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St Mary Cray Window Seats
Window seats in St Mary Cray: window seats for bays and under sash windows, with storage inside. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Wanting a seat without blocking the radiator
- Needing more storage in the room
- A bay window that’s hard to furnish
Window seats for your home in St Mary Cray
Before and after fitting day
People planning window seats often ask about these. They’re worth knowing whatever the room:
- Note the position of any radiator and its pipes
- Make room so the whole bay can be measured
- Think about matching the woodwork or the walls
- Let us know about parking near your home
Once the seat is fitted, it’s ready to use. Paint needs time to cure fully, so treat the new finish gently at first. Avoid placing heavy objects on the painted surfaces while it hardens.
Use a step rather than standing on the seat. Standing on it can mark the paint and strain the lid. A little care keeps it looking good.
About our window seats in St Mary Cray
Cushions aren’t something we supply, so we agree the seat size with you and you can have one made to fit. You can then choose the fabric and style yourself. We plan the depth and height so the seat is comfortable with a cushion on it. Most enquiries start with no space for toys and games and a child’s room that needs storage and seating; the furniture is made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed.
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 St Mary Cray, it’s worth looking up as well as down. Any boiler or hot water cylinder keeps the access and ventilation its maker asks for.
The quote comes in writing, so there is time to read it properly. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Location
- St Mary Cray (BR5, BR6, BR7)
- Borough
- Bromley
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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Flats, blocks and rented homes
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, getting the furniture from the van to the door needs planning. Red routes are run by TfL and have strict stopping rules, so let us know about it during the design visit.
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Let us know about them at the design visit, and we will plan the fitting around them.
What affects the cost of window seats
When we put a quote together, we consider:
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- How square the room is
- The width and height of the space
- The number of doors and drawers
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. Spray painting and hand painting are different processes, which affects the cost. You will see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
What to send when you contact us
There’s no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- What the furniture needs to hold
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
Getting a quote starts with a few details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of photos if you can take them. When you are ready, fill in our short enquiry form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a written quote.
Is it time for window seats?
Some people plan a window seat as part of updating a room. Mention any decorating plans at the measuring visit so the timing works. We make and fit the seat, and your decorator handles the walls.
People usually get in touch with us about things like these:
- No comfortable place to sit in the light
- A radiator that makes the space hard to use
- A bay with no furniture that fits
- Off-the-shelf pieces that never quite fit the window
For a flat near St Mary Cray station, each piece is planned so it can be carried up and joined together in the room.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Will the doors close with even gaps?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- How parking will work on your street
What happens on fitting day
Once the main sections are fixed in place, we hang any doors and fit any drawers or lids. We adjust each one so the gaps line up and it closes cleanly, then checked again. How long the fitting takes depends on the shape of the bay or recess and what goes under the seat, and the fitting days are agreed in your quote. In a 1920s or 1930s house, the hall and stairs are normally simple, but the route in is still measured, not just the room. Window seats arrive in sections and are assembled in place.
- You let us know about the window and the room, with a note of any radiator or shutters.
- At the design visit, every side of the window is measured. Then we discuss the seat height and storage.
- We agree the seat, the storage and the finish, and send a written quote.
- Every part is built in our workshop, ready for a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
- We fit it in your home and check every lid and drawer with you. A radiator grille, if there is one, lets the heat through.
Preparing the room
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
Arranging a design visit
You do not need exact measurements to get started. We measure everything properly at the measuring visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To arrange it, drop us a line using the contact form with some details about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
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Your questions about window seats in St Mary Cray
Can you make window seats for a home in St Mary Cray?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London, and St Mary Cray is part of that. The first step is a design visit, where we measure and talk through the design, followed by a quote.
Do you cover homes near St Mary Cray station?
Yes. We cover all of Bromley and the rest of London. You can get in touch through our contact form to arrange a design visit.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
An outside wall can be colder and damper than an inside one, so ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps to avoid condensation. If there’s damp, it should be sorted before anything is fitted.
Which is better under a window seat, a lid or drawers?
Often a mix works best. Drawers are easier for daily use, and a lid section holds larger things. In a child’s room, drawers tend to be simpler for small hands. We will suggest a layout during the design visit.
Which materials go into your window seats?
Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. Next to a window, the moisture-resistant grade is a sensible choice. Your quote confirms the materials and finish.
Can a window seat go over the radiator?
Yes. A radiator under the window is common, and the seat is designed to work with it. The front includes a grille so the radiator keeps working. Storage above a radiator stays warm, so it suits things that do not mind that.
Window seats for homes in St Mary Cray
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up about 42% of the housing in the streets around St Mary Cray, with about 22% built between 1919 and 1939, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Near the centre of St Mary Cray, Historic England’s list includes Church of St Mary (Grade II*), under half a mile north-east, and Spring Hall (Grade II), under half a mile south-east. If your own home is listed, internal works that affect its character, such as fixing into or removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Since the zone was extended to the outer boroughs in August 2023, the whole of London has been inside the ULEZ. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in St Mary Cray. We go through parking and access at the measuring visit.
If your children go to Poverest Primary School or a school nearby, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. If you live near Jubilee Country Park, living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and window seats can give those things a place.
St Mary Cray is part of the London Borough of Bromley, about 1 mile south of Orpington. Anywhere in St Mary Cray, the process is the same: a design visit, a quote in writing, furniture built in our workshop and fitting in your home. St Mary Cray is one of 49 places on our list for Bromley.
We cover every part of BR5, BR6 and BR7 for window seats. Our area takes in homes on streets such as New Road, Kent Road and Park Road, for window seats and any of our other fitted furniture. St Mary Cray sits close to the A224. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. If you’re just outside St Mary Cray, we also cover Poverest (1 mile south-west), St Paul's Cray (1 mile north), Orpington (1 mile south), Derry Downs (1 mile south-east) and Kevington (1 mile east). Elsewhere in Bromley, we also cover Bromley (4 miles west), Beckenham (6 miles west), Chislehurst (2 miles north-west), Penge (7 miles west), Anerley (8 miles west) and Crystal Palace (8 miles west). St Mary Cray is one of the larger places we cover in Bromley.
Around St Mary Cray
In St Mary Cray, that includes homes near Walsingham School, Harris Academy Orpington and The Blue Anchor Public House. St Mary Cray has its own railway station: St Mary Cray station. Other landmarks nearby include Queen Mary's Hospital (1.9 miles north) and London Borough of Bromley Museum (0.9 miles south). Not far away are The Warren.