
West Hampstead
A beautifully proportioned Victorian terrace on Sumatra Road, West Hampstead needed both interior and exterior redecoration. The exterior render was cracking and the front door had lost its gloss. Inside, the hallway, staircase, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen all required updating. The original picture rails and ceiling roses needed careful restoration.
Scheduling exterior work around weather while keeping interior progress on track required careful project management.
Ceiling roses and cornicing had suffered decades of paint build-up that needed careful removal before restoration.
We tackled the exterior first while weather conditions were favourable. The render was stabilised, primed, and painted with Dulux Weathershield in Jasmine White. The front door was stripped back to timber and finished in high-gloss Railings by Farrow & Ball. Inside, we restored all period features, filling cracks in ceiling roses and repairing damaged cornicing. Walls were finished in Little Greene Intelligent Emulsion, with bespoke colour choices for each room.
Scaffold, render repair, masonry painting, front door restoration.
Room-by-room decoration with period feature restoration throughout.
Complete transformation of both interior and exterior in 4 weeks
Period features fully restored including ceiling roses and cornicing
Exterior protected with 10-year weathershield guarantee
Client received valuation increase of approximately £30,000
"Our Victorian terrace looks like a new house. The team did an incredible job on the period features — the ceiling roses look better than when they were first installed. Worth every penny."

Restored Victorian terrace exterior

Interior hallway and staircase
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