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Wall beds in Shirley Oaks, Croydon
We make wall beds for homes in Shirley Oaks, designed around the room you have. Your wall bed is designed at a visit to your home and built in our workshop.
- A flexible room for a growing family
- A spare room that is rarely slept in
- A real mattress for visitors
Wall beds designed for your room
From workshop to your room
Getting everything level comes first. Where the floor slopes, we bring the furniture up to level on adjustable feet or a plinth, and that keeps the doors and shelves true. Only then is it fixed to the wall, with fixings chosen to suit brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. Loft stairs in an interwar house can be tight, with a low ceiling at the top, so pieces for a loft room are sized for the narrowest point. The main stairs in houses of that age are normally straighter. Each section is assembled and fixed in the room.
- You get in touch and describe the room.
- At the design visit we plan the bed cabinet and check the stairs, landings and any lift. Mention parking as well, since vans often need a permit or a paid bay.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- The cabinet is made at our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections sized for the route.
- We carry the sections in, assemble them and fix the mechanism as its maker specifies, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before we arrive
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Ask for a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space, particularly with rough measurements. To share them, tell us about the room on our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
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How we make wall beds for Shirley Oaks
The bed mechanism must be fixed securely, exactly as its maker specifies, into a wall or floor that’s sound enough to hold it. We check the wall and floor during the design visit, because the fixing has to suit what the wall is made of. If your home has a real mattress for visitors and storage built around a fold-down bed, wall beds made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
In a 1930s semi, the main bedroom often sits over the front room and its bay, which leaves the side walls for storage and the bay for light. Around Shirley Oaks, a big part of the housing is interwar, semi-detached or detached, so it is a room shape worth planning for. We measure every wall, even where the room looks square.
The furniture is built in our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- Shirley Oaks (CR0, SE25, CR9)
- Borough
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about wall beds in Shirley Oaks
Can you fit furniture in a home close to Elmers End station?
Yes. We cover all of Croydon and the rest of London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with a few details about the room, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Can you make wall beds for a home in Shirley Oaks?
Yes, we work across Croydon, Shirley Oaks included, and across the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Can a wall bed have storage around it?
Yes, that’s a common request. A desk beside the bed suits a room that’s an office by day, while new sockets are for your electrician.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Typically not. Fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission, even in a conservation area. If the building is listed, works affecting its character can need listed building consent, so check with the council first.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we will see what we can do.
Will a wall bed work on my wall?
That depends on what the wall and floor are made of. The mechanism has to be fixed securely as its maker specifies, to a wall or floor that can take the load, so we check it at the measuring visit.
What affects the price in Shirley Oaks
Not every room costs the same, for these reasons:
- How square the room is
- Parking near your home
- Access to the room, such as stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- Spray painting or hand painting
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 is useful to talk about parking at the design visit, so we can plan for it.
Before the design visit
A little information at the start saves time later. Where you can, include:
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Examples of the look you are after
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
The quote is built from the design visit. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. A quote in writing follows the visit. To arrange the visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Bedroom storage in Shirley Oaks
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 42% of the housing in the streets around Shirley Oaks, with about 18% built before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. It is a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Shirley Oaks include Church of St Mildred (Grade II), about 0.6 miles west. Works inside a listed home that affect its character, for instance removing original joinery or fixing into it, can require listed building consent from the council. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. About 51% of households in the area around Shirley Oaks live in detached or semi-detached houses, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. A house like that normally has more rooms to plan around than a flat, and sometimes a driveway that makes unloading easier.
If you live near Ashburton Park, a bedroom facing the green is best kept light, with the furniture on the side walls. If you live in a flat close to Elmers End station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Shirley Oaks is within the London Borough of Croydon, about 3 miles north-west of Thornton Heath. Shirley Oaks is part of the area we cover. Our Croydon coverage includes Shirley Oaks.
Every home in CR0, SE25 and CR9 is within our area for wall beds, from the main roads to the quieter streets. We cover homes on streets such as Poppy Lane, Baring Road and Craven Road, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around Shirley Oaks include the A232. Nearby, we also make wall beds in Shirley (1 mile east), Monks Orchard (1 mile east), Addiscombe (1 mile west), Ashburton (1 mile north-west) and Woodside (1 mile north-west). We also make wall beds in nearby places such as Thornton Heath (3 miles north-west), Croydon (2 miles south-west), Coulsdon (6 miles south-west), Purley (4 miles south-west), Broad Green (2 miles west) and Upper Norwood (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Shirley Oaks
In Shirley Oaks, that includes homes near The Cricketers pub and St. John's Church of England Primary School. The closest station to Shirley Oaks is Elmers End station, about 1.2 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include National Psychosis Unit (1.1 miles east) and St George's Walk (1.9 miles west).
The problems wall beds solve
Often the bed is one part of a bigger plan. Shelves, cupboards or a desk built around it turn one wall into storage, workspace and a bed.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
- A hobby room with a bed for guests
- Room for a desk and a guest bed
The wider area includes historic houses such as Addington Palace, about 1.8 miles south-east. If your own home is a period one, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
What to check before you book
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
Before and after fitting day
These points come up often when people plan wall beds. They help whatever the room:
- Give the paint time to cure fully
- Lower and lift the bed steadily
- Let us know what the wall is made of if you know
- Decide who the bed is mainly for
New paintwork takes a while to harden. Go easy on the doors and front at first, and clean the cabinet with a soft, damp cloth.
If you know the wall’s construction, mention it. Solid brick, stud walls and plasterboard need different fixings, and we look at it when we measure.
Why bespoke in Shirley Oaks?
Standard units seldom reach the ceiling or fit wall to wall. A bespoke cabinet can run the full width and height and fill the rest of the wall with storage. Doors, windows and radiators rarely leave a gap that matches a standard width, which leaves ready-made pieces sitting awkwardly. Fitted furniture is designed around them.
Getting to the room affects the job as well. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that’s part of the price. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space.
What you get with us
- We visit, measure and talk through the design before we quote
- 300+ projects completed
- Built around your room
- Work across the whole of London
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf and what to look for in a quote.