Filling, sanding, caulking and cutting in, then two coats laid on properly. Interiors and exteriors, new plaster mist coated, woodwork prepared and finished, ceilings cut in clean at the wall line, and spray finishes where a sprayed job suits the room better than a roller.
Filling, sanding, caulking the gaps at skirtings and architraves and dusting off before a brush is opened. Paint hides nothing, and a fast decorator with no prep is not saving you money.
Fresh plaster left to dry, then a thinned mist coat before the finish coats, so the paint bonds to the wall instead of peeling off in sheets a year later.
Ceilings cut in by hand at the wall line, sharp edges at the skirting and around switches, and no roller texture running onto woodwork or glass.
Furniture moved and sheeted, floors covered, handles and sockets masked, and the tape off the same day rather than left to pull the paint with it.
Five to seven days for a skim in a normally ventilated room, up to two weeks for a full replaster or in winter. The wall tells you: dark damp patches mean it is not ready, an even pale colour means it is. Then it needs a mist coat, emulsion thinned with water, so the plaster does not drink the finish coat.
Yes. It goes to the middle of the room or out of it, gets sheeted and gets put back where it was. What we ask you to handle is anything fragile or valuable, ornaments, electronics and pictures, because nobody wants us moving those.
Yes, and for large flat areas, doors, radiators and kitchen units a sprayed finish is genuinely better. It needs proper masking and that takes time, so it suits an empty room or a whole flat more than a single wall. We will tell you which method suits the job rather than defaulting to one.
Almost never, whatever the tin says. Two coats over a mist coat on new plaster, two over a colour change, sometimes three where a strong colour is going pale. A one coat job looks patchy in daylight within a week, and where a price is much lower than everybody else, that is usually where the difference is hiding.
Yes, masonry, render, soffits, fascias, front doors and railings. External work depends on weather and access, so it gets programmed with that in mind rather than promised for a fixed week in November, and anything that needs scaffold or a tower gets priced with the access included.
Full and part refurbishments across East London: strip out, alterations, making good, then the finishing trades that turn a shell back into a room.
ServicePatch repairs, bonding, full skims and overboarded ceilings, plus external rendering.
ServiceOld kitchen or bathroom out, walls and floor made good, pipework and wastes reworked for the new layout, then units and sanitaryware fitted, tiled, sealed and tested.
ServiceLaminate, engineered wood, vinyl plank and tiled floors, laid on a subfloor that has actually been prepared.
ServiceDoors hung, skirting and architrave fitted, shelving and storage built in, fitted wardrobes, stud work and flat pack assembled properly.
ServiceLeaks traced and fixed, taps, wastes, radiators and towel rails changed, bathroom pipework reworked, then walls and floors tiled with the layout set out properly.
ServiceCurtain rails and blinds, shower beading, regrouting, filling and touching up, shelves, handles, silicone, small repairs and the ten other jobs that have been on the list since spring.
ServiceGarden maintenance and one off clearances: hedges and shrubs cut back, grass and beds tidied, jet washing, plus garage, shed, yard and flat clearances with the waste loaded and taken away.
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