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Kingston upon Thames · London
Window Seats in Coombe Hill
In Coombe Hill, we design window seats around the room you actually have. Your window seat is designed at a visit to your home and made in our workshop.
- Standard furniture leaving gaps in a bay
- Wanting a quiet place to read
- A bay with no furniture that fits
Window seats designed for your room
Window seats for homes in Coombe Hill
A window seat can be part of a larger piece of furniture. Bookshelves either side of a window, with a seat between, make a quiet place to read. The seat and the units around it are designed as one, so the whole wall looks considered. It is worth talking through at the design visit in Coombe Hill. If you are living with toys spread across a bedroom floor and standard furniture leaving gaps in a bay, window seats made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish can solve it.
Landings in houses from between the wars are often roomier than in a Victorian terrace, which can hold fitted storage for linen and spare bedding. If yours is one of the interwar houses, semis or detached homes that make up much of the housing around Coombe Hill, 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 describes the design we discussed, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Coombe Hill (SW15, KT2)
- Area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What it costs
Each piece is designed for one room, so each price is too. What affects it comes down to:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Parking and unloading on your street
- How square the room is
- The internal fittings
Rooms that aren’t square take more work: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. That’s reflected in the quote.
What we need to know
You do not need exact measurements or a plan. Just send what you can:
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- Rough measurements: width, height and depth
To make a start, use our contact form and tell us a little about the room and what you want the furniture to do. We then arrange a design visit to measure and go through the design, and a quote in writing follows.
From workshop to your room
On the morning of the fitting, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. The sections made at our workshop come in next, one at a time. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the window and the design, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. Fitting day starts with protecting the floors and setting out the pieces. Each piece is levelled, scribed where the wall wanders and fixed to suit the wall.
- You contact us with a few details about the bay or recess.
- We visit to measure the angles of the bay and the floor, and talk through the design.
- We send a quote in writing.
- In our workshop we make each section of the seat from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- On fitting day the seat is set level and scribed to follow the walls and floor, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Before we arrive
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Clear the area where the furniture is going
Starting with a design visit
If you know what you want, say so; if not, we can work it out together at the visit. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To arrange a visit, use our contact form.
Advice
Why people ask for window seats in Coombe Hill
In a period home, a window seat can suit the character of the room. Painted to match the woodwork, it can look as though it has always been there. It suits anyone who wants new furniture to sit well in a period room.
If any of these sound familiar, it is worth getting in touch:
- A sash window with space beneath it going to waste
- Needing more storage in the room
- Toys spread across a bedroom floor
- A radiator that makes the space hard to use
Near listed buildings like Dorich House, less than half a mile north-east of the centre of Coombe Hill, older homes may keep original joinery that window seats can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether you’ll get a quote in writing, not just a figure
- How they deal with uneven walls and floors
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
What we don’t do
We design, make and fit the furniture. In practice, that means:
- Any change to radiator pipes, which needs a plumber
- Fixing the window itself
- Any wiring, which needs an electrician
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can drop us a line using the contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Lift-up lids or drawers
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Radiator grilles
FAQs: window seats in Coombe Hill
Is Coombe Hill in the area you cover for window seats?
Yes, we work across Kingston upon Thames, Coombe Hill included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with a few details.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Coombe Hill?
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 is useful to let us know about parking at the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by prior arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.
Is it possible to have a window seat above a radiator?
Yes. We build a grille or an open front into the seat so the heat is not trapped. We also leave space around the radiator. If you want the radiator moved, that is work for your plumber.
Do pictures help?
Yes. They give us a feel for the space before we visit, along with rough sizes. Show anything the furniture has to work around, like radiators or sockets.
What do you do at the measuring visit?
We measure the space and discuss the design, materials and finish. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, then send a written quote.
Coombe Hill homes and window seats
About 45% of the homes in the streets around Coombe Hill went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 24% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. 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 5 entries within half a mile of the centre of Coombe Hill. You can check whether a particular building is listed on Historic England’s list. More than a third of the homes in the streets around Coombe Hill (about 45%) date from between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Many houses of that era have bay windows, natural places for a window seat, with a grille where there’s a radiator underneath.
Pembroke Lodge, about 1.5 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, window seats can be scribed to follow a bay that is rarely square. If you live near Richmond Park, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and window seats can give those things a place.
Coombe Hill is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, about 2 miles south-west of Kingston upon Thames. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Coombe Hill is part of that. We cover places right across Kingston upon Thames, large and small.
Every home in SW15 and KT2 is covered for window seats, from the main roads to the quieter streets. We cover homes on streets such as Keswick Avenue, Derwent Avenue and Robin Hood Lane, for window seats and any of our other fitted furniture. Coombe Hill is near the A308, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you get in touch. Other places close to Coombe Hill include Kingston Vale (1 mile east), Putney Vale (1 mile east), Coombe (1 mile south), Norbiton (2 miles south-west) and Motspur Park (2 miles south-east). Elsewhere in Kingston upon Thames, we also cover Kingston upon Thames (2 miles south-west), Surbiton (3 miles south-west), New Malden (2 miles south), Hampton Wick (2 miles south-west), Chessington (5 miles south) and Seething Wells (3 miles south-west).
Near you in Coombe Hill
In Coombe Hill, that includes homes near Coombe Girls' School, Duke of Cambridge pub and Canbury School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Norbiton station, roughly 1.6 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Kingston Hospital (1.4 miles south-west) and White Lodge Museum (0.9 miles north). Open spaces near Coombe Hill include Kingston Hill Road area and Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads.
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Tips worth knowing
None of this takes much effort. Here’s what we suggest:
- Decide if the seat is part of a larger piece
- Clear the bay or window area before the design visit
- Check the shutters so the seat can leave room for them
- Let us know about the radiator before we visit
In winter, windows can run with condensation, so keep the area behind the seat dry. Opening the window for a while helps. Should you have a question about the seat, fill in our short enquiry form and we’ll help.
Keep the radiator grille clear so the heat can reach the room. Keeping it clear helps the radiator work as it should. Things stored near a radiator stay warm, so choose what goes there with that in mind.