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TV and Media Units in Croydon
TV and media units for homes across Croydon, from the largest neighbourhoods to the smallest streets, made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
TV and Media Units in Croydon
Neighbourhoods we cover in Croydon
We make built-in TV walls and media cabinets. Find your neighbourhood in the lists below for local details.
Main places
TV and media units across Croydon: what to expect
Built-in TV and media units bring the screen, set-top boxes, speakers and cables together in one piece of furniture. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. For a living room in Croydon, the first step is a design visit to measure up and look at your equipment. We make TV and media units from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, finished by spray or by hand, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a TV stand that doesn’t fit the wall and boxes and consoles on the floor.
Fitting day follows a set order: we protect the floors, bring the sections in, set them level, scribe them to the walls, fix them and finish them. At the end, we tidy up and go over the work with you. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and the fitting days are set out in your quote.
- You let us know about the room and what the unit needs to hold.
- A design visit follows, where we measure and agree the layout, with ventilation for boxes and amplifiers.
- A written quote follows. If anything in it is unclear, ask us.
- Once you are happy, the unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with cable routes planned in.
- The unit is fitted in your home, ready for your equipment.
Quotes in Croydon
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: drawers take more making than shelves, and each rail, divider or pull-out adds to the work. We’ll talk through what you need inside during the design visit.
What you get with us
- Over 300 projects completed
- Work across the whole of London
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Fitted tight to walls that are not straight
How to get a quote
It helps to see the room before we come. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To share them, fill in our short enquiry form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
Landmarks near Thornton Heath
Around Thornton Heath, we cover homes near Prince George pub, Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls and The Archbishop Lanfranc School and the streets around them. Also close by are Winterbourne Junior Girls' School (under half a mile west), Grangewood Park (0.8 miles east) and Church of St Stephen (within half a mile west). Thornton Heath has its own railway station: Thornton Heath station. Well-known places in the area include Crystal Palace Museum (1.9 miles north-east) and Centrale Croydon (1.7 miles south). For a walk, there is Biggin Wood.
Living-room carpentry across Croydon
Period homes in parts of Croydon bring bowed walls and uneven floors, and TV and media units are scribed to them on site. Newer homes nearby tend to have stud walls instead, so the fixings change.
The biggest shares of homes in Croydon were built before 1919 (about 29%) and between 1919 and 1939 (about 24%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. Of the 32 places we have local pages for in Croydon, 6 have their centre inside a conservation area, going by Historic England’s records. The rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission.
Croydon is part of the area we cover, which takes in all 32 boroughs and the City. If you are unsure about access or parking, mention it when you get in touch.
Thornton Heath: If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Stephen, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can need listed building consent. If you live near Grangewood Park, shelving that stops short of the window keeps the view of the green.
Boards, parts and paint
Spray-painted finish
Because it’s sprayed before fitting, the unit comes painted. Give the paint time to cure fully.
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done on site once the unit is fitted. Small marks are simple to touch up.
Do you need TV and media units?
Equipment on the floor is another reason. A media unit gives each box its own ventilated space, and keeps the floor clear.
If you recognise any of these, it is worth talking to us:
- Space for a soundbar and speakers
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- A tangle of wires behind the TV
- Equipment with nowhere proper to go
Where other trades come in
We make and fit furniture, and we don’t do electrics, plumbing, gas, plastering or structural work. There are a few other points to bear in mind:
- Removing a chimney breast or any structural work
- Any electrical work (your electrician handles that, and Part P covers some of it)
- Setting up and tuning the TV, boxes and speakers
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Bespoke furniture takes longer than buying from a shop: there is a design visit, a quote and making time. For a short stay, a standalone stand can make more sense.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Is it spray painted or hand painted?
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Are the boards named, such as MDF or plywood?
Flats, leases and landlords
In a managed block, the building manager or concierge may need notice before we arrive. Lifts sometimes need to be booked, and the lift size helps decide how big each section can be. Let us know about it when you contact us.
Many London terraces have been converted into flats, and that often means a shared hallway and a tight turn on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, once we’ve measured the way in.
Your questions about TV and media units in Croydon
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation areas mostly control changes to the outside, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Can I send pictures before the visit?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot. You can send them when you use our contact form.
Can a TV unit hold speakers?
Speakers and soundbars get open shelves sized for them. Closing speakers behind a door muffles them, so we leave them open.
Can the TV be wall-mounted with a unit around it?
Where the TV is to be wall-mounted, we plan the unit around the bracket. The bracket needs a sound wall so we check the wall at the measuring visit.
What if I buy a larger TV?
We can size the opening for the screen you might buy next. It helps to know the size you’re thinking of so the space and cable routes suit it.
What affects the price of TV and media units?
Size, doors and drawers, what goes inside and the finish all affect it. We send a written quote after the design visit.
Do you work on Saturdays?
Yes, by prior arrangement. Tell us when you get in touch if a Saturday suits you best.