Interior Decoration Chelsea Period Property Specialists - In-House Decorators - Fixed Price
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A homeowner in Drayton Gardens called us in October. She had completed a bathroom renovation with us the previous spring, tadelakt shower enclosure, original mosaic tile floor restored, lime plaster walls repaired and prepared correctly. The bathroom had been decorated as part of that programme. She had noticed something.
The decorator who worked on her bathroom was not an afterthought. He was not the person who arrived when everyone else had finished and applied paint to whatever surface was left. He was the person who had been preparing surfaces throughout the programme, filling and priming woodwork while the second fix was underway, making good the lime plaster repairs as they cured, ensuring that every surface in the bathroom was ready to receive its final finish on the day it was needed rather than the week it was eventually convenient.
She wanted the same approach for the rest of the house. Four floors. Twelve rooms. A Chelsea Victorian terrace on Drayton Gardens that had been lived in with care but not decorated since the previous owners had the ground floor done in 2019. The upper floors were showing their age. The original cornicing on the first floor principal rooms is intact, profiled; the original Victorian specification had been painted over so many times that the profile was beginning to fill. The six-panel doors throughout the house had been painted with a roller rather than a brush, the finish showing the roller texture in the flat panels rather than the smooth, hand-applied finish that a period door deserves.
Three decoration companies quoted. All three proposed starting after the minor repairs they had identified were complete. The cornice profile needed attention. Two areas of lime plaster on the second-floor landing required repair before decoration could proceed. The sash window frames on the third floor required external preparation before the internal sills could be finished.
All three quoted for decoration only. All three required the homeowner to arrange the repair work separately with a plasterer for the lime work, a joiner for the sash windows, before the decorators could begin.
We quoted for everything. Lime plaster repair in the house. Sash window joinery in-house. Cornicing cleaning and profile restoration in-house. And decoration throughout all four floors by our in-house decoration team, working to the standard that the Drayton Gardens house deserved.
Six weeks. One fixed price. One team. The Victorian terrace on Drayton Gardens is decorated correctly for the first time in at least a decade.
Professional interior decoration across Chelsea SW3, Drayton Gardens, Fulham Road, Old Church Street, Cheyne Walk, Flood Street, and all SW3 addresses. Period property decoration specialists. Lime plaster preparation in-house. Original cornicing preserved. Six-panel door finishing. Sash window decoration. Victorian and Edwardian property specialists. Fixed prices from £2,500. Free site visit.
Hero Benefits:
- Interior decoration Chelsea period property specialists
- Lime plaster walls prepared and decorated correctly in-house
- Original cornicing cleaned and profile restored, never filled over
- Six-panel doors finished by hand, no roller texture on flat panels
- Sash window decoration, internal and external
- Victorian and Edwardian property decoration specialists
- Period-appropriate finishes: distemper, eggshell, estate emulsion
- Contemporary finishes to the specification the property demands
- Colour consultation is included with every decoration programme
- Decoration coordinated within renovation programmes no additional wait
- All trades in-house lime plaster, joinery, and decoration from one team
- Fixed price guarantee from site visit to final coat
- Free site visit, including surface assessment
- 12-month workmanship guarantee
- From £2,500 Single Room
- Period Property Specialists
- All Preparation In House
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The Drayton Gardens Decoration: The Standard a Victorian Terrace Deserves
The three decoration companies that visited Drayton Gardens before us were experienced decorators. They assessed the surfaces correctly, identifying the cornice profile filling, the lime plaster repair areas, and the sash window preparation requirement. They were not wrong in their assessments. They were limited in their scope.
A decoration company that employs only decorators can quote for decoration only. The lime plaster repair in the two areas on the second floor landing requires a lime plaster specialist, not a plasterer who works in gypsum, not a decorator who fills with caulk, but a specialist in hydraulic lime who understands why the lime plaster in a Chelsea Victorian terrace fails where gypsum repairs have been introduced and why it must be repaired with lime rather than replaced with plasterboard.
None of the three decoration companies employed a lime plaster specialist. All three required the homeowner to arrange the lime work separately before they could begin. This is not a failing it is a limitation of scope. But it is a limitation that produces programme gaps, coordination problems, and a decorative result that is only as good as the preparation work the homeowner managed to arrange with a separate contractor.
We employ a lime plaster specialist. He works alongside our decorators. The preparation and the decoration are one programme, not two separate contracts requiring coordination between companies that have never worked together before.
