Wandsworth · London
Tooting Under-Stairs Storage
Under-stairs storage for your home in Tooting: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. We visit to measure and discuss the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
Under-stairs storage designed for your room
About our under-stairs storage in Tooting
Some under-stairs spaces are open enough for a small desk. A built-in desk with shelving and drawers can turn the space into a quiet corner for paperwork. Any new socket or light there is for your electrician, and we leave room and a route for the cable. We will look at whether it suits your stairs when we visit in Tooting. People typically come to us about a low corner too deep to reach into and a staircase with untidy space beneath it, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Outside walls in houses from before 1919 are normally solid brick, which can be cold, so a gap and ventilation behind fitted storage help avoid condensation. That matters around Tooting, where a large share of the homes are that old. Damp should be sorted before anything is fitted against the wall.
Our quotes are written in plain words. They say what will be made, what it’s made from and how it will be finished.
- Place
- Tooting (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Area
- Wandsworth
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Fitting day, step by step
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is usually only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. Either way, the finish is the one set out 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. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- First we hear what’s under your stairs now and what you need, like coats, shoes or the vacuum cleaner.
- We measure the space, the slope and the floor, and note any meters or fuse boards, because they must stay accessible.
- The design is agreed and a quote in writing follows, with the finish set out.
- Every part is made at our workshop, ready for a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home and check every drawer and door with you.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
How to get 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, and the written quote comes after. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. To arrange a visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Related advice
What we do not do
Some parts of a job need another trade, from an electrician to a plumber or an engineer on the Gas Safe Register. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Structural changes to the staircase itself
- Any wiring or new lights, which need an electrician
- Plastering and decorating around the new storage
If in doubt, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and describe the room. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Pull-out drawers
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
FAQs: under-stairs storage in Tooting
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
My house in Tooting is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
How is under-stairs storage priced?
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. It comes down to the size of the space, how many drawers and doors you want, and the finish. To get a quote, message us from the contact page and we’ll arrange a design visit.
How long is the fitting for under-stairs storage?
How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Because everything is made in our workshop, the work in your home is the fitting itself. We know the hall is a busy route, so we keep it as clear as possible.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps. If there’s damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture can’t usually do that in an older room.
Nearby places to Tooting
What else we make in Tooting
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, after measuring the route during the design visit.
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. An agent can arrange access for you.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
With ready-made units, the choice of colour is the maker’s. 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. Chimney breasts in older houses stand out by different amounts, so the recesses either side are rarely the same, which means a matching pair of ready-made units seldom fits both. Each side can be made to its own size.
There is no price list, because each job is designed for a single room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a written quote. To start, message us from the contact page.
Why us?
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Every quote follows a design visit
- Designed for the room you have
- A spray or hand-painted finish
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.
Under-stairs storage in Tooting: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the area around Tooting were built before 1919 (about 64%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 12%), 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Tooting include Gala Bingo Club (Grade I), less than half a mile south-west, and Franciscan Primary School (Grade II), less than half a mile east. Where a home is listed, listed building consent can be needed for inside works that affect its character, such as fixing into original panelling. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 22% of households in the area around Tooting, according to 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’s worth checking yours first.
For an older house near St Augustine, the space under the stairs may hold the meters or the fuse board, and the cupboards are planned around them. For families living near St Boniface RC Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. Close to Wandle Park? Under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Tooting is about 2 miles north of Clapham Junction, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. From period terraces to newer flats in Tooting, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our Wandsworth coverage includes Tooting.
We cover every part of the SW17, SW19 and CR4 postcode area for under-stairs storage. If your home is on a street such as Vant Road, Byton Road and Avarn Road, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. Close by, we also work in Tooting Bec (1 mile north-west), Colliers Wood (1 mile south), Furzedown (1 mile east), Streatham Park (1 mile east) and Summerstown (1 mile north-west). Across the rest of Wandsworth, our area takes in Clapham Junction (2 miles north), Battersea (2 miles north), Putney (3 miles north-west), Wandsworth (2 miles north-west), Southfields (2 miles north-west) and Roehampton (4 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Wandsworth, Tooting is covered for under-stairs storage and everything else we make.
Around Tooting
Our area takes in the homes around King's Head pub, Graveney School and Ensham School and the streets around them. Tooting’s nearest station is Tooting station, about 0.6 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include London Sewing Machine Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and Grove Hospital (a few minutes’ walk west). For a walk, there is Myrna Close.