Haringey · London
Seven Sisters Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in Seven Sisters. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
Ask about under-stairs storage in Seven Sisters
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Will a conservation area stop me having under-stairs storage fitted in Seven Sisters?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in Seven Sisters?
Yes, we work across Haringey, Seven Sisters included, and across the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Walls and floors that are not true are part of the job in older homes. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. It is common to find a meter or fuse board under the stairs, and access has to be kept. We note them during the design visit and plan the drawers and doors around them. We don’t move meters, so the storage works around their current position.
Which works best under the stairs, drawers or cupboards?
It depends on the shape of the space and what you want to store. Drawers make the low end useful, because you pull the back of the space to you. At the tall end, a cupboard is often better for coats and the vacuum.
What happens at the design visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, then send a written quote.
Under-stairs storage for homes in Seven Sisters
Under-stairs storage is not only for houses. A maisonette, a split-level flat or a staircase down to a lower floor can all leave space underneath. We measure the space and the route in, so the sections made in our workshop fit through the front door and along the hall. Wherever your home is in Seven Sisters, the process is the same. We make under-stairs cupboards from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter and nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags.
A Victorian or Edwardian terrace normally has a long, narrow hall leading to the stairs. Around Seven Sisters, a large share of homes date from before 1919, so depth matters as much as width wherever storage goes. Shallow units keep the way through clear.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Location
- Seven Sisters (N15, N17, N16)
- Area
- Haringey
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Could you do it yourself?
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there’s typically a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room and take up the floor coverings. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together and explain how to look after the paint. How long the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed 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 get in touch and tell us what’s under the stairs now, including any gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board.
- We visit to measure the slope and the floor, and agree a design that keeps any meter or fuse board accessible.
- You receive a quote in writing for the storage.
- We make it in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a door or panel left where the meters need access.
- We fit it in your home, scribed to the stairs and the walls, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before fitting day
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
Arranging a design visit
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly during the design visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To arrange it, drop us a line using the contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
Advice
Under-stairs storage in Seven Sisters: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Seven Sisters were built before 1919 (about 54%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 14%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. We take that into account at the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. 8 conservation areas have at least part of their area within a mile of the centre of Seven Sisters. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 21% of households in the area around Seven Sisters, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it is worth checking yours first.
Close to Chestnuts Park? Under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For families living near Earlsmead Primary School, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. For a flat near Seven Sisters station, under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room.
Seven Sisters is about 1 mile north of Tottenham, within the London Borough of Haringey. Seven Sisters is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Seven Sisters is one of the places in Haringey where we make under-stairs storage.
We cover every part of the N15, N17 and N16 postcode area. Whether you live on a street like Ida Road, Elmar Road and Grove Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in South Tottenham (1 mile north), Tottenham Green (1 mile north), St Ann's (1 mile west), Tottenham Hale (1 mile north-east) and West Green (1 mile west). Elsewhere in Haringey, we also cover Noel Park (2 miles north-west), Wood Green (2 miles north-west), Crouch End (2 miles west), Finsbury Park (2 miles south-west), Bowes Park (2 miles north-west) and Bounds Green (3 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Seven Sisters
Around Seven Sisters, we cover homes near No.8 Seven Sisters pub, Ada College and Gladesmore Community School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Seven Sisters itself: Seven Sisters station. Other landmarks nearby include The Mall Wood Green (1.7 miles north-west) and Markfield Beam Engine and Museum (0.5 miles east). Open spaces near Seven Sisters include Woodberry Wetlands.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
Period walls are rarely flat, and floors are often out of level. Standard units show the gaps, and filler strips can only hide so much. We scribe each under-stairs cupboard to follow the walls and the stairs, and set it level on a plinth or adjustable feet. Ready-made pieces are proportioned for newer homes and can look lost in an older one, whereas fitted pieces can pick up the room’s height and mouldings, with panels and details to suit the house.
Tricky rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That’s reflected in the quote, written once we’ve measured up.
What you get with us
- Over 300 projects completed
- Saturdays by prior arrangement
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
See how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.
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Tips worth knowing
These points come up often when people plan under-stairs storage. They help before and after fitting:
- Mention any parking rules on your street
- Measure your vacuum cleaner and ironing board
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Count the coats and pairs of shoes in daily use
Before we leave, we check every drawer and door with you. Any door to a meter or fuse board is checked so it opens fully and leaves the meter in view. You will know everything works as planned.
Keep sharp or very heavy items away from the painted fronts. Store tools in a box or bag, not loose against the doors. Minor chips can be touched up with the matching colour.
What we don’t do
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
- Moving gas pipes under the stairs
- Changing where a meter sits, which isn’t carpentry
Not sure whether your space suits under-stairs storage? You can use our contact form and we will tell you. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Hand-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers
- Birch plywood
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish