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Window seats in Broadfields Estate, Barnet
Window seats for your home in Broadfields Estate: window seats for bays and under sash windows, with storage inside. Each piece is designed at a visit to your home, made at our workshop and fitted by us.
- Nowhere to keep blankets, toys or books
- Wanting a seat without blocking the radiator
- An empty bay that does not get used
Need window seats in Broadfields Estate?
Honest limits
We are carpenters, so some jobs belong to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Making good the walls, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Seat cushions, which you source separately
- Any change to radiator pipes, which needs a plumber
Not sure whether your space suits window seats? You can use our contact form and we’ll tell you before you arrange a visit. How a job runs, step by step.
What it is made from
- Birch plywood
- Lift-up lids or drawers
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Radiator grilles
Window seats in Broadfields Estate
Cushions are not something we supply, so we agree the seat size with you and you can have one made to fit. You can then choose the fabric and style yourself. We plan the depth and height so the seat is comfortable with a cushion on it. If you’re living with no space for toys and games and no comfortable place to sit in the light, window seats made from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted can solve it.
An interwar house usually has a proper landing, sometimes with a recess or an airing cupboard, and that space can take shallow fitted storage. If yours is one of the interwar houses, semis or detached homes that make up much of the housing around Broadfields Estate, the landing is worth a look as well as the hall. If a boiler or cylinder sits there, it keeps its clearances and access.
After the design visit, we send you a written quote. It sets out the design we’ve talked through, the materials and the finish, so you know exactly what you are getting.
- Where
- Broadfields Estate (HA8, NW7)
- Borough
- Barnet
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Also near Broadfields Estate
Also in Broadfields Estate
Flats, blocks and rented homes
In a managed block, the building manager or concierge may need notice before we arrive. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Tell us about it when you contact us.
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. At the design visit, we measure the stairs, the landings, any lift and the doors, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through.
How fitting works for window seats
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. On fitting day, we cut and scribe the furniture around these details, so it sits neatly against the room. How long the fitting takes depends on whether the seat has drawers, a lift-up lid or a radiator grille, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. A front path or side gate can make the carry from the van simpler. Gates, paths and steps up to the door are part of the route we measure. Floors are covered from the door to the room.
- To begin, send us a few details through our contact form; a brief note on the bay or sash window is enough.
- At the design visit we measure the window and the radiator, and plan a grille or open front so heat isn’t trapped.
- A written quote follows, covering the seat and the grille.
- In our workshop the seat is built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with the grille made to match.
- We fit it in your home and scribe it to the walls, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with some details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of pictures if you can take them. When you are ready, fill in our short enquiry form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and talk through the design, then send a quote in writing.
Advice
Could you do it yourself?
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
It’s worth being honest about cost: off-the-shelf furniture typically costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Window seats for homes in Broadfields Estate
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 52% of the housing in the area around Broadfields Estate, with about 20% built since 2000, 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. Controlled parking zones are run by the boroughs, so the rules in Barnet are set locally. Where a street in Broadfields Estate is controlled, a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension from the council. Parking near your home is worth mentioning at the design visit. More than half of the homes in the streets around Broadfields Estate (about 52%) date from between 1919 and 1939, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Bay windows are a feature of many interwar houses, and they suit a seat with storage below.
If you live in a flat close to Mill Hill Broadway station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room. Close to Edgwarebury Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and window seats can give those things a place.
Broadfields Estate is about 4 miles south-east of Finchley, within the London Borough of Barnet. We design and make window seats for homes in Broadfields Estate and across Barnet, as part of our work in every London borough. Our Barnet coverage includes Broadfields Estate.
Postcode districts we cover here for window seats: HA8 and NW7. Streets in the area include Clay Lane, Mowbray Road and Cranmer Road, and we cover homes on all of them for window seats. Nearby, we also make window seats in Edgware (1 mile south), Edgware Bury (1 mile north-west), The Hale (1 mile south-east), Burnt Oak (1 mile south-east) and Canons Park (1 mile south-west). Elsewhere in Barnet, we also cover Finchley (4 miles south-east), Barnet (4 miles east), East Finchley (5 miles south-east), Hendon (4 miles south-east), Whetstone (4 miles east) and Friern Barnet (5 miles east).
What’s near Broadfields Estate
We fit furniture in homes around The Northgate School and London Academy. The nearest railway station is Mill Hill Broadway station, roughly 1.4 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Elstree and Borehamwood Museum (2 miles north) and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (1.4 miles west). Open spaces near Broadfields Estate include Edgware Way Grassland.
Questions we are often asked
Do you cover homes near Mill Hill Broadway station?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London. To get started, you can use our contact form with some details about the room, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
Do you make window seats for homes in Broadfields Estate?
Yes. Broadfields Estate is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Barnet and London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with a few details.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. After that, you do not need to stay in the room, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.
What if my walls and floors are out of level?
Walls and floors that are not true are part of the job in older homes. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base, so there are no gaps at the sides.
Can you fit a window seat under a sash window?
Yes. The seat is set below the cill so the window can still open and close. Where there are shutters, the seat is planned so they still open fully. These details are measured when we visit.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, by prior arrangement. If a Saturday works better for you, say so when you contact us.
Why people ask for window seats in Broadfields Estate
Many people want a window seat for the storage beneath it. Under the seat there is room for blankets, toys, books and more. It adds storage in a space you’re not otherwise using.
Some of the things we’re asked to solve include:
- Toys spread across a bedroom floor
- A ready-made bench that does not fit the bay
- A sash window with space beneath it going to waste
- A bay window that’s hard to furnish
If your home is one of the older houses near St Andrew, a radiator under the window just needs a grille in the seat front.
Choosing a carpenter
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- Whether they measure the room themselves