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Wall Beds in Richmond
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, for homes in Richmond. After a design visit and a written quote, it’s built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A real mattress for visitors
- A study that doubles as a spare room
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
Need wall beds in Richmond?
The problems wall beds solve
Most people come to us with a guest room that sits empty most of the year. A standard bed takes up the floor all the time, and folding it away gives the room a second life.
If you recognise any of these, it is worth talking to us:
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- A study that doubles as a spare room
If your home is one of the older houses near The Vineyard Church, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Have they thought about parking near you?
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
Wall beds for homes in Richmond
A wall bed needs clear space in front of it to fold down, and that shapes the design. Furniture in front of the bed has to be easy to move or kept out of the way, so the bed can come down without a shuffle. If you’re living with a real mattress for visitors and room for a desk and a guest bed, that is what wall beds are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Around Richmond, a large share of homes date from before 1919, and bedrooms in houses of that age often have a chimney breast with an alcove either side. Fitted storage can sit in the alcoves or span the wall, chimney breast and all. Walls and floors in older houses are rarely true, so the pieces are scribed to the wall and levelled at the base.
Once you’ve 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 every detail can be checked first.
- Location
- Richmond (TW9, TW1, TW10)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Wall beds in Richmond: local notes
About 54% of the homes in the streets around Richmond went up before 1919, and about 17% between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Part of Richmond is in the Richmond Hill Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. Planning controls in conservation areas are mainly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitting furniture inside a house does not normally need permission. The council can confirm if you are not sure. The share of homes built before 1919 around Richmond, about 54%, is well above the figure for Richmond upon Thames as a whole, about 38%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. That makes period details like uneven walls, alcoves and picture rails more likely to shape the design.
If your children go to The Vineyard School or a school nearby, the inside of wall beds can be laid out with adjustable shelves, so the space keeps up as children grow. If you live near Terrace and Buccleuch Gardens, wall beds are typically planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay.
Richmond is about 2 miles west of Twickenham, part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Design visits and fitting in Richmond can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. Richmond is one of 19 places on our list for Richmond upon Thames.
Design visits and fitting in TW9, TW1 and TW10 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets here like Kew Road, Dee Road and Park Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for wall beds. Neighbouring places we cover for wall beds include Petersham (1 mile south), St Margarets (1 mile west), Eel Pie Island (1 mile south-west), Ham (1 mile south) and Isleworth (2 miles north-west). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Twickenham (2 miles west), Teddington (2 miles south-west), Hampton (4 miles south-west), Barnes (3 miles north-east), Kew (2 miles north-east) and Hanworth (4 miles south-west). As one of the bigger places in Richmond upon Thames, Richmond is covered for wall beds and everything else we make.
Near you in Richmond
In Richmond, that includes homes near The Victoria pub, Kneller Hall Junior School and Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Richmond station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include South Middlesex Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Eel Pie Island Museum (1.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Richmond include Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens Lake.
From workshop to your room
Getting everything level comes first. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference, and that keeps the doors and shelves true. After that, it is fixed to the wall using fixings that suit the wall, whether that’s solid brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Terraced streets in London are often lined with parked cars, so it’s useful to tell us at the measuring visit what’s outside. Unloading is kept short, with sections taken straight inside. Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement.
- 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.
- A quote follows, setting out the design and finish.
- We build and finish everything in our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit it in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies. We show you how the bed works before we leave.
Before fitting day
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
- Book any lift and let the concierge or building manager know
Ask for a quote
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Because every room is different, the quote comes after the design visit. For a quote, use our contact form.
Related advice
What affects the price in Richmond
Prices vary from room to room, and it comes down to:
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- How square the room is
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- The overall size of the piece
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. We will talk through what you need inside at the design visit, and the quote follows.
Helping us understand the room
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
You don’t need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To get started, message us from the contact page. The written quote follows the visit.
Flats, leases and landlords
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, unloading takes some planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so tell us about it at the design visit.
Neighbourhoods near Richmond
Other services in Richmond
What it is made from
Bed mechanism housing
The bed sits inside a cabinet built around its mechanism and fix it as the maker specifies. The front can look like a set of cupboards.
Birch plywood
Birch plywood gives a strong carcass for a piece that moves every day.
Questions we’re often asked
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Richmond station?
Yes, homes across Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London are within the area we cover. 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.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Richmond?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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.
Is a wall bed safe for everyday use?
Wall beds are made for regular use as long as they’re fixed and used as the maker specifies. The mechanism is fixed securely to a wall or floor that can take the load, and the maker’s guidance on use should always be followed.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You do. The paint colour is agreed with you before anything is painted.
Should I send photos?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form.