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Under-stairs storage in Old Chiswick, Hounslow
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Old Chiswick. Every piece is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- Space under the stairs that is hard to use
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
What prompts under-stairs storage in Old Chiswick
When a home is short on storage, the space under the stairs is too useful to waste. Turned into proper storage, it can hold the everyday things that would otherwise fill the hallway. It also takes pressure off the other cupboards in the house.
Under-stairs storage can help with:
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
For an older house near St. Nicholas Church, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
Choosing a carpenter
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Where they’ll park and unload
About our under-stairs storage in Old Chiswick
In some homes the stairs rise from the living room or kitchen, so the storage beneath them is on show. That calls for clean lines, well-fitted doors and a finish that suits the rest of the room. Fronts can be plain or panelled, with handles chosen to suit the room. The result should look like part of the house, not an afterthought. If your home has nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board and stairs open to a room, with clutter on show, under-stairs cupboards made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand can solve it.
Ceilings and floors in homes built before 1919 are rarely level, and a large share of homes around Old Chiswick are that old. 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.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish, so it is clear what’s included.
- Location
- Old Chiswick (W4, SW13, W6)
- Borough
- Hounslow
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Cost matters, and it is fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture usually costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Old Chiswick
I live near Chiswick station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Hounslow and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with some details about the room.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Old Chiswick?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Which works best under the stairs, drawers or cupboards?
Often a mix works best. Deep pull-out drawers suit the shallow end under the bottom steps, and a cupboard at the tall end handles taller things. We talk it through during the design visit.
Can you match the storage to my hallway?
Yes. You choose the colour, and we agree it before the work starts. A spray-painted finish is done in our workshop, and a hand-painted one can be done on site. Both can be matched to a colour you already have.
What happens at the measuring visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
What materials do you use for under-stairs storage?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. The finish is spray-painted or hand-painted.
Neighbourhoods near Old Chiswick
What else we make in Old Chiswick
Flats, leases and landlords
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall, which we check at the measuring visit.
If the property is let, we will need access agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. An agent can arrange access for you.
Pricing under-stairs storage in Old Chiswick
What you pay depends on:
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The width and height of the space
Rooms that are not square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. That’s reflected in the quote, written once we have measured up.
What we need to know
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Examples of the look you’re after
- Where you live, with the postcode
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling
Photos 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 share them, send us a few details through our contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Old Chiswick
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Old Chiswick were built before 1919 (about 55%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 14%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. There are 96 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Old Chiswick. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. Where a home in Old Chiswick is on or beside a main road, it’s useful to mention that at the measuring visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
The wider area includes historic houses like Hogarth's House, about 0.4 miles west. If your own home is a period one, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space. For a flat near Chiswick station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Old Chiswick is part of the London Borough of Hounslow, about 5 miles west of Hounslow. Wherever you are in Old Chiswick, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. Old Chiswick is one of the places in Hounslow where we make under-stairs storage, and the borough has 25 places on our list.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: W4, SW13 and W6. If your home is on a street like Short Road, Quick Road and Paxton Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. We also cover Turnham Green (1 mile west), Chiswick (1 mile north-west), Grove Park (1 mile west), Barnes (1 mile south) and Hammersmith (1 mile north-east). Across the rest of Hounslow, our area takes in Hounslow (5 miles west), Feltham (8 miles west), Brentford (2 miles west), Isleworth (4 miles west), Woodlands (4 miles west) and Lampton (5 miles west).
Landmarks near Old Chiswick
The streets we cover here include those near Chiswick School, Polish Library POSK in London and George and Devonshire pub and the streets around them. Old Chiswick’s nearest station is Chiswick station, about 0.8 miles south-west. A little further out are West London Hospital (1.3 miles east) and Kurdish Museum Library and Archive (0.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include WWT London Wetland Centre.
How fitting day works
Finishing comes last. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out in your quote. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized to get through. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You contact us about the space under your stairs.
- At the design visit we measure the underside of the stairs and the floor, then talk through drawers, cupboards and coat storage.
- We send a written quote for the storage.
- 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.
Preparing the room
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Arranging a design visit
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the design visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, use our contact form. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.