The original Victorian cornicing in the Drayton Gardens first-floor principal rooms had been painted conservatively twelve to fifteen times since the house was built. Each coat of paint had filled the cornice profile fractionally. The cumulative effect of twelve to fifteen coats was a cornice that was still present, still profiled, still the original Victorian specification, but beginning to lose the crispness of the original detail in the areas where the paint had thickened most.
The standard response to this condition is to paint again. Each additional coat fills the profile a little more. In another ten or fifteen painting cycles, the original Victorian profile will be indistinguishable from a modern plaster cornice without profile because the detail will have been filled rather than cleaned.
The correct response is to clean the cornice, removing the accumulated paint from the profile detail using a specialist softening agent and careful hand tools, revealing the original profile, and then applying a single correctly specified coat of decoration that leaves the profile clear and readable.
This is what our in-house decorators did on the Drayton Gardens first floor. The cornicing on the principal bedroom and drawing room was cleaned to the original profile. The first post-cleaning coat was applied in a correctly thinned emulsion that coated the surface without filling the detail. The result was a first-floor cornice that looked as though it had just been installed because the profile was clear for the first time in years.
The three decoration companies that visited Drayton Gardens had not mentioned this. They had quoted for painting the cornice. We quoted for restoring it.
The Six-Panel Door Brush Not Roller
The six-panel doors throughout the Drayton Gardens house had been painted with a roller. This is the most common decoration error in period property maintenance and the most visible.
A six-panel Victorian door has six recessed panels separated by raised mouldings. The recessed panels are flat surfaces, and on a correctly finished door, they should be smooth, with no visible texture, reflecting the light evenly across the panel face. The raised mouldings are profiled, and on a correctly finished door, the paint should sit in the moulding profile cleanly without bridging the detail.
A roller applies paint at a consistent texture across every surface it contacts: the flat panel, the raised moulding, and the transition between them. The texture of the roller nap is visible on the dried paint surface. On a smooth wall, this texture is acceptable because a wall is not examined at close range in a raking light. On a door panel, it is not because a door is examined at close range every time it is used.
A brush applies paint in the direction of the grain, with the panel painted first, the mouldings second, and the stiles and rails third, in the sequence that a period door painter understands from experience and that produces a flat, smooth panel face with crisp moulding definition.
Every door in the Drayton Gardens house was stripped back to a sound base and finished by brush in a period-appropriate eggshell, the six-panel profile clear, the panel faces smooth, the moulding definition as the joiner who made the doors in 1890 would have recognised.
Six Weeks Four Floors Decorated Correctly
The Drayton Gardens decoration programme was six weeks, four floors, twelve rooms, original cornicing restored, lime plaster repair completed by our in-house lime plasterer, sash window frames prepared and decorated internally and externally by our in-house joiner and decorator working together, and all six-panel doors throughout the house finished by brush.
Week one surface preparation throughout all four floors. All lime plaster walls assessed. Repair areas identified and marked. Two areas of lime plaster repair on the second-floor landing were completed in hydraulic lime and left to cure.
Week two woodwork preparation throughout. All six-panel doors were stripped to the sound base where roller finish required removal, filled and primed throughout. Sash window frames assessed external preparation coordinated with the joiner. Skirting boards and architraves prepared.
Week three cornicing restoration on the first floor principal rooms. Cleaning compound is applied and allowed to dwell. Original profile cleaned and assessed. Any damaged profile areas are repaired with matching hydraulic lime profile plaster. First coat applied to the cleaned cornice thinned to the correct consistency for a first coat over cleaned Victorian plasterwork.
Weeks four and five: decoration throughout all four floors. Period-appropriate finishes specified for each surface: distemper in the two rooms where the lime plaster condition supported it, estate emulsion in the remaining rooms, eggshell on all woodwork. Colour palette agreed at the consultation visit, a graduated palette running from the stronger tones in the lower ground floor and ground floor rooms to the lighter tones in the bedroom floors.
Week six finishing, snagging, and second coats where required.
Six weeks. One fixed price. The Victorian terrace on Drayton Gardens is decorated to the standard its original construction deserved.
Complete Interior Decoration Chelsea From £2,500 per room
Complete interior decoration across Chelsea SW3, surface assessment, preparation, lime plaster repair where required, cornicing restoration where required, and decoration in the finishes and colours appropriate for the specific Chelsea period property. One fixed price covering preparation and decoration. No requirement for the homeowner to arrange repair work separately before decoration can begin.
