Painters & Decorators for London and the inside of the M25
London decorating is finish-critical. On commercial fit-out across the City, Southwark and the West End, the paint finish is the first thing a client sees and the last thing before handover, and the tolerance for roller marks in raking light on a floor plate is effectively zero. We place decorators on that work who have taken a floor through a client walk-round before and know what will get picked up.
Residential tower work is the volume side — repeating apartment layouts, mist and two coats, corridors and cores, often sprayed for speed then cut in by hand. The gains come from a stable team that has learned the apartment layout, so we hold the same faces across a tower run rather than rotating people through.
Access and protection dominate the practical side in central London. Shared hoists, protected finished floors, restricted material storage and out-of-hours working in occupied buildings all shape who we send. If your programme requires evening or weekend working to avoid building users, say so up front — a decorator who has done nights before is a very different proposition from one being asked for the first time.
Every painter and decorator is checked before they reach your gate
Vetting is done before we put someone forward, not after you have inducted them. The evidence sits in our compliance pack and we will send it for your PQQ.
CSCS card verified
Checked live against the register, with Blue Skilled Worker as the baseline for a time-served decorator.
NVQ Level 2 Painting and Decorating
Qualification behind the card confirmed and copied for your compliance pack.
Spray competence confirmed separately
Airless spraying is a distinct skill with its own masking, thinning and ventilation discipline — we verify it rather than assume it.
Right to work
Originals or share code checked in person, expiry dates tracked.
References on finish and snagging
We ask previous sites specifically about snag rates and about conduct in occupied or client-facing areas.
- —CSCS Blue Skilled Worker
- —NVQ Level 2 Painting and Decorating
- —PASMA or IPAF for access equipment
- —Working at height awareness
- —COSHH awareness for solvent-based systems
- £10m Employer's Liability
- £5m Public Liability
- £2m Professional Indemnity
- Full compliance pack available for PQQ and supply chain onboarding
What painters & decorators cost
Rates depend on trade, tickets, site location, duration and volume. Request our current rate card or call 020 7870 8171 for a quote on your requirement.
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What to tell us when you call
Six answers and we can price it and start searching on the same call.
- 01
Finish standard and whether it is a spray, brush and roller, or mixed application.
- 02
Paint system specified, including any intumescent or specialist coatings.
- 03
Whether the areas are occupied, client-facing, or clean site.
- 04
How many coats are already on and what stage of the programme you are at.
- 05
Team size, access equipment provided, and whether you need a working foreman.
- 06
Start date, hours including weekends, site postcode and induction arrangements.
Working with painters & decorators in London
- Fit-out finish standards and client walk-round experience
- Spray-and-cut-in tower runs with stable teams
- Evening, weekend and occupied-building working covered
Also hiring elsewhere? We cover the whole of London, the M25 and the South East — see our coverage map or the London recruitment hub.
Most sites need more than one trade
We staff the whole package rather than a single line on your requirement, so one call covers the gang.
Hiring painters & decorators — frequently asked
Need painters & decorators in London?
Tell us the requirement and we will come back with availability, rates and compliance evidence. Out-of-hours calls are answered.
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