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Wall beds in Elmers End, Croydon
In Elmers End, we design wall beds around the room you actually have. Your wall bed is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- A bed that fills a little-used room
- More floor space in a studio flat
- A storage wall with a bed inside
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Boards, parts and paint
Moisture-resistant MDF
The moisture-resistant grade suits cabinets on cooler external walls, alongside good ventilation.
Shelves
We size each shelf for its span and load.
About our wall beds in Elmers End
A wall bed, sometimes called a Murphy bed, lifts up into a cabinet during the day and is lowered again at night. It lets one room do two jobs, 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 are living with a storage wall with a bed inside and a guest room that sits empty most of the time, that’s what wall beds are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
The front bedroom in many 1920s and 1930s houses sits above a bay, so fitted storage normally goes on the walls either side while the bay stays open. Around Elmers End, a big part of the housing is interwar, semi-detached or detached, so it is a room shape worth planning for. We measure every wall, even where the room looks square.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Place
- Elmers End (BR3, SE25, CR0)
- Borough
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about wall beds in Elmers End
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Elmers End station?
Yes, homes across Croydon and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with a few details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make wall beds for homes in Elmers End?
Yes. Elmers End is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Croydon and London. To get started, you can use our contact form with a few details.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. After that, you don’t need to stay in the room, but it’s useful to be around at the end.
What happens during the design visit?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We also check the walls and floors and note radiators, sockets and other things in the way, then send a quote in writing.
How is the furniture painted?
There are two ways to finish it: spray painted or hand painted. A spray finish is smooth and even, while a hand-painted one is easy to touch up later.
How long does fitting take?
Every room is different. How long the fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and your quote sets out the fitting days.
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How fitting works for wall beds
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site. The time the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. If you have a driveway, it can make unloading simpler, so it is worth mentioning at the measuring visit. Otherwise, a visitor permit or a nearby bay helps. Doorways, stairs and floors are covered on the way in.
- You contact us about a wall bed for a spare room or studio.
- We visit to measure the room and the way in, from the front door to the room itself. Mention parking as well, since vans often need a permit or a paid bay.
- We send a quote in writing.
- The cabinet is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections sized for the route.
- The cabinet is joined in the room, fixed securely and set level.
Preparing the room
- Let us know about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Take anything hanging off the wall we’re fitting to
Starting with a design visit
To get a quote, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us a little about the room and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and a written quote follows.
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How we price wall beds
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. The main factors are:
- The overall size of the piece
- Parking near your home
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
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, and that is part of the price. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit.
What to send when you get in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Where you live, with the postcode
The quote is built from the design visit. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. Afterwards, we send a written quote, so you can take your time with it. To book one, get in touch through our contact form.
When you need someone else
Not everything around wall beds is carpentry, such as an electrician, a plumber or a Gas Safe engineer. Here’s what to know:
- Advice on your lease
- Electrical work for reading lights
- Supplying mattresses
If in doubt, you can use our contact form and describe the room. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Hand-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
Elmers End homes and wall beds
In the streets around Elmers End, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 39%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 34%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. About 44% of households in the area around Elmers End live in terraced houses, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. London terraces normally have a small back bedroom and alcoves in the main bedroom, which suit fitted furniture. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Croydon are set locally. Depending on your street in Elmers End, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a council bay suspension may be needed. Let us know what the parking is like at the measuring visit.
If you live in a flat close to Elmers End station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room. Close to Winsford Gardens? Morning light matters, so tall pieces go where they won’t shade the window. If you live in a period home close to St James's Church, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Elmers End is within the London Borough of Croydon, about 2 miles west of Thornton Heath. We cover Elmers End as part of our work across Croydon, and the process is the same everywhere we work. We cover places right across Croydon, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
We work across the BR3, SE25 and CR0 postcode area for wall beds. We cover homes on streets such as Love Lane, Long Lane and Beck Lane, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. Other places close to Elmers End include Woodside (1 mile south-west), Ashburton (1 mile south-west), Selhurst (1 mile west), South Norwood (1 mile west) and Monks Orchard (1 mile south). Across the rest of Croydon, our area takes in Thornton Heath (2 miles west), Croydon (3 miles south-west), Coulsdon (7 miles south-west), Purley (5 miles south-west), Broad Green (2 miles west) and Upper Norwood (2 miles north-west).
Near you in Elmers End
The streets we cover here include those near The Mitre pub and Oasis Academy Arena, among other places. Elmers End has its own railway station: Elmers End station. A little further out are Beckenham Beacon (1 mile north-east) and Crystal Palace Museum (1.9 miles north-west).
Flats, leases and landlords
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Let us know about it when you contact us.
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, unloading takes some planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so tell us about it at the design visit.