Period Property Decoration Chelsea From £3,500 per room
Period property decoration for the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of Chelsea SW3, the specific decoration approach required by properties where the original cornicing, six-panel joinery, lime plaster walls, and sash windows are present and must be treated with the knowledge and technique that period property decoration demands.
Period property decoration in Chelsea is not the same as standard interior decoration. Lime plaster walls require different preparation and primer than plasterboard. Original cornicing requires cleaning rather than filling. Six-panel doors require a brush application rather than a roller. Sash windows require specific preparation at the glazing bars that a standard decorator, unfamiliar with the property type, will not apply correctly.
Our in-house decoration team has decorated Chelsea Victorian terraces every week for the past several years. The cornicing, the lime plaster, and the six-panel doors are what we work with. We know how to treat them correctly.
Renovation Decoration Chelsea From £1,500 per room within renovation scope
Decoration coordinated within a bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation, or house renovation programme, the approach that the Drayton Gardens homeowner recognised from her bathroom renovation and wanted for the rest of the house.
Renovation decoration in Chelsea closes the gap most renovation projects face between the final trade signing off and the decoration beginning. Our decoration team prepares surfaces throughout the renovation programme, filling and priming woodwork during second fix, making good plaster repairs as they cure, so that decoration completes as part of the programme rather than beginning after it.
Living Room Decoration Chelsea From £2,500
Living room decoration in Chelsea SW3, cornicing restored, lime plaster prepared correctly, period-appropriate colour and finish, six-panel joinery finished by brush. The principal room of a Chelsea Victorian terrace decorated to the standard its proportions and original detail demand.
Bedroom Decoration Chelsea From £1,800
Bedroom decoration across Chelsea SW3 from the principal first-floor bedroom with its original Victorian cornicing and six-panel joinery to the upper floor bedrooms, where the period detail is simpler but the quality of finish is no less important. Period-appropriate finishes in the colours agreed at the consultation visit.
Exterior Decoration Chelsea From £3,500
Exterior decoration for Chelsea Victorian terraces requires the external paintwork that the street-facing elevation, the sash window frames, the front door, and the stucco facade require to maintain the appearance appropriate for SW3. Exterior decoration in Chelsea requires specific preparation of the stucco facade; any failed stucco is repaired in lime render before any paint is applied, and the correct specification of masonry paint appropriate for a lime render substrate.
Colour Consultation Chelsea Included with every decoration programme
Colour consultation for Chelsea SW3 period properties: selecting a period-appropriate or contemporary colour palette that works with the specific proportions, light quality, and architectural details of the Chelsea Victorian or Edwardian property. Colour consultation is included with every decoration programme at no additional charge.
What Is Included in Our Interior Decoration Chelsea Service
Surface Assessment Before Any Quote
Every Chelsea decoration quotation begins with a surface assessment of every wall, every ceiling, every cornice, every door, every window frame. Lime plaster condition assessed. Cornice profile condition assessed. Joinery condition assessed. Repair requirements identified and included within the fixed price before any decoration work begins.
Lime Plaster Preparation In-House
Lime plaster repair and preparation by our in-house lime plasterer the specific capability that distinguishes a Chelsea period property decorator from a standard decorator. Lime plaster walls must be prepared with lime-compatible primer. Areas of failed gypsum repair must be removed and replaced with lime before any decoration can proceed. Our lime plasterer works alongside our decoration team, preparing and decorating in one programme.
Cornicing Restoration In-House
Original Victorian and Edwardian cornicing cleaned to the original profile where paint accumulation has begun to fill the detail. Specialist softening compound applied. Profile cleaned by hand. Damaged profile areas repaired in matching hydraulic lime profile plaster. First coat applied correctly, thinned specification to coat without filling. The Drayton Gardens first-floor cornicing was restored to its original profile in two days. No cornice is replaced where the original can be restored.
Six-Panel Door Finishing By Brush
All six-panel doors finished by brush in the correct sequence: panels first, mouldings second, stiles and rails third, in a period-appropriate eggshell. No roller finish on period doors. Panel faces are smooth. Moulding definition clear. The finish that a Victorian door deserves and that most standard decoration companies do not apply because brush finishing takes longer than roller finishing and requires the specific knowledge of the period door painting sequence.
