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Window seats in New Eltham, Greenwich
Window seats for bays and under sash windows, with storage inside, for homes in New Eltham. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Toys spread across a bedroom floor
- A bay window that’s hard to furnish
- Off-the-shelf pieces that never quite fit the window
Window seats for your home in New Eltham
Window seats in New Eltham
A window seat turns the light by a window into a place to sit. We design and make window seats for bays, sash windows and recesses, usually with storage below, under a lift-up lid or in drawers. In New Eltham, as everywhere we work, it begins with a visit to measure and plan. If you are living with looking for a reading spot by the window and a radiator that makes the space hard to use, window seats made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish can solve it.
An interwar house normally has a proper landing, sometimes with a recess or an airing cupboard, which can hold fitted storage for linen and spare bedding. Around New Eltham, where interwar homes and semis are a big part of the housing, the landing is worth a look as well as the hall. Any boiler or hot water cylinder keeps the access and ventilation its maker asks for.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- New Eltham (SE9, DA15, BR7)
- Borough
- Greenwich
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Fitting days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Questions from New Eltham
Do you cover homes near New Eltham station?
Yes. We cover all of Greenwich and the rest of London. You can use our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in New Eltham?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. A van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a parking bay suspension, which the council arranges, often with notice. Let us know what parking is near you at the design visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not usually. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different: check with the council’s conservation officer first.
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. We check all of this at the design visit.
How long is the fitting for a window seat?
How long the fitting takes depends on whether the seat has drawers, a lift-up lid or a radiator grille, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. We make the seat in our workshop, so the time at your home is spent fitting. Saturday fitting is possible by prior arrangement.
How much does a window seat cost?
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. A bay with angled sides involves more work than a straight recess, and drawers more than a lid. Everything is set out in a written quote after the visit.
Fitting day, step by step
There isn’t much for you to do on fitting day. We need someone to let us in at the start, and the room should already be cleared, as we’ll have talked about at the measuring visit. From there, we protect the floors, bring the furniture in and get on with the fitting. The time the fitting takes depends on the shape of the bay or recess and what goes under the seat, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Clearing the room and the way in beforehand helps the day run well. On the day, we cover the floors first, then bring the sections in. The pieces are levelled, fitted to the walls and fixed back.
- First you let us know about the bay or window where you’d like a seat, including any radiator under it.
- We come to measure and plan the seat, the storage and any radiator grille with you.
- We send a quote in writing setting out the design, materials and finish, for you to look over.
- The seat is built in our workshop and painted to your chosen colour.
- We bring it to your home, fit it and leave it ready to use.
How to prepare
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
How to get a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you don’t, that is fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote that follows sets it out. To start, get in touch through our contact form.
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Flats, conversions and leaseholders
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. 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 without a struggle.
We also make and fit furniture for landlords furnishing a let, often to make the most of a small or tricky room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
Making use of tricky spaces in New Eltham
Homes built between 1919 and 1939 make up about 59% of the housing in the streets around New Eltham, with about 22% built between 1945 and 1972, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of New Eltham include Southend House (Grade II), about 0.6 miles north-west. If you live in a listed building, fixing into or taking out original features like panelling may need listed building consent. It is worth speaking to the council’s conservation officer before the design is final. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. Vans bringing furniture to New Eltham fall under it, just as they do across the rest of London. How the van gets to your door is planned at the measuring visit.
If you live in a flat close to New Eltham station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in. The wider area includes historic houses like Eltham Palace, about 1.1 miles north-west. If your own home is a period one, the deep reveals of an older window can frame a seat neatly.
New Eltham is within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, about 3 miles north of Plumstead. We cover New Eltham as part of our work across Greenwich, and the process is the same everywhere we work. We list New Eltham among 18 places we cover in Greenwich.
Every home in SE9, DA15 and BR7 is within our area for window seats, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Whether you live on a street like Green Lane, Gerda Road and Novar Road or on one nearby, we can arrange a design visit for window seats. Other places close to New Eltham include Eltham (1 mile north-west), Longlands (1 mile south-east), Coldharbour (1 mile south-west), Avery Hill (1 mile north) and Blackfen (1 mile north-east). Other parts of Greenwich we cover include Plumstead (3 miles north), Greenwich (4 miles north-west), Woolwich (4 miles north), Westcombe Park (4 miles north-west), Well Hall (2 miles north-west) and Maze Hill (4 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in New Eltham
Our area takes in the homes around St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School and the streets around them. New Eltham has its own railway station: New Eltham station. Well-known places in the area include Eltham Community Hospital (1.1 miles north-west) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.4 miles east). Open spaces near New Eltham include The Tarn.
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What else we make in New Eltham
The problems window seats solve
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 sash window with space beneath it going to waste
- Wanting a quiet place to read
- A radiator under the window getting in the way
- An empty bay that does not get used
For families living near Wyborne Primary School, window seats can be planned around what a family needs to keep, from coats and bags to sports kit.
Before you choose who makes it
- Are the boards named, like MDF or plywood?
- Where they’ll park and unload
- Can you see real work of theirs?
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
What it costs
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Access to the room, like stairs, lifts and narrow halls
- How square the room is
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
Awkward rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it, which we write after seeing the room.
Before the design visit
Before the design visit, it helps us to know about:
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Your postcode and the borough
- Whether it is a house or a flat, and if there are stairs or a lift
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and discuss the design with you. Afterwards, we send a written quote, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Bespoke window seats or ready-made?
With a ready-made bench, the colour is the maker’s choice. Ours is spray-painted or hand-painted in a colour agreed with you, so it sits with the skirting, the shutters or the walls. Off-the-shelf units come in set widths, so a run along a wall typically ends with a gap, which fitted furniture avoids. It can use the full height too.
We don’t publish set prices, because each job is designed for a single room. Instead, we measure, go through the design and then quote in writing, naming the materials and finish. To start, use our contact form.
Why work with us in New Eltham
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- Spray painted or hand painted, in the colour you choose
- Every quote follows a design visit
- Over 300 projects completed
Read our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf or how to compare quotes.