Painting and decorating
Painting and Decorating in Dalkeith
Homes in Dalkeith
Dalkeith is a Midlothian town south-east of Edinburgh, with a stone-built core and twentieth-century and newer housing around it. A home in the older centre may have stone or lime-plastered walls, and those usually take breathable paint, not modern plastic-based finishes. A house in the later streets may be built differently, so check the paint choice against your own walls rather than assuming. It is also worth finding out whether your building is listed, as a new external colour or finish on a listed building may need listed building consent. The photo beside this text is a painting and decorating job we completed ourselves.
What matters for painting and decorating in Dalkeith
How a job runs here starts with the building itself. Once you know whether your Dalkeith home has older stone or lime-plastered walls, and whether it is listed, the paint type and any consent needed follow from that. We are fully insured, and registered as a waste carrier.
- Tell us whether your home is in the stone-built centre or on a twentieth-century or newer street.
- Stone and lime-plastered walls generally need breathable paint in place of a plastic-based product.
- If the building is listed, have any consent needed for repainting the exterior in a new colour or finish in place before work begins.
Questions about painting and decorating in Dalkeith
Our house is in the newer housing outside the centre. Do we still need breathable paint?
The breathable-paint point applies to older stone and lime-plastered walls. If yours are neither, tell us what they are made of so the paint fits them.
Should I check whether my house in the old centre is listed?
Yes, if you plan to change its outside colours or finish. On a listed building, that kind of change can need listed building consent.
Is painting and decorating in Dalkeith part of your general property maintenance work?
Yes. We handle it as property maintenance work. When you ask for a quote, tell us which rooms or surfaces you want done.