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West Silvertown Under-Stairs Storage
We make under-stairs storage for homes in West Silvertown, designed around the room you have. Your under-stairs cupboard is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- A dark, wasted space under the stairs
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
Need under-stairs storage in West Silvertown?
Before and after fitting day
The finish lasts best with a little care, whether it was spray painted or hand painted. These practical tips help:
- Note the size of anything tall you want to store
- Note the things that need a home under the stairs
- Let us know about parking near your home
- Make room so the whole space can be measured
If you chose a hand-painted finish, small marks can be touched in. It’s worth keeping a note of the colour so any touch-ups match. A spray-painted finish is smooth and even, and small marks often clean off with a damp cloth.
Sharp tools and heavy boxes can chip a painted edge. Put tools in a case so they don’t knock the paint. A small chip on a hand-painted finish is easy to touch in.
Under-stairs storage in West Silvertown
Each under-stairs cupboard is built in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it’s strong and holds screws firmly, and MDF gives the doors and fronts a smooth surface for paint. Once painted, by spray or by hand, it’s brought to your home in West Silvertown and fitted. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the things people most often want solved are nowhere to keep the vacuum and ironing board and a staircase with untidy space beneath it.
A large share of the homes around West Silvertown date from 2000 onwards, and in a newer house with a converted loft, the eaves and slopes are worth using. For lofts, the storage goes into spaces that are already converted or boarded. Wherever they go, under-stairs cupboards are fixed to suit the wall.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Location
- West Silvertown (E16, SE10)
- Borough
- Newham
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Could you do it yourself?
Shop-bought shelves can sag over a long span. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job.
Questions we’re often asked
My home in West Silvertown is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
At the design visit, we measure the way in along with the room itself. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. It is useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Is parking a problem for fitting in West Silvertown?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the measuring visit.
Should I send pictures?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. Show anything the furniture has to work around, such as radiators or sockets.
How long will you be in my home?
It depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. We will talk about it at the design visit.
What happens when you come to measure?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we will see what we can do.
West Silvertown homes and under-stairs storage
In the streets around West Silvertown, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 69%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 14%), 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. There are 5 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of West Silvertown. Being near listed buildings doesn’t make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Newham are set locally. If your street in West Silvertown is in a controlled parking zone, a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed. Parking near your home is worth mentioning at the measuring visit.
For families living near Britannia Village Primary School, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit. The wider area includes historic houses such as Queen's House, about 2 miles south-west. For a period home anywhere nearby, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
West Silvertown is part of the London Borough of Newham, about 1 mile north of Plaistow. Anywhere in West Silvertown, it works the same way: we visit and measure, send a quote in writing, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. We list West Silvertown among 26 places we cover in Newham.
Every address in E16 and SE10 is covered for under-stairs storage. If your home is on a street such as Bell Lane, Knights Road and Bradfield Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for under-stairs storage. If you are just outside West Silvertown, we also cover Silvertown (1 mile south-east), Custom House (1 mile north-east), Royal Docks (1 mile east), Canning Town (1 mile north) and Limmo Peninsula (1 mile north-west). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places like Stratford (3 miles north-west), Forest Gate (3 miles north), East Ham (2 miles north-east), Upton Park (2 miles north), Greengate (2 miles north) and Maryland (3 miles north-west).
Landmarks near West Silvertown
The streets we cover here include those near The Royal Docks Community School, The Tidal Basin Tavern and Royal Docks Academy. For rail, the closest station is Custom House station, roughly 0.5 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital (0.8 miles north-east) and Charlton Athletic Museum (1.2 miles south). Open spaces near West Silvertown include Gilbert's Pit.
Nearby places to West Silvertown
Also in West Silvertown
Is it time for under-stairs storage?
A hallway full of shoes and coats is a common reason to get in touch. With a rail, hooks and shoe drawers under the stairs, the hall stays clear, and the family has an obvious place to put things.
Requests we hear often include:
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- Nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags
- Stairs open to a room, with clutter on show
- An under-stairs cupboard full of clutter
If you live in a period home close to St Barnabas' Church, under-stairs cupboards are scribed to walls and stair strings that are rarely straight.
What to check before you book
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
From workshop to your room
Every fitting follows the same order: floors are protected, the sections come in, everything is levelled, scribed to the walls, fixed and finished. Then the room is tidied and we look over the work with you. How long fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Newer homes often have stud walls, so fixings go into the studs or use fixings made for the board. Floors are protected throughout, as many newer homes have finished floors that mark easily.
- You get in touch with some details and, if you like, a sketch. It is useful to say whether the meters are under there.
- We visit to measure and talk about how you’ll use the space, and check where the meters and fuse board sit.
- Your quote sets out the design, the materials and the finish.
- Your storage is built 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
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
How to get a quote
We quote once we have seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and discuss the design with you, and the written quote comes after. The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. To book a design visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Advice
How we price under-stairs storage
Several things affect the price:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The overall size of the piece
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
Ahead of the design visit, we will usually ask about:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Any ideas or images you have saved
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, once the room is measured and the design talked through. For a quote, tell us about the room on our contact form.