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Under-Stairs Storage in Single Street
In Single Street, we design under-stairs storage around the room you actually have. Your under-stairs cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and made at our workshop.
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
Ask about under-stairs storage in Single Street
About our under-stairs storage in Single Street
Where a staircase is open to a living space, the storage under it becomes part of the room. That calls for clean lines, well-fitted doors and a finish that suits the rest of the room. We can make plain or panelled fronts, painted to sit with the walls or to stand out. The result should look like part of the house, not an afterthought. If you’re living with a staircase with untidy space beneath it and nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags, that’s what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
A good part of the housing around Single Street is interwar, semi-detached or detached. If yours is a 1920s or 1930s house, the bay window at the front, the space under the stairs and the box room are the usual places to gain storage. Any meters or fuse board under the stairs stay accessible, and the storage is planned around them.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- Single Street (TN16)
- Area
- Bromley
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What we don’t do
Electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering and structural work are not part of what we do. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
- Reshaping or rebuilding the staircase
- Making good the walls and ceiling, which is for a plasterer or decorator
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can fill in our short enquiry form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How it works.
Materials and parts
- Spray-painted finish
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers
Your questions about under-stairs storage in Single Street
Can you make under-stairs storage for a home in Single Street?
Yes, Single Street is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Bromley and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Single Street?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. 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 during the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It needs a little planning: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
How long will the fitting take?
How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and your quote sets out the fitting days. 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.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Typically not. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. Listed buildings can require listed building consent for works that affect their character, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It’s 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.
Fitting day, step by step
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and that happens on fitting day. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it. How long the fitting itself takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Some interwar and suburban streets have driveways, which can make unloading easier, so let us know during the design visit. Otherwise, a visitor permit or a nearby bay helps. Floors and doorways are protected while the pieces come in.
- It starts when you contact us about the space under your stairs. It is useful to say whether the meters are under there.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you’ll use the space, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish. Take your time to look through it.
- Your storage is made in our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs. The materials are moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready for the first coats and shoes.
Before we arrive
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
How to get a quote
It is useful 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, especially with rough measurements. To share them, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll suggest a time for a design visit.
Advice
Under-stairs storage for homes in Single Street
In the area around Single Street, the largest groups of homes date from between 1945 and 1972 (about 29%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 25%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Near the centre of Single Street, Historic England’s list includes Church of St Peter and St Paul (Grade II*), under half a mile east, and Bell Cottage (Grade II), under half a mile north-west. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features such as panelling may need listed building consent. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. About 29% of homes in the streets around Single Street were built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Post-war homes often have fewer nooks than older houses, so under-stairs cupboards add storage that was never built in, fixed to suit concrete, block or brick.
Down House, about 1 mile north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. For families living near Cudham Church of England Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit.
Single Street is about 5 miles north of Orpington, within the London Borough of Bromley. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, Single Street included. Across Bromley, we cover Single Street, along with the rest of the borough.
We work across TN16 for under-stairs storage. You will find streets here like Berry's Hill and Single Street, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. We also cover Berry's Green (1 mile south), Luxted (1 mile north-west) and Aperfield (1 mile south-west). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as Orpington (5 miles north), Bromley (6 miles north), Beckenham (7 miles north-west), St Mary Cray (5 miles north), Chislehurst (7 miles north) and Plaistow (7 miles north).
Local landmarks in Single Street
We fit furniture in homes around Charles Darwin School and The Old Jail Public House. Single Street’s nearest station is Chelsfield station, about 3.3 miles north-east. Not far away are Downe Bank.
Before and after fitting day
The finish lasts best with a little care. Here are our suggestions:
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Decide whether you’d like coats on hooks or on a rail
- Let us know about parking near your home
We run each drawer and open each door with you before we go. Any door to a meter or fuse board is checked so it opens fully and leaves the meter in view. That way, nothing is left for you to sort out later.
Every so often, look at the handles and hinges. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a drawer stops running smoothly, use our contact form and describe it.
Why bespoke in Single Street?
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. Even in a 1930s house, walls and floors aren’t perfectly true, and standalone units can lean or gap. Fitted furniture is scribed and levelled on site.
Tricky rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That is reflected in the quote.
What you get with us
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Over 300 projects completed
- Built around your room
See bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
Also near Single Street
Also in Single Street
Why people ask for under-stairs storage in Single Street
When a home is short on storage, the space under the stairs is too useful to waste. A well-designed under-stairs cupboard can take the coats, shoes, cleaning things and bags that would otherwise crowd the hall. It also takes pressure off the other cupboards in the house.
Most of the enquiries we get are about needs like these:
- A fuse board that’s hard to get to
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- The low end of the space going to waste
- Cleaning things with no proper home
For a flat near Chelsfield 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.
Choosing a carpenter
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home