Bexley · London
Blendon Wall Beds
Wall beds in Blendon: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made at our workshop and fitted by us.
- A storage wall with a bed inside
- A real mattress for visitors
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
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Wall beds for homes in Blendon
You need room in front of the cabinet to lower the bed, so we plan the layout with that in mind. We think about where a chair, rug or desk will go when the bed is down. We make wall beds from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the things people most often want solved are a proper bed instead of a sofa bed and shelves or a desk around the bed.
With interwar houses or semis a big part of the housing around Blendon, bedrooms usually have regular walls, a window on one side and sometimes a chimney breast. That makes a full wall of fitted furniture simple to plan, laid out around what you store. If the loft has been converted, sloping ceilings bring their own options.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. The finish is stated too, whether that’s spray painting or hand painting.
- Location
- Blendon (DA5, DA15, DA6)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the price in Blendon
Prices vary from room to room, for these reasons:
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. A larger piece means more material and more time. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
What we need to know
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. It’s enough to send:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some photos if you have them. When you’re ready, fill in our short enquiry form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
Fitting day, step by step
With the carcasses fixed and level, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Interwar houses typically have a straight run of stairs and a reasonable hallway, but the route in is still measured, not just the room. Wall beds arrive in sections and are assembled in place.
- To begin, tell us about the room on our contact form; a brief note on the room and how often guests stay is plenty.
- 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.
- You receive a quote in writing for the wall bed and any storage.
- 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.
Preparing the room
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
How to get a quote
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and talk through the design with you, and the written quote comes after. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. To book a design visit, use our contact form.
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Common questions about wall beds
I live near Albany Park station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Bexley and the rest of London. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with a few details about the room.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Blendon?
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 helps to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
Is a mattress included with the wall bed?
The mechanism maker sets limits on mattress size and weight. We will explain its limits at the design visit, so you can pick the right one.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you contact us.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Normally not. Inside a house, fitted furniture doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings can require listed building consent for works that affect their character, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
Will a wall bed work on my wall?
That is 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.
Wall beds for homes in Blendon
In the area around Blendon, the largest groups of homes date from between 1919 and 1939 (about 63%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 22%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. 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 Blendon, Historic England’s list includes Jays Cottages (Grade II), under half a mile north, and Chapel House (Grade II), under half a mile north-west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for example removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. More than half of the homes in the area around Blendon (about 63%) date from between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Many interwar houses have a small room over the stairs, which suits fitted storage made around its bulkhead.
Close to Danson Park? Morning light matters, so tall pieces go where they will not shade the window. If you live in a period home close to St James the Great, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Blendon is about 1 mile south-west of Sidcup, part of the London Borough of Bexley. Anywhere in Blendon, it works the same way: a design visit, a written quote, furniture made at our workshop and fitting in your home. In Bexley, Blendon is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 27 places on our list.
Every address in DA5, DA15 and DA6 is within our area for wall beds, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Whether you live on a street like Penn Lane, Hurst Road and Brook Lane or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Blendon sits close to the A221, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. We also cover the places around Blendon: Bexley (1 mile south-east), Crook Log (1 mile north), Welling (1 mile north-west), Upton (1 mile north-east) and Bexleyheath (1 mile north-east). Across the rest of Bexley, our area takes in Erith (3 miles north-east), Belvedere (3 miles north-east), Northumberland Heath (3 miles north-east), Lessness Heath (3 miles north-east), Albany Park (2 miles south-west) and Bexley Riverside (3 miles north-east).
Near you in Blendon
We fit furniture in homes around St Columba's Catholic Boys' School, The Royal Oak Public House and Hurst Primary School. For rail, the closest station is Albany Park station, roughly 0.8 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find Bexley Hospital (0.8 miles north-east) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.3 miles south-west).
Do you need wall beds in Blendon?
Sofa beds aren’t always comfortable for regular use. With a wall bed, guests sleep on a real mattress, on a proper frame.
Here are some of the needs we’re asked about most:
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- Room for a desk and a guest bed
- More floor space in a studio flat
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
If you live in a flat close to Albany Park station, it’s useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- How they handle walls that are not straight
Boards, parts and paint
Birch plywood
For a sturdy cabinet, birch plywood is a good choice for a piece that moves every day.
Shelves
We size each shelf for its span and load.
What wall beds cannot fix
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. It’s useful to know these before you plan the job:
- Decorating around the cabinet
- Lease checks, which are for you and your building’s managers
- Strengthening or rebuilding a wall
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can message us from the contact page and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish
- Fold-down bed mechanism