for other specialists, and there are a few other limits too:
- Relocating meters, which your energy supplier deals with
- Moving gas pipes under the stairs
- Reshaping or rebuilding the staircase
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it’s made from
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Pull-out drawers
More for homes in Mitcham
Storage in Mitcham homes: local notes
In the streets around Mitcham, the largest groups of homes date from between 1919 and 1939 (about 49%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 14%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. The National Heritage List records 5 entries within half a mile of the centre of Mitcham. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. Red routes are run by TfL, with tight limits on where and when vehicles can stop. If your street in Mitcham joins a main road, it is worth telling us at the design visit. Then we can work out where to load and unload.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Base of Windmill at Mill House, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. Close to Cranmer Green? Under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. If you live in a period home close to St. Mark's Church, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
Mitcham is about 3 miles north-west of Wimbledon, within the London Borough of Merton. Homes in Mitcham are part of the area we cover for under-stairs storage. Mitcham is one of the places in Merton where we make under-stairs storage.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: CR4, SW16 and SM4. Our area takes in homes on streets like Kings Road, Baker Lane and Manor Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include Hackbridge (1 mile north), Eastfields (1 mile north), Colliers Wood (1 mile north-west), Merton Abbey (2 miles north-west) and Furzedown (2 miles north). Elsewhere in Merton, we also cover Wimbledon (3 miles north-west), Morden (2 miles west), South Wimbledon (2 miles north-west), Wimbledon Chase (3 miles west), Merton Park (2 miles west) and Crooked Billet (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Mitcham
Our area takes in the homes around The Archbishop Lanfranc School, St Mark's Church of England Academy and The White Lion of Mortimer pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Mitcham Eastfields station, about 0.5 miles north. Nearby you’ll also find Wilson Hospital (0.5 miles south-west) and Wandle Industrial Museum (0.7 miles west).
Materials and finishes
Pull-out drawers
Pull-out drawers bring the deep, low end of the space within reach. Each one is sized for what it will hold. Many designs use a run of drawers stepping down with the stairs.
Hand-painted finish
Some people prefer a hand-painted finish for its softer look. It’s done on site, in the colour you choose. Touch-ups are simple if the paint is ever knocked.
When is bespoke worth it?
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
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, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
What happens on fitting day
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room and lift the floor protection. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you. How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Fitting day means carrying in the sections, joining them and fitting them to the walls. Spray-painted pieces come finished from the workshop, while hand painting can happen on site. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- You get in touch and tell us what’s under the stairs now, including any gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board.
- 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.
Before fitting day
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Ask for a quote
It is useful 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, along with rough sizes. To share them, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
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Questions from Mitcham
Is Mitcham in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes, we work across Merton, Mitcham included, and across the rest of London. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Mitcham?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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. It is useful to tell us about parking at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, particularly with rough sizes. You can send them when you use our contact form.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Typically not. Inside a house, fitted furniture doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings can require listed building consent for works that affect their character.
Can the under-stairs storage be painted to match the hall?
Yes. The colour is your choice and is agreed in the quote. A spray-painted finish is done in our workshop, and a hand-painted one can be done on site. Both can be matched to a colour you already have.
Do you do the electrics?
No. We’re carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can allow for cable routes in the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.