Lambeth · London
Lambeth Wall Beds
Thinking about wall beds in Lambeth? We start with a design visit and a written quote.
- A spare room that is rarely slept in
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A living room with a bed that folds away
Ask about wall beds in Lambeth
Honest limits
We do not treat damp or carry out building work, and there are a few other limits too:
- Strengthening or rebuilding a wall
- Electrical work for reading lights
- Choosing a mattress for you
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can tell us about the room on our contact form and we’ll tell you. How a job runs, step by step.
Materials and parts
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Spray-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Moisture-resistant MDF
Wall beds for homes in Lambeth
Not every mattress suits every wall bed, because the mechanism maker sets limits on size, depth and weight. We will talk through what suits the bed at the design visit, so you can choose a mattress that works. People normally come to us about somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep and more floor space in a studio flat, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted.
Many homes around Lambeth have been built since 2000, and in newer homes, bedrooms tend to be compact, with plasterboard stud walls. Wall beds are fixed into the studs or held by fixings made for the board. Where a small built-in cupboard came with the home, it can be reworked as part of the design.
Everything we agree during the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout, what goes inside, the materials used and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it’s easier before the furniture is made.
- Place
- Lambeth (SE11, SW1P, SW8)
- Borough
- Lambeth
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Bedroom storage in Lambeth
In the neighbourhood around Lambeth, the largest groups of homes date from the years since 2000 (about 36%) and before 1919 (about 21%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. The National Heritage List has 201 entries within half a mile of the centre of Lambeth. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so the rest of London is inside it. It applies to the vans that deliver and fit furniture in Lambeth, as it does anywhere else in London. How the van gets to your door is planned at the measuring visit.
For families living near Vauxhall Primary School, wall beds in a child’s room can be planned so the inside layout changes as they grow. The wider area includes historic houses such as Benjamin Franklin House, about 1.2 miles north. If your own home is a period one, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design. Close to Old Paradise Gardens? Keeping wall beds off the window wall keeps the room bright.
Lambeth is about 2 miles south of Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. Wherever you are in Lambeth, it works the same way: we visit and measure, send a quote in writing, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it. Our work takes in places right across the rest of London, large and small.
Design visits and fitting in SE11, SW1P and SW8 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. If your home is on a street such as Gibson Road, Langley Lane and Randall Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Main roads around Lambeth include the A3203 and A3204. We also cover the places around Lambeth: Vauxhall (1 mile north), Kennington (1 mile south), Oval (1 mile south), Newington Butts (1 mile east) and St George's Fields (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in the rest of London, we also cover Stockwell (2 miles south), Streatham (4 miles south), West Norwood (4 miles south), Clapham (2 miles south-west), Brixton (2 miles south) and Loughborough Junction (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Lambeth
In Lambeth, that includes homes near The Jolly Gardeners pub, Lilian Baylis Technology School and Lambeth Palace Library, among other places. Lambeth has its own railway station: Vauxhall station. Well-known places in the area include Evelina London Children's Hospital (0.5 miles north) and Baynard's Castle (1.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include St. James's Park Lake.
Fitting day, step by step
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. 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. Fitting day starts by covering floors and setting out the sections. The pieces are levelled and fixed with fixings that suit the wall. Any hand painting can be finished on site.
- First, you tell us about the space.
- We visit, measure and go through the bed, shelves and desk.
- A written quote is sent to you.
- Everything is built in our workshop.
- The wall bed is fitted in your home.
Before fitting day
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Starting with a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and go through the design with you, then send a quote in writing. Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. To book a design visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
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Bespoke wall beds or ready-made?
A bespoke wall bed takes more planning than buying a unit online. In return, the cabinet, shelves and finish are designed together. Standalone furniture fixed to plasterboard needs the right fixings, and often does not get them. Built-in pieces are designed with the right fixings from the start.
The finish affects the cost: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. The written quote reflects your choice, along with the size and fittings.
Why work with us in Lambeth
- Every quote follows a design visit
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Finished by spray or by hand
- 300+ projects completed
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
How it’s made
Birch plywood
For a sturdy cabinet, birch plywood is a good choice for a piece that moves every day.
Shelves
Shelves can go above or beside the bed cabinet for books, boxes or display.
When is bespoke worth it?
If you’re 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.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths.
Common questions about wall beds
Can you make wall beds for a home in Lambeth?
Yes, Lambeth is within the area we cover, which takes in all of London. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and go through the design, followed by a quote.
Do you cover homes near Vauxhall station?
Yes. We cover the whole of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room.
How much does a wall bed cost?
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. Each wall bed is different, so we quote once we have seen the room. To get started, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Can you fit a wall bed to a stud wall?
That depends on what the wall and floor are made of. The mechanism must be fixed to a sound wall or floor, as its maker specifies, so we check it at the measuring visit.
How do you get the furniture up the stairs?
The furniture is built in sections, sized for the route along with the room itself. That’s why we measure the stairs, lift and doorways at the measuring visit.
Can a wall bed have storage around it?
Yes. Shelves, cupboards or a desk can go around the bed cabinet, so the whole wall is useful. We plan it so the bed still has room to come down.