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Wall Beds in New Cross
Wall beds in New Cross: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. Every piece is made at our workshop and fitted in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- A studio that works by day and night
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
Need wall beds in New Cross?
Wall beds for homes in New Cross
A wall bed, sometimes called a Murphy bed, lifts up into a cabinet during the day and is lowered again at night. It means a room can work as more than a bedroom, so a guest room can double as a study or playroom. We build the cabinet around the bed to suit the room and paint it in a colour you choose. Most enquiries start with a study that doubles as a spare room and a bed that fills a little-used room, and the answer is made at our workshop from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
Homes in an area like New Cross can come from many different periods, so a bedroom could have solid brick walls, lath and plaster, blockwork or plasterboard. Each wall is checked during the design visit before fixings are chosen. If the room has a chimney breast, the alcoves can take fitted storage; if not, a full wall often works best.
A quote in writing is the clearest record of what we have agreed. It describes the wall bed we have designed for the room, what it’s made from and how it’s finished, and the workshop works from it.
- Location
- New Cross (SE8, SE14, SE4)
- Area
- Lewisham
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from New Cross
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in New Cross?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by 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 at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Can you fit furniture in a home close to New Cross station?
Yes. We cover all of Lewisham and the rest of London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
How are wall beds priced?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, storage and finish all affect the price. To arrange a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Is it possible to add a desk beside the wall bed?
Yes. We often design the bed as part of a wider storage wall, so the whole wall is useful. The design keeps clear space in front for the bed to fold down.
Will you provide a mattress for the bed?
The mechanism maker sets which mattresses suit the bed by size, depth and weight. We can talk you through what the mechanism allows, so the mattress you choose fits.
Should I send photos?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Honest limits
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. It is useful to know these before you plan the job:
- Advice on your lease
- Decorating around the cabinet
- Wiring for lights or chargers
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can message us from the contact page and we’ll give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Hand-painted finish
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Shelves or a desk alongside
More for homes in New Cross
Caring for painted furniture
New paint needs time to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. Beyond that, these tips help:
- Check there’s room for the bed to fold down
- Decide who the bed is mainly for
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
- Plan a cupboard for spare bedding
Small marks on a hand-painted finish can be touched up. Spray-painted finishes clean easily with a soft cloth and keep their smooth look.
Consider how often the bed will be used and by whom. It shapes the bed size and the type of mechanism as well as the storage around it.
From workshop to your room
You will not need to do much on the day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and it is useful to have the room cleared beforehand. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. How long fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Parking varies a lot across London, from permit zones to private bays, so let us know what’s near you during the design visit. If you live in a flat, any lift or building rules are worth checking too.
- We start with how the room is used and who’ll sleep there.
- We visit to measure up and look at what the wall is made of, as the bed must be fixed securely.
- We send a quote in writing for the bed cabinet and storage, ready to check.
- The bed housing and any shelves are made in our workshop.
- We fit it in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies. We show you how the bed works before we leave.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Empty the space we will be working in
Ask for a quote
To get a quote, message us from the contact page and tell us a little about the room and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.
Advice
What it costs
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- Spray painting or hand painting
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
- How big the furniture is
- Parking and unloading on your street
We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit. A larger piece means more material and more time. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
What to send when you contact us
Getting some details early makes the visit more useful. Where you can, include:
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Your postcode and the borough
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Rough sizes: width, height and depth
To get a quote for wall beds in New Cross, fill in our short enquiry form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
Wall beds for homes in New Cross
Homes built before 1919 make up about 43% of the housing in the area around New Cross, with about 19% built since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. The National Heritage List has 30 entries within half a mile of the centre of New Cross. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. All of London, Lewisham included, is inside the ULEZ. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in New Cross. How the van gets to your door is planned at the design visit.
If your home is one of the older houses near St James's Church, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Public Library, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent. If you live in a flat close to New Cross station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
New Cross is in the London Borough of Lewisham. New Cross is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Our work takes in places right across Lewisham.
We cover every part of SE8, SE14 and SE4. We cover homes on streets like Ivy Road, Mona Road and Avon Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want wall beds or another piece made for the room. New Cross is near the A2209 and A2210; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. If you are just outside New Cross, we also cover St Johns (1 mile east), Telegraph Hill (1 mile south-west), Deptford (1 mile north-east), Nunhead (1 mile south-west) and Lewisham (1 mile south-east). We also make wall beds in nearby places such as Catford (2 miles south), Sydenham (3 miles south), Hither Green (2 miles south-east), Perry Vale (3 miles south), Bell Green (3 miles south) and Lee (2 miles south-east). New Cross is one of the larger places we cover in Lewisham.
Near you in New Cross
Around New Cross, we cover homes near St. Paul's, Wickham Arms and Addey and Stanhope School and the streets around them. New Cross has its own railway station: New Cross station. Other landmarks nearby include Lewisham Shopping Centre (1.1 miles south-east) and Miller General Hospital (0.6 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s New Cross Gate Cutting.
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
A standard bed is simple and needs no mechanism, 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. Off-the-shelf furniture is designed for no room in particular, while fitted furniture is drawn for the room it goes into. It can be painted in a colour chosen for that room.
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 choose Bespoke Carpentry in New Cross
- More than 300 projects completed
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Work across the whole of London
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.