Bromley · London
Penge Wall Beds
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. We make wall beds for homes in Penge, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
- A flexible room for a growing family
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
Wall beds for your home in Penge
About our wall beds in Penge
We fit wall beds in Penge and across London. It starts with a design visit to measure the room and check the wall, then a written quote. We make everything in our workshop and fit it in your home. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote, so you’ll know in advance. Typical reasons to get in touch are a proper bed instead of a sofa bed and a spare room that’s rarely slept in; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
Ceilings in homes built before 1919 are often tall, and a large share of homes around Penge are that old. Fitted furniture can run right up to the ceiling or the cornice, with high storage for the things you use least. Picture rails, skirting boards and coving are met neatly or cut around, so the furniture suits the house.
Where other trades are needed, for instance an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. The quote itself covers our work, from the design to the materials and finish.
- Where
- Penge (SE20, SE19, SE26)
- Area
- Bromley
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Why people ask for wall beds in Penge
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 are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- A bed that looks like cupboards by day
- A storage wall with a bed inside
- A studio that works by day and night
- A real mattress for visitors
Kingswood House, about 1.4 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
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Your questions about wall beds in Penge
My house in Penge is Victorian. Can you deal with uneven walls?
Yes. Walls in older houses are rarely flat or square, and floors are often out of level, so each piece is scribed to follow the wall and set level on a plinth or adjustable feet. 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.
I live near Penge West station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London. To get started, you can drop us a line using the contact form with a few details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
How much space does a wall bed need?
That comes down to the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there’s enough space in front.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It’s good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
How long does fitting take?
It depends on the design. 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.
Can you fit a wall bed to a stud wall?
It depends on the wall and floor. The mechanism must be fixed to a sound wall or floor, as its maker specifies, and we look at this when we measure.
Flats, conversions and lettings
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Let us know about them at the design visit.
For a rented home, access for the design visit and fitting day has to be agreed with the tenants. An agent can arrange access for you, and the written quote can go to whoever needs it.
Where other trades come in
Damp treatment and building work are for other specialists, and there are a few other limits too:
- New sockets, lighting or wiring (your electrician)
- Structural work to the wall or floor
- Making good the walls after other work
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can fill in our short enquiry form and we will tell you. Our process from visit to fitting.
What it is made from
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Spray-painted finish
Fitting day, step by step
Fitting day follows a set order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Hallways in period houses are often narrow, and the stairs turn sharply, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors, stairs and doorways are covered before anything is carried through, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- First, you let us know about the space. Mention who the bed is for.
- The design visit covers measuring, the wall and the layout.
- You receive a written quote.
- Everything is made at our workshop.
- The wall bed is fitted in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies.
How to prepare
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Getting a quote
Getting a quote starts with some details: the room, rough measurements and some photos if you have them. When you’re ready, drop us a line using the contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a quote in writing.
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Materials and finishes
Bed mechanism housing
We design the housing around the mechanism and the mattress it takes.
Shelves
A few open shelves beside the bed break up a run of doors.
Fitted bedroom furniture in Penge
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Penge were built before 1919 (about 47%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 20%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). That matters for wall beds, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. There are 12 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Penge. Being near listed buildings does not make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in Penge. How the van gets to your door is planned at the design visit.
For a flat near Penge West station, the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it. For an older house near Church of St John the Evangelist, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go.
Penge is within the London Borough of Bromley, about 7 miles east of Orpington. We cover Penge as part of our work across Bromley. Penge is one of 49 places on our list for Bromley.
We cover every part of SE20, SE19 and SE26. You’ll find streets here like High Street, Anerley Station Road and Station Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for wall beds. Penge is near the A234; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. Close by, we also work in Anerley (1 mile west), Crystal Palace (1 mile north-west), Sydenham (1 mile north), Gipsy Hill (1 mile north-west) and Upper Norwood (1 mile west). Across the rest of Bromley, our area takes in Orpington (7 miles east), Bromley (3 miles east), St Mary Cray (7 miles east), Chislehurst (5 miles east), Biggin Hill (8 miles south-east) and Plaistow (3 miles east).
Local landmarks in Penge
The streets we cover here include those near Crystal Palace School, Crooked Billet pub and Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, among other places. Penge has its own railway station: Penge West station. Well-known places in the area include Crystal Palace Museum (0.8 miles north-west) and St Christopher's Hospice (0.5 miles north). Not far away are Dulwich Upper Wood.