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Under-Stairs Storage in Woodside
We make under-stairs storage in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood for homes in Woodside. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- An old cupboard door that does not suit the hall
- Space under the stairs that’s hard to use
- Cleaning things with no proper home
Under-stairs storage in Woodside
Caring for painted furniture
Fresh paintwork takes a while to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Measure your vacuum cleaner and ironing board
- Look for meters, a fuse board or pipes before we visit
- Bring paint colours you like to the design visit
- Tell us if the hall is being decorated
We run each drawer and open each door with you before we go. Any door to a meter or fuse board is checked so it opens fully and leaves the meter in view. You’ll know everything works as planned.
Sharp tools and heavy boxes can chip a painted edge. Store tools in a box or bag, not loose against the doors. A small chip on a hand-painted finish is easy to touch in.
How we make under-stairs storage for Woodside
Under-stairs cupboards often hold a gas meter, an electricity meter or the fuse board. These must stay easy to reach for meter readers and engineers. Our designs keep a clear way to them, often behind their own door, so you gain storage without losing access. If you’re not sure what’s under your stairs in Woodside, we’ll look when we visit. People usually come to us about no room for a small desk or a place to work and a meter or fuse board buried behind clutter, and the answer is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
Older rooms often suit panelled doors, newer rooms plainer ones. Whatever your home in Woodside is like, the door style is part of the design conversation. You choose the colour, spray-painted in the workshop or hand-painted on site.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Woodside (CR0, SE25, CR9)
- Borough
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about under-stairs storage
Do you make under-stairs storage for homes in Woodside?
Yes. Woodside is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Croydon and London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Woodside?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It is useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
Can the under-stairs storage be painted to match the hall?
Yes. The storage is spray-painted or hand-painted in a colour agreed with you. It can match the walls, the stairs or the woodwork, so it sits quietly in the hall.
Do photos help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough measurements. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to let us in. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Which materials go into your under-stairs cupboards?
We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The doors and fronts are MDF, which is stable and paints well, and birch plywood is strong, so it suits drawer boxes and carcasses. Everything is finished by spray painting or hand painting.
Boards, parts and paint
Pull-out drawers
The back of an under-stairs space is hard to reach, so drawers that slide out are often the answer. Everything is in view when the drawer is open. Shoe drawers, a drawer for the vacuum and drawers for cleaning things are all possible.
Doors and drawer fronts
What you see of the storage is mostly the doors and drawer fronts. They can be plain or panelled, with handles chosen to suit the hall. Their tops follow the angle of the stairs.
Nearby places to Woodside
Other services in Woodside
What it costs
A few things affect what fitted furniture costs:
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- How square the room is
- Doors and drawers, and how many
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that is part of the price. Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured.
Getting in touch
A few details help us understand the job before we visit. It’s useful to include:
- The type of home and how the room is reached
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
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. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
The real difference is in the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. 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. That is something we plan for in the design.
How fitting works for under-stairs storage
Every fitting follows the same order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. The time the fitting takes depends on how much storage you want under the stairs, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Before fitting day, we check the route in as well as the room, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route. We cover floors and doorways on the way in.
- You let us know about the stairs and what you’d like to store, 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.
- The storage is made at our workshop and painted in your colour. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The storage is fitted, scribed to the stairs and checked with you.
Before fitting day
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
Ask for a quote
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To arrange it, get in touch through our contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
Related advice
Fitted storage in Woodside
About 44% of the homes in the area around Woodside went up before 1919, and about 26% between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Near the centre of Woodside, Historic England’s list includes Church of St Luke (Grade II), under half a mile north-east, and Woodside Cottage (Grade II), under half a mile north. 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. It’s worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. TfL’s Ultra Low Emission Zone covers every part of London, Croydon included. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in Woodside is covered by it. We go through parking and access at the measuring visit.
Addington Palace, about 2.4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage. Close to Ashburton Park? Under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For a flat near Norwood Junction station, it helps to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Woodside is part of the London Borough of Croydon, about 2 miles north-west of Thornton Heath. Anywhere in Woodside, it works the same way: a design visit, a written quote, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. In Croydon, Woodside is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 32 places on our list.
Every address in CR0, SE25 and CR9 is within our area for under-stairs storage. Streets in the area include Long Lane, Tudor Road and Coe Avenue, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Close by, we also work in Ashburton (1 mile south), Addiscombe (1 mile south), Shirley Oaks (1 mile south-east), Monks Orchard (1 mile south-east) and Shirley (1 mile south-east). Other parts of Croydon we cover include Thornton Heath (2 miles north-west), Croydon (2 miles south-west), Coulsdon (6 miles south-west), Purley (4 miles south-west), Broad Green (2 miles west) and Upper Norwood (2 miles north).
Local landmarks in Woodside
The streets we cover here include those near The Beehive pub and Oasis Academy Shirley Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Norwood Junction station, about 0.7 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find National Psychosis Unit (1.7 miles east) and Whitgift Centre (1.7 miles south-west).