Sash Window Decoration Inside and Out
Sash window decoration throughout internal sill and architrave preparation and decoration, external frame and glazing bar preparation and decoration. Sash windows require specific preparation at the glazing bars, putty repair where required, correct primer, and the brush application that produces a clean glazing bar edge without the paint bridging that causes sash window failures.
Period-Appropriate Finishes
Distemper for lime plaster walls, where the wall condition and the room character support it the traditional finish for Victorian and Edwardian lime plaster walls, breathable, repairable, and appropriate. Estate emulsion for lime plaster walls, where distemper is not specified correctly specified as a breathable, low-VOC emulsion compatible with the lime plaster substrate. Eggshell for all woodwork, the period-appropriate sheen level for Victorian and Edwardian joinery, applied by brush in the correct sequence.
Contemporary Finishes
Where the brief is for a contemporary finish within a period property, matt emulsions in contemporary colours, satin on woodwork, specialist finishes including limewash and colour wash, our decoration team applies the correct finish to the correct substrate using the preparation and primer appropriate for the specific wall and surface type.
Colour Consultation
Colour palette selection for every Chelsea decoration programme is included within the fixed price, carried out at the site visit stage, and confirmed in writing before any decoration begins. The specific colour challenges of a Chelsea Victorian terrace, the low light on the lower ground floor, the high ceilings and generous proportions of the first floor principal rooms, and the smaller scale of the upper floor bedrooms are addressed in the colour consultation rather than discovered during the decoration.
Interior Decoration Costs Chelsea
Single Room Decoration: What to Expect to Pay
A single room decoration in Chelsea SW3, surface preparation, lime plaster repair where required, cornicing attention where required, and two coats of decoration in the agreed finish: typically £2,500 to £4,500 depending on the room size, the extent of preparation required, and the complexity of the period detail. A principal drawing room on the first floor of a Chelsea Victorian terrace with original cornicing and six-panel joinery will be at the upper end of this range, because the preparation and finishing requirements of the period detail are more extensive than those of a standard bedroom.
Complete House Decoration: What to Expect to Pay
Complete house decoration for a Chelsea Victorian terrace, four floors, all rooms, all woodwork, all period detail restored and decorated: typically £18,000 to £45,000 depending on the number of floors, the extent of cornicing restoration required, the condition of the lime plaster, and whether exterior decoration is included within the programme. The Drayton Gardens six-week programme for four floors was in the middle of this range.
Exterior Decoration: What to Expect to Pay
Exterior decoration for a Chelsea Victorian terrace stucco facade, sash window frames, front door, railings: typically £3,500 to £9,000 depending on the height of the property, the condition of the stucco, and the extent of lime render repair required before decoration. Properties above three storeys require a scaffold; the scaffold cost is included within our fixed price rather than added as a variation.
Renovation Decoration: What to Expect to Pay
Decoration within a renovation programme, such as kitchen renovation, bathroom renovation, or house renovation, is priced within the overall renovation fixed price rather than as a separate contract. A bathroom renovation with full decoration included: typically £500 to £1,500 above the renovation cost. A house renovation with complete decoration throughout: typically £8,000 to £18,000 within the overall programme cost.
Interior Decoration in Chelsea Properties
Victorian Terraces SW3
Chelsea’s Victorian terraces, the stucco-fronted properties on the streets between the King’s Road and the river, are the defining decoration challenge of the SW3 postcode. Original cornicing on all principal floors. Six-panel joinery throughout. Lime plaster on lath. Sash windows on all elevations. The complete Victorian interior fabric present in many Chelsea properties in varying states of preservation requires the specific decoration knowledge that the Victorian property type demands.
Victorian terrace decoration in Chelsea requires a decorator who understands the difference between lime plaster and plasterboard, who knows how to clean a Victorian cornice rather than fill it, and who can finish a six-panel door by brush rather than roller. These are not rare skills, but they are skills that standard decoration companies do not consistently possess and do not consistently apply.
Edwardian Properties SW3
Chelsea’s Edwardian properties are slightly later in construction than the Victorian stock and with a different original decoration specification, require the same lime plaster and period joinery knowledge as the Victorian equivalents, combined with the understanding of Edwardian colour and finish preferences that a period property specialist brings to the decoration consultation.
