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New Charlton Under-Stairs Storage
Under-stairs storage for your home in New Charlton: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, built in our workshop and fitted by us.
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
Under-stairs storage for your home in New Charlton
How we make under-stairs storage for New Charlton
Under-stairs storage isn’t only for houses. A maisonette, a split-level flat or a staircase down to a lower floor can all leave space underneath. We measure the space and the route in, so the sections made at our workshop fit through the front door and along the hall. Wherever your home is in New Charlton, the process is the same. If you are living with space under the stairs that’s hard to use and cleaning things with no proper home, that is what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
In an older home, panelled doors and painted mouldings may suit; in a newer one, plain flat doors may fit better. Whatever your home in New Charlton is like, the door style is part of the design conversation. You choose the colour, spray-painted in the workshop or hand-painted on site.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Where
- New Charlton (SE7, SE18, E16)
- Area
- Greenwich
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs: under-stairs storage in New Charlton
Do you cover homes near Charlton station?
Yes. We cover all of Greenwich and the rest of London. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with some details about the room.
I live in a flat in New Charlton. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
At the design visit, we measure the way in as well as the room. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It needs a little planning: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Do pictures help?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. You can send them when you message us from the contact page.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two choices: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. The finish is agreed in your quote.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
That’s normal in older homes, and it’s what scribing is for. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Also near New Charlton
What else we make in New Charlton
Fitted storage in New Charlton
About 34% of the homes in the area around New Charlton went up before 1919, and about 29% between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. New Charlton is partly covered by a conservation area, according to Historic England’s records. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If you are unsure, check with the council before work starts. Red routes, run by TfL, have strict rules on stopping and loading. If your home is on or just off a main road, it helps to mention it. Then we can work out where to load and unload.
Living in a block of flats near Charlton station? Then the route in is measured as well as the room, and the sections are sized to fit it. If you live near Thames Barrier Park, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
New Charlton is about 2 miles east of Plumstead, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. From period terraces to newer flats in New Charlton, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. New Charlton is one of 18 places on our list for Greenwich.
We cover every part of SE7, SE18 and E16 for under-stairs storage. Whether you live on a street like Floyd Road, Priolo Road and Hasted Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. Other places close to New Charlton include Charlton (1 mile south-east), Westcombe Park (1 mile south-west), Woolwich (1 mile east), Vanbrugh Park Estate (1 mile south-west) and Maze Hill (2 miles south-west). Other parts of Greenwich we cover include Plumstead (2 miles east), Eltham (3 miles south), Well Hall (2 miles south), Coldharbour (4 miles south), Kidbrooke (2 miles south) and New Eltham (4 miles south).
Local landmarks in New Charlton
Our area takes in the homes around Wildwood Montessori School and The Victoria pub and the streets around them. New Charlton has its own railway station: Charlton station. Well-known places in the area include Charlton Athletic Museum (within half a mile south) and British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.6 miles east). Not far away are Gilbert's Pit.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Standard storage is built for a level floor and a square space, but the space under a staircase rarely offers either. A ready-made unit tends to leave gaps at the slope and wasted space at the back. Storage made for the space follows the angle of the stairs and uses its full depth. It’s a bigger investment than a flat-pack unit, and the return is in the space it uses. Ready-made pieces come with a fixed inside layout, rather than where you need them. With fitted furniture, the inside is planned around what you keep.
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Why work with us in New Charlton
- Saturday work by arrangement
- More than 300 projects completed
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Work across the whole of London
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.
When is bespoke worth it?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it is quick to buy.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture can’t usually do that in an older room.
What prompts under-stairs storage in New Charlton
In a smaller home, every bit of space counts. 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.
Most of the enquiries we get are about things like these:
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
If your home is one of the older houses near St Catherine Labouré, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
Choosing a carpenter
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
Fitting day, step by step
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. If you live in a block, check any rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours; for a house, steps, paths and parking are the things to mention. We plan the details of the day during the design visit. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- It starts when you get in touch with some details about the space, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- We come to measure, note any meters or fuse boards and talk through the design.
- A written quote follows, with the design, finish and fitting days set out.
- Your storage is built in our workshop and painted to the colour you chose. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted in your home and checked, drawer by drawer.
How to prepare
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Getting a quote
To get a quote, message us from the contact page and tell us a little about the room and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Related advice
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
Several things affect the price:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
We do not publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, discuss the design and then quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To start, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Helping us understand the room
Some details help us understand the job before we visit. It’s useful to include:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
The design visit is where every quote starts. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. A written quote follows the visit for you to look over. To arrange the visit, message us from the contact page.