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Under-stairs storage in Morden, Merton
Under-stairs storage in Morden: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
Under-stairs storage for your home in Morden
Morden homes and under-stairs storage
The biggest shares of homes in the area around Morden were built between 1919 and 1939 (about 84%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 5%), 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. There are 9 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Morden. Being near listed buildings does not make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. Terraced houses are home to about 53% of households in the streets around Morden, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. In a terraced house, the space under the stairs often holds the meters or the fuse board, and they must stay accessible.
If your home is one of the older houses near St Lawrence Church, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space. The wider area includes historic houses like Southside House, about 1.9 miles north-west. If your own home is a period one, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
Morden is about 2 miles north of Wimbledon, within the London Borough of Merton. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Morden included. Morden is one of the places in Merton where we make under-stairs storage, and the borough has 20 places on our list.
Design visits and fitting in SM4, SM3 and SW20 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. If your home is on a street like London Road, Epsom Road and Holne Chase, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Morden is near the B279, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Lower Morden (1 mile south-west), Sutton Common (1 mile south-east) and North Cheam (2 miles south). Other parts of Merton we cover include Wimbledon (2 miles north), Colliers Wood (3 miles north-east), Eastfields (3 miles north-east), South Wimbledon (2 miles north), Merton Abbey (2 miles north-east) and Crooked Billet (2 miles north-west). Morden is one of the larger places we cover in Merton.
What’s near Morden
In Morden, that includes homes near Merton College, Lord Nelson pub and Glenthorne High School. There’s a railway station in Morden itself: St Helier station. Nearby you will also find St. Anthony's Hospital (1 mile south-west) and Wandle Industrial Museum (1.8 miles east). Open spaces near Morden include Morden Park (park).
Under-stairs storage in Morden: what you get
Where the space under the stairs opens onto a room, a compact desk can fit beneath it. A built-in desk with shelving and drawers can turn the space into a quiet corner for paperwork. If you’d like a socket or a light, your electrician fits it and we plan the furniture around it. We’ll look at whether it suits your stairs when we visit in Morden. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and people most often get in touch about storage that doesn’t match the hallway and a low corner too deep to reach into.
A good part of the housing around Morden is interwar, semi-detached or detached. In a typical 1930s house, storage tends to hide in the bay, under the stairs and in the box room. Any meters or fuse boards that need to stay reachable are designed around.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. The finish is stated too, whether that is spray painting or hand painting.
- Place
- Morden (SM4, SM3, SW20)
- Area
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Do you need under-stairs storage in Morden?
A hallway full of shoes and coats is a common reason to get in touch. A coat and shoe section under the stairs keeps the floor clear and the door easy to open, and the family has an obvious place to put things.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- The low end of the space going to waste
For a flat near St Helier station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
What to check before you book
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- A quote in writing that sets out the job
Fitting day, step by step
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference, which keeps the lines straight. Only then is it fixed to the wall, with fixings chosen to suit brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. On fitting day, the sections are carried in, assembled, scribed to the wall and levelled. Hand-painted furniture can be finished on site; spray-painted pieces arrive finished from the workshop. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
- You get in touch and describe the stairs and the hall.
- At the design visit we measure the underside of the stairs and the floor, then talk through drawers, cupboards and coat storage.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- In our workshop we build every part from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, following the slope we measured.
- On fitting day the units are set level and scribed to follow the stairs and walls. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand once it is in.
Getting ready for fitting day
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Empty the space we will be working in
Getting 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. To share them, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll suggest a time for a design visit.
Related advice
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
If you only need a hook or two and a basic shelf, an off-the-shelf option may be enough. Bespoke work earns its place when you want to use the whole space, from the tall end to the lowest corner. At the design visit, we can talk honestly about which approach suits your stairs. Even in a 1930s house, walls and floors aren’t perfectly true, and standalone units can lean or gap. Built-in pieces are adjusted to the room on site.
Rooms that are not square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it, written once we’ve measured up.
What you get with us
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Designed for the room you have
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or what to look for in a quote.
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Morden
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in Morden?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London, and Morden is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, followed by a quote.
I live near St Helier station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with a few details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
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, typically behind its own door. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
Often a mix works best. Drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space, while a cupboard at the tall end takes coats, the vacuum or an ironing board. We talk it through at the measuring visit.
How long does it take to fit under-stairs storage?
How long fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. The storage is made at our workshop first, so the time in your home is spent fitting. We keep the hallway as clear as we can while we work.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Let us know when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
Before and after fitting day
People planning under-stairs storage often ask about these. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Plan decorating around the fitting
- Find out what sits in the space now, from meters to pipes
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
- Let us know about parking near your home
Decorating around the storage is for your decorator, and it’s best to protect the new paintwork while they work. Masking tape can lift fresh paint, so it shouldn’t go on the new finish. If anything is not right, drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll talk it through.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a door drops or a drawer starts to catch, tell us about the room on our contact form and let us know what’s happening.
Pricing under-stairs storage in Morden
We quote each job after the design visit, because no two rooms are the same. This is what makes the difference:
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Parking near your home
- Doors and drawers, and how many
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, which the quote allows for. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design.
Helping us understand the room
What helps most when you first contact us:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Any ideas or images you’ve saved
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Morden, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.