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Under-stairs storage in North Sheen, Richmond upon Thames
Under-stairs storage for your home in North Sheen: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made in our workshop and fitted by us.
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations, and that’s best sorted before fitting day. We cannot advise on your lease, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Let us know about them at the measuring visit, and we will plan the fitting around them.
Under-stairs storage for homes in North Sheen
No two staircases are quite the same. The soffit slopes, the stringer sets its own line, and floors are often a little out of level. We scribe the storage to the stairs and the walls, so it looks as though it has always been there. It is the part of the job a boxed unit simply can’t manage. We make under-stairs cupboards from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are wanting a quiet corner for paperwork and space under the stairs that’s hard to use.
Older homes like many around North Sheen have floors and ceilings that slope, and a large share of the homes around North Sheen date from then. Under-stairs cupboards are scribed to the walls and levelled on site so doors, lids and drawers run true. Picture rails, skirting and cornices are worked around rather than removed, and the paint colour is agreed with you.
You get the quote in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and share it with anyone else involved. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Location
- North Sheen (TW9, SW14, W4)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
How we price under-stairs storage
Not every room costs the same, and it comes down to:
- The overall size of the piece
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Parking near your home
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
What to send when you contact us
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll normally ask about:
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
Getting a quote starts with some details: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. To send them, get in touch through our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Is bespoke worth it?
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 costs more than something off the shelf, and what you gain is the space a standard unit can’t reach. Recesses in older houses come in every size except the standard ones, so ready-made units rarely fill them properly. Furniture made for the space fills it.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying. The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose.
Why us?
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- More than 300 projects completed
- Built around your room
- A spray or hand-painted finish
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
Questions from North Sheen
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Kew Gardens station?
Yes. We cover all of Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in North Sheen?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run 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. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Just mention it when you contact us, and we’ll see what we can do.
Do photos help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough sizes. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do you do the electrics?
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.
Which works best under the stairs, drawers or cupboards?
The answer depends on your stairs and what you will keep there. Pull-out drawers suit the low, deep end, as they bring the back within reach. Cupboards suit the tall end, for coats or a vacuum cleaner.
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Fitting day, step by step
In older rooms, the furniture typically has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site, so it sits neatly against the room. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- It starts with some details from you about the space.
- We come to measure and talk through the design.
- We send a quote in writing covering the design, materials and finish.
- The storage is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and finished, and we check each pull-out with you before we leave.
- Treat the fresh paintwork gently while it cures; a hand-painted finish is easy to touch up later.
Before we arrive
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
Starting with a design visit
For a quote for under-stairs storage in North Sheen, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
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Tips worth knowing
New paint needs time to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Measure your vacuum cleaner and ironing board
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Let us know about parking at the measuring visit
- Decide whether you’d like coats on hooks or on a rail
A hand-painted finish is easy to touch up if it gets marked. Keep a little of the paint, or a note of the colour, for later. Spray-painted fronts have a smooth, even finish that wipes clean.
Every so often, look at the handles and hinges. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a door drops or a drawer starts to catch, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us what’s happening.
Fitted storage in North Sheen
Homes built before 1919 make up about 46% of the housing in the neighbourhood around North Sheen, with about 16% built between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of North Sheen include West Farm West Lodge (Grade II), under half a mile north-west, and West Hall (Grade II), less than half a mile north. If your own home is listed, internal works that affect its character, such as fixing into or removing original joinery, can require listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. About 46% of homes in the streets around North Sheen were built before 1919, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Under the stairs in an older terrace is often where the meters or the fuse board are, so the design keeps them accessible.
Kew Palace, about 1 mile north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. For a family home near Kew Riverside Primary School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. For an older house near The Barn Church, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them.
North Sheen is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 3 miles south-west of Twickenham. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, North Sheen included. Our work takes in places right across Richmond upon Thames, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: TW9, SW14 and W4. Whether you live on a street such as Kent Road, Ibis Lane and The Avenue or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Kew (1 mile north), Grove Park (1 mile north-east), Strand-on-the-Green (1 mile north), East Sheen (1 mile south-east) and Mortlake (1 mile south-east). Elsewhere in Richmond upon Thames, we also cover Twickenham (3 miles south-west), Richmond (2 miles south-west), Teddington (4 miles south-west), Hampton (5 miles south-west), Hanworth (5 miles south-west) and St Margarets (2 miles south-west).
Around North Sheen
Our area takes in the homes around Tap on the Line, Kew College Prep and Chiswick School, among other places. There is a railway station in North Sheen itself: Kew Gardens station. A little further out are Museum No. 2. Monocotyledons and Cryptogams (0.9 miles north-west) and Barnes Hospital (1.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near North Sheen include Kew Gardens Lake and Duke's Hollow.