Haringey · London
Stroud Green Wall Beds
Thinking about wall beds in Stroud Green? We start with a design visit and a quote in writing, before anything is made.
- A studio that works by day and night
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
Wall beds designed for your room
Wall beds in Stroud Green: what you get
You need room in front of the cabinet to lower the bed, and that shapes the design. We think about where a chair, rug or desk will go when the bed is down. If your home has a bed that fills a little-used room and a hobby room with a bed for guests, wall beds made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
Floors in older houses often slope, and a large share of the homes around Stroud Green are that old. Fitted furniture sits on a plinth or adjustable feet set level, so doors close square and the gaps stay even. The scribe at the wall takes up any bow in the plaster.
Everything we agree at the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If you’d like to change anything, it is easier before the furniture is made.
- Where
- Stroud Green (N4, N8, N19)
- Area
- Haringey
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Stroud Green homes and wall beds
In the neighbourhood around Stroud Green, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 73%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 9%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. 8 conservation areas have at least part of their area less than a mile from the middle of Stroud Green. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 39% of households in the streets around Stroud Green, the 2021 Census shows. In a converted house, rooms can be odd shapes, with new partitions meeting old walls, and the route in may go through a shared hall and stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it’s worth checking yours first.
If you live in a period home close to Holy Trinity, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Hornsey Town Hall, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent. The wider area includes historic houses like Witanhurst, about 1.9 miles west. If your own home is a period one, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design.
Stroud Green is about 2 miles north-east of Tottenham, within the London Borough of Haringey. Homes in Stroud Green are part of the area we cover for wall beds, as part of our work in every London borough. Stroud Green is one of the places in Haringey where we make wall beds.
We work across the N4, N8 and N19 postcode area. We cover homes on streets such as Ella Road, Lorne Road and Ridge Road, along with the roads around them, whether you want wall beds or another piece made for the room. Main roads around Stroud Green include the A1201. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you are just outside Stroud Green, we also cover Finsbury Park (1 mile south-east), Crouch End (1 mile west), Hornsey (1 mile north-west), Turnpike Lane (1 mile north) and Upper Holloway (1 mile south-west). We also make wall beds in nearby places like Tottenham (2 miles north-east), Wood Green (2 miles north), Tottenham Green (2 miles north-east), South Tottenham (2 miles east), Seven Sisters (2 miles east) and Bowes Park (2 miles north).
What’s near Stroud Green
Around Stroud Green, we cover homes near Woodberry Down School, Hornsey School for Girls and Beaconsfield pub and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Stroud Green itself: Harringay station. Well-known places in the area include City of London Maternity Hospital (0.7 miles south-west) and Arsenal Football Club Museum (1.4 miles south). For a walk, there is Railway Fields and Highgate Hill.
Boards, parts and paint
Shelves
We can add shelving around the bed to make use of the whole wall.
Spray-painted finish
For a sleek front, spray painting works well, and it’s done before fitting.
What it costs
What it costs comes down to the materials and the time involved. That depends on:
- Awkward walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- The number of doors and drawers
- The internal fittings
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside, and the quote follows.
What we need to know
These details help when you get in touch:
- Your postcode and the borough
- How you want to use the space
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
To get a quote, get in touch through our contact form and tell us a little about the room and roughly what you’d like. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
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Fitting day, step by step
Every fitting follows the same order: floors are protected, the sections come in, everything is levelled, scribed to the walls, fixed and finished. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. 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. In houses converted into flats, the route in may include a shared hall and stairs, so neighbours may appreciate a note before fitting day. Each section is sized for the tightest door or turn. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You contact us about a wall bed for a spare room or studio.
- We visit to measure the room and the way in, from the front door to the room itself. Mention parking as well, since vans often need a permit or a paid bay.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- In our workshop we build the bed cabinet in sections from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The cabinet is joined in the room, fixed securely and set level, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
Getting a quote
A quote begins with some details from you: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. To send them, use our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a written quote.
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Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf units can leave gaps at the sides or top. A bespoke cabinet can run the full width and height and fill the rest of the wall with storage. Ready-made tall pieces have to be fixed to the wall for safety, and in an older house that can mean fixing into brick or lath and plaster. Fitted furniture is designed with the wall in mind.
How it is painted is part of the price: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What you get with us
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday visits and fitting by arrangement
- We visit, measure and discuss the design before we quote
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.
Honest limits
We make and fit furniture, and we do not do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. Please bear these in mind too:
- Lease checks, which are for you and your building’s managers
- New sockets, lighting or wiring (your electrician)
- Building work to make a wall sound
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Fold-down bed mechanism
Questions from Stroud Green
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Stroud Green?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor’s permit, a paid parking bay or a bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It helps to let us know about parking during the design visit, so the day can be planned around it.
How do you fit wall beds in a flat in Stroud Green?
We measure the route in not just the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. Wall beds are made at our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. We’re carpenters, so electrical work is for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design, and any new sockets are best done before fitting day.
How much does a wall bed cost?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, storage and finish all affect the price. To arrange a design visit, send us a few details through our contact form.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
It needs a little planning: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. Damp treatment is not something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Will you provide a mattress for the bed?
The mattress needs to suit the mechanism, including its size, depth and weight. We can talk you through what the mechanism allows, so the mattress you choose fits.