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Wall beds in Hounslow
For homes in Hounslow, we make wall beds from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. The finish is spray painted or hand painted, in a colour agreed with you.
- A flexible room for a growing family
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A living room with a bed that folds away
Wall beds for your home in Hounslow
Wall beds in Hounslow
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. If your home has room for a desk and a guest bed and a studio that works by day and night, that is what wall beds are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
In a 1930s semi, the main bedroom often sits over the front room and its bay, which leaves the side walls for storage and the bay for light. Interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a big part of the housing around Hounslow, so it’s a room shape worth planning for. Every wall is measured, as a room that looks square rarely is.
Materials are named in the quote: moisture-resistant MDF, birch plywood or both, depending on the design. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Location
- Hounslow (TW13)
- Borough
- Hounslow
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs: wall beds in Hounslow
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Sunbury station?
Yes. We cover the whole of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with a few details about the room.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Hounslow?
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, so the day can be planned around it.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. We will also ask about access and parking, and a written quote follows.
Will you provide a mattress for the bed?
What matters most is that the mattress suits the mechanism. We go through the mechanism’s limits when we measure, so you can pick the right one.
Will a wall bed work on my wall?
It depends on the wall and floor. The mechanism must be fixed to a sound wall or floor, as its maker specifies, so we check it at the measuring visit.
Do I choose the paint colour?
You do. We agree the colour with you, and it is set out in the quote.
Flat-pack or bespoke?
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. In an older room, standard units rarely manage that.
If you are handy, a simple shelf or a standard wardrobe in a square room is a reasonable DIY job. Sloping ceilings, uneven floors and lath-and-plaster walls make it harder.
Tips worth knowing
New paint needs time to cure fully, so treat it gently at first. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Think about how often the bed will be used
- Measure the clear space in front of the wall
- Choose a mattress that suits the mechanism
- Mention if the wall is a stud wall
If the bed ever feels different when you lower or lift it, stop using it and get in touch. Do not try to adjust the mechanism yourself unless its maker says you can.
Check how much floor there is in front of the cabinet. The bed needs room to fold down, so plan where furniture will sit.
Honest limits
Our work is the furniture itself: designing it, making it in our workshop and fitting it. That means:
- Plastering or decorating the room
- Advice on your lease
- Electrical work for reading lights
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can send us a few details through our contact form and we will tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What goes into it
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Hand-painted finish
Flats, leases and landlords
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, unloading takes some planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so let us know about it at the measuring visit.
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through.
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From workshop to your room
With the carcasses fixed and level, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. Each one is adjusted until the gaps are even and it closes cleanly. How long fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and your quote sets out the fitting days. It’s useful to clear the room and the route before we arrive. Fitting day starts with protecting the floors and setting out the pieces. The pieces are levelled, fitted to the walls and fixed back.
- To begin, drop us a line using the contact form; a brief note on the room and how often guests stay is plenty.
- We visit to measure up, look at the wall and floor and make sure there is clear space in front to lower the bed.
- A quote in writing follows, covering the cabinet, the materials and the finish.
- We build the cabinet in 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
Getting a quote
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, once the room is measured and the design talked through. To arrange a visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
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Hounslow homes and wall beds
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 make up about 36% of the housing in the streets around Hounslow, with about 31% built between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. About 31% of homes in the streets around Hounslow date from between 1919 and 1939, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Houses from that era often have a box room over the stairs, with a raised bulkhead in the floor, which suits fitted storage made around its bulkhead. TfL’s Ultra Low Emission Zone covers every part of London, the rest of London included. Vans bringing furniture to Hounslow fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. We go through parking and access during the design visit.
If your children go to Meadhurst Primary School or a school nearby, wall beds in a child’s room can be planned so the inside layout changes as they grow. If you live in a period home close to Church of St Dunstan, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go. Close to Sunbury Park? Wall beds are normally planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay.
Hounslow is in the London Borough of Hounslow, about 4 miles north-east of Hounslow. From period terraces to newer flats in Hounslow, we measure the room as it is and design around it. Our work takes in places right across the rest of London, large and small.
In TW13, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We also cover the places around Hounslow: Feltham (1 mile north-east) and Bedfont (1 mile north). We also make wall beds in nearby places such as Hounslow (4 miles north-east), Brentford (7 miles north-east), Isleworth (5 miles north-east), Chiswick (8 miles north-east), Strand-on-the-Green (7 miles north-east) and Woodlands (5 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Hounslow
Around Hounslow, we cover homes near Sunbury Manor School and Sunbury Manor School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Sunbury station, roughly 0.9 miles south-east. Nearby you’ll also find Kempton Steam Museum (1.1 miles east) and Ashford Hospital (1.9 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Kempton Park Reservoirs.