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Wall beds in Pollards Hill, Croydon
Wall beds in Pollards Hill: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. We visit to measure and go through the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- A real mattress for visitors
Wall beds in Pollards Hill
Wall beds for homes in Pollards Hill
The bed mechanism must be fixed securely, exactly as its maker specifies, to a wall and floor that can take the load. We check the wall and floor at the design visit, because the fixing has to suit what the wall is made of. Most enquiries start with a home office that also sleeps guests 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.
A loft conversion is a common way to add a bedroom to a semi or an interwar house, and the slope can take storage cut to its angle. Around Pollards Hill, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a large part of the housing. We work in lofts that are already converted, with each piece scribed to the slope and set level.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made at our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Location
- Pollards Hill (CR7, SW16, SE19)
- Area
- Croydon
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after fitting day
These points come up often when people plan wall beds. They help whatever the room:
- Treat new paintwork gently at first
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
- Check there is room for the bed to fold down
- Follow the mechanism maker’s mattress guidance
Follow the mechanism maker’s guidance each time you lower and lift the bed. Lower it steadily and keep the space in front clear, with children kept well back while it moves.
Think about the route into the room. Furniture made in a workshop comes in sections sized for stairs, landings and lifts, so it helps to know about tight turns.
Boards, parts and paint
Birch plywood
Shelving around the bed needs to stay straight, and birch plywood helps.
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting suits a cabinet you want to look crisp and is finished before it reaches you.
How we price wall beds
There is no set price, because there’s no set room. What affects it comes down to:
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Parking and unloading on your street
In London, parking can affect the price. Much of London is covered by controlled parking zones, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. It’s useful to talk about parking at the measuring visit.
Helping us understand the room
A little information at the start saves time later. If you can, send:
- Examples of the look you are after
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
The design visit is where every quote starts. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and discuss the design with you. Afterwards, we send a written quote. To book one, drop us a line using the contact form.
The problems wall beds solve
Some people are tired of sofa beds. With a wall bed, guests sleep on a real mattress, on a proper frame.
Most of the enquiries we get are about things like these:
- More floor space in a studio flat
- A study that doubles as a spare room
- A real mattress for visitors
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
Kingswood House, about 1.9 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Before you choose who makes it
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
What happens on fitting day
On the morning of the fitting, we start by protecting your floors and the route from the front door to the room. The sections made at our workshop come in next. How long the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. Each piece is levelled, scribed where the wall wanders and fixed to suit the wall.
- To begin, send us a few details through our contact form; a brief note on the room and how often guests stay is plenty.
- We visit to measure up, look at the wall and floor and make sure there is clear space in front to lower the bed.
- You receive a quote in writing for the wall bed and any storage.
- The bed housing and any shelves or desk are built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the cabinet in your home and fix the mechanism as its maker specifies.
- Before we leave we show you how to lower and lift the bed.
Before we arrive
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
- Tell us about parking near your home
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
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, use our contact form, and we’ll suggest a time for a design visit.
Advice
Wall beds in Pollards Hill: local notes
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Pollards Hill were built before 1919 (about 43%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 34%), 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. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Pollards Hill include Norbury Hall (Grade II), under half a mile west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can need listed building consent from the council. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. Strict stopping rules apply on red routes, which TfL runs. If your street in Pollards Hill joins a main road, it is worth telling us during the design visit. We can then plan where the van will stop.
For an older house near St Oswald, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice. If you live near Grangewood Park, a bedroom facing the green is best kept light, with the furniture on the side walls.
Pollards Hill is about 1 mile south of Thornton Heath, part of the London Borough of Croydon. We cover Pollards Hill as part of our work across Croydon, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Our work takes in places right across Croydon, large and small.
Here we cover the CR7, SW16 and SE19 postcode area for wall beds. You will find streets here like Green Lane, Croft Road and Downs Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for wall beds. We also cover the places around Pollards Hill: Norbury (1 mile north), Thornton Heath (1 mile south), Streatham (2 miles north-west), Streatham Park (2 miles north-west) and Mitcham (2 miles west). We also make wall beds in nearby places such as Croydon (3 miles south), Coulsdon (7 miles south), Purley (5 miles south), Broad Green (2 miles south), Selhurst (2 miles south-east) and South Norwood (2 miles south-east).
Around Pollards Hill
Around Pollards Hill, we cover homes near The Moon Under Water pub, Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls and Silburn Reid. The nearest railway station is Norbury station, roughly 0.6 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Crystal Palace Museum (1.5 miles north-east) and Croydon University Hospital (1.3 miles south). Not far away are Biggin Wood.
Common questions about wall beds
I live near Norbury station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Croydon and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can use our contact form with a few details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Is Pollards Hill in the area you cover for wall beds?
Yes. We cover all of Croydon and the rest of London, and Pollards Hill is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Should I send pictures?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough measurements. Show anything the furniture has to work around, like radiators or sockets.
What happens when you come to measure?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, but it helps to be around at the end.