Conservation Areas SW3
Chelsea is covered by several conservation areas, including the Chelsea Park and Carlyle Square Conservation Area and the Cheyne Conservation Area, where external decoration requires specific material and colour consideration. External masonry paint specifications in Chelsea conservation areas must be appropriate for the character of the area. We advise on the correct external specification for every Chelsea conservation area property at the site visit.
Lateral Apartments SW3
Lateral apartment decoration in Chelsea, the converted Victorian properties on the principal streets, requires the same period detail knowledge as the freehold equivalent, combined with the management company notification awareness that applies to external decoration in leasehold properties. We manage the management company notification process for external decoration as part of every Chelsea apartment decoration programme.
Why Choose Our Interior Decoration Chelsea Service
We Prepare As Well As Decorate
The three decoration companies that quoted Drayton Gardens could not repair the lime plaster, restore the cornicing to profile, or prepare the sash windows externally, because they employed decorators only. We employ lime plasterers, joiners, and decorators all in-house. The preparation and the decoration are one programme. One fixed price. No coordination between separate contractors.
Period Property Knowledge Applied
Original Victorian cornicing cleaned to profile rather than painted over. Six-panel doors are finished with a brush rather than a roller. Lime plaster prepared with lime-compatible primer rather than standard PVA. Distemper is applied to lime plaster walls where the wall and room support it. These are the specific decoration decisions that distinguish a period property decoration from a standard decoration, and they are decisions that require knowledge of the property type rather than generic decoration practice.
Colour Consultation Included
Every Chelsea decoration programme includes a colour consultation, a specific palette discussion for the specific Chelsea property, carried out at the site visit and confirmed in writing before any decoration begins. No additional charge. No separate interior designer required.
Fixed Price
The price on our interior decoration Chelsea quotation is the price on our invoice. Preparation included. Lime plaster repair included. Cornicing restoration included. All within the fixed price quoted at the site visit. No variations during the programme.
Free Site Visit and Surface Assessment
Every Chelsea decoration quotation begins with a free site visit surface assessment on every surface, cornice profile condition assessed, lime plaster condition assessed, joinery condition assessed, repair requirements identified, and colour consultation commenced. Written fixed price within 48 hours. Call 020 7129 7418.
Our Interior Decoration Process Chelsea
Step 1 – Free Site Visit and Surface Assessment: The project manager and lead decorator attend your Chelsea property. Every surface assessed walls, ceilings, cornicing, doors, and windows. Lime plaster condition assessed. Cornice profile condition assessed. Repair requirements identified and included in the fixed price. Colour consultation commenced. No charge. No obligation. Fixed price within 48 hours. Call 020 7129 7418.
Step 2 – Fixed Price Quotation: Written fixed price covering surface preparation, lime plaster repair where required, cornicing restoration where required, joinery preparation, and decoration throughout in the agreed finishes and colours. One price. Everything included.
Step 3 – Surface Preparation: All surfaces are prepared to the standard required by the specific surface and finish. Lime plaster walls, any failed gypsum repairs removed and replaced with lime, lime-compatible primer applied. Cornicing cleaning compound is applied, and the profile is cleaned by hand where paint accumulation requires it. Joinery stripped to sound base where required, filled and primed throughout.
Step 4 – Lime Plaster Repair: All identified lime plaster repair areas completed in hydraulic lime scratch coat and finish coat with appropriate curing time before decoration. Duration varies by extent of repair.
Step 5 – Cornicing Restoration: Original profile cleaned where paint accumulation has filled the detail. Damaged profile areas repaired in matching hydraulic lime profile plaster. First coat applied in the thinned specification.
Step 6 – Decoration: All rooms decorated in the agreed finishes and colours, period-appropriate or contemporary to the homeowner’s specification. Walls, ceilings, cornicing, woodwork. All six-panel doors are finished by hand. All sash windows are finished correctly at the glazing bars.
Step 7 – Snagging and Handover: Complete inspection of all surfaces. Second coats were required. Final snagging. 12-month guarantee issued. Call 020 7129 7418 to begin.
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How much does interior decoration cost in Chelsea?
Interior decoration in Chelsea costs from £2,500 for a single room to £45,000 for a complete four-floor Victorian terrace decoration programme. A principal room with original Victorian cornicing and period joinery typically costs £2,500 to £4,500. A complete house decoration programme typically costs £18,000 to £45,000, depending on the number of floors and the extent of preparation required. Free site visit and fixed-price quotation within 48 hours. Call 020 7129 7418.
What is the difference between lime plaster and plasterboard decoration?
