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Wall beds in North Cray, Bexley
For homes in North Cray, 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 spare room that’s rarely slept in
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A bed that looks like cupboards by day
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Wall beds in North Cray: what you get
In a studio flat, a wall bed can make the main room feel much larger. By day, the room is a living space; at night, the bed comes down. We can build shelves, cupboards or a desk around the bed cabinet, so the whole wall works hard. Most enquiries start with a hobby room with a bed for guests and a proper bed instead of a sofa bed, and the answer is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
A loft conversion is a common way to add a bedroom to a semi or an interwar house, and that slope can be used for storage built to the angle. A big part of the housing around North Cray is interwar, semi-detached or detached. Our part starts once the loft has been converted, with each piece scribed to the slope and set level.
A quote in writing follows the design visit. It describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish, so it’s clear what’s included.
- Where
- North Cray (DA14)
- Borough
- Bexley
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, blocks and rented homes
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, which we check at the design visit.
Bedroom storage in North Cray
In the streets around North Cray, the largest groups of homes date from between 1945 and 1972 (about 44%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 22%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how wall beds are fixed and fitted. Within a mile of the centre of North Cray, 4 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Detached and semi-detached houses are home to about 67% of households in the streets around North Cray, the 2021 Census shows. A house like that typically has more rooms to plan around than a flat, and sometimes a driveway that makes unloading easier.
Close to Foots Cray Meadows? A bedroom facing the green is best kept light, with the furniture on the side walls. The wider area includes historic houses like Hall Place and Gardens, about 1.4 miles north-east. For a period home anywhere nearby, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
North Cray is in the London Borough of Bexley, about 2 miles west of Sidcup. We cover North Cray as part of our work across Bexley, and the process is the same everywhere we work. In Bexley, North Cray is one of the places we cover, and the borough has 27 places on our list.
Postcode districts we cover here for wall beds: DA14. Whether you live on a street such as Water Lane, North Cray Road and Leafield Lane or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. We also cover Bexley (1 mile north), Coldblow (1 mile north-east), Ruxley (1 mile south), Blendon (1 mile north-west) and Upper Ruxley (1 mile south). We also make wall beds in nearby places such as Sidcup (2 miles west), Welling (2 miles north-west), Erith (4 miles north), Belvedere (4 miles north), Northumberland Heath (3 miles north-east) and Lessness Heath (4 miles north).
Around North Cray
Our area takes in the homes around The White Cross pub and Cleeve Park School, among other places. The closest station to North Cray is Albany Park station, about 0.6 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Bexley Hospital (1.8 miles north) and Bexley Museum (1.5 miles north-east).
Before and after fitting day
New paint needs time to cure fully, so go gently with it for a while. After that, a few simple habits help:
- Treat new paintwork gently at first
- Choose a mattress that suits the mechanism
- Keep the floor in front clear before lowering the bed
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
Check the mattress stays within the limits the mechanism maker sets, because a mattress outside those limits can affect the balance. 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 as well as the storage around it.
What happens on fitting day
The last stage of the day is the finish. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Interwar houses normally have a straight run of stairs and a reasonable hallway, though we still measure the route in not just the room. Wall beds arrive in sections and are assembled in place.
- First, you let us know about the room and how you’d like it to work.
- We visit, measure up and check the wall the bed will fix to.
- You get a written quote for the bed cabinet and any storage around it, for you to look over.
- The cabinets are built in our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit everything in your home and check the bed lowers and lifts smoothly. The finish is sprayed in our workshop or painted by hand on site.
Preparing the room
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Tell us about any meters, fuse boards or boilers in the area
Starting with a design visit
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and discuss the design with you, and the written quote comes after. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. To book a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Advice
Do you need wall beds in North Cray?
A flexible room is useful as needs change. We often hear from people who want a playroom or study that can still sleep guests when it is needed.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A studio that works by day and night
- A bed that fills a little-used room
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
If you live in a flat close to Albany Park station, it is useful to book the lift and tell the concierge before fitting day.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
What else we make in North Cray
FAQs: wall beds in North Cray
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in North Cray?
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. It helps to tell us about parking at the design visit.
Will a conservation area stop me having wall beds fitted in North Cray?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
What if the stairs or lift are small?
Getting it in is planned at the measuring visit. The stairs, landings, any lift and the doorways are measured, and each section is made to a size that will get through.
Is the furniture made to order?
It is built in our workshop, to the sizes taken at the design visit. Then we bring it to your home and fit it.
What finishes do you offer?
You can choose between two finishes: by spray or by hand. Spray painting gives a smooth, even finish, and hand painting is easy to touch up.
Do I get to choose the colour?
The choice is yours. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you have chosen.
Honest limits
Electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering and structural work are not part of what we do. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Plastering or decorating the room
- Getting consent under your lease
- Building work to make a wall sound
If in doubt, you can drop us a line using the contact form and describe the room. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish