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Under-stairs storage in New Eltham, Greenwich
We make under-stairs storage for homes in New Eltham, designed around the room you have. We design your under-stairs cupboard at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
About our under-stairs storage in New Eltham
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. Any new socket or light there is for your electrician, and we leave room and a route for the cable. We’ll look at whether it suits your stairs when we visit in New Eltham. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the things people most often want solved are struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter and an old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall.
In a family house, the hall and stairs typically carry the most clutter. Around New Eltham, where interwar homes, semis and detached houses make up a big part of the housing, well-planned storage by the door or under the stairs can take a lot of it. Anything that needs to stay reachable, like meters or a fuse board, is designed around.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you’re getting.
- Where
- New Eltham (SE9, DA15, BR7)
- Borough
- Greenwich
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Under-stairs storage in New Eltham: local notes
About 59% of the homes in the neighbourhood around New Eltham went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 22% between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. New Eltham is partly covered by a conservation area, going by Historic England’s data. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. London’s red routes are run by TfL, and stopping on them is tightly controlled. If your home is on or just off a main road, it helps to mention it. We can then plan where the van will stop.
Living in a block of flats near New Eltham station? Then it helps to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Southend House, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
New Eltham is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, about 3 miles north of Plumstead. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, New Eltham included. Our work takes in places right across Greenwich.
We work across the SE9, DA15 and BR7 postcode area. You will find streets here such as Green Lane, Gerda Road and Novar Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. Other places close to New Eltham include Eltham (1 mile north-west), Longlands (1 mile south-east), Coldharbour (1 mile south-west), Avery Hill (1 mile north) and Blackfen (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Greenwich, we also cover Plumstead (3 miles north), Greenwich (4 miles north-west), Woolwich (4 miles north), Westcombe Park (4 miles north-west), Well Hall (2 miles north-west) and Maze Hill (4 miles north-west).
Around New Eltham
The streets we cover here include those near St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School and the streets around them. New Eltham has its own railway station: New Eltham station. A little further out are Eltham Community Hospital (1.1 miles north-west) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.4 miles east). Not far away are The Tarn.
Questions we’re often asked
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in New Eltham?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in New Eltham?
Yes, New Eltham 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.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. Pictures of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. You can send them when you tell us about the room on our contact form.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
In many homes it is 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.
Should I choose drawers or cupboards under the stairs?
It depends on the shape of the space and what you want to store. Drawers make the low end useful, because you pull the back of the space to you. At the tall end, a cupboard is often better for coats and the vacuum.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Could you do it yourself?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths.
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. Span, depth and the weight on it decide whether a shelf sags, so a long run needs a thicker shelf, a stiffening lip or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
The problems under-stairs storage solve
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 everyone knows where things go.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
If you live in a period home close to All Saints Church, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Can you see real work of theirs?
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- How square the room is
- Spray painting or hand painting
- The number of doors and drawers
Rooms that aren’t square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That is reflected in the quote, written once we have measured up.
Before the design visit
Ahead of the design visit, we will normally ask about:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
Fitting day, step by step
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so the day itself is about careful fitting and leaving the room tidy. 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. A front path or side gate can make the carry from the van simpler. Gates, paths and steps up to the door are part of the route we measure. Floors, stairs and doorways are protected on the way in.
- You get in touch with a few details and, if you like, a sketch.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you will use the space, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish. Take your time to look through it.
- We make the drawers, doors and carcasses in our workshop.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use.
How to prepare
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
Arranging a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.
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Made for the room, or bought in a box?
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. Bays, box rooms and stair bulkheads are where off-the-shelf furniture struggles most, and those are common in interwar houses. Built-in pieces are designed to fit them.
There is no price list, because each job is designed for a single room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a written quote. To start, fill in our short enquiry form.
Why choose us
- Saturdays by arrangement
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.