Merton · London
South Wimbledon Under-Stairs Storage
In South Wimbledon, we design under-stairs storage around the room you actually have. Your under-stairs cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- The low end of the space going to waste
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
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Under-stairs storage in South Wimbledon: what you get
Where a staircase is open to a living space, the storage under it becomes part of the room. Here the doors, drawer fronts and finish matter as much as the storage behind them. Fronts can be plain or panelled, with handles chosen to suit the room. The result should look like part of the house, not an afterthought. If your home has a meter or fuse board buried behind clutter and coats and shoes piling up in the hall, that’s what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
In streets where many homes were built before 1919, as they were around South Wimbledon, 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. Sash and bay windows are common in houses of that age too, and good places for seating with storage below.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Where
- South Wimbledon (SW19, SW20, SW17)
- Area
- Merton
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about under-stairs storage in South Wimbledon
Is parking a problem for fitting in South Wimbledon?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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. It helps to tell us about parking at the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
I live near Wimbledon station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with some details about the room.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, and furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need it. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
What materials do you use for under-stairs storage?
The storage is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. Everything is finished by spray painting or hand painting.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
Tips worth knowing
Getting the most from under-stairs storage starts with the planning and carries on after fitting day. These are worth keeping in mind:
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
- Mention any parking rules on your street
- Measure your vacuum cleaner and ironing board
We run each drawer and open each door with you before we go. If there is a meter or fuse board, we make sure its door opens fully and the meter is easy to see. You’ll know everything works as planned.
Wet coats and shoes can mark paint and leave damp in a closed cupboard. Let them dry before they go away, and leave the door open for a while after a wet day if the cupboard feels damp.
Materials and finishes
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is made in layers, which makes it strong and stable. We use it for carcasses, shelves and drawer boxes, with the edge either shown or painted.
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, keeping the lines neat.
Also near South Wimbledon
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South Wimbledon homes and under-stairs storage
The biggest shares of homes in the area around South Wimbledon were built before 1919 (about 66%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 15%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. 13 conservation areas have at least part of their area less than a mile from the middle of South Wimbledon. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 20% of households in the streets around South Wimbledon, based on Census 2021. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it is worth checking yours first.
Close to Wandle 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 Holy Trinity, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. The wider area includes historic houses like Southside House, about 1.6 miles west. If your own home is a period one, pull-out drawers can reach right to the back of a deep under-stairs space.
South Wimbledon is in the London Borough of Merton, about 1 mile north-west of Wimbledon. Whether your home in South Wimbledon is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, we measure the room as it is and design around it. In Merton, South Wimbledon is one of the places we cover.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: SW19, SW20 and SW17. Our area takes in homes on streets like Gap Road, Mina Road and York Road, whether you want under-stairs storage or another piece made for the room. Other places close to South Wimbledon include Merton (1 mile south-east), Merton Abbey (1 mile south-east), Summerstown (1 mile north-east), Colliers Wood (1 mile east) and Tooting Bec (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Merton, we also cover Morden (2 miles south), Eastfields (2 miles south-east), Copse Hill (2 miles west), Mitcham (2 miles south-east), Hackbridge (2 miles south-east) and West Barnes (2 miles south-west). Being one of the larger places in Merton, South Wimbledon is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
What’s near South Wimbledon
The streets we cover here include those near Willington School, Wibbas Down Inn and Wimbledon High School and the streets around them. South Wimbledon has its own railway station: Wimbledon station. Other landmarks nearby include Wimbledon Museum (0.9 miles west) and St George's Hospital (1 mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Merton Park Green Walks and Henman Hill.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Cost matters, and it is fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture usually costs less up front. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is tricky, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
How fitting day works
In older rooms, the furniture typically has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. How long 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. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturdays can be arranged.
- First you tell us about the stairs and what you’d like to store beneath them, 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.
- We send a quote in writing setting out the design, materials and finish.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are made in our workshop.
- The storage is fitted in your home and checked, drawer by drawer.
How to prepare
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Getting a quote
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and go through the design with you, then send a quote in writing. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. To book a design visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Related advice
What affects the price in South Wimbledon
Several things affect the price:
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- The internal fittings
- Parking near your home
Rooms that are not square take more work: walls that lean, floors that slope and sloping ceilings all mean more scribing and cutting. That’s reflected in the quote.
What to send when you contact us
To give us a picture of the room, it’s useful to include:
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Where you live, with the postcode
A quote begins with a few details from you: the room, rough measurements and some photos if you have them. To send them, tell us about the room on our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and go through the design, then send a written quote.