Interior Painting in East Dulwich and South London

What's included

- Walls, ceilings, woodwork and trim (skirting, architrave, doors, door frames)

- Full protection of your floors, furniture and fittings with heavy-duty dust sheets

- Masking of sockets, switches, radiators and anywhere paint could travel

- Filling of hairline cracks, nail pops, picture-hook holes and old filler that's let go

- Dustless sanding of walls and ceilings using a Festool PLANEX and M-class extractor

- Correct primers and stain blockers where the substrate needs them

- Two coats of finish paint as standard (three on big colour changes)

- Removal and refitting of radiator valves where needed to paint behind

- Tidy site every evening, full clear-down at the end

- 1-year workmanship guarantee, in writing

- A labelled touch-up tin of your paint, left behind when I'm done

My process, start to finish

1. Walk the rooms with you. Before I quote, I'll go through every room with you and make a note of what's there. Lining paper, old wallpaper, hairline cracks, nail pops, bits of filler that have started to show, any damp patches that need investigating before paint goes anywhere near them.

2. Send a fixed quote within 24 hours. Itemised by room. You see what's included, what's not, and what each room costs. No vague day rates and no surprise extras at the end. If something changes during the job, I tell you the cost before I do it.

3. Protect everything before I start. Floors covered, furniture moved to the centre and covered, sockets and switches masked, skirtings taped where needed. I work clean.

4. Prep the surfaces properly. This is the bit most painters skim over. Filler goes in the cracks, dustless sanding levels everything off, primer goes on bare patches, stain blocker on water marks and old nicotine. By the time I'm putting finish paint on, the walls are flat, sound and ready.

5. Cut in and roll, two coats minimum. Two coats of finish is the baseline. Three on deep colour changes, on reds and deep blues that need the extra depth, and on ceilings going from a dirty warm white back to brilliant white.

6. Walk through with you at the end. Furniture back where it was, sockets back on, masking off, floors hoovered and mopped. I'll walk every room with you and pick up anything you're not happy with before I call it done.

Paints I use

I'm not loyal to a single brand. The right paint depends on the room, the light, your budget and what the walls can take. Farrow & Ball for beautiful depth of colour, especially mid-tones and historic shades. Little Greene is my personal favourite for most colour-led jobs — goes on a dream and covers brilliantly. Dulux Trade for ceilings, big repaints and rental refreshes where you need a hard-wearing trade emulsion that doesn't break the budget. Mylands for period homes that deserve a really beautiful finish. Tell me what you're after and I'll suggest what fits.

Pricing

Most interior work falls into a few rough bands. A small bedroom in good condition starts from around £400–£600. A typical living room or master bedroom is usually £700–£1,200. Hallways, stairs and landings together — the bit that really pulls a house together — typically run £1,200–£2,500 depending on height and detail. Whole-house repaints are quoted room by room.

These are guides, not promises. The fixed quote you get from me will be based on your actual rooms, after I've seen them or you've sent me photos.