If you are thinking about a media wall for your living room, the first question is usually the price. The honest answer is that it depends on what you want built. A media wall is made to measure, so there is no fixed price list. This guide explains what moves the price up or down, what a Norsemen quote includes, and why making everything in our own Oadby workshop keeps the cost under control.
What affects the price of a media wall
Every media wall we make is designed for one room and one television. Six things make most of the difference to the price.
Size. A wall-to-wall unit that runs from floor to ceiling uses more material and more workshop time than a compact unit built around a single screen. Height matters as much as width. A taller unit needs more panelling, more fixing and more time to scribe to the ceiling.
The television recess. The size of your television sets the size of the recess. A larger screen means a wider and deeper opening, and if you want the screen to sit flush with the panelling, the recess has to be built around the bracket as well as the television. Tell us the model you have, or the one you plan to buy, before the drawing is done.
A fire recess. Adding an electric fire changes the build. The opening has to be sized for the fire, the panels around it need to suit the heat it gives off, and an electrician needs to bring a supply to the right place. The fire itself is normally bought separately. [CONFIRM: whether Norsemen supply or fit fires]
Panelling. Flat panels are the simplest and the cheapest. Slatted panels, fluted panels and framed shaker-style panels take longer to make and longer to finish, so they cost more. The more detail there is in the panelling, the more workshop hours go into it.
Storage. Open shelving is quick to make. Cupboards and drawers are not. Doors, hinges, drawer boxes, runners and push-to-open catches all add material and fitting time. Decide early how much closed storage you really need, because it is one of the easiest places to save money without changing the look.
Lighting. LED strips in shelves and recesses are a common request and they do lift the finished piece. They add the cost of the lighting, the driver and the wiring, plus a little more time on site to hide everything neatly.
Finishes. A painted finish, a wood veneer and a laminate all cost different amounts. Painted finishes take longer because of the preparation and the drying time between coats. A real wood veneer costs more than a laminate but looks and feels different. We will show you samples and tell you the price difference for each.
Typical price ranges
Because every media wall is different, we quote each one individually. As a rough guide, a compact media wall with a television recess and open shelving starts from [CONFIRM: typical price range]. A full-height, wall-to-wall media wall with a fire recess, closed storage and lighting is more likely to be in the region of [CONFIRM: typical price range]. Treat those figures as a starting point only. Your quote is based on your room and your drawing, not on an average.
What a Norsemen quote includes
A low price is not much use if half the job is missing from it. When we quote for a media wall, the figure covers the whole job from the first visit to the final fix:
- A home visit to measure the room and talk through what you want [CONFIRM: survey process and whether the visit is free]
- A drawing of the design for you to check and approve before anything is cut
- Manufacture in our own joinery workshop in Oadby, Leicester
- Delivery and installation by our own joiners
- Fixing to the wall and scribing to the floor, ceiling and skirting so the unit fits the room properly
- Cable management for the television and any equipment
Electrical work, such as new sockets or a fused spur for a fire, has to be carried out by a qualified electrician. It is quoted separately or arranged by you. [CONFIRM: how electrical work is handled]
Why workshop-made keeps the cost under control
Norsemen are shopfitters first. We make counters, wall bays and display units for retail stores across the UK, and we make media walls in the same workshop. That matters for two reasons.
First, the workshop is already set up to make things efficiently. The machinery, the material buying and the working methods are the same whether we are making fixtures for a store refit or a media wall for a living room in Oadby. That keeps our costs steady and our prices predictable.
Second, there is no middleman. Many fitted furniture companies design the piece and then pay someone else to make it. Their margin sits on top of the maker’s margin. We design, make and fit, so you pay one company once. If anything needs adjusting on the day, the people fitting it are the people who made it, and they can sort it out there and then.
How to get an accurate price
The quickest way to get a real number is to tell us about the room. Measure the width of the wall and the height of the ceiling, note the size of your television, and decide whether you want a fire. A photo of the wall helps too. From that we can give you a budget figure, and a home visit turns it into a fixed quote. We make media walls for homes across Leicester and Leicestershire, including Oadby, Wigston, Market Harborough, Loughborough, Hinckley and Melton Mowbray.
Find out more about our made-to-measure media walls, or contact us for a quote.