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Barnet · London
Edgware Window Seats
For homes in Edgware, we make window seats from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Each piece is finished by spray or by hand, in the colour you choose.
- A room with shutters and sashes that deserves a proper seat
- Wanting a seat without blocking the radiator
- No comfortable place to sit in the light
Window seats for your home in Edgware
How fitting works for window seats
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, 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, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the size of the window and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Interwar houses normally have a straight run of stairs and a reasonable hallway, but the route in is still measured, not just the room. The furniture comes in sections and is put together where it’s going, with floors protected throughout.
- First we hear about your bay or window and what you’d like.
- At the design visit, every side of the window is measured.
- The design is agreed and a written quote follows. Take your time with it.
- The seat is made in our workshop and painted in your colour. The materials are moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The seat is fitted, scribed to the walls and checked with you. A radiator grille, if there is one, lets the heat through.
How to prepare
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
Starting with a design visit
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Each room is different, so we quote after seeing it, when we have measured up and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
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About our window seats in Edgware
The storage under a window seat is often as useful as the seat itself. A lift-up lid opens the whole space beneath the seat, while drawers mean you don’t have to move a cushion to reach things. We’ll talk through which suits the way you use the room. If you’re living with a sash window with space beneath it going to waste and a period room that needs furniture to suit it, that is what window seats are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Walls in houses from between the wars are typically straighter than in older ones, but seldom perfect. Around Edgware, interwar houses, semis and detached homes make up a big part of the housing, so we still scribe every piece to the wall. Lids, doors and drawers are set level on site so they run true.
You get the quote in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and share it with anyone else involved. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Edgware (HA8, NW7, HA7)
- Area
- Barnet
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about window seats in Edgware
Is parking a problem for fitting in Edgware?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run 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 let us know about parking at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Can you make window seats for a home in Edgware?
Yes. We cover all of Barnet and the rest of London, and Edgware is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, followed by a quote.
Which is better under a window seat, a lid or drawers?
Many seats use both. Drawers are easier for daily use, and a lid section holds larger things. For children’s rooms, drawers are normally easier to manage. We will suggest a layout during the design visit.
My walls aren’t straight. Is that a problem?
It is something we deal with all the time. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base.
What happens at the design 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 quote in writing.
Can you build a seat beneath sash windows?
Yes. We set the seat below the cill, so the sash still works. If there are working shutters, we leave room for them to fold back. We check all of this at the measuring visit.
How it is made
Spray-painted finish
Spraying gives a smooth, even surface. We spray in the workshop, so the finish is complete before the seat comes to you. You choose the colour.
Birch plywood
A window seat needs to be sturdy. Birch plywood suits them, as it is strong and holds screws firmly. It suits the drawers below too.
Why bespoke in Edgware?
Off-the-shelf benches are made for straight walls and square corners, but bays have angled sides and walls that are rarely flat. A bench in a bay leaves gaps at the sides and wasted space at the corners. A bespoke seat follows the shape of the bay. It costs more than a bench, and what you get is a seat that belongs to the room. Bays, box rooms and stair bulkheads are where off-the-shelf furniture struggles most, and those are common in interwar houses. Built-in pieces are designed to fit them.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that’s part of the price. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit.
Why work with us in Edgware
- More than 300 projects completed
- Every London borough and the City of London covered
- Made for your room, not a standard size
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
Read how bespoke compares with ready-made and how to compare quotes.
Window seats in Edgware: local notes
About 58% of the homes in the area around Edgware went up between 1919 and 1939, and about 17% since 2000, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. It’s a good starting point, though every room is still measured, as two homes of the same age rarely match. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Edgware include John Keble Church (Grade II), about 0.5 miles south-east. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features like panelling can need listed building consent. Check with the council’s conservation officer first. About 57% of households in the streets around Edgware live in detached or semi-detached houses, the 2021 Census shows. In a semi or detached house, a driveway, where there is one, can make unloading easier.
For families living near Beit Shvidler Primary School, a place for each person’s coat and shoes stops the hallway filling up. Living in a block of flats near Mill Hill Broadway station? Then window seats are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room.
Edgware is about 4 miles east of Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. Design visits and fitting in Edgware can be on a Saturday, by arrangement. Edgware is one of 41 places on our list for Barnet.
In HA8, NW7 and HA7, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Streets in the area include Station Road, Edgware Road High Street and Hillcrest Avenue, and we cover homes on all of them for window seats. Edgware sits close to the A5100. If your home is on one of them, tell us during the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you’re just outside Edgware, we also cover The Hale (1 mile east), Broadfields Estate (1 mile north), Burnt Oak (1 mile south-east), Canons Park (1 mile south-west) and Little Stanmore (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Barnet, our area takes in Finchley (4 miles east), Barnet (4 miles north-east), East Finchley (5 miles south-east), Hendon (3 miles south-east), Whetstone (4 miles east) and Friern Barnet (5 miles east).
Near you in Edgware
Our area takes in the homes around The Northgate School, London Academy and Railway Hotel and the streets around them. The closest station to Edgware is Mill Hill Broadway station, about 1.1 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Edgware Community Hospital (0.9 miles south) and Broadwalk Centre (0.5 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve.
Pricing window seats in Edgware
Several things affect the price:
- Where a van can park, like a permit bay or a bay suspension
- The overall size of the piece
- Hanging rails, shelves, drawers and other fittings inside
- Spray painting or hand painting
There is no price list, because every piece is designed for one room. Instead, we measure, talk through the design and then quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To start, use our contact form.
Before the design visit
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll normally ask about:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Rough measurements, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- Anything in the way, such as radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
We quote once we’ve seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and go through the design with you, and the written quote comes after. The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. To book a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
What prompts window seats in Edgware
The radiator beneath a window can make it tricky to put furniture there. A built-in seat with a grille lets the heat out while making the space useful. It is a neat answer to a common problem.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- Nowhere to keep blankets, toys or books
- A bay window that’s hard to furnish
- Looking for a reading spot by the window
- Toys spread across a bedroom floor
If you live near Stoneyfields Park, window seats can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things.
Before you choose who makes it
- Whether they can show you real projects they’ve done
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote