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Upton Park Wall Beds
In Upton Park, we design wall beds around the room you actually have. Your wall bed is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
- Room for a desk and a guest bed
- A real mattress for visitors
Ask about wall beds in Upton Park
Bedroom storage in Upton Park
About 69% of the homes in the streets around Upton Park went up before 1919, and about 11% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. The age of a home tells us a lot about its walls, floors and ceilings, and so about how wall beds are fixed and fitted. Near the centre of Upton Park, Historic England’s list includes Boleyn Public House (Grade II), under half a mile south, and Passmore Edwards Library (Grade II), about 0.5 miles south-west. 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. Ask the council’s conservation officer before anything is fixed. Each London borough runs its own parking controls, and Newham is no exception. If your road in Upton Park falls in a zone, the van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what the parking is like at the design visit.
If your children go to St Edward's Catholic Primary School or a school nearby, the inside of wall beds can be laid out with adjustable shelves, so the space keeps up as children grow. For a flat near Woodgrange Park station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Upton Park is about 1 mile south-west of Plaistow, in the London Borough of Newham. From period terraces to newer flats in Upton Park, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. We list Upton Park among 26 places we cover in Newham.
Every home in E13, E6 and E7 is within our area for wall beds. Streets in the area include May Road, Fry Road and Cave Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for wall beds. Nearby, we also make wall beds in Greengate (1 mile south-west), Upton (1 mile north-west), Plaistow (1 mile south-west), Plashet (1 mile north-east) and East Ham (1 mile east). Other parts of Newham we cover include Stratford (2 miles west), Maryland (2 miles west), East Village (2 miles north-west), Three Mills (2 miles west), Mill Meads (2 miles west) and Custom House (2 miles south).
What’s near Upton Park
The streets we cover here include those near Lister Community School, The Service for Deaf and Partially Hearing Children and Boleyn Tavern and the streets around them. The closest station to Upton Park is Woodgrange Park station, roughly 1.2 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Newham University Hospital (0.7 miles south) and West Ham United Football Club Museum (close by, under half a mile east).
Wall beds in Upton Park: what you get
A home office that doubles as a guest room is a common request. A wall bed with a desk or shelves beside it lets the room do both, without the bed taking over. Cable routes for the desk can be planned in, while new sockets are for your electrician. We make wall beds from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the things people most often want solved are a real mattress for visitors and shelves or a desk around the bed.
In streets where many homes were built before 1919, as they were around Upton Park, lots of bedrooms have solid brick external walls. Those walls can be colder than internal ones, so wardrobes and storage on them are designed with ventilation behind and inside to help avoid condensation. Smaller back bedrooms in houses of that age are good places for wall beds.
The written quote is your record of the job. It describes the wall bed we’ve designed for the room, its materials and its finish, and the workshop works from it.
- Place
- Upton Park (E13, E6, E7)
- Area
- Newham
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from Upton Park
I live near Woodgrange Park station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Newham and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in Upton Park?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. It helps to tell us about parking during the design visit.
Does fitted furniture need planning permission?
Not normally. 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 may need listed building consent, so ask the council’s conservation officer.
Do you supply the mattress?
The mattress needs to suit the mechanism by size, depth and weight. We can talk you through what the mechanism allows, so the mattress you choose fits.
Can you come on a Saturday?
Yes, by arrangement. Tell us when you get in touch if a Saturday suits you best.
Is a wall bed safe for everyday use?
A wall bed is designed to be used regularly as long as they’re fixed and used as the maker specifies. We fix the mechanism securely to a sound wall or floor, and you should follow the maker’s guidance on lowering and lifting it.
Why people ask for wall beds in Upton Park
Others want the bed to be part of a wider storage wall. Shelves, cupboards or a desk built around it make the whole wall useful.
We’re often asked to help with:
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
- A bed that looks like cupboards by day
If you live near West Ham Park, a bedroom facing the green is best kept light, with the furniture on the side walls.
Choosing a carpenter
- Whether you’ll get a quote in writing, not just a figure
- How doors and drawers are fitted
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Standard units come in set widths and heights, so there is usually 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.
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it is easy to buy.
Materials and finishes
Bed mechanism housing
The mechanism sets the size of the housing and the mattress it takes.
Moisture-resistant MDF
A painted MDF front looks crisp, which suits the doors and side panels.
What happens on fitting day
Furniture made in a workshop still has to meet the room it’s going into, and fitting day is where that happens. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, until the line is tight. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and your quote sets out the fitting days. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Drilling into lath and plaster is done with care, so the plaster around stays sound. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- We start with how the room is used and who’ll sleep there.
- We visit to measure up and look at what the wall is made of.
- We send a written quote for the bed cabinet and storage, ready to check.
- The bed housing and any shelves are made at our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- Fitting day: the cabinet is fitted and the bed checked as it lowers and lifts.
Before we arrive
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
How to get a quote
For a quote for wall beds in Upton Park, send us a few details through our contact form. Tell us which room it is and roughly what you have in mind, with sizes if you have them. Next comes a design visit, followed by a quote in writing.
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Flats, blocks and rented homes
For flats on red routes or busy main roads, unloading takes some planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so tell us about it at the measuring visit.
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways along with the room itself, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through.