Painting & Decorating in London

A full redecoration of a 3-bedroom London terraced house — ceilings, walls, and woodwork throughout — typically takes 2–3 weeks with a two-person team. Individual rooms take 2–4 days each. The timeline is longer if significant preparation work is needed (filling, sanding, or priming bare plaster after replastering).

Either works. We are happy to work from a colour palette you have chosen — from any paint brand — and we can advise on finishes (matt, eggshell, satinwood) for different surfaces. If you would prefer us to specify the colours and supply the paint, we can do that too. We use Dulux Trade, Johnstone's, and Little Greene as standard.

No. We work room by room, move furniture aside (and replace it), keep dust contained with door seals and dust sheets, and leave each room usable at the end of each day. Modern low-odour paints make the process considerably less disruptive than it used to be.

Not without treating the underlying cause first. Painting over a damp patch seals nothing — the damp continues, the paint bubbles, and you are back to square one. We identify the source (leaking gutters, bridged cavity, condensation) and fix it before decorating. Stained ceilings from old leaks need a stain-block primer before they are painted — otherwise the stain bleeds through any colour.

Yes. On all our renovation, extension, and loft conversion projects, decoration is the final stage. It is included in your project quotation as a separate line item so you can see the cost clearly. Having the same company decorate that plastered the walls means any imperfections found during preparation are fixed at no extra cost.