Lime plaster, the original wall construction of Chelsea’s Victorian and Edwardian terraces, must be prepared with lime-compatible primer rather than standard PVA. Gypsum repairs in lime plaster walls must be removed and replaced with lime before decoration. Lime plaster can be decorated with distemper, the traditional breathable finish that plasterboard cannot support. Our in-house lime plasterer prepares all lime plaster walls correctly before decoration begins. Call 020 7129 7418.
Can you restore original Victorian cornicing in Chelsea?
Yes. Our in-house decorators clean accumulated paint from original Victorian cornice profiles using specialist softening compound and hand tools, restoring the original profile without the replacement that most decorators recommend when the cornice profile begins to fill. Damaged profile areas repaired in matching hydraulic lime profile plaster. The Drayton Gardens first-floor cornicing was restored to its original profile in two days. Call 020 7129 7418.
Why should six-panel doors be finished by brush, not roller?
Six-panel Victorian doors have recessed panels that must be smooth and free of roller texture to reflect light correctly. A brush applied in the correct sequence, panels first, mouldings second, stiles and rails third, produces a smooth panel face and crisp moulding definition. A roller applies consistent texture across all surfaces, including the panel face, producing a textured finish that is visible in raking light and inappropriate for a period door. All six-panel doors in our Chelsea programmes are finished by hand. Call 020 7129 7418.
Do you include colour consultation in your Chelsea decoration service?
Yes. Colour consultation is included with every Chelsea decoration programme, with no additional charge, no separate interior designer required. The specific colour challenges of a Chelsea Victorian terrace, low light on the lower ground floor, high ceilings and generous proportions on the first floor, smaller scale on the upper floors are addressed in the colour consultation at the site visit stage. Call 020 7129 7418.
Do you carry out exterior decoration in Chelsea? Yes.
Exterior decoration for Chelsea Victorian terraces, stucco facade, sash window frames, front door, railings. Failed stucco repaired in lime render before any paint is applied. Masonry paint specified correctly for a lime render substrate. Scaffold is included in the fixed price for properties above three storeys. Conservation area external specification advised at the site visit. From £3,500. Call 020 7129 7418.
Can you decorate alongside a renovation programme in Chelsea?
Yes. Our in-house decoration team works alongside every other trade in our renovation programmes. Preparation begins while plaster cures, woodwork is primed during the second fix, and decoration is completed as part of the programme rather than beginning after it. No decoration waits at the end of a Chelsea renovation. The Drayton Gardens homeowner recognised this approach from her bathroom renovation. Call 020 7129 7418.
What finishes do you use in Chelsea period properties?
Distemper for lime plaster walls where the wall condition and room character support it. Estate emulsion for lime plaster walls, where distemper is not specified, is breathable and lime-compatible. Eggshell for all woodwork applied by brush. Masonry paint for external stucco is correctly specified for lime render. Limewash and colour wash where the brief and substrate support it. All finishes are specified correctly for the specific surface and property type. Call 020 7129 7418.
Do you use subcontractors for interior decoration in Chelsea?
No. Decorators, lime plasterers, and joiners are all direct employees of Chelsea Property Renovation & Maintenance Ltd. No subcontractors. One team. One fixed price. No programme gaps between preparation and decoration. Call 020 7129 7418.
How long does interior decoration take in Chelsea?
A single room decoration typically takes three to five days, including preparation. A complete house decoration for a four-floor Victorian terrace typically takes five to seven weeks. The Drayton Gardens four-floor programme with cornicing restoration and lime plaster repair took six weeks. All timelines confirmed in the fixed price quotation. Call 020 7129 7418.
Do you cover conservation areas in Chelsea for exterior decoration?
Yes. We advise on the correct external masonry paint specification for Chelsea conservation areas, including the Chelsea Park and Carlyle Square Conservation Area and the Cheyne Conservation Area, at the site visit. External colour and material specifications appropriate for the character of the specific conservation area. Call 020 7129 7418.
Is interior decoration worth it in Chelsea? Yes.
Correctly executed period property decoration cornicing restored to profile, lime plaster prepared and decorated correctly, six-panel doors finished by brush, adds value in the Chelsea SW3 market where buyers and estate agents recognise the quality of a correctly decorated period property. The Drayton Gardens Victorian terrace, correctly decorated, added more value at resale than a standard decorator’s finish would have achieved. Call 020 7129 7418.
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