Broadstairs · Kent · CT10
A small, family-run decorating outfit working the bays, clifftop villas and back streets of Broadstairs - interior decorating, wallpapering and specialist care for the town's Victorian housing stock. Fixed prices published up front, from £250.
Why book us
Why local matters
Broadstairs grew up around its bays - Viking Bay, Louisa Bay, Stone Bay - and the clifftop above them is lined with Victorian villas and terraces, many with the bay windows the town is known for. Charles Dickens summered here and Bleak House still looks out over the harbour; a good stretch of the seafront and old town sits inside a conservation area. Further back from the water, toward St Peter's and Dumpton, the housing gets newer and the jobs more straightforward.
That mix matters indoors, not just out. Older sash windows and bay-window reveals let salt-laden coastal air find its way past the glazing, so condensation and damp patches on interior sills and surrounds are more common here than a few miles inland. Lime-plastered walls in the oldest cottages need breathable, vapour-permeable coatings, not a modern sealed emulsion that traps the damp in. We look at the building before we look at the colour chart.
Broadstairs building stock
What we do
Specified for Broadstairs' mix of Victorian clifftop housing and newer estates further inland. Standard trade paint and labour included in every quoted price.
Surface prep (crack filling, sanding, stain-blocking), emulsion on walls and ceilings, woodwork and trim in gloss, satinwood or eggshell, and feature walls or textured finishes.
Stripping old paper, steaming walls, lining paper on older walls for a smooth base, then precision pattern-matched hanging including wide-format and digital prints.
Careful preparation and painting of sash windows, historic timber and lime plaster, common across Broadstairs' Victorian clifftop housing.
High-efficiency touch-up decorating for landlords and sellers who need a fast turnaround between tenancies or ahead of a sale.
Pricing
We don't hide our rates behind a "request a quote" form. Below is the published guide we work from - average prices including standard trade paint and labour. Your exact quote depends on the room's condition and how much prep the walls need, confirmed before we start and fixed once agreed.
Our most common job - a single box bedroom or small room, prepped and painted in a day. See interior decorating →
A step up from a box room - the skirting boards and door frame are included in the price, not billed separately.
Most Broadstairs villas have a larger reception room facing the bay - this is what that job typically costs.
The multi-level, high-ceiling stairwells common in Broadstairs' Victorian terraces take longer and more careful access - priced accordingly.
Precision pattern-matched hanging on a single wall. See wallpapering →
Landlord or selling up?
A high-efficiency touch-up service built for the turnaround between tenants or ahead of a sale - not a full redecoration, just what's needed to present the property well, done quickly.
Our promise
Our price guide is real and public, not a "call for a quote" teaser. What we quote against it is what you pay - unexpected finds are flagged and priced separately before we continue.
The person who quotes your job is the person who paints it. No subcontracted crews, no franchise call centre.
Broadstairs' clifftop villas and lime-plastered cottages get treated as what they are, not painted like a modern new-build.
Where we work
CT10 covers Broadstairs town and the areas around it, from the bays and the old town clifftop inland toward St Peter's and Dumpton.
Recent work
A running log of jobs across Broadstairs and the surrounding area, updated as we finish them.
Send a couple of photos of the room or the job. Quote back same day against our published prices, fixed price, no obligation.