Painters and decorators in Beckenham and South East London
We're painters and decorators for houses and flats across South East London, working from Beckenham. A family-run firm, we prepare and paint walls, ceilings, woodwork and the outside of your home, and we repair cracks and plaster before we paint.
- Family-run, registered at Companies House in 2007
- Inside and out: rooms, woodwork, wallpaper and fronts
- Cracks and plaster repaired before we paint
- Free visit and a written quote before any work starts
- Planned work only: no emergency call-outs
4.9 out of 5
From 38 MyBuilder reviews
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Painting and decorating services for your home, inside and out
Most of what we do is painting and decorating, in houses and flats alike, whether it's a single bedroom or the whole place. Each service has its own page:
Inside
Walls, ceilings, stairs and banisters, with cracks filled and bare wood primed first. See interior painting.
Outside
Painted brick, render, fascias, sash windows and front doors, repaired and primed before the top coats. See exterior painting.
Wallpaper
New paper hung on a prepared wall, old paper stripped and the plaster made good: wallpapering.
Doors
Front and internal doors painted, stained or varnished: door painting.
Kitchen units
Tired cupboard doors given a new colour without a new kitchen: kitchen cabinet painting.
Exterior painting in Beckenham and South East London
Exterior painting in Beckenham and South East London from a family firm. Free visit, a written quote and tidy work.
Interior painting in Beckenham and South East London
Interior painting in Beckenham and South East London from a family firm. Free visit, a written quote and tidy work.
Wallpapering in Beckenham and South East London
Wallpapering in Beckenham and South East London from a family firm. Free visit, a written quote and tidy work.
Commercial decorators in London and the South East
Commercial decorators for offices, blocks of flats, churches, gyms and shops across London and the South East. Free visit and a written quote.
Why choose a family firm to decorate your home
Reviews for jobs like yours
Most of our MyBuilder reviews are for painting and decorating work.
Repairs and paint from one team
We repair cracks and plaster that has come away from the wall before we paint, so there's no second trade to book.
A company you can check
Registered at Companies House in 2007 (company number 06178781), on Checkatrade and insured for £5 million public liability.
How your decorating job runs, from first call to tidy-up
- 01
Tell us about the job
Which rooms or which parts of the outside, and a few photos if you have them.
- 02
We visit and quote, free of charge
We look at the surfaces before we price them, then send the quote in writing.
- 03
We agree a start date
We agree which rooms come first and what you'd rather move yourself.
- 04
Preparation, then paint
Floors and furniture covered, cracks filled, surfaces sanded and primed, then the coats go on, top to bottom.
- 05
We clear up
Dust sheets up and rooms put back.
What a painter and decorator's quote depends on
We price each job after a free visit. What moves the cost most:
The size
how many rooms, how big, and how high the ceilings and stairwell walls are.
The condition of the surfaces
sound paint needs a wash and a light sand; cracked plaster, flaking paint or old wallpaper need more.
The finishes
doors, frames, skirting boards and banisters take longer than flat walls, and a big change of colour needs more coats than a refresh.
The access
outside, a scaffold or tower for the upper floors and, if it stands on the pavement, a temporary highway licence from the council, as Bromley requires.
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What customers say
4.9
out of 5 from 38 reviews on
“They were on time and did a fantastic job. I would most definitely come to them in the first instance for any other decorating jobs!”
“We’re really really impressed with the level of finish and found them to be extremely courteous and respectful. We’d highly recommend them and would definitely use them again next time we need some work doing.”
“Such high quality work, very impressed Helped sort a few other issues as well when they were there”
Painters and decorators across South London
We're based in Beckenham and decorate homes across South East London: Bromley, Penge, Chislehurst, Orpington, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Catford, Lewisham, Dulwich, Blackheath, Greenwich, Eltham and Sidcup.
Bromley
See painters and decorators in Bromley, with what the council controls in Penge, Shortlands and Petts Wood.
Croydon
See painters and decorators in Croydon, from Upper Norwood to Coulsdon.
Beckenham
Our home patch, with its own page: Beckenham.
For larger jobs, mostly commercial, we also work across the South East of England.
Painting the front of your house: what South London councils control
Painting the outside of a house usually needs no planning permission, and our exterior painting page covers the national rule. The exceptions are local, mostly in conservation areas (where the council protects a street's character), so check your street before choosing a new colour:
Lewisham: Forest Hill and Culverley Green
In parts of Forest Hill and in Culverley Green (Catford), Article 4 directions (orders that take away the right to make some changes without permission) cover painting the outside of a house where it can be seen from the street, an open space or a waterway.
Lewisham: Perry Vale
Here the direction covers any outside painting. These directions apply only to houses lived in as a single home (Lewisham's Article 4 page).
Dulwich Village
Southwark's appraisal says painting or rendering brick that has never been treated “is usually considered unacceptable”, while regular repainting of woodwork doesn't need authorisation (Dulwich Village appraisal).
Greenwich
Royal Greenwich has 23 conservation areas, and six of them have Article 4 directions; check the council's list before painting a front there.
Bromley and Croydon
Their conservation areas are covered on the two borough pages above.
If you live in a conservation area, mention your street when you ask for a quote.
Other work we do alongside decorating
Walls that need more than filling: plastering, so the wall is sound before we paint.
A bigger project: home renovations, where the decorating is the last stage of the build.
Period windows: sash window repair, before the frames are painted.
Offices, shops and blocks of flats: commercial decorators.
Questions about painters and decorators
Call 020 8249 7303
What do painters and decorators do?
They prepare surfaces and apply the finish: filling and sanding walls, priming bare wood, then painting walls, ceilings, woodwork and exteriors, and hanging or stripping wallpaper. Most of the work, and most of the time, goes into the preparation.
Do we have to move out while you decorate the house?
No. We decorate a house room by room, so you can keep living in it while we work. How long it takes depends on the number of rooms, the filling and sanding they need and the drying time between coats.
Can you repair the walls before you paint?
Yes. Filling and small repairs are part of the preparation, and where a wall or ceiling needs more than filling, we repair it before the decorating starts, so you don't need a second firm.
Do you take on emergency or same-day work?
No. We plan each job after a visit, so we don't offer emergency or same-day call-outs. If something urgent like a leak has damaged a ceiling, have the cause fixed first, then ask us to repair and redecorate.
Tell us about your decorating job
Tell us which rooms or which parts of the outside need painting, your street, and send a few photos if you can. We reply to every enquiry within one working day. You can also reach us through our contact page.