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Under-Stairs Storage in Petersham
Thinking about under-stairs storage in Petersham? We start with a design visit and a written quote.
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
- Space under the stairs that is hard to use
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
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Under-stairs storage in Petersham: what you get
When the hall is tight, the space under the stairs is often the only place left for coats, shoes and bags. A hanging section, shoe drawers and a shelf for keys keep everything off the floor. With a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, it sits quietly in the hall. For a home in Petersham, it can make the front door feel far calmer. People usually come to us about a tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out and cleaning things with no proper home, and the answer is made at our workshop from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Older homes like many around Petersham have floors and ceilings that slope, and a large share of homes around Petersham are that old. Under-stairs cupboards are scribed to the walls and levelled on site so doors, lids and drawers run true. Original skirting and mouldings are met neatly, and the paint colour is agreed with you.
Our quotes are written in plain words, without jargon. They say what will be made, what it is made from and how it will be finished, taken from what we agreed at the visit.
- Where
- Petersham (TW10, TW1)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and lettings
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Tell us about them at the design visit, so fitting day is planned around them.
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 during the design visit.
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FAQs: under-stairs storage in Petersham
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Petersham?
Yes. Petersham is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Richmond upon Thames and London. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Petersham?
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. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so the day can be planned around it.
Can you build storage around a gas meter or fuse board?
Yes. Meters and fuse boards often sit under the stairs, and they need to stay accessible. We note them at the measuring visit and plan the drawers and doors around them. Moving a meter isn’t our work, so we design for where it is now.
Are drawers or cupboards better under the stairs?
Many designs use both. Deep pull-out drawers suit the shallow end under the bottom steps, and a cupboard at the tall end handles taller things. We’ll suggest a layout when we visit.
What happens during the design 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, and afterwards we send a written quote.
Can the under-stairs storage be painted to match the hall?
Yes. We paint the storage in the colour you choose, by spray or by hand. It can match the walls, the stairs or the woodwork, so it looks like part of the house.
Do you need under-stairs storage in Petersham?
Sometimes the reason is a meter reading or an engineer’s visit, and the struggle to reach the meter. Good storage can keep these in clear reach behind their own door, while the rest of the space is put to proper use.
Common reasons to get in touch include:
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
- Nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board
If your children go to The Russell Primary School or a school nearby, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Whether you’ll get a written quote, not just a figure
Tips worth knowing
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. A few pointers help:
- Empty the cupboard so we can measure every corner
- Plan decorating around the fitting
- Think about what you’ll keep in each drawer
- Let us know about anything bulky that needs to fit
Heavy items are best kept in the lower drawers. It helps the runners and keeps the storage working well. We size the shelves for what you said you’d store, so stick to that and they’ll stay straight.
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, use our contact form and let us know what’s happening.
How it’s made
Plinths and scribe strips
The floor under a staircase is rarely perfectly level. We set the storage level on a plinth or adjustable feet, so everything opens and closes as it should.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting can be done on site after fitting. It is easy to touch up if it gets marked, which helps in a well-used hall.
Fitting day, step by step
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. Most of the decisions were made during the design visit and set out in your quote, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully and leaving the room tidy. How long the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Original hallway tiles and old floorboards are worth protecting, so they’re covered before anything comes in. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Any decorating around the new pieces is for your decorator.
- You get in touch and describe the stairs and the hall.
- We visit to measure the space at several points along the slope, as stairs and walls are rarely square in older houses.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angle of the stairs.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Ask for a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them give us a good feel for the space, along with rough sizes. To send them over, use our contact form, and we will arrange a design visit.
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Petersham homes and under-stairs storage
Homes built before 1919 make up about 48% of the housing in the streets around Petersham, with about 20% built between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how under-stairs cupboards are fixed and fitted. The National Heritage List has 71 entries within half a mile of the centre of Petersham. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and under-stairs cupboards can be designed to work around them. More than a third of the homes in the streets around Petersham (about 48%) were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Under the stairs in an older terrace is often where the meters or the fuse board are, so the design keeps them accessible.
If you live in a period home close to St Peter's Church, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage. For a flat near St Margarets (London) station, it is useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Petersham is about 2 miles west of Twickenham, part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. From period terraces to newer flats in Petersham, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. In Richmond upon Thames, Petersham is one of the places we cover.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: TW10 and TW1. Streets in the area include Sandy Lane, River Lane and Arosa Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Other places close to Petersham include Richmond (1 mile north), Ham (1 mile south), Eel Pie Island (1 mile west), St Margarets (1 mile north-west) and Strawberry Hill (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Richmond upon Thames we cover include Teddington (2 miles south-west), Hampton (3 miles south-west), Barnes (3 miles north-east), Kew (3 miles north-east), Hanworth (3 miles west) and Mortlake (2 miles north-east).
Near you in Petersham
In Petersham, that includes homes near Grey Court School, St Catherine's School and The Fox and Duck pub. The nearest railway station is St Margarets (London) station, roughly 0.9 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find Eel Pie Island Museum (1 mile west) and South Middlesex Hospital (1.7 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Richmond Hill and Ham Lands.