Painters & Decorators in Chelsea

Chelsea is largely period terrace — brick, painted brick and stucco — with narrow frontages seen at close range from the pavement. On a wide suburban elevation a minor imperfection disappears; on a narrow Chelsea frontage at arm's length it does not.

Original joinery is common and usually worth repairing. Decay concentrates in predictable places on sash and casement windows, and cutting those sections out and splicing sound timber in generally outlasts replacement.

Painted brickwork is its own question. Once brick has been painted it generally has to stay painted, and the coating needs to let the wall breathe or the brick suffers behind it.

Interior decorating is under interior painting, exterior and masonry under exterior painting.

Period floors are under wooden flooring, bathrooms and kitchens under tiling, and the roofline under fascias and soffits.

We also take on wallpapering · heat-reflective coating · StoColor Dryonic · whiteboard walls.

Frontages here are narrow but seen at close range, so the standard of finish expected is higher than the area would suggest. Preparation is priced for that rather than for a surface nobody inspects.

Original joinery is the common surprise. Sound windows need preparation and coating; windows with decay in the end grain or bottom rails need cutting out and splicing, which is joinery work rather than decorating.

Access on a narrow, busy street with resident parking takes longer to set up and take down, and that time is part of the cost.