Wandsworth · London
Under-Stairs Storage in Putney Vale
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Putney Vale. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- An old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall
- A fuse board that’s hard to get to
Under-stairs storage in Putney Vale
Flats, leases and landlords
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations, which is worth sorting early. We cannot advise on your lease, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall.
About our under-stairs storage in Putney Vale
Each under-stairs cupboard is made in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which suits drawer boxes that carry weight, and MDF gives the doors and fronts a smooth surface for paint. Once painted, by spray or by hand, it is brought to your home in Putney Vale and fitted. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the things people most often want solved are an old cupboard door that doesn’t suit the hall and stairs open to a room, with clutter on show.
Some homes from the 1950s and 1960s have original built-in cupboards on the landing or in the hall, often with doors and shelves that are ready for a rethink. Many homes around Putney Vale date from between 1945 and the early 1970s, so reworking those spaces can be a good place to start. New carcasses are made to fit the opening and fixed to the wall behind.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. The finish is stated too, whether that is spray painting or hand painting.
- Place
- Putney Vale (SW15, KT2, SW19)
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Under-stairs storage in Putney Vale: local notes
In the neighbourhood around Putney Vale, the largest groups of homes date from between 1945 and 1972 (about 71%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 12%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. The centre of Putney Vale is within about a quarter of a mile of the Kingston Vale Conservation Area. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If you’re unsure, check with the council before work starts. Purpose-built flats are home to about 72% of households in the area around Putney Vale, according to Census 2021. For a flat, under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, the lift and the doors. Many blocks have rules on lift booking and working hours, so check with the managing agent before fitting day.
For a flat near Raynes Park station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. The wider area includes historic houses such as Southside House, about 1.5 miles south-east. If your own home is a period one, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage.
Putney Vale is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, about 4 miles north-east of Clapham Junction. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in Putney Vale and across Wandsworth. Across Wandsworth, we cover Putney Vale and the places around it.
Every home in SW15, KT2 and SW19 is within our area for under-stairs storage. You’ll find streets here such as Stag Lane, Friars Avenue and Kingston Road, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Putney Vale is near the A308; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. We also cover Kingston Vale (1 mile south), Coombe Hill (1 mile west), Coombe (1 mile south-west), Crooked Billet (1 mile south-east) and Copse Hill (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Wandsworth we cover include Clapham Junction (4 miles north-east), Battersea (4 miles north-east), Putney (2 miles north-east), Wandsworth (3 miles north-east), Tooting (4 miles east) and Tooting Bec (4 miles east).
Around Putney Vale
In Putney Vale, that includes homes near Robin Hood Primary School, Duke of Cambridge pub and The Norwegian School in London and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Raynes Park station, about 2 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Atkinson Morley Hospital (1.3 miles south-east) and Wimbledon Windmill Museum (0.8 miles east). For a walk, there is Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads and Kingston Hill Road area.
The problems under-stairs storage solve
With more people working from home, some want a desk tucked under the stairs. Where the space is open to a room, a built-in desk with shelves can fit there neatly. It’s a modest workspace, well suited to a laptop and the household paperwork.
Some of the things we are asked to solve include:
- Space under the stairs that is hard to use
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
For an older house near St John the Baptist, 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
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
Flat-pack furniture is designed to be easy to carry home and quick to assemble. Ours is designed for one staircase and made at our workshop to suit it, with birch plywood drawer boxes that hold screws well and carry weight. The right choice depends on how hard you want the space to work. Ready-made pieces each bring their own height and depth, and a room full of them can look cluttered, whereas a single fitted run gives one clean line. It is painted in a colour you choose.
How it’s painted is part of the price: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What you get with us
- Work across the whole of London
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Fitted tight to walls that aren’t straight
- Built in our workshop and fitted in your home
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it looks as though it was always there. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Estates sometimes have their own parking rules alongside the council’s, so let us know what applies during the design visit. On the day, the sections are carried in, assembled and fixed. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch and tell us a little about the space under your stairs, and whether the meters or fuse board are in there.
- At the design visit we measure under the stairs and plan the drawers and doors with you, keeping the meters and fuse board easy to reach.
- You receive a quote in writing for the storage we have discussed.
- Your storage is made at our workshop and painted to the colour you chose.
- We bring it to your home, fit it and leave it ready to use.
Preparing the room
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
Starting with a design visit
We quote once we’ve seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. To arrange a visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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Your questions about under-stairs storage in Putney Vale
I live near Raynes Park station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Wandsworth and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
I live in a flat in Putney Vale. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in along with the room itself: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. Under-stairs cupboards are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Typically not. Inside a house, fitted furniture does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings may need listed building consent for works that affect their character.
Do pictures help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
How do I get started?
It is easiest to tell us about the room on our contact form and let us know about the room. We then arrange a design visit, measure up and send a written quote.
What finishes do you offer?
There are two options: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. The finish is agreed in your quote.
What affects the price in Putney Vale
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. The main factors are:
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
In London, parking can affect the price. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. Tell us about parking at the design visit, so it can be planned.
Helping us understand the room
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. It is enough to send:
- Your postcode and the borough
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and go through the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing. To book one, message us from the contact page.