Hackney · London
Wall Beds in Manor House
Wall beds in Manor House: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
Wall beds designed for your room
Wall beds for homes in Manor House
The mattress has to suit the mechanism, because the mechanism maker sets limits on size, depth and weight. We can go through what the mechanism allows when we measure, so the mattress you choose fits. We make wall beds from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and the things people most often want solved are a flexible room for a growing family and shelves or a desk around the bed.
Older bedrooms usually have generous ceiling heights, and a large share of homes around Manor House are that old. Fitted furniture can run right up to the ceiling or the cornice, with high storage for the things you use least. Original mouldings are worked around rather than removed, so the furniture suits the house.
Once you’ve read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made in our workshop. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so every detail can be checked first.
- Location
- Manor House (N4, N16, N15)
- Area
- Hackney
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions about wall beds
Will a conservation area stop me having wall beds fitted in Manor House?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, works inside that affect its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Can you fit wall beds to the uneven walls of an older house in Manor House?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Let us know when you contact us if a Saturday suits you best.
How much space does a wall bed need?
That depends on the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there is enough space in front.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
It’s a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
Do you do the electrics?
No. We are carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and new sockets should be in place before fitting day.
Boards, parts and paint
Bed mechanism housing
The housing has to be strong and square, so it is built from sturdy board. It’s fixed to a sound wall or floor.
Hand-painted finish
Hand painting suits a cabinet that should match the room’s woodwork.
Why people ask for wall beds in Manor House
Studio flats and small one-bedroom flats are another reason. A bed that folds up gives you a living room in the day and a bedroom at night.
Here’s what wall beds can help with:
- A bed that looks like cupboards by day
- A studio that works by day and night
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
For an older house near Church of St Olave, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
Choosing a carpenter
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
Manor House homes and wall beds
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Manor House were built before 1919 (about 54%) and since 2000 (about 18%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for wall beds, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Manor House include Engine House of Metropolitan Water Board (Grade II*), about 0.5 miles south, and Church of St Olave (Grade II), less than half a mile east. 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. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 31% of households in the neighbourhood around Manor House, in the ONS Census 2021 figures. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it’s worth checking yours first.
The wider area includes historic houses such as Bruce Castle, about 2.1 miles north-east. If your own home is a period one, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design. Living in a block of flats near Harringay Green Lanes station? Then the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Manor House is part of the London Borough of Hackney, about 3 miles south of Shoreditch. We can visit homes in Manor House on weekdays, or on a Saturday by arrangement. In Hackney, Manor House is one of the places we cover.
We work across N4, N16 and N15. If your home is on a street like Vale Road, Eade Road and Swan Lane, or close by, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Manor House is near the A503; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. Nearby, we also make wall beds in Harringay (1 mile north), St Ann's (1 mile north-east), Stoke Newington (1 mile south-east), Stamford Hill (1 mile east) and West Green (1 mile north). Elsewhere in Hackney, we also cover Shoreditch (3 miles south), Hoxton (3 miles south), Homerton (3 miles south-east), Hackney (3 miles south-east), De Beauvoir Town (2 miles south) and Hackney Central (3 miles south-east).
What’s near Manor House
We fit furniture in homes around Beaconsfield pub, Church of St Andrew and Woodberry Down School. There’s a railway station in Manor House itself: Harringay Green Lanes station. Nearby you’ll also find City of London Maternity Hospital (1 mile west) and The Mall Wood Green (1.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Woodberry Wetlands.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is typically a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
Looking after your furniture
Fitted furniture is part of the room, so it’s worth looking after. A few pointers help:
- Consider how many people will sleep in it
- Plan a cupboard for spare bedding
- Clean the cabinet with a soft, damp cloth
- Check your lease if you live in a flat
Check the mattress stays within the limits the mechanism maker sets, as a heavier one can affect how the bed balances. A new mattress should suit the mechanism too.
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.
What happens on fitting day
Getting everything level comes first. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that’s solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You let us know about the room and who the bed is for.
- At the design visit we measure the room and check the wall and floor.
- A quote follows, setting out the design and finish.
- We build and finish everything in our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies. We show you how the bed works before we leave.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
How to get a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line give us a good feel for the space. To send them over, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.