Haringey · London
Wall Beds in Duckett's Green
We make wall beds for homes in Duckett's Green, designed around the room you have. Your wall bed is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- A home office that also sleeps guests
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
Wall beds in Duckett's Green
Wall beds in Duckett's Green
Spare rooms in London homes are often small, and the bed fills the room even when no one is staying. A wall bed gives that floor back during the day, ready for work, exercise or play. When guests come, the bed folds down. If your home has storage built around a fold-down bed and a guest room that sits empty most of the time, wall beds made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
Victorian and Edwardian bedrooms typically have a chimney breast on one wall and a recess either side. That layout is worth knowing around Duckett's Green, where a large share of homes were built before 1919. Fitted furniture can fill both recesses and bridge the chimney breast with high cupboards, leaving the breast itself clear. The flue behind is kept ventilated, and any damp is sorted first.
Where other trades are needed, for instance an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- Duckett's Green (N15, N22, N8)
- Borough
- Haringey
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What prompts wall beds in Duckett's Green
Others want the bed to be part of a wider storage wall. Shelves, cupboards or a desk built around it make the whole wall useful.
If you recognise any of these, it is worth talking to us:
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- A study that doubles as a spare room
Living in a block of flats near Hornsey station? Then the route in is measured along with the room itself, and the sections are sized to fit it.
What to check before you book
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- A quote in writing that sets out the job
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
What it’s made from
Birch plywood
Shelving around the bed needs to stay straight, and birch plywood helps.
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF stays flat and paints beautifully, which suits the doors and side panels.
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Fitting day, step by step
With the carcasses fixed and level, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. 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 we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In a period home, the furniture is fitted to walls that are not straight, so each piece is trimmed and adjusted on site. Floors are protected, and dust is kept down as far as possible. It helps to tell us about parking at the design visit, as terraced streets are often busy.
- First, you let us know about the room and how you’d like it to work.
- At the design visit we measure the room, look at the wall and discuss the design. We also check there’s clear space in front to lower the bed.
- A quote in writing follows, covering the cabinet, the storage and the finish, for you to look over.
- The cabinets are made at our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The bed and cabinets are fitted in your home and the mechanism fixed securely. The finish is sprayed in our workshop or painted by hand on site.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
How to get a quote
We quote once we have seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Pricing wall beds in Duckett's Green
Every room is different, so every job is quoted on its own. These are the things that affect it:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- How big the furniture is
- Spray painting or hand painting
The finish affects the cost: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
Getting in touch
Getting some details early makes the visit more useful. Where you can, include:
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- What you’d like to store or use the space for
- Your postcode and the borough
Getting a quote starts with some details: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of pictures if you can take them. To send them, fill in our short enquiry form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a written quote.
Duckett's Green homes and wall beds
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Duckett's Green were built before 1919 (about 62%) and since 2000 (about 12%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how wall beds are fixed and fitted. There are 6 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Duckett's Green. Being near listed buildings does not make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 23% of households in the neighbourhood around Duckett's Green, based on Census 2021. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. If your flat is leasehold, check your lease before anything is fixed to the walls.
For a family home near St John Vianney RC Primary School, a mix of drawers and shelves copes with school uniform as well as everything else. The wider area includes historic houses like Bruce Castle, about 1.2 miles north-east. For a period home anywhere nearby, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
Duckett's Green is within the London Borough of Haringey, about 1 mile north-east of Tottenham. We can visit homes in Duckett's Green on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. Duckett's Green is one of the places in Haringey where we make wall beds.
In N15, N22 and N8, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Whether you live on a street like Bury Road, Mark Road and Frome Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for wall beds. Duckett's Green is near the A1080, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. Other places close to Duckett's Green include West Green (1 mile south-east), Harringay (1 mile south), St Ann's (1 mile south-east), Broadwater Farm (1 mile north-east) and Tottenham Green (1 mile east). Other parts of Haringey we cover include Bounds Green (2 miles north-west), Highgate (2 miles south-west), Muswell Hill (2 miles west), Fortis Green (2 miles west), Northumberland Park (2 miles north-east) and Tottenham Hale (2 miles east).
Near you in Duckett's Green
The streets we cover here include those near The Queens Head pub, Park View School and Moselle Upper School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Hornsey station, about 0.7 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Markfield Beam Engine and Museum (1.6 miles east) and Greentrees Hospital (1.5 miles north). Not far away are Railway Fields.
Flats, conversions and lettings
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. We choose fixings to suit the wall, after checking the walls at the design visit.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways along with the room itself, so each section is sized to get through.
Common questions about wall beds
Can you fit wall beds to the uneven walls of an older house in Duckett's Green?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. We also work around skirting boards, picture rails and cornices. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
Do you make wall beds for homes in Duckett's Green?
Yes. We cover all of Haringey and the rest of London, and Duckett's Green is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and discuss the design, and then we send a quote.
Do you do the electrics?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We’ll design around them.
Can I send photos ahead of the visit?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Do you supply the mattress?
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.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Inside a house, fitted furniture doesn’t normally need planning permission. If the building is listed, works affecting its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first.