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Under-Stairs Storage in Primrose Hill
Under-stairs storage in Primrose Hill: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. We visit to measure and talk through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
- An old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall
Under-stairs storage for your home in Primrose Hill
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
Off-the-shelf storage is not designed around a meter or a fuse board. Fitted in front of one, it can make access tricky for readings and safety checks. A design made for the space keeps them in clear reach from the start. Flats tend to have walls interrupted by doors, radiators and sockets, and standard widths rarely fit between them. Fitted furniture is made for the spaces that are left.
Every room is priced on its own, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
What you get with us
- Built around your room
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Scribed to uneven walls
- A spray or hand-painted finish
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what to look for in a quote.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Primrose Hill
Under-stairs cupboards often hold a gas meter, an electricity meter or the fuse board. 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 Primrose Hill, we note what’s there and design around it. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and people most often get in touch about a tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out and a vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go.
Without a loft, a flat’s storage has to come from the hall, the recesses and the rooms. Around Primrose Hill, where most households live in purpose-built flats, that is worth thinking about early. A shallow cupboard in a hall or a seat with drawers can hold a surprising amount.
The furniture is made at our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Where
- Primrose Hill (NW3, NW1, NW8)
- Borough
- Camden
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Cost matters, and it’s 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.
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.
What happens on fitting day
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. In a block of flats, the stairs, landings, lift and doors matter as much as the room: under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for each of them. Some older blocks have small lifts or none, which the design allows for.
- It starts when you contact us with a few details about the space.
- At the design visit we measure under the stairs and plan the drawers and doors with you.
- We send a written quote setting out the design, materials and finish.
- We make every part in our workshop, shaped to the angle of your stairs. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted in your home and checked, drawer by drawer. Any meters stay easy to reach.
How to prepare
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Empty the space we will be working in
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
Ask for a quote
A quote begins with a few details from you: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of photos if you can take them. To send them, get in touch through our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.
Related advice
Under-stairs storage for homes in Primrose Hill
About 41% of the homes in the area around Primrose Hill went up before 1919, and about 27% between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. The Primrose Hill Conservation Area is close by, within about a quarter of a mile of the centre of Primrose Hill. Planning controls in conservation areas are mainly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitting furniture inside a house does not normally need permission. The council can confirm if you are not sure. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If your street in Primrose Hill joins a main road, it is worth telling us at the design visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
Near listed buildings like Chimps Breeding Colony the Gorilla House, under half a mile south-east of the centre of Primrose Hill, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. If you live near Regent's Park, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. If your home is one of the older houses near Church of St Mary the Virgin, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
Primrose Hill is about 2 miles south-east of St Pancras, part of the London Borough of Camden. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in Primrose Hill and the rest of Camden. We cover places right across Camden, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
We cover every part of NW3, NW1 and NW8. Whether you live on a street such as Eton Road, Oval Road and Regal Lane or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Primrose Hill is near the A5205; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. Close by, we also work in Haverstock (1 mile north), Belsize Park (1 mile north), Chalk Farm (1 mile north-east), South Hampstead (1 mile west) and Swiss Cottage (1 mile west). Across the rest of Camden, our area takes in St Pancras (2 miles south-east), West End (2 miles south-east), St Giles (2 miles south-east), Seven Dials (2 miles south-east), West Hampstead (2 miles north-west) and Holborn (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Primrose Hill
Our area takes in the homes around St. Mary's Town and Country School, Princess of Wales pub and Haverstock School. The nearest railway station is Kentish Town West station, about 0.7 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Isokon Gallery (0.8 miles north) and O2 Centre (1.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Adelaide Nature Reserve and Parliament Hill.
Neighbourhoods near Primrose Hill
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Your questions about under-stairs storage in Primrose Hill
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Kentish Town West station?
Yes. We cover all of Camden and the rest of London. You can drop us a line using the contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Will a conservation area stop me having under-stairs storage fitted in Primrose Hill?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
How long does it take to fit under-stairs storage?
How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. We make every part in our workshop, so the time at your home is spent fitting. If you’d like the fitting on a Saturday, that can be arranged.
Is it possible to have a desk built under the stairs?
It depends on the height and how open the space is. At the design visit we will say whether a desk makes sense there. Where it works, it makes a neat spot for a laptop and paperwork.
Can you build storage around a gas meter or fuse board?
Yes. We plan the storage so the meter or fuse board stays easy to reach, usually behind its own door. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, but it is useful to be around at the end.
How it’s made
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting on site lets the storage be finished alongside the woodwork around it. It is easy to touch up later. Like any new paint, it needs time to cure fully.
Doors and drawer fronts
We make the fronts from moisture-resistant MDF and finish them in the colour you choose. The angled fronts are cut to match the stairs, so the gaps stay even all the way along.
How we price under-stairs storage
Prices vary from room to room, and it comes down to:
- Spray painting or hand painting
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The internal fittings
In London, parking can affect the price. Much of London is covered by controlled parking zones, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension near your home. It helps to talk about parking during the design visit, so we can plan for it.
Getting in touch
To give us a picture of the room, it helps to include:
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Approximate measurements of the space
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- The type of home and how the room is reached
Rough measurements are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room. You receive a written quote after the visit.