Ealing · London
South Ealing Under-Stairs Storage
Pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs, for homes in South Ealing. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Storage that doesn’t match the hallway
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
Under-stairs storage for your home in South Ealing
Looking after your furniture
A few practical points help before and after fitting day. These are worth keeping in mind:
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Find out what sits in the space now, from meters to pipes
- Tell us if the hall is being decorated
Heavy items are best kept in the lower drawers. It helps the runners and keeps the storage working well. Shelves are made for the things you told us about at the measuring visit, so it is worth keeping to that plan.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. Tightening a screw early stops a small looseness becoming a problem. If a drawer stops running smoothly, drop us a line using the contact form and describe it.
Under-stairs storage in South Ealing: what you get
Each under-stairs cupboard is made in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it’s strong and holds screws firmly, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and fronts. The finish is sprayed or hand-painted, and then the storage is fitted in your home in South Ealing. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags and space under the stairs that’s hard to use.
With a large share of homes around South Ealing built before 1919, under-stairs cupboards in older terraces often house the meters or the fuse board. Meter readers and engineers need to get to them, so the design keeps them accessible. Bays and sash windows in period houses are natural spots for a window seat.
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
- South Ealing (W5, W13, TW8)
- Borough
- Ealing
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Boards, parts and paint
Birch plywood
Its layered build gives birch plywood its strength. It goes into the carcasses, the shelves and the drawer boxes, and its edge can be left visible or painted to match.
Moisture-resistant MDF
Because it cuts cleanly, MDF is ideal for the angled panels that follow the stairs. We use a moisture-resistant grade, which stays stable and takes paint well. Most of what you see on the finished storage is MDF.
Is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf units are made for flat walls and square corners, but the space under a staircase rarely offers either. A ready-made unit tends to leave gaps at the slope and wasted space at the back. Bespoke storage is designed and cut to the shape of your stairs. It costs more than something off the shelf, and what you gain is the space a standard unit cannot reach. The two recesses beside a chimney breast are seldom an identical size, which means a matching pair of ready-made units seldom fits both. Each side can be made to its own size.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit.
Why us?
- Built around your room
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Work across the whole of London
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and what to look for in a quote.
What happens on fitting day
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. Someone needs to let us in, and the room should already be cleared. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. The time the fitting takes depends on the shape of the space and the number of drawers and doors, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out.
- 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.
- In our workshop we build every part from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, following the slope we measured.
- 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.
Before fitting day
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
How to get a quote
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, when we have measured up and talked through the design. For a quote, message us from the contact page.
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FAQs: under-stairs storage in South Ealing
Do you cover homes near Brentford station?
Yes, homes across Ealing 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, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Is South Ealing in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes, we work across Ealing, South Ealing included, and across the rest of London. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
That’s normal in older homes, and it’s what scribing is for. We scribe the edges to follow the wall and set the furniture level on adjustable feet or a plinth.
Could the space under my stairs take a desk?
In many homes it’s possible, if the space is open to a room and tall enough at one end. A built-in desk with shelves above and drawers below can work well. Any socket or light there is for your electrician, and we plan around it.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Not usually. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
South Ealing homes and under-stairs storage
About 66% of the homes in the streets around South Ealing went up before 1919, and about 15% between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The centre of South Ealing is within about a quarter of a mile of the Ealing Green Conservation Area. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission in a conservation area, as the controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. If in doubt, the council’s planning team can confirm. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Ealing is inside it. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in South Ealing is covered by it. Access and parking are talked through at the design visit.
If your home is one of the older houses near St Mary's Church, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. Gunnersbury Park, about 0.7 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks. Near listed buildings like Church of St Mary, less than half a mile north of the centre of South Ealing, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent.
South Ealing is about 1 mile north of Ealing, in the London Borough of Ealing. South Ealing is part of the area we cover. Across Ealing, we cover South Ealing.
We work across W5, W13 and TW8. Our area takes in homes on streets such as South Road, Elers Road and Carew Road, along with the roads around them, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. We also cover Ealing (1 mile north), Hanwell (1 mile north-west), West Ealing (2 miles west), Pitshanger (2 miles north) and Brentham Garden Suburb (2 miles north). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as Acton (2 miles east), Southall (3 miles west), Greenford (3 miles north-west), Northolt (4 miles north-west), Acton Green (2 miles east) and Bedford Park (2 miles east).
Landmarks near South Ealing
Around South Ealing, we cover homes near Ealing Park Tavern, Library for Iranian Studies and Great Ealing School and the streets around them. South Ealing’s nearest station is Brentford station, about 0.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (0.9 miles east) and Ealing Hospital (1.7 miles west). For a walk, there’s Castlebar Hill and Long Wood.
Neighbourhoods near South Ealing
What else we make in South Ealing
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The overall size of the piece
- Parking and unloading on your street
- Spray painting or hand painting
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
What we need to know
To give us a picture of the room, it helps to include:
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
If you already have something in mind, tell us; if you do not, that is fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.