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Under-stairs storage in St Giles, Camden
In St Giles, 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.
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- A vacuum cleaner that has nowhere to go
Under-stairs storage in St Giles
Is bespoke worth it?
A standard unit knows nothing about your meter or fuse board. Fitted in front of one, it can make access tricky for readings and safety checks. Bespoke storage is planned around them from the start. Alcoves and recesses in period houses are rarely a standard width or depth, so ready-made units rarely fill them properly. Furniture made for the space fills it.
No two rooms cost the same to furnish, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in St Giles
- 300+ projects completed
- Built around your room
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
Under-stairs storage in St Giles: what you get
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 at our workshop fit through the front door and along the hall. Wherever your home is in St Giles, 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 people most often get in touch about wanting a quiet corner for paperwork and a sloping corner nobody can reach.
Older homes like many around St Giles have floors and ceilings that slope, and a large share of the homes around St Giles date from then. Under-stairs cupboards are scribed to the walls and levelled on site so doors, lids and drawers run true. Original skirting and mouldings are met neatly, and the paint colour is agreed with you.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If something isn’t quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Where
- St Giles (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Borough
- Camden
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Under-stairs storage in St Giles: local notes
About 49% of the homes in the streets around St Giles went up before 1919, and about 21% since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of St Giles include Church of St Giles in the Fields (Grade I), less than half a mile north-west, and House of St Barnabas (Grade I), under half a mile west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, may need listed building consent from the council. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. More than a third of the homes in the neighbourhood around St Giles (about 49%) were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Under the stairs in an older terrace is often where the meters or the fuse board are, so the design keeps them accessible.
The wider area includes historic houses like Benjamin Franklin House, about 0.5 miles south. If your own home is a period one, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight. If your home is one of the older houses near Soho Baptist Chapel, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks. If your children go to St Josephs Catholic Primary School or a school nearby, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
St Giles is about 1 mile north-east of St Pancras, in the London Borough of Camden. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in St Giles and across Camden. St Giles is one of the places in Camden where we make under-stairs storage.
We make under-stairs storage across the W1F, W1D and W1T postcode area for under-stairs storage. You will find streets here such as Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. St Giles is near the A301 and A400, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Neighbouring places we cover for under-stairs storage include Seven Dials (1 mile south), West End (1 mile south-west), Soho (1 mile south-west), Covent Garden (1 mile south-east) and Chinatown (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Camden we cover include Hampstead (4 miles north-west), West Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Agar Town (2 miles north), Kentish Town (2 miles north), Greenhill (3 miles north-west) and Chalk Farm (2 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Camden, St Giles is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
Landmarks near St Giles
In St Giles, that includes homes near London Nautical School, The Crown pub and Mercers' School, among other places. There’s a railway station in St Giles itself: Tottenham Court Road station. Well-known places in the area include Kingly Court (0.5 miles west) and Montfichet's Tower (1.1 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Ludgate Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
Materials and finishes
Pull-out drawers
Deep drawers on runners let you use the low end of the space without crawling in. Each one is sized for what it will hold. A set of drawers can step down to follow the line of the stairs.
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting gives the fronts a very even surface. It is applied in our workshop, and the paint needs time to cure fully once it is fitted.
When is bespoke worth it?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it’s easy to buy.
The real difference is in the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
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Questions from St Giles
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in St Giles?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit.
Do you cover homes near Tottenham Court Road station?
Yes, homes across Camden and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with a few details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Should I choose drawers or cupboards under the stairs?
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.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to let us in. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
What does an under-stairs cupboard cost?
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. It varies with the size of the space, how many drawers and doors you want, and the finish. For a quote, fill in our short enquiry form to arrange a design visit.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It can be done with some care: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. Damp treatment is not something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
What affects the price in St Giles
Not every room costs the same, for these reasons:
- The internal fittings
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Parking near your home
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
Before the design visit
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Examples of the look you’re after
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
The quote is built from the design visit. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. A written quote follows the visit, so you can take your time with it. To book one, fill in our short enquiry form.
Fitting day, step by step
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is typically only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that is what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out.
- It starts when you contact us about the space under your stairs. It helps to say whether the meters are under there.
- At the design visit, we look at the stairs, the hall and what you need to store.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- Your storage is made in our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs. The materials are moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home and leave it ready to use, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
Getting a quote
We quote once we have seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To arrange a visit, get in touch through our contact form.