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Wall Beds in South Kenton
Thinking about wall beds in South Kenton? It starts with a design visit to measure and talk through ideas, then a written quote.
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- A home office that also sleeps guests
Wall beds for your home in South Kenton
What happens on fitting day
With the carcasses fixed and level, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly. The time the fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and your quote sets out the fitting days. On fitting day, the sections are carried in, assembled, scribed to the wall and levelled. Hand-painted furniture can be finished on site; spray-painted pieces arrive finished from the workshop. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- We start with what the room is for, day and night.
- We visit, measure up and check the wall the bed will fix to.
- A written quote follows, covering the cabinet, the storage and the finish.
- The bed cabinet and any shelves or desk are built in our workshop.
- The bed and cabinets are fitted in your home and the mechanism fixed securely.
How to prepare
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
Starting with a design visit
To make a start, message us from the contact page and let us know which room you have in mind. We then arrange a design visit to measure and talk through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
Related advice
Wall beds in South Kenton
Studio flats benefit more than most from a bed that folds away. During the day, the room is somewhere to sit, work and eat; at night, the bed comes down. We can build shelves, cupboards or a desk around the bed cabinet to make the most of the wall. We make wall beds from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and people most often get in touch about a proper bed instead of a sofa bed and a guest room that sits empty most of the time.
Many 1930s houses have had a loft conversion, adding a bedroom under a sloping ceiling, and that slope can be used for storage built to the angle. Around South Kenton, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a large part of the housing. Our part starts once the loft has been converted, and the furniture is scribed to the slope and the walls.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made at our workshop. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Where
- South Kenton (HA9, HA0, HA3)
- Borough
- Brent
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
How we price wall beds
Not every room costs the same, and it comes down to:
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The overall size of the piece
- What goes inside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers
The inside of the furniture affects the price as well: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside.
What we need to know
There’s no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Any ideas or images you’ve saved
- Your postcode and the borough
- A few pictures of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it. For a quote, send us a few details through our contact form.
Looking after your furniture
The finish lasts best with a little care. Here are our suggestions:
- Let us know about the wall’s construction
- Plan a cupboard for spare bedding
- Check mattress size and weight limits
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
Follow the mechanism maker’s guidance each time you lower and lift the bed. Lower it steadily and keep the space in front clear, and don’t let children play with it.
Check how the cabinet will get into the room. Furniture made in a workshop comes in sections sized for stairs, landings and lifts, so let us know about narrow stairs or a small lift.
How it’s made
Shelves
We size each shelf for its span and load.
Bed mechanism housing
The mechanism sets the size of the housing and the mattress it takes.
Bedrooms in South Kenton: local notes
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 67% of the housing in the neighbourhood around South Kenton, with about 13% built since 2000, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of South Kenton include Windermere Public House (Grade II), under half a mile south. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, can need listed building consent. The council’s conservation officer is the person to ask before work starts. Red routes are run by TfL, with tight limits on where and when vehicles can stop. If your street in South Kenton joins a main road, it’s worth telling us during the design visit. We can then plan where the van will stop.
Close to Preston Park? Morning light matters, so tall pieces go where they will not shade the window. If your children go to Byron Court Primary School or a school nearby, hanging rails set low at first can be raised later, as children get taller. For a flat near South Kenton station, the route in is measured as well as the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
South Kenton is within the London Borough of Brent, about 5 miles south-east of Kilburn. From period terraces to newer flats in South Kenton, we measure the room as it is and design around it. We cover places right across Brent.
Every address in HA9, HA0 and HA3 is within our area for wall beds, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Streets in the area include Peel Road, Holt Road and Byron Road, and we cover homes on all of them for wall beds. Neighbouring places we cover for wall beds include Northwick Park (1 mile west), Kenton (1 mile north), North Wembley (1 mile south), Brondesbury Park (1 mile south) and Harrow on the Hill (1 mile west). Across the rest of Brent, our area takes in Kilburn (5 miles south-east), Neasden (3 miles east), Harlesden (4 miles south-east), Queen's Park (5 miles south-east), Church End (3 miles south-east) and Willesden (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in South Kenton
Our area takes in the homes around Wembley High Technology College and Windermere pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in South Kenton itself: South Kenton station. A little further out are St. Mark's Hospital (0.6 miles north-west) and St. Anns (1.4 miles north-west).
Honest limits
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. It helps to know these before you plan the job:
- Decorating around the cabinet
- Building work to make a wall sound
- Lease checks, which are for you and your building’s managers
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll tell you. How it works.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Birch plywood
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Fold-down bed mechanism
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Questions from South Kenton
Will a conservation area stop me having wall beds fitted in South Kenton?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. If you are unsure, the council can confirm.
I live near South Kenton station. Is that in your area?
Yes. We cover all of Brent and the rest of London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. Photos of the whole wall or room, including the floor and ceiling, give us a good idea of the space, especially with rough sizes. To send them, message us from the contact page.
Do I need to be at home on fitting day?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work.
What if the stairs or lift are small?
We plan the route in at the design visit. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doors, and the furniture is made in sections sized to get through.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, by arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you get in touch.