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Wall Beds in Eltham
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. We make wall beds for homes in Eltham, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A flexible room for a growing family
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
Wall beds for your home in Eltham
Flats, leases and landlords
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Tell us about them during the design visit.
In conversions and newer blocks, many internal walls are timber or metal stud with plasterboard. We choose fixings to suit the wall, which we check during the design visit.
Wall beds in Eltham: what you get
We fit wall beds in Eltham and across London. It starts with a design visit to measure the room and check the wall, followed by a quote. The cabinets are made at our workshop and fitted in your home. The time the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and your quote sets out the fitting days, so you’ll know beforehand. If your home has a real mattress for visitors and a studio that works by day and night, wall beds made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
If you live in one of the post-war homes around Eltham, the bedroom may be modest in size but regular in shape. Where there isn’t much space in front, a careful layout helps everything fit. Concrete and blockwork walls need fixings chosen for them.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. The finish is stated too, whether that is spray painting or hand painting.
- Where
- Eltham (SE9, SE12, DA15, BR7)
- Area
- Greenwich
- 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)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Fitting day, step by step
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections built in our workshop. How long the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Post-war houses tend to have simple halls and stairs, which helps when the sections come in. Even so, the route is measured during the design visit. The pieces are assembled, levelled and fixed in place, with floors protected throughout.
- First, you tell us about the room and how you’d like it to work.
- We come to measure, look at the wall and floor, and go through the layout with you.
- We send a quote setting out the design, materials and finish, for you to look over.
- The cabinets are made in our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies.
How to prepare
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
How to get a quote
To get a quote for wall beds in Eltham, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, plus any rough measurements. We’ll arrange a design visit, then send a quote in writing.
Related advice
FAQs: wall beds in Eltham
Is parking a problem for fitting in Eltham?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. A van may need a visitor permit, a pay-and-display bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, and we’ll plan around it.
Do you cover homes near Mottingham station?
Yes, homes across Greenwich and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can fill in our short enquiry form with some details about the room.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. We are carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can allow for cable routes in the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Do I choose the paint colour?
You choose it. The paint colour is agreed with you before anything is painted.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so we allow for ventilation behind and inside the furniture. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
What finishes do you offer?
There are two options: a spray finish from the workshop, which is smooth and even, or hand painting, which can be done in your home. Your quote sets out which you have chosen.
Could you do it yourself?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it is easy to buy.
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
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What else we make in Eltham
Looking after your furniture
Fitted furniture is part of the room, so it is worth looking after. Here are a few tips worth knowing:
- Choose a mattress that suits the mechanism
- Keep children away while the bed moves
- Check there’s room for the bed to fold down
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
Small marks on a hand-painted finish can be touched up. A spray finish wipes clean and stays smooth and even.
Consider how often the bed will be used and by whom. It shapes the bed size and the type of mechanism, and whether a desk or shelves go around it.
How it is made
Birch plywood
Birch plywood is strong and holds screws well, which matters for the parts that carry the bed. Its layered edge can be shown or painted.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting suits a cabinet that should match the room’s woodwork.
Wall beds in Eltham: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Eltham were built between 1945 and 1972 (about 40%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 28%), 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. Near the centre of Eltham, Historic England’s list includes Eltham Lodge (Grade I), under half a mile north-west, and Great Hall of Eltham Palace (Grade I), under half a mile north-west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. It is worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. About 43% of households in the area around Eltham live in purpose-built flats, the 2021 Census shows. For a flat, wall beds are made in sections sized for the stairs, the lift and the doors. Many blocks have rules on lift booking and working hours, so check with the managing agent before fitting day.
For an older house near Church of Holy Trinity, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice. If you live in a flat close to Mottingham station, wall beds are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. Close to Horn Park? Wall beds are usually planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay.
Eltham is about 3 miles north of Plumstead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We cover Eltham as part of our work across Greenwich, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Eltham is one of the places in Greenwich where we make wall beds.
We work across SE9, SE12, DA15 and BR7 for wall beds. Streets in the area include Eltham High Street, Tarnwood Park and Elmslie Court, and we cover homes on all of them for wall beds. Eltham is near the A20 and B263; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. Neighbouring places we cover for wall beds include Middle Park (1 mile west), New Eltham (1 mile south-east), Well Hall (1 mile north), Coldharbour (1 mile south) and Avery Hill (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Greenwich, we also cover Plumstead (3 miles north), Greenwich (3 miles north-west), Woolwich (3 miles north), Westcombe Park (3 miles north-west), Maze Hill (3 miles north-west) and Charlton (3 miles north). Eltham is among the bigger places we cover in Greenwich.
Around Eltham
We fit furniture in homes around Eltham Church of England Primary School and The Greyhound Public House, among other places. Eltham has its own railway station: Mottingham station. A little further out are Eltham Community Hospital (within half a mile north). Open spaces near Eltham include The Tarn.