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New Charlton Wall Beds
Planning wall beds for a home in New Charlton? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a quote in writing.
- More floor space in a studio flat
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- A real mattress for visitors
Wall beds in New Charlton
About our wall beds in New Charlton
Many people now work from home in a room that also has to sleep guests. We can design a wall with a fold-down bed and a desk or shelving around it, without the bed taking over. We can allow for cables to the desk, though any new sockets are for your electrician. If your home has a spare room that’s rarely slept in and a guest bed that disappears in the day, wall beds made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
The positions of the window, the radiator and the door shape a bedroom more than its size. Whatever kind of home you have in New Charlton, we start there, then plan fitted furniture on the walls that are left. Furniture is kept clear of radiators so the room stays warm.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is built in our workshop. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Place
- New Charlton (SE7, SE18, E16)
- Borough
- Greenwich
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What happens on fitting day
There is not much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and it helps to have the room cleared beforehand, as we will have talked about during the design visit. After that, it’s over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. How long fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. It helps to clear the room and the route in before fitting day, including anything on the walls near the work. Floors and doorways are protected before anything comes in. Sections are then carried in and assembled.
- You get in touch and let us know about the room and how often the bed is used. A desk or shelving around the bed can be part of it.
- We come to measure, look at the wall and floor, and go through the layout with you.
- You get a written quote for the bed cabinet and any storage around it.
- The cabinets are made in our workshop.
- The bed and cabinets are fitted in your home and the mechanism fixed securely. The finish is sprayed in our workshop or painted by hand on site.
Preparing the room
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Ask for a quote
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit, once the room is measured and the design talked through. To arrange a visit, message us from the contact page.
Related advice
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
It’s worth being honest about cost: flat-pack is usually cheaper to buy. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
How we price wall beds
A few things affect what fitted furniture costs:
- How big the furniture is
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- How many doors and drawers there are
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
What we need to know
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
- Examples of the look you’re after
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
Rough measurements are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, including how level the floor and ceiling are. To get started, message us from the contact page with some details about the room. You receive a quote in writing after the visit.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
A normal bed has nothing to fix to the wall, which is a fair point in its favour. But if the room has other jobs to do, a wall bed lets it do them day after day. Ready-made furniture rarely suits a recess, a slope or an odd corner, and most homes have at least one. Built-in pieces are made to fit them.
Every room is priced on its own, because the size, the layout and the finish all vary. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. The figure comes in your written quote after the design visit.
Why work with us in New Charlton
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- We work across all London boroughs
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made or what to look for in a quote.
When you need someone else
We design, make and fit the furniture. In practice, that means:
- Plastering or decorating the room
- Supplying mattresses
- New sockets, lighting or wiring (your electrician)
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we will give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Spray-painted finish
- Fold-down bed mechanism
Questions from New Charlton
Do you cover homes near Charlton station?
Yes, homes across Greenwich and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with a few details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make wall beds for homes in New Charlton?
Yes, New Charlton is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Greenwich and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Do I need permission to fit furniture in a leasehold flat?
Possibly. A lease can require consent for alterations. Check your lease, as we can’t advise on it.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It can be done with some care: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
What space does a fold-down bed take up?
That varies with the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there is enough space in front.
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Wall beds in New Charlton: local notes
About 34% of the homes in the area around New Charlton went up before 1919, and about 29% between 1945 and 1972, according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. New Charlton is partly covered by a conservation area, according to Historic England’s records. The controls in a conservation area are mostly about the outside of buildings, so furniture fitted inside a house does not normally need planning permission. The council can confirm if you’re not sure. About 29% of homes in the area around New Charlton were built between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Post-war bedrooms are normally simple shapes, which suits fitted furniture along a whole wall, with fixings chosen for concrete, block or brick.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Church of St Luke, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. For a family home near Thorntree Primary School, hanging rails set low at first can be raised later, as children get taller. For an older house near St Catherine Labouré, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
New Charlton is about 2 miles east of Plumstead, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. From period terraces to newer flats in New Charlton, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. In Greenwich, New Charlton is one of the places we cover.
Here we cover the SE7, SE18 and E16 postcode area for wall beds. If your home is on a street such as Floyd Road, Priolo Road and Hasted Road, or close by, we can arrange a design visit for wall beds. We also cover the places around New Charlton: Charlton (1 mile south-east), Westcombe Park (1 mile south-west), Woolwich (1 mile east), Vanbrugh Park Estate (1 mile south-west) and Maze Hill (2 miles south-west). Across the rest of Greenwich, our area takes in Plumstead (2 miles east), Eltham (3 miles south), Well Hall (2 miles south), Coldharbour (4 miles south), Kidbrooke (2 miles south) and New Eltham (4 miles south).
What’s near New Charlton
Our area takes in the homes around Wildwood Montessori School and The Victoria pub. There is a railway station in New Charlton itself: Charlton station. Well-known places in the area include Charlton Athletic Museum (within half a mile south) and British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.6 miles east). Not far away are Gilbert's Pit.