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Richmond upon Thames · London
Window seats in Hampton, Richmond upon Thames
Window seats for bays and under sash windows, with storage inside, for homes in Hampton. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it is made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A radiator that makes the space hard to use
- A period room that needs furniture to suit it
- No space for toys and games
Ask about window seats in Hampton
Do you need window seats in Hampton?
Many people want a window seat for the storage beneath it. A seat with a lift-up lid or drawers can hold toys, blankets, books or games. It adds storage without taking up more of the floor.
Window seats can help with:
- A room with shutters and sashes that deserves a proper seat
- Wanting a seat without blocking the radiator
- A bay window that’s hard to furnish
- Nowhere to keep blankets, toys or books
Close to Carlisle Park? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and window seats can give those things a place.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
Window seats for homes in Hampton
Window seats work in bedrooms and children’s rooms as well as living rooms. Drawers or a lift-up lid turn it into storage as well as seating. For children’s rooms, drawers are often easier for small hands than a heavy lid. Whatever the room, the process for a home in Hampton is the same. Most enquiries start with a room with shutters and sashes that deserves a proper seat and a radiator that makes the space hard to use; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand.
Coats, shoes, bags and the vacuum cleaner all need somewhere to go in a family house. Around Hampton, where interwar homes, semis and detached houses make up a big part of the housing, well-planned storage by the door or under the stairs can take a lot of it. Anything that needs to stay reachable, like meters or a fuse board, is designed around.
Where other trades are needed, for example an electrician to move a socket, we point that out. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Where
- Hampton (TW12, TW11)
- Area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Questions from Hampton
I live near Hampton station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Richmond upon Thames and the rest of London are within the area we cover. To get started, you can send us a few details through our contact form with some details about the room.
Do you make window seats for homes in Hampton?
Yes, we work across Richmond upon Thames, Hampton included, and across the rest of London. To get started, you can tell us about the room on our contact form with a few details.
Can you build a seat beneath sash windows?
Yes. Sash windows are a natural place for a seat in many period homes. We measure the cill, the window and any shutters, so the seat fits without getting in the way of the window. Repairs to the window itself are not our work.
Can a window seat go over the radiator?
Yes. We build a grille or an open front into the seat so the heat is not trapped. Space is left around the radiator too. If you want the radiator moved, that is work for your plumber.
Can the fitting be on a Saturday?
Yes, Saturdays are possible by arrangement. Let us know when you first get in touch, and we will see what we can do.
Who chooses the colour?
You choose it. We agree the colour with you before anything is painted.
Practical tips
None of this takes much effort. What we’d suggest:
- Decide on cushion thickness before the design visit
- Note whether your window has working shutters
- Clear the bay or window area before the design visit
- Note the position of any radiator and its pipes
Condensation can form on windows in cold weather, so wipe the cill and the back of the seat if it gets wet. A little ventilation helps keep things dry. Should you have a question about the seat, message us from the contact page and we will help.
Check now and then that hinges and handles are tight. Tightening early stops a small looseness getting worse. If a lid or drawer starts to catch, send us a few details through our contact form and describe what’s happening.
How fitting day works
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site, 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 your quote sets out the fitting days. In a 1920s or 1930s house, the hall and stairs are usually simple, though we still measure the route in as well as the room. Window seats arrive in sections and are assembled in place.
- To begin, get in touch through our contact form; a brief note on the bay or sash window is enough.
- We visit to measure up and work out how warm air from the radiator will reach the room.
- A quote in writing follows, covering the seat and the grille.
- We make the seat and grille in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The seat is fitted with the radiator grille in place, so the heat keeps moving.
Before fitting day
- Move furniture and belongings away from the wall
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with some details: the room, rough sizes and some pictures if you have them. To send them, get in touch through our contact form. We will then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
Advice
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf benches are made for straight walls and square corners, but bays have angled sides and walls that are rarely flat. In a bay, a standard bench leaves tricky gaps. A bespoke seat follows the shape of the bay. It’s a bigger investment, and the gain is a seat that fits the space. In an extended or opened-up house, old and new walls often meet slightly out of line, and straight-sided ready-made units make that obvious. Built-in pieces are scribed to take up the difference.
Awkward rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it.
Why choose us
- Saturday work by prior arrangement
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Fitted tight to walls that aren’t straight
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
See bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what a quote should include.
What window seats cannot fix
We are carpenters, so some jobs belong to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Seat cushions, which you source separately
- Work on the window frame or glass
- Painting the walls of the bay
If you are not sure what’s possible in your room, you can tell us about the room on our contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Radiator grilles
- Birch plywood
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Lift-up lids or drawers
Hampton homes and window seats
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Hampton were built between 1973 and 1999 (about 33%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 21%), 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. Within a mile of the centre of Hampton, 5 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Richmond upon Thames is inside it. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in Hampton. How the van gets to your door is planned during the design visit.
For a flat near Hampton station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in. For a family home near Hampton Infant School and Nursery, window seats can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Hampton is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 2 miles north-east of Twickenham. Hampton is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. In Richmond upon Thames, Hampton is one of the places we cover.
In TW12 and TW11, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. We cover homes on streets such as Station Road, High Street and Old Farm Road, along with the roads around them, for window seats and any of our other fitted furniture. Hampton is near the A3008, so if your home is on a main road, mention it when you contact us. Close by, we also work in Hanworth (1 mile north-west), Hampton Hill (1 mile east), Fulwell (1 mile north-east) and Teddington (2 miles east). We also make window seats in nearby places like Twickenham (2 miles north-east), Richmond (4 miles north-east), Richmond upon Thames (4 miles north-east), Barnes (7 miles north-east), Kew (6 miles north-east) and Mortlake (6 miles north-east). Hampton is one of the larger places we cover in Richmond upon Thames.
Around Hampton
Our area takes in the homes around Lady Eleanor Holles School, Jolly Coopers pub and Hampton High, among other places. Hampton’s nearest station is Hampton station, about 0.5 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Metropolitan Traffic Police Museum (0.7 miles south-east) and Teddington Memorial Hospital (1.5 miles east). Not far away are Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve.