Where we cover
Greater London, all of it.
From the City to Croydon and Richmond to Romford. Tell us the street and the firm will say straight away whether they can get to you.
Greater London: the 32 boroughs and the City. The firm that receives enquiries from this site is based in London and works across it.
Central
- Westminster
- City of London
- Camden
- Islington
- Kensington & Chelsea
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Lambeth
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Hackney
North
- Barnet
- Enfield
- Haringey
- Brent
- Harrow
East
- Newham
- Waltham Forest
- Redbridge
- Barking & Dagenham
- Havering
South
- Wandsworth
- Merton
- Croydon
- Sutton
- Kingston
- Richmond
- Lewisham
- Greenwich
- Bromley
- Bexley
West
- Ealing
- Hounslow
- Hillingdon
Area guides
Six borough pages with what each council actually says about cleaning, painting and pointing its brick and stone, plus consent, advice fees and scaffold licences:
Kensington & Chelsea
Stucco in stone colour, bare stock brick above, and a council that has prosecuted over paint.
Read moreWestminster
Cubitt's cream stucco, Portland stone, 11,000 listed buildings.
Read moreIslington
Late-Georgian squares in yellow stock brick; painting brick named in the Article 4 wording.
Read moreCamden
Bloomsbury to Hampstead: 'use lime based materials', 'should not be painted'.
Read moreHackney
Yellow London stock brick almost everywhere; De Beauvoir needs permission to paint.
Read moreWandsworth, Clapham & Battersea
The clearest lime-mortar rule in London, and grants for taking paint off.
Read moreWhere the work is
Most enquiries come from the Georgian and Victorian core: the squares of Bloomsbury and Islington, the stucco-and-brick terraces of Kensington, Chelsea and Pimlico, the stock-brick streets of Hackney, Camberwell and Stoke Newington, and the Portland stone fronts of Westminster and the City. Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea are the two boroughs where the odds are highest that your building is in a conservation area, so read the consent page before you book anyone.
Outside London
This site is for London only. If your building is elsewhere, we would rather say so than pass your enquiry to someone who has to drive two hours to look at it.
Ready when you are.
Tell us about the building and the problem. One specialist firm receives your enquiry and arranges a look.
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