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Wall Beds in Aperfield
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, for homes in Aperfield. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- More floor space in a studio flat
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- A spare room that’s rarely slept in
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How we make wall beds for Aperfield
A wall bed, sometimes called a Murphy bed, lifts up into a cabinet during the day and comes down when it’s time to sleep. It means a room can work as more than a bedroom, so a guest room can double as a study or playroom. We build the cabinet around the bed to suit the room and paint it in a colour you choose. If you’re living with a home office that also sleeps guests and a flexible room for a growing family, that is what wall beds are for, made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
Many 1930s houses have had a loft conversion, adding a bedroom under a sloping ceiling, and that slope can be used for storage built to the angle. Around Aperfield, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a large part of the housing. Our part starts once the loft has been converted, with each piece scribed to the slope and set level.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Location
- Aperfield (TN16)
- Area
- Bromley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it is made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke wall beds or ready-made?
Ready-made wall bed units are available and typically cost less, and in a simple room they may be enough. They come in set sizes and finishes and rarely allow for an uneven wall or an alcove. Ours is made to the room you have. The spaces between doors, windows and radiators are seldom a stock size, so ready-made furniture often ends up in the wrong place. Fitted furniture is designed around them.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that’s part of the price. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design.
Why us?
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- Built around your room
- More than 300 projects completed
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
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Your questions about wall beds in Aperfield
Can you make wall beds for a home in Aperfield?
Yes, we work across Bromley, Aperfield included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with a few details.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Aperfield?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Electrical work is not something we do; it is a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You choose it, and we agree it with you before the furniture is finished. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you’ve chosen.
Can you fit a wall bed to a stud wall?
That’s something we look at when we measure. Solid brick, stud walls and plasterboard all need different fixings, and the mechanism maker sets out what’s required.
Do I need permission in a conservation area?
Not typically. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and furniture inside a house does not normally need it. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Fitting day, step by step
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. Someone needs to let us in, and it helps to have the room cleared beforehand, as we will have talked about during the design visit. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. 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. Semis and detached houses often have a front path or a side gate, which can make carrying in easier. We measure the path, any steps and the front door as part of the route. Floors, stairs and doorways are protected on the way in, and the sections are assembled in place.
- You get in touch with a few details about the room. Mention who the bed is for.
- We visit, measure and talk through the bed, shelves and desk.
- A written quote is sent to you.
- Everything is made in our workshop.
- We fit the bed and storage in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies.
Before we arrive
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
Ask for a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To start, message us from the contact page.
Advice
The problems wall beds solve
Sofa beds are not always comfortable for regular use. With a wall bed, guests sleep on a real mattress, on a proper frame.
People usually get in touch with us about needs like these:
- A spare room that’s rarely slept in
- Hiding the bed when it’s not in use
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- Room for a desk and a guest bed
Down House, about 1.7 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Which parts of the job need an electrician or a plumber
- Where they’ll park and unload
Flats, blocks and rented homes
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways as well as the room, so each section is sized to get through.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of.
Bedrooms in Aperfield: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Aperfield were built between 1945 and 1972 (about 29%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 25%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That matters for wall beds, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Near the centre of Aperfield, Historic England’s list includes St Mark's Church (Grade II), about 0.5 miles north-west. If your own home is listed, changes inside that alter its character, such as fixing into or removing original joinery, can require listed building consent. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. A quarter or more of the homes in the streets around Aperfield (about 29%) were built between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Post-war bedrooms are usually simple shapes, which suits fitted furniture along a whole wall, with fixings chosen for concrete, block or brick.
For a family home near Biggin Hill Primary School, hanging rails set low at first can be raised later, as children get taller. If you live in a flat close to Oxted station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
Aperfield is within the London Borough of Bromley, about 6 miles north-east of Orpington. We design and make wall beds for homes in Aperfield. Aperfield is one of the places in Bromley where we make wall beds.
We make wall beds across the TN16 postcode area. We cover homes on streets like Main Road, Haig Road and Lotus Road, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. If you’re just outside Aperfield, we also cover Biggin Hill (1 mile north-west), Berry's Green (1 mile north-east), Single Street (1 mile north-east) and Luxted (1 mile north). Elsewhere in Bromley, we also cover Orpington (6 miles north-east), Bromley (7 miles north), Beckenham (8 miles north-west), St Mary Cray (6 miles north-east), Chislehurst (7 miles north) and Plaistow (8 miles north).
What’s near Aperfield
The streets we cover here include those near The Old Jail Public House and Charles Darwin School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Oxted station, roughly 4 miles south-west of the centre. For a walk, there’s Betsom's Hill.
When is bespoke worth it?
Cost matters, and it is fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture usually costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is awkward, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, and standard units leave gaps.