Painting Tips & Guides

You’ve got three quotes sitting in your inbox. One’s eye wateringly expensive and you’ve immediately dismissed it. One’s suspiciously cheap and you’re trying to convince yourself that maybe, just maybe, this person is simply brilliant at painting and doesn’t charge much. The third is somewhere in the middle and seems reasonable, but you’re still tempted […]

Your letting agent just called. New tenant moves in on Friday. It’s Wednesday morning. The current tenant has left your Canary Wharf flat looking like a crime scene, complete with mysterious stains on the living room wall and what appears to be an entire tin of red paint knocked over in the hallway. So you

Let me guess what happened. You got three quotes for painting your building’s exterior. One was astronomical, one was suspiciously cheap, and one was somewhere in the middle. You went with the cheap one because “it’s just paint, how hard can it be?” Six months later, the paint’s already flaking off near the roofline. Twelve

Here’s a fun game: go into your Canary Wharf flat, run your finger along the top of a doorframe, and see what comes back. Dust? Old paint flakes? A weird greasy residue that’s probably been there since the last tenant moved out three years ago? Now imagine what the person you’ve just hired to “give

Let me guess: you’ve got three quotes for painting your E14 property, and you’re about to go with the cheapest one. Stop right there. Here’s what’s about to happen: That “bargain” painter will turn up Monday morning at your Canary Wharf high-rise, and building security won’t let them past reception. Why? No CSCS card. No