Camden · London
Under-Stairs Storage in Camden
Under-stairs storage for homes across Camden, from the largest neighbourhoods to the smallest streets, with a design visit before any quote, and fitting on weekdays or Saturdays by arrangement.
Planning under-stairs storage in Camden?
Under-stairs storage in every part of Camden
What it covers: pull-out drawers, cupboards and coat storage under the stairs. Choose your neighbourhood from the list for local details.
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About under-stairs storage in Camden
Each under-stairs cupboard is made in our workshop, using moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood. Birch plywood suits drawer boxes and carcasses, as it is strong and holds screws firmly, while MDF takes paint well for the doors and fronts. The finish is sprayed or hand-painted, and then the storage is fitted in your home in Camden. We make under-stairs cupboards from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and people most often get in touch about nowhere to put coats, shoes and bags and a sloping corner nobody can reach.
When the fitting is done, we tidy the room and take up the floor coverings. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and answer any questions. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the space and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days.
- You get in touch and describe the stairs and the hall.
- We visit to measure the space at several points along the slope, as stairs and walls are rarely square in older houses.
- Your written quote sets out the design, materials and finish.
- The drawers, doors and carcasses are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, cut to the angle of the stairs.
- On fitting day the units are set level and scribed to follow the stairs and walls. The finish is sprayed in the workshop or painted by hand once it is in.
What affects the price in Camden
The finish affects the cost: spray painting is done in the workshop, while hand painting can be done on site. Your choice, along with the size and the fittings, is reflected in the written quote.
What you get with us
- Scribed to uneven walls
- Work across the whole of London
- Over 300 projects completed
- Made in our workshop, then fitted in your home
Getting a quote
To make a start, send us a few details through our contact form and tell us which room you have in mind and roughly what you’d like. From there, we arrange a design visit to measure up and talk through your ideas, and send you a written quote afterwards.
Local landmarks in St Pancras
Our area takes in the homes around Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, Lumen United Reformed Church and Pilsudski Institute of London, among other places. You will also find Lincoln's Inn Fields (0.7 miles south), St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School (under half a mile south), City Academy (under half a mile south-east) and Calthorpe Arms Public House (under half a mile south-east). For rail, the closest station is London Kings Cross station, about 0.5 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Foundling Museum (under half a mile west) and Montfichet's Tower (1.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
Under-stairs storage for homes across Camden
Across Camden, from St Pancras, Hampstead and West End outwards, we design and fit under-stairs storage. Any meters, fuse board or boiler keep the access they need. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whatever it is made of.
The biggest shares of homes in Camden were built before 1919 (about 49%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 16%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. About 49% of homes in Camden were built before 1919, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. In terraced houses of that age, the space under the stairs often holds the gas meter, electricity meter or fuse board, and they must stay reachable. Flats in converted or shared houses account for about 28% of households in Camden, the 2021 Census shows. Conversions often leave rooms in unusual shapes, with partition walls, boxed-in pipes and chimney breasts in odd places, and the way in often goes up shared stairs. A lease can require consent for alterations, so it is worth checking yours first.
Camden is part of the area we cover, which takes in all 32 boroughs and the City. If you’re unsure about access or parking, mention it when you get in touch.
St Pancras: Close to Lincoln's Inn Fields? Living near green space often means muddy boots, bikes and outdoor kit, and under-stairs cupboards can give those things a place. For an older house near Lumen United Reformed Church, the triangle under an old staircase is often deeper than it looks.
Pricing under-stairs storage in Camden
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. That depends on:
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Doors and drawers, and how many
Every room is priced on its own, because size, layout and finish change from job to job. A spray finish and a hand-painted finish involve different work, and that shows in the price. You will see the figure in your written quote, after the design visit.
Helping us understand the room
To help us picture the room, please include:
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
- Approximate measurements of the space
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
- Where you live, with the postcode
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, tell us about the room on our contact form.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
If you only need a hook or two and a basic shelf, an off-the-shelf option may be enough. Bespoke storage makes sense when you want every part of the space working, not just the easy part. At the design visit, we can talk honestly about which approach suits your stairs.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- Will the quote be in writing?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- How doors and drawers are fitted
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
A confident DIYer can manage simple shelves or a standard wardrobe in a square room. It gets harder with sloping ceilings, out-of-level floors and lath-and-plaster walls, where scribing and fixings that suit the wall are important.
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there’s usually a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can use the full height and width.
Boards, parts and paint
Plinths and scribe strips
The floor under a staircase is rarely perfectly level. A plinth or adjustable feet let us set the storage level, so the doors and drawers run true.
Moisture-resistant MDF
Because it cuts cleanly, MDF is ideal for the angled panels that follow the stairs. The moisture-resistant grade we use is stable and paints well. Most of what you see on the finished storage is MDF.
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, after measuring the route at the measuring visit.
Mansion blocks and purpose-built blocks often have house rules about lifts, entry systems and when trades can come in. Tell us about them at the design visit, so fitting day is planned around them.
Questions from Camden
Do you cover Camden?
Yes. Our area is the whole of London: every borough and the City of London, Camden included.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Typically not. Inside a house, fitted furniture doesn’t normally need planning permission. If the building is listed, works affecting its character may need listed building consent, so check with the council first.
Where is the furniture made?
We make it in our workshop. After that, we fit it in your home.
Do you work outside London?
No. We only take on work in London.
What if the wall is cold or damp?
It needs a little planning: leaving ventilation behind and inside helps stop condensation. We do not treat damp, so any damp should be sorted before fitting day.
Do you move sockets or add lighting?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We will design around them.
Is it possible to have a desk built under the stairs?
That depends on the shape of your stairs and the room beside them. We look at it during the design visit and tell you honestly whether it will work. If it does, a compact desk with shelving can suit paperwork and a laptop.