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South Croydon Wall Beds
For homes in South Croydon, 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 study that doubles as a spare room
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
Wall beds designed for your room
About our wall beds in South Croydon
Many spare rooms are only just big enough for a bed, and a bed that’s used a few times a year takes most of the floor. A wall bed gives that floor back during the day, ready for work, exercise or play. When guests come, the bed folds down. We make wall beds from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a studio that works by day and night and a hobby room with a bed for guests.
Ceilings in homes built before 1919 are often tall, and a large share of the homes around South Croydon date from then. That height can be used, with fitted furniture taken up to the cornice and top cupboards for occasional things. Picture rails, skirting boards and coving are met neatly or cut around.
The written quote is your record of the job. It sets out the wall bed designed for your room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Location
- South Croydon (CR2, CR8, CR0)
- Area
- Croydon
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Materials and finish
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about wall beds in South Croydon
Do you cover homes near Sanderstead station?
Yes, homes across Croydon and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Is parking a problem for fitting in South Croydon?
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’s useful to tell us about parking during the design visit.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two options: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. Your quote sets out which you have chosen.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are largely about how buildings look from outside, 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.
How much time does fitting need?
Every room is different. The time the fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
Nearby places to South Croydon
What else we make in South Croydon
Why people ask for wall beds in South Croydon
Some people are tired of sofa beds. With a wall bed, guests sleep on a real mattress, on a proper frame.
Wall beds can help with:
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A hobby room with a bed for guests
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A home office that also sleeps guests
Addington Palace, about 2.4 miles east, 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 choose who makes it
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
Tips worth knowing
These points come up often when people plan wall beds. They’re worth knowing before and after fitting:
- Choose a mattress that suits the mechanism
- Lower and lift the bed steadily
- Allow space for pillows and duvets
- Let us know about the wall’s construction
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.
Think about who will sleep in the bed and how often. That helps decide its size and the mechanism as well as the storage around it.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Tell us about it when you get in touch.
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 measuring visit.
South Croydon homes and wall beds
In the streets around South Croydon, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 52%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 17%), in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Within a mile of the centre of South Croydon, 3 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. All of London, Croydon included, is inside the ULEZ. It applies to the vans that deliver and fit furniture in South Croydon, as it does anywhere else in London. How the van gets to your door is planned during the design visit.
For families living near Purley Oaks Primary School, wall beds in a child’s room can be planned so the inside layout changes as they grow. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Augustine, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
South Croydon is in the London Borough of Croydon, about 3 miles north of Thornton Heath. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, South Croydon included. Across Croydon, we cover South Croydon and the places around it.
We make wall beds across CR2, CR8 and CR0. Whether you live on a street like Edgar Road, Bynes Road and Grange Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for wall beds. If you are just outside South Croydon, we also cover Croydon (1 mile north), Coombe (1 mile north-east), Sanderstead (1 mile south-east), Riddlesdown (2 miles south) and Kenley (2 miles south). Other parts of Croydon we cover include Thornton Heath (3 miles north), Coulsdon (3 miles south-west), Purley (2 miles south-west), Broad Green (2 miles north), Upper Norwood (5 miles north) and Selhurst (3 miles north).
Landmarks near South Croydon
We fit furniture in homes around Rutherford School, Harris Academy Purley and The Purley Arms, among other places. South Croydon has its own railway station: Sanderstead station. A little further out are St George's Walk (1.4 miles north) and Purley War Memorial Hospital (1.2 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Roundshaw Downs.
Fitting day, step by step
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. Someone needs to let us in, and the room should already be cleared. After that, it’s over to us: the floors are covered, the sections come in and the fitting begins. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and your quote sets out the fitting days. On fitting day in an older house, the main job is scribing to walls and levelling on floors that slope, so each piece is trimmed and adjusted on site. We protect the floors and keep dust to a minimum. It helps to let us know about parking during the design visit, as terraced streets are often busy.
- You get in touch with some details about the room. Mention who the bed is for.
- We visit, measure and talk through the bed, shelves and desk. What the wall is made of matters, as the bed has to be fixed securely.
- A written quote is sent to you.
- The cabinets are made at our workshop.
- The wall bed is fitted in your home.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Keep pets in another room while we work
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
Getting a quote
To get a quote for wall beds in South Croydon, use our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, with sizes if you have them. We’ll arrange a design visit, then send a quote in writing.
Related advice
Where other trades come in
Not everything around wall beds is carpentry, such as an electrician, a plumber or an engineer on the Gas Safe Register. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Mattresses, which you choose to suit the mechanism
- Lease checks, which are for you and your building’s managers
- New sockets, lighting or wiring (your electrician)
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can use our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Hand-painted finish