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Wall beds in Bushey Mead, Merton
In Bushey Mead, we design wall beds around the room you actually have. We design your wall bed at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- A home office that also sleeps guests
- More floor space in a studio flat
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Wall beds in Bushey Mead
We build the bed housing from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray painted in our workshop or hand painted. From the front, the folded bed can look like a set of tall cupboards, so the room does not read as a bedroom by day. We make wall beds from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a proper bed instead of a sofa bed and a guest room that sits empty most of the time.
A bedroom in a house from between the wars typically has simpler mouldings than a Victorian one, so fitted furniture can often run neatly to the ceiling. If yours is one of the interwar houses or semis that make up much of the housing around Bushey Mead, the top cupboards can hold suitcases and spare bedding. Skirting boards are cut around neatly.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Bushey Mead (SW20, SW19, SM4)
- Area
- Merton
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Bushey Mead
Do you make wall beds for homes in Bushey Mead?
Yes, Bushey Mead is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Merton and the rest of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, and then we send a quote.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Bushey Mead?
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. Let us know what parking is near you during the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Is a wall bed safe?
A wall bed is designed to be used regularly when fixed and used as its maker specifies. The mechanism is fixed securely to a wall or floor that can take the load, and you should follow the maker’s guidance on lowering and lifting it.
How much room do I need in front of a wall bed?
The bed needs room in front of it to come down, on top of the cabinet’s own depth. We check the space when we measure, so the design works.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character can require listed building consent, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
Can a wall bed go on any wall?
That is something we look at when we measure. Different walls need different fixings, and the mechanism maker’s instructions set what’s needed.
What it costs
The price for your room depends on:
- Where a van can park, such as a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The internal fittings
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- The number of doors and drawers
We do not publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a written quote, naming the materials and finish. To arrange a design visit, use our contact form.
Getting in touch
A little information at the start saves time later. Where you can, include:
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Your postcode and the borough
- Any ideas or images you’ve saved
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough measurements and some pictures if you have them. When you are ready, tell us about the room on our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a quote in writing.
How fitting works for wall beds
If anything comes up on the day, just ask. Most of the decisions were made at the design visit and set out in your quote, so the day itself is about careful fitting. How long fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In a 1930s house with a converted loft, the stairs to the loft room are often steeper than the main flight, so any section going up there is sized for them. Elsewhere in the house, the route is typically more generous. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- First, you tell us about the room and how you’d like it to work.
- We visit, measure up and check the wall the bed will fix to. We also check there is clear space in front to lower the bed.
- You get a quote in writing for the bed cabinet and any storage around it, for you to look over.
- We build and finish the bed housing and storage in our workshop.
- We fit it in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies. The finish is sprayed in our workshop or painted by hand on site.
Preparing the room
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Arranging a design visit
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. At the design visit, we measure up and talk the design through with you, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To start, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Boards, parts and paint
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting gives a traditional finish that suits older homes.
Birch plywood
Shelves beside a wall bed often carry books, and birch plywood helps them resist sagging.
What wall beds cannot fix
We don’t treat damp or carry out building work, and there are a few other limits too:
- Wiring for lights or chargers
- Strengthening or rebuilding a wall
- Lease checks, which are for you and your building’s managers
If in doubt, you can get in touch through our contact form and describe the room before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Shelves or a desk alongside
Bedroom storage in Bushey Mead
About 39% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Bushey Mead went up before 1919, and about 33% between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Bushey Mead include Methodist Church (Grade II), under half a mile north-west, and Cote Cottage (Grade II), about 0.5 miles north-west. 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, can require listed building consent. It is worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. Each London borough runs its own parking controls, and Merton is no exception. Depending on your street in Bushey Mead, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a council bay suspension may be needed. Let us know about parking during the design visit.
Close to Cannon Hill Common? Wall beds are usually planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay. The wider area includes historic houses such as Southside House, about 0.7 miles north-west. For a period home anywhere nearby, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design.
Bushey Mead is in the London Borough of Merton, about 1 mile north-east of Wimbledon. We design and make wall beds for homes in Bushey Mead and the rest of Merton. In Merton, Bushey Mead is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 20 places on our list.
Here we cover the SW20, SW19 and SM4 postcode area for wall beds. We cover homes on streets such as Gore Road, Edna Road and Wyke Road, along with the roads around them, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. The A298 run close to Bushey Mead; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Bushey Mead: Wimbledon Chase (1 mile east), Raynes Park (1 mile south-west), Cannon Hill (1 mile south-east), Copse Hill (1 mile north-west) and West Barnes (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Merton we cover include Colliers Wood (2 miles east), Eastfields (3 miles east), Merton Abbey (2 miles east), Mitcham (3 miles east), Hackbridge (3 miles east) and Wimbledon Park (2 miles north).
What’s near Bushey Mead
The streets we cover here include those near Harris Academy Wimbledon, The Edward Rayne pub and Ursuline Preparatory School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Bushey Mead itself: Raynes Park station. Well-known places in the area include Atkinson Morley Hospital (0.9 miles north-west) and Wimbledon Museum (1.1 miles north). Not far away are Cherry Wood.
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Why people ask for wall beds in Bushey Mead
Most people come to us with a guest room that sits empty most of the year. A bed fills the room whether anyone is using it or not, and folding it away gives the room a second life.
If you recognise any of these, it’s worth talking to us:
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- A spare room that is rarely slept in
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A bed that looks like cupboards by day
For a family home near Joseph Hood Primary School, hanging rails set low at first can be raised later, as children get taller.
Before you hire any carpenter
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure