Southwark · London
Surrey Quays Wall Beds
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, designed for your room in Surrey Quays. After a design visit and a written quote, it is made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- A bed that fills a little-used room
Ask about wall beds in Surrey Quays
How fitting day works
Once the main sections are fixed in place, any doors go on and any drawers or lids are fitted. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly, and then we check it all again. The time the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Before fixing into a stud wall, we check for pipes and cables, and heavy pieces are fixed into the studs or stand on the floor. Other trades handle any new sockets or plumbing, ideally before fitting day.
- You contact us about a wall bed for a spare room or studio.
- 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.
- We send a quote in writing.
- 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.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
Starting with a design visit
For a quote for wall beds in Surrey Quays, tell us about the room on our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
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Wall beds for homes in Surrey Quays
You need room in front of the cabinet to lower the bed, so we plan the layout with that in mind. Furniture in front of the bed has to be easy to move or kept out of the way when the bed is down. We make wall beds from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a playroom that can sleep visitors and a storage wall with a bed inside.
A large share of the homes around Surrey Quays date from 2000 onwards, and newer homes rarely have enough built-in storage for a bedroom. Wall beds can be designed around the window, the radiator and the door swing, so the room still works. Where the flat is in a managed block, check the rules on deliveries and lifts before fitting day.
Everything we agree at the design visit goes into the written quote: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Place
- Surrey Quays (SE16, SE8, SE15)
- Borough
- Southwark
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Bespoke wall beds or ready-made?
Sofa beds cost less and need no fixing, which suits some homes. A wall bed takes a proper mattress and gives back the floor, which can make a small room usable. Rooms in newer homes are often compact, and standard depths can take too much floor, whereas fitted pieces can be as shallow as the space needs. It still uses the full height.
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. We’ll talk through what you need inside at the measuring visit, then set it out in the quote.
Why us?
- 300+ projects completed
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Work across the whole of London
- Scribed to uneven walls
Take a look at our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and what a quote should include.
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Flat-pack or bespoke?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job.
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there’s typically a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
What we don’t do
We make and fit furniture, and we do not do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. Please bear these in mind too:
- Supplying mattresses
- Plastering or decorating the room
- Getting consent under your lease
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll tell you before you arrange a visit. How it works.
What it’s made from
- Hand-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Fold-down bed mechanism
- Birch plywood
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
Bedroom storage in Surrey Quays
About 42% of the homes in the area around Surrey Quays went up since 2000, and about 26% between 1973 and 1999, 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. The National Heritage List records 11 entries within half a mile of the centre of Surrey Quays. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. On TfL’s red routes, the rules on stopping and loading are strict. Where a home in Surrey Quays is on or beside a main road, it helps to mention that at the measuring visit. We will plan where the van can stop.
If you live near Deptford Park, morning light matters, so tall pieces go where they won’t shade the window. For a family home near Rotherhithe 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 The Terrace, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent.
Surrey Quays is part of the London Borough of Southwark, about 3 miles south-west of East Dulwich. Homes in Surrey Quays are part of the area we cover for wall beds, as part of our work in every London borough. Our Southwark coverage includes Surrey Quays and the places around it.
Every home in SE16, SE8 and SE15 is within our area for wall beds, from the main roads to the quieter streets. You will find streets here like Bush Road, Gomm Road and Lower Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for wall beds. Main roads around Surrey Quays include the A200 and A2208. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. We also cover the places around Surrey Quays: Rotherhithe (1 mile north), Surrey Canal (1 mile south-west), South Bermondsey (1 mile south-west), Millwall (1 mile east) and North Greenwich (1 mile east). Other parts of Southwark we cover include East Dulwich (3 miles south-west), Herne Hill (3 miles south-west), Elephant and Castle (2 miles west), Bankside (3 miles north-west), Southwark (2 miles west) and St George's Fields (3 miles west).
What’s near Surrey Quays
Around Surrey Quays, we cover homes near Spa School, The Surrey Docks pub and Bacon's College. Surrey Quays has its own railway station: Surrey Quays station. Well-known places in the area include Brunel Museum (0.8 miles north-west) and Tower of London (1.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Lavender Pond.
Questions from Surrey Quays
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Surrey Quays?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. 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 is useful to tell us about parking during the design visit.
Is Surrey Quays in the area you cover for wall beds?
Yes, Surrey Quays is within the area we cover, which takes in all of Southwark and the rest of London. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, followed by a quote.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, we can arrange Saturdays. Just mention it when you contact us.
How long will the wall bed take to fit?
Every room is different. How long fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote, so you will know before we start.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It is good to have someone there at the end to look over the work with us.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Boards, parts and paint
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF stays flat and paints beautifully, so it suits the doors on the bed cabinet.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is applied in our workshop, giving a smooth, even surface.