Camden · London
Under-Stairs Storage in St Pancras
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in St Pancras. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- A tired under-stairs cupboard that stands out
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
Under-stairs storage for your home in St Pancras
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf storage comes in the colours the maker offers. Ours is spray-painted or hand-painted in a colour agreed with you, so it can sit with the walls, the banisters or the skirting. Ready-made units cannot follow the boxing and risers found in many flats, so it ends up with gaps or blocks access. Built-in pieces are designed around them, with access kept.
We don’t publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To arrange a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Why us?
- Scribed to uneven walls
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Saturday work by prior arrangement
- Finished by spray or by hand
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
Under-stairs storage in St Pancras: what you get
Pull-out drawers make the most of the low, deep end of the space. Instead of crawling in to find something, you slide the drawer out and everything is in view. Cupboards suit the taller end, where coats can hang and a vacuum cleaner can stand. Many designs for homes in St Pancras combine the two. People normally come to us about storage that doesn’t match the hallway and open space under the stairs that collects clutter; the furniture is made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Around St Pancras, most households live in purpose-built flats, and blocks often have rules on lifts, deliveries and when work can happen. It helps to check them with the managing agent before fitting day. A lease can require consent for fixing to walls, so check yours first.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we will tell you, so it can be arranged before fitting day. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Place
- St Pancras (NW1W, W1T, N1)
- Area
- Camden
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What prompts under-stairs storage in St Pancras
A hallway full of shoes and coats is a common reason to get in touch. A coat and shoe section under the stairs keeps the floor clear and the door easy to open, and the family has an obvious place to put things.
If any of these sound familiar, it’s worth getting in touch:
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
Near listed buildings like Church of St Pancras, about 0.5 miles west of the centre of St Pancras, older homes may keep original joinery that under-stairs cupboards can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
What to check before you book
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
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Common questions about under-stairs storage
Do you cover homes near London Kings Cross station?
Yes, homes across Camden and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in St Pancras?
Yes, St Pancras is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Camden and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. After that, you don’t need to stay in the room.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Inside a house, fitted furniture doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings may need listed building consent for works that affect their character, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
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. Cupboards suit the tall end, for coats or a vacuum cleaner.
What happens when you come to measure?
It is 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.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
On the morning of the fitting, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. Next, we carry in the sections built in our workshop, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Many blocks have entry systems, concierge desks or rules on booking the lift, so it is worth checking with the managing agent ahead of time. Floors in the flat and the common parts are protected while the furniture comes in.
- It starts when you contact us about the space under your stairs. It’s useful 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.
- A quote in writing follows, with the fitting days agreed. Take your time to look through it.
- Your storage is made at 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.
Preparing the room
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Ask for a quote
You do not need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room. You receive a written quote after the visit.
Related advice
Practical tips
These points come up often when people plan under-stairs storage. They’re worth knowing whatever the room:
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Tell us about parking at the design visit
Heavy items are best kept in the lower drawers. That keeps the drawers running smoothly and the load where the carcass is strongest. Shelves are made for the things you told us about at the design visit, so it is worth keeping to that plan.
Check now and then that handles and hinges are tight. A loose handle is easy to tighten before it works its way out. If a door drops or a drawer starts to catch, message us from the contact page and tell us what’s happening.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, and standard units leave gaps.
Under-stairs storage for homes in St Pancras
Homes built before 1919 make up about 41% of the housing in the area around St Pancras, with about 19% built since 2000, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. St Pancras is partly covered by the Bloomsbury Conservation Area, according to Historic England’s records. Conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. TfL’s red routes have strict stopping rules. If your home in St Pancras is on or near a main road, tell us at the measuring visit. We will plan where the van can stop.
For families living near St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School, under-stairs cupboards can give school bags, shoes and sports kit a proper home. If you live in a period home close to Lumen United Reformed Church, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
St Pancras is in the London Borough of Camden. From period terraces to newer flats in St Pancras, we measure the room as it is and design around it. St Pancras is one of the places in Camden where we make under-stairs storage.
Design visits and fitting in NW1W, W1T and N1 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Shoe Lane, Long Lane and City Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for under-stairs storage. St Pancras is near the A4 and A40, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Nearby, we also make under-stairs storage in Bloomsbury (1 mile south-west), Kings Cross (1 mile north-west), Holborn (1 mile south-east), Clerkenwell (1 mile east) and Angel (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Camden, we also cover Hampstead (3 miles north-west), West Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Kentish Town (2 miles north-west), Greenhill (3 miles north-west), Chalk Farm (2 miles north-west) and Dartmouth Park (3 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Camden, St Pancras is covered for all of our fitted furniture.
Near you in St Pancras
The streets we cover here include those near City Academy, Pilsudski Institute of London and Calthorpe Arms Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is London Kings Cross station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Foundling Museum (under half a mile west) and Montfichet's Tower (1.1 miles south-east). Not far away are Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.