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Under-stairs storage in New Southgate, Enfield
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in New Southgate. We measure, design and quote first, then make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
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Pricing under-stairs storage in New Southgate
There’s no set price, because there’s no set room. The things that affect it are:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- How many doors and drawers there are
- How square the room is
How it is painted is part of the price: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. The written quote reflects your choice, along with the size and fittings.
Helping us understand the room
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll typically ask about:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Whether it is a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
Getting a quote starts with a few details: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. When you’re ready, tell us about the room on our contact form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
About our under-stairs storage in New Southgate
In many terraced houses, the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board sits under the stairs. They need to stay accessible, so readings and safety checks can still be made. We plan the storage around them, normally with a door that leaves them in clear reach, so the space works hard without hiding anything that matters. At the design visit in New Southgate, we note what’s there and design around it. We make under-stairs cupboards from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and people most often get in touch about cleaning things with no proper home and needing a compact spot for a laptop.
A deep space is only useful if you can reach the back of it, so drawers, lift-up lids or shallow shelves are chosen to suit the space. For a home in New Southgate, what works depends on how deep and how tall the space is. Services like meters and boilers stay reachable.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out, so it can be arranged before fitting day. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Place
- New Southgate (N11, N10, N14)
- Area
- Enfield
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Places near New Southgate
What else we make in New Southgate
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
Standard drawer units are made in fixed sizes that rarely match the depth under the stairs. Bespoke drawers are made to the depth you have, so the back of the space is used too. We size each drawer for what it will carry. Ready-made furniture rarely suits a recess, a slope or an odd corner, and most homes have one somewhere. Fitted furniture is designed around them.
Tricky rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it.
Why us?
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- We work across all London boroughs
- Finished by spray or by hand
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
Under-stairs storage for homes in New Southgate
In the neighbourhood around New Southgate, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 27%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 26%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The National Heritage List records 6 entries within half a mile of the centre of New Southgate. Being near listed buildings doesn’t make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. The ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) now covers the whole of London, Enfield included. Vans bringing furniture to New Southgate fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. Parking and access are planned at the measuring visit.
For a family home near St Paul's CofE Primary School N11, under-stairs cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home. Heath Hall, about 2.9 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them.
New Southgate is part of the London Borough of Enfield, about 4 miles east of Edmonton. From period terraces to newer flats in New Southgate, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Our Enfield coverage includes New Southgate.
In N11, N10 and N14, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. You’ll find streets here like High Road, Orion Road and Atlas Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. The A1003 and A1110 run close to New Southgate; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. Other places close to New Southgate include Friern Barnet (1 mile west), Arnos Grove (1 mile east), Bounds Green (1 mile south-east), Brunswick Park (1 mile north) and Southgate (1 mile north). Other parts of Enfield we cover include Edmonton (4 miles east), Enfield (4 miles north-east), Enfield Chase (3 miles north-east), Bush Hill Park (4 miles north-east), Upper Edmonton (3 miles east) and Gordon Hill (4 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Enfield, New Southgate is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
What’s near New Southgate
Our area takes in the homes around The Ranelagh pub, Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum and Ming-Ai, among other places. There’s a railway station in New Southgate itself: New Southgate station. Nearby you will also find Grand Arcade (1.5 miles west) and Broomfield House Museum (1.1 miles east). Not far away are Barfield Allotments Nature Park.
Questions from New Southgate
I live near New Southgate station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Enfield and the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in New Southgate?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the design visit.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too.
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 don’t treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. We look at it at the measuring visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
What prompts under-stairs storage in New Southgate
Some people simply want somewhere for coats and shoes. With a rail, hooks and shoe drawers under the stairs, the hall stays clear, and the family has an obvious place to put things.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
If you live in a period home close to St Paul's Church, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
Choosing a carpenter
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
Flats, conversions and lettings
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, which we check during the design visit.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
You are welcome to ask questions while we work. Most of the decisions were made during the design visit and set out in your quote, so the day itself is about careful fitting. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand makes the day easier, including anything on the walls near the work. Floors and doorways are protected before anything comes in. Then the sections come in and are joined in place.
- It starts when you get in touch about the space under your stairs.
- At the design visit, we look at the stairs, the hall and what you need to store.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- Your storage is made at our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
How to get a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line tell us a lot about the space. To send them over, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.