Hackney · London
West Hackney Under-Stairs Storage
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in West Hackney. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- Open space under the stairs that collects clutter
- Storage that does not match the hallway
- Wanting a quiet corner for paperwork
Ask about under-stairs storage in West Hackney
The problems under-stairs storage solve
Others are looking for a small place to work. If the space opens onto a room, a compact desk with shelves above can sit beneath the stairs. It’s a modest workspace, well suited to a laptop and the household paperwork.
If any of these sound familiar, it is worth getting in touch:
- Cleaning things with no proper home
- Struggling to reach the gas or electricity meter
- No room for a small desk or a place to work
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
Sutton House, about 1.2 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
Before you choose who makes it
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- How they handle walls that aren’t straight
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
About our under-stairs storage in West Hackney
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. At the tall end, a cupboard works well for coats, an ironing board or the vacuum. A mix of drawers and cupboards is often the best use of the space. Typical reasons to get in touch are storage that doesn’t match the hallway and a fuse board that’s hard to get to; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
In streets where many homes were built before 1919, as they were around West Hackney, 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.
A written quote follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it is clear what’s included.
- Location
- West Hackney (N16, E5, E8)
- Area
- Hackney
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, blocks and rented homes
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants, at times that suit them. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. We choose fixings to suit the wall, after checking the walls at the measuring visit.
Making use of tricky spaces in West Hackney
In the area around West Hackney, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 49%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 17%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. The National Heritage List has 61 entries within half a mile of the centre of West Hackney. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and under-stairs cupboards can be designed to work around them. About 49% of homes in the streets around West Hackney were built before 1919, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). In terraced houses of that age, the space under the stairs often holds the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board, and they must stay reachable.
Near listed buildings like Church of St Barnabas, about 0.5 miles south of the centre of West Hackney, 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. If your home is one of the older houses near St Michael and All Angels, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage.
West Hackney is about 2 miles south of Shoreditch, within the London Borough of Hackney. We design and make under-stairs storage for homes in West Hackney, as part of our work in every London borough. West Hackney is one of the places in Hackney where we make under-stairs storage.
Postcode districts we cover here for under-stairs storage: N16, E5 and E8. If your home is on a street like Muir Road, Burma Road and Piano Lane, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for under-stairs storage. The A107 run close to West Hackney; on busy main roads, unloading under-stairs cupboards takes a little planning. If you’re just outside West Hackney, we also cover Shacklewell (1 mile south), Stoke Newington (1 mile west), Clapton (1 mile east), Stamford Hill (1 mile north) and Upper Clapton (1 mile north-east). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as Shoreditch (2 miles south), Hoxton (2 miles south), Hackney (2 miles south-east), Haggerston (2 miles south) and Hackney Marshes (2 miles east). West Hackney is one of the larger places we cover in Hackney.
What’s near West Hackney
Around West Hackney, we cover homes near The Petchey Academy, Church of St Andrew and Tawhid Boys School and the streets around them. West Hackney has its own railway station: Rectory Road station. Nearby you’ll also find Clowns Gallery-Museum (1.1 miles south) and Hackney Walk (1.2 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Woodberry Wetlands.
Questions from West Hackney
I live in a flat in West Hackney. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in not just the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
My home in West Hackney is a period house with walls that aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the room, check how level the walls and floors are and talk through the design with you. We’ll also ask about access and parking, and a quote in writing follows.
How do I get a quote for under-stairs storage in West Hackney?
It’s easiest to send us a few details through our contact form with some details about the room. After that, we arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
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.
What affects the price of under-stairs storage?
Each room is quoted on its own: the size, what goes inside, the finish and how square the room is all count. You will get a quote in writing once we have measured up.
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
The price for your room depends on:
- The number of doors and drawers
- The width and height of the space
- Spray painting or hand painting
- How square the room is
Tricky rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it.
What to send when you get in touch
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- How you want to use the space
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
For a quote for under-stairs storage in West Hackney, use our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.
Could you do it yourself?
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there is usually a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
How fitting day works
In older rooms, the furniture usually has to meet skirting, picture rails, cornice or coving. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. On fitting day, edges are trimmed on site to follow the walls, so a clear area to work in near the room helps. We keep dust down and tidy as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- It starts when you get in touch about the space under your stairs.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you’ll use the space.
- A written quote follows, with the fitting days agreed. Take your time to look through it.
- Your storage is made in our workshop, cut to the angle of your stairs.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready for the first coats and shoes, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Empty the space we will be working in
How to get a quote
The design visit is where every quote starts. 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 arrange the visit, get in touch through our contact form.