Painters & Decorators in Notting Hill
Interior and exterior decorating for Notting Hill homes, on frontages where the colour is the point.
Get a QuoteStucco terraces, and colour that people photograph.
Notting Hill is known for painted stucco terraces in strong colour, and that brings a particular demand: the finish has to be even across the whole frontage, because a flat saturated colour shows lap marks and patchiness far more than a muted one.
Deep and saturated colours also behave differently on the wall. They generally need more coats to reach an even depth, and some pigments are less lightfast than others, which is worth knowing before choosing something that will face full south.
Underneath the colour it is still render, so the preparation is the same discipline: cut out and make good cracked or hollow sections and get the surface flat first.
Choosing one that still looks right in two years.
Colour behaves differently outdoors than on a card indoors, and differently again on a north-facing frontage than a south-facing one. A sample on the actual wall, looked at across a day, is the only reliable way to choose.
Where a terrace or communal garden has an agreed palette, or the property is in a conservation area, exterior colour may be constrained. We confirm that before ordering.
Frontages, interiors and everything behind them.
Interior decorating including wallpapering is under interior painting; the frontage work is under exterior painting.
Floors are under wooden flooring and bathrooms and kitchens under tiling.
We also take on wallpapering · fascias, soffits and guttering · heat-reflective coating · StoColor Dryonic · whiteboard walls.
What actually moves an estimate in Notting Hill.
Colour choice genuinely affects the price here. Deep, saturated colours have less opacity and need more coats to reach an even depth, and an uneven strong colour on a stucco frontage is extremely visible.
The render underneath is the other half. Cracked or hollow stucco is cut out and made good before coating, because a strong colour draws the eye to every defect rather than disguising it.
Access on a terrace frontage is charged by time on site, so it pays to group the facade, the windows and the roofline into one visit.
Questions we are asked locally.
Can you match an existing frontage colour?
Yes. Where a terrace has an agreed palette or the freeholder specifies a colour, we confirm it before ordering material.
Why do strong colours need more coats?
Saturated colours have less opacity, so they take more coats to reach an even depth. Skimping on coats is what produces a patchy frontage that looks wrong in raking light.
Will a bright colour fade?
Some pigments are less lightfast than others, and a south-facing frontage takes the most ultraviolet. It is worth discussing before committing to a colour that will be in full sun.
Does conservation-area status limit the colour?
It can, and much of the area is designated. We confirm what applies to your property before any colour is ordered.
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