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🖌️ Decorators

Painters and decorators in Gloucester for interior, exterior, domestic, and commercial jobs.

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LC Decorators
📍 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5EH 📞 01452 679597

Gloucester painting and decorating firm serving domestic and commercial clients with interior and exterior decorating across Gloucestershire.

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Glos 2 Perfection
📍 85 Homeground Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, GL4 0XT 📞 07846 612416

Painting, decorating and property maintenance service in Gloucester. Over 20 years of experience covering interior and exterior decorating, wallpapering, plastering, tiling and specialist finishes for domestic and commercial clients.

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Carter and Co Decorators
📍 Gloucester, Gloucestershire 📞 07808 521918

Painting and decorating firm serving Gloucester homes and commercial spaces, with interior and exterior work backed by a two-year guarantee. Handy if you want a local decorator with a strong finish and a straightforward quote.

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Adelina Decorator
📞 07526 151 726

Independent Gloucester decorator covering domestic and commercial painting work across the city and wider county. A good fit for careful interior decorating when you want direct contact with the person doing the work.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a decorator cost in Gloucester?
Painter and decorator day rates in Gloucester range from £150 to £200 per day for a tradesperson, or £180 to £250 for two including a labourer. For a typical room, expect to pay £300 to £600 including materials. A full house interior repaint costs between £1,500 and £3,500 depending on size and condition. Exterior painting starts from around £800 for a small property. Many decorators prefer to quote per job rather than per day, which gives you price certainty. Always get at least three quotes and make sure each includes preparation, paint specifications and the number of coats.
How long does it take to decorate a room?
A professional decorator typically takes two to four days to paint an average-sized room, including preparation and two coats of paint. Ceilings usually take half a day, walls a day and woodwork another day. Rooms with extensive preparation work such as filling cracks, sanding or stripping old wallpaper will take longer. Skirting boards, window frames and doors are the most time-consuming part as they require careful cutting in. A full room including ceiling, walls and all woodwork is usually three to four days for a neat finish. Rushing leads to poor results, so build in enough time for proper drying between coats.
What paint finish should I use?
Matt emulsion is the most popular choice for walls and ceilings in living areas, as it hides imperfections and gives a clean flat finish. However it marks easily and is not washable. Satin or eggshell finishes offer more durability and are wipeable, making them better for kitchens, bathrooms and hallways. For woodwork, satinwood and gloss are the standard choices, with gloss being the most durable and satinwood offering a softer sheen. In high-traffic areas or homes with children, wipeable paints and tougher finishes are worth the extra cost. Your decorator can advise on the best products for each surface and room.
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Decorators in Gloucester cover a wide spread of domestic refresh work, full interior redecoration and commercial painting, so it helps to compare providers by finish level rather than by day rate alone. LC Decorators presents itself as a Gloucester team serving both homes and business premises with internal and external decorating, while Carter & Co stresses detailed preparation, a Dulux-backed guarantee and experience on both private and larger property projects. Adelina Decorator brings a more personal owner-led offer, focusing on high-standard interior work for domestic and commercial clients across Gloucestershire.

That variety suits Gloucester well because the city has everything from older terraces and period homes to rental stock, offices and newer estates that need a different approach. One customer may want tidy repainting before a sale, another may need durable finishes in a busy family home, and a business may care more about timing, disruption and kerb appeal. The better decorating firms usually say something concrete about preparation, surface condition, interior versus exterior capability and whether they handle homes, commercial units or both. Those details tell you more than a gallery alone.

For Gloucester jobs, it is worth asking how much prep is included, whether woodwork and repairs are part of the quote, and how the decorator plans around occupied rooms or trading hours. A cheap quotation can become expensive if the finish fails because the underlying prep was skipped. In practice, the strongest local decorators are the ones who combine clear communication, realistic timings and careful preparation with a finish that suits the property, whether that is a simple room refresh in Tuffley or a more involved commercial redecoration elsewhere in the city.