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Merton · London
Merton Abbey Window Seats
We make window seats for homes in Merton Abbey, designed around the room you have. We design your window seat at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Needing more storage in the room
- A radiator that makes the space hard to use
- Wanting new furniture to sit well in an older room
Window seats designed for your room
What prompts window seats in Merton Abbey
The radiator beneath a window can make it tricky to put furniture there. A seat with a grille in the front keeps the radiator working and the window usable. It solves the problem of what to do with the space.
A few of the things people ask us to solve include:
- No space for toys and games
- Unused space below a sash window
- A radiator that makes the space hard to use
- No comfortable place to sit in the light
If your home is one of the older houses near Christ Church Colliers Wood, a radiator under the window just needs a grille in the seat front.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Whether the quote says what the furniture is made from
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
Window seats in Merton Abbey: what you get
A window seat turns the light by a window into a place to sit. Our window seats are made for bays, sash windows and the recesses beside them, often with storage underneath behind a lift-up lid or drawers. In Merton Abbey, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. We make window seats from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish, and people most often get in touch about looking for a reading spot by the window and a period room that needs furniture to suit it.
Wherever your home in Merton Abbey sits in London’s mix of housing, there is usually a space that could work harder. That space can take fitted storage, laid out for what you need to keep. Walls could be brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard, so we check before choosing fixings.
The furniture is made at our workshop after you have had the quote and decided to go ahead. It describes the design, the materials and the finish agreed at the visit, so every detail can be checked first.
- Place
- Merton Abbey (SW19, CR4, SW17)
- Borough
- Merton
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Made from
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What we do not do
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. These are worth knowing before you plan:
- Making good the walls, which is for a plasterer or decorator
- Making the seat cushion, which isn’t our work
- Moving or replacing a radiator, which is for your plumber
If in doubt, you can message us from the contact page and describe the room before you arrange a visit. How it works.
What it is made from
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Hand-painted finish
- Radiator grilles
- Lift-up lids or drawers
- Birch plywood
Common questions about window seats
Can you make window seats for a home in Merton Abbey?
Yes. We cover all of Merton and the rest of London, and Merton Abbey is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Merton Abbey?
It can be, depending on whether your street is in a controlled parking zone. 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’s useful to tell us about parking at the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Do I get to choose the colour?
You choose it, and it is agreed with you before painting. Whichever finish you pick, it’s in the colour you have chosen.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
Is it possible to have a window seat above a radiator?
Yes. The seat has a grille or open front, so the warmth can reach the room. Space is left around the radiator too. Moving the radiator is for your plumber, if you’d prefer it elsewhere.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit, along with rough measurements. It helps to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Neighbourhoods near Merton Abbey
Also in Merton Abbey
Merton Abbey homes and window seats
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Merton Abbey were built before 1919 (about 34%) and between 1973 and 1999 (about 27%), according to Valuation Office Agency council tax figures (2025). Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. The National Heritage List records 15 entries within half a mile of the centre of Merton Abbey. Being near listed buildings doesn’t make a home listed, and you can check any address on Historic England’s list. The ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) now covers the whole of London, Merton included. It applies to the vans that deliver and fit furniture in Merton Abbey, as it does anywhere else in London. We go through parking and access during the design visit.
If you live in a flat close to Haydons Road station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. Near listed buildings like Colour House at Misters Liberty's Print Works, less than half a mile north-west of the centre of Merton Abbey, older homes may keep original joinery that window seats can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
Merton Abbey is part of the London Borough of Merton, about 2 miles north-west of Wimbledon. Design visits and fitting in Merton Abbey can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. We cover places right across Merton, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
Every home in SW19, CR4 and SW17 is covered for window seats. You will find streets here like East Road, Hardy Road and Mount Road, and we cover homes on all of them for window seats. The A24 runs close to Merton Abbey; on busy main roads, unloading window seats takes a little planning. We also cover Merton (1 mile west), Colliers Wood (1 mile north-east), South Wimbledon (1 mile north-west), Eastfields (1 mile east) and Tooting Bec (1 mile north-east). Elsewhere in Merton, we also cover Wimbledon (2 miles north-west), Morden (2 miles south-west), Crooked Billet (2 miles west), Bushey Mead (2 miles west), Copse Hill (2 miles west) and Mitcham (2 miles south-east).
Around Merton Abbey
We fit furniture in homes around King's Head pub, Rutlish School and Ensham School and the streets around them. Merton Abbey’s nearest station is Haydons Road station, roughly 0.9 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Wandle Industrial Museum (0.9 miles south-east) and St George's Hospital (1 mile north). Green spaces nearby include Myrna Close.
Looking after your furniture
These points come up often when people plan window seats. They help whatever the room:
- Check the shutters so the seat can leave room for them
- Think about matching the woodwork or the walls
- Note the position of any radiator and its pipes
- Make room so the whole bay can be measured
If you’re having a cushion made, we’ll give you the exact size of the seat. Wait until the paint has cured before putting the cushion on, to protect both the fabric and the finish.
Every so often, look at the hinges and any handles. 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.
Boards, parts and paint
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is smooth and even. It is done in our workshop before fitting. You choose the colour.
Pull-out drawers
Drawers let you see everything at once. They’re often easier for children than a lid. The drawer boxes are birch plywood, which is strong and holds screws well.
What happens on fitting day
Getting everything level comes first. Floors are often out of level, so adjustable feet or a plinth take up the difference. Only then is it fixed to the wall, with fixings chosen to suit brick, lath and plaster or plasterboard. On fitting day, the sections are assembled, scribed to the walls and levelled. The fixings suit whatever the walls are made of. Saturday fitting is possible by arrangement.
- You get in touch and tell us about the window, and whether a radiator sits beneath it.
- We visit to measure up and work out how warm air from the radiator will reach the room.
- Your written quote sets out the seat, the grille, the materials and the finish.
- In our workshop the seat is built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with the grille made to match.
- The seat is fitted with the radiator grille in place, so the heat keeps moving.
Before fitting day
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
How to get a quote
Rough sizes are fine at the start. We measure everything properly during the design visit. To get started, drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room. The written quote follows the visit.