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Under-stairs storage in Whetstone, Barnet
Under-stairs storage in Whetstone: 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.
- Coats and shoes piling up in the hall
- Needing a compact spot for a laptop
- Cleaning things with no proper home
Under-stairs storage for your home in Whetstone
Under-stairs storage in Whetstone
Not every staircase is in a house. A maisonette, a split-level flat or a staircase down to a lower floor can all leave space underneath. The parts we make in our workshop are sized to get through the doors and hallways on the way in. Wherever your home is in Whetstone, the process is the same. Typical reasons to get in touch are a dark, wasted space under the stairs and nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags, and the answer is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
In a family house, the hall and stairs typically carry the most clutter. Around Whetstone, where interwar homes, semis and detached houses make up a big part of the housing, fitted storage near the front door can take much of it. Meters and fuse boards stay easy to reach.
The furniture is built in our workshop after you’ve had the quote and decided to go ahead. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Place
- Whetstone (N12, N20, N11)
- Area
- Barnet
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Before anything is fixed, we set the furniture level. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth, which keeps the lines straight. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that’s solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Some interwar and suburban streets have driveways, which can make unloading easier, so let us know at the design visit. Otherwise, details of permits or nearby bays help. Floors and doorways are protected while the pieces come in.
- It starts with a few details from you about the space.
- At the design visit we measure and plan how you’ll use the space.
- A quote in writing follows.
- We make the drawers and cupboards in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted and finished, and we check each pull-out with you before we leave.
- Treat the fresh paintwork gently while it cures; a hand-painted finish is easy to touch up later.
Before we arrive
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Keep pets in another room while we work
Starting with a design visit
To get a quote, drop us a line using the contact form and tell us a little about the room and roughly what you’d like. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.
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What we don’t do
It helps to know what’s outside our work before you plan:
- New sockets, lights or wiring, which are for your electrician
- Any work on gas pipes or appliances
- Moving a gas or electricity meter, which is arranged through your energy supplier
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can get in touch through our contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Pull-out drawers
- Birch plywood
- Coat hooks and shoe shelves
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What else we make in Whetstone
The problems under-stairs storage solve
When a home is short on storage, the space under the stairs is too useful to waste. A well-designed under-stairs cupboard can take the coats, shoes, cleaning things and bags that would otherwise crowd the hall. It often eases the load on every other cupboard too.
Most of the enquiries we get are about needs like these:
- A low corner too deep to reach into
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- A meter or fuse board buried behind clutter
- A hallway crowded with coats and shoes
Living in a block of flats near Oakleigh Park station? Then each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Before you hire any carpenter
- How they handle walls that are not straight
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
Looking after your furniture
Looking after painted furniture is simple. These habits help most:
- Think about how your household uses coats and shoes
- Think about handles and how the fronts will look from the hall
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Let us know if the hall is being decorated
Decorating around the storage is for your decorator, and it is best to protect the new paintwork while they work. Masking tape can lift fresh paint, so it shouldn’t go on the new finish. If anything isn’t right, tell us about the room on our contact form and we’ll talk it through.
Don’t store things in front of the meter or fuse board. Readers and engineers need to reach them, and you may need to as well. With its own door, the meter stays in reach without much effort.
Storage in Whetstone homes: local notes
About 32% of the homes in the area around Whetstone went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 23% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Near the centre of Whetstone, Historic England’s list includes Lawrence Campe Almshouses (Grade II), less than half a mile south-east, and St James's Primary School (Grade II), less than half a mile south-east. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. Around a third of the homes in the streets around Whetstone (about 32%) date from between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. In many interwar houses the space under the stairs holds the meters or the fuse board, so the design keeps them reachable.
If you live near Swan Lane Open Space, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. For a family home near Queenswell Infant & Nursery School, under-stairs cupboards can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Whetstone is within the London Borough of Barnet, about 2 miles south of Finchley. Homes in Whetstone are part of the area we cover for under-stairs storage. Our work takes in places right across Barnet, large and small.
Design visits and fitting in N12, N20 and N11 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Our area takes in homes on streets such as High Road, Swan Lane and Dene Road, for under-stairs storage and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around Whetstone include the A1000. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you’re just outside Whetstone, we also cover Oakleigh Park (1 mile west), North Finchley (1 mile south), Woodside Park (1 mile south-west), East Barnet (1 mile north-east) and Brunswick Park (1 mile east). We also make under-stairs storage in nearby places such as Finchley (2 miles south), Barnet (2 miles north-west), Burnt Oak (4 miles west), East Finchley (2 miles south), Hendon (4 miles south-west) and Edgware (4 miles west).
Landmarks near Whetstone
Our area takes in the homes around Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, Finchley Catholic High School and Three Horseshoes pub. For rail, the closest station is Oakleigh Park station, about 0.8 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Finchley Memorial Hospital (1.4 miles south) and Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum (0.9 miles south-west). Open spaces near Whetstone include Darland's Lake and Barfield Allotments Nature Park.
Questions we’re often asked
Is Whetstone in the area you cover for under-stairs storage?
Yes. Whetstone is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Barnet and London. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Oakleigh Park station?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
How is under-stairs storage priced?
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. The mix of drawers, doors and shelves, and the finish you choose, all play a part. We set it all out in a written quote.
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. We make every part in our workshop, so the time at your home is spent fitting. If you’d like the fitting on a Saturday, that can be arranged.
Is it possible to fit storage around a meter under the stairs?
Yes. The design keeps a clear way to the meter or fuse board, often with a door of its own. Meter readers and engineers need access, so we never box them in.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and furniture inside a house does not normally need it. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
What affects the cost of under-stairs storage
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. The things that affect it are:
- Parking and unloading on your street
- How big the furniture is
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- Doors and drawers, and how many
Rooms that are not square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That is reflected in the quote, which we write after seeing the room.
What to send when you contact us
These details help when you contact us:
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
To get a quote for under-stairs storage in Whetstone, get in touch through our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, plus any rough sizes. We will arrange a design visit, then send a quote in writing.