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Wall Beds in Addington
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, designed for your room in Addington. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it is made at our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Hiding the bed when it’s not in use
- A study that doubles as a spare room
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
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Questions from Addington
Will a conservation area stop me having wall beds fitted in Addington?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Do you cover homes near West Wickham station?
Yes, homes across Croydon and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Do photos help?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space, particularly with rough measurements. You can send them when you drop us a line using the contact form.
How much room do I need in front of a wall bed?
That varies with the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there is enough space in front.
Do I choose the paint colour?
The choice is yours, and it’s agreed with you before painting. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you’ve chosen.
Is it possible to add a desk beside the wall bed?
Yes, that is a common request. Shelves and cupboards around the bed make the most of the space, and any new sockets are for your electrician.
Wall beds in Addington: what you get
We fit wall beds in Addington and across London. First comes a design visit, where we measure and look at the wall, followed by a quote. We make everything in our workshop and fit it in your home. How long fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote, so you will know beforehand. Typical reasons to get in touch are a bed that fills a little-used room and a home office that also sleeps guests; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Some post-war homes have lightweight partitions between bedrooms, so tall pieces stand on the floor and are fixed back where the wall allows. Because many homes around Addington date from between 1945 and the early 1970s, each wall is checked before anything is designed. Nothing heavy relies on a thin wall alone.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made at our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Location
- Addington (CR0, CR2, BR4)
- Area
- Croydon
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after fitting day
Painted fitted furniture is easy to look after. A few things help it stay looking good:
- Choose a mattress that suits the mechanism
- Clean the cabinet with a soft, damp cloth
- Keep children away while the bed moves
- Let us know what the wall is made of if you know
Check the mattress stays within the limits the mechanism maker sets, as a heavier one can affect how the bed balances. If you change the mattress later, check it against those limits.
Leasehold flats can have rules on alterations, so check your lease early. Your lease is something to check with whoever manages the building.
What affects the price in Addington
What you pay depends on:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The internal fittings
- Parking and unloading on your street
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
Every room is priced on its own, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. You will see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Getting in touch
A little information at the start saves time later. Where you can, include:
- How you want to use the space
- Whether it’s a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
Getting a quote starts with a few details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. To send them, use our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
What prompts wall beds in Addington
Sofa beds are not always comfortable for regular use. A wall bed takes a proper mattress, chosen to suit its mechanism, and the bed sits flat on its frame.
People typically get in touch with us about needs like these:
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A studio that works by day and night
The wider area includes historic houses such as Addington Palace, about 0.4 miles west. If your own home is a period one, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Before you choose who makes it
- A written quote that sets out the job
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
What happens on fitting day
You won’t need to do much on the day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and it is useful to have the room cleared beforehand. After that, it’s over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Post-war homes often have concrete or block walls, so the right fixings are part of the plan for fitting day. We protect floors and doorways as the furniture comes in.
- You get in touch and tell us about the room and the wall where the bed could go.
- At the design visit we check what the wall is made of, as a wall bed has to be fixed securely as its maker specifies.
- A quote in writing follows, covering the cabinet, the materials and the finish.
- The bed housing and any shelves or desk are made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the cabinet in your home and fix the mechanism as its maker specifies.
- We go through the bed with you; the cabinet has the spray-painted or hand-painted finish you chose.
How to prepare
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
Arranging a design visit
Rough sizes are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
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Wall beds in Addington: local notes
The biggest share of homes in the streets around Addington, about 96%, were built between 1945 and 1972, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The National Heritage List records 7 entries within half a mile of the centre of Addington. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. About 38% of households in the streets around Addington live in terraced houses, the 2021 Census shows. Terraced houses often have a narrow back bedroom and alcoves either side of a chimney breast, both good spaces for fitted storage.
Near listed buildings like Church of St Mary Addington, less than half a mile west of the centre of Addington, older homes may keep original joinery that wall beds can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. If your children go to Applegarth Academy or a school nearby, wall beds in a child’s room can be planned so the inside layout changes as they grow.
Addington is in the London Borough of Croydon, about 4 miles north-west of Thornton Heath. Wherever you are in Addington, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture made in our workshop and fitting in your home. Our Croydon coverage includes Addington, along with the rest of the borough.
We make wall beds across CR0, CR2 and BR4 for wall beds. Whether you live on a street like Lodge Lane, Falconwood Road and Addington Village Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Close by, we also work in Coney Hall (1 mile north), Forestdale (1 mile south), Spring Park (1 mile north), New Addington (1 mile south-east) and West Wickham (1 mile north). Elsewhere in Croydon, we also cover Thornton Heath (4 miles north-west), Croydon (3 miles west), Coulsdon (5 miles south-west), Purley (4 miles west), Broad Green (4 miles north-west) and Upper Norwood (5 miles north-west).
Around Addington
In Addington, that includes homes near John Ruskin College and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is West Wickham station, about 1.7 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include National Psychosis Unit (1.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Bramley Bank.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
You can buy wall bed units off the shelf, often for less, and they can work in a simple space. They’re made in standard sizes, so they may not suit uneven walls, low ceilings or alcoves. A bespoke cabinet is built for the room. In a flat with stairs or a small lift, large flat-pack units can be hard to get in, whereas fitted furniture is made in sections sized for the way in. The sections are joined once inside.
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, which the quote allows for. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design.
Why work with us in Addington
- Over 300 projects completed
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and what a quote should include.