Hallway tiled end to end
Before
AfterBare screed to one continuous stone-effect floor, from the front door to the garden doors. See the whole job →
Coldstream & the Scottish Borders
Inside and out,
finished properly.
Decorating, tiling and bathrooms inside. Repointing, gardens, patios and driveways outside. One local team quotes the job, does the job and clears up after it.
- Free, no-obligation estimates
- Every enquiry answered in 24 hours
- Homes, landlords and businesses
- 24 hrs
- Maximum time you wait for a reply
- £0
- Cost of an estimate, every time
- 122
- Photographs of real jobs on this site
- 0
- Jobs handed to sub-contractors
01 — Recent work
Real jobs, photographed by us.
A dozen favourites from 122 photographs. The full sets, grouped job by job from before to after, are in the two albums below. Tap any photo to open it.
02 — What we do
One team for the inside and the outside.
Most jobs need more than one trade. A hallway needs the floor lifting before it can be tiled; a garden needs a wall before it can be paved. We do the lot ourselves, so you get one price and nobody blaming anybody else.
Inside
Interior album 46 →- Decorating and paintingWalls, ceilings and woodwork, including tall stairwells worked from a scaffold tower.
- Wall and floor tilingHallways, cloakrooms and kitchens: large-format, patterned and brick-effect tiles.
- Bathrooms and shower roomsTiled walls and floors, basin plinths and mirror recesses, finished to the last trim.
- Plaster repairs and making goodBlown plaster, broken stair strings and patched walls put right before any paint goes on.
- Joinery details and floorsPanel mouldings, radiator covers, alcove shelving, window boards and sealed stone floors.
Outside
Exterior album 76 →- Repointing and stone masonryJoints raked out by hand, walls rebuilt on their line, decayed sandstone cut out and indented.
- Gardens and landscapingComplete rebuilds from bare ground: levels, retaining walls, turf, gravel paths and borders.
- Patios and pavingPorcelain and sandstone on a proper base, with the falls set away from the house.
- Driveways and pathsTarmac, kerbs and side paths, including the drainage details that keep water off the door.
- Exterior painting and renderRender repairs and full repaints on cottages, terraces and period frontages.
03 — Before and after
The same place, before we started and when we left.
BeforeAfterWindow board restored
Before
AfterA tired window board brought back to a deep, even finish. See the job →
Garden rebuilt round the sun room
Before
AfterCompacted ground to level paving, edged in stone, with a gravel path off to the lawn. See the whole garden →
04 — What we are known for outside
Repointing that lets the stone speak.
Half the old walls in the Borders have been spoiled by hard cement smeared across the face. We rake the joints out by hand, keep the pointing recessed behind the arris, and match the mix batch to batch so the wall reads as one piece of work.
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Joints raked out by handNo angle grinder run down the face of a wall that has stood 200 years.
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Mortar matched batch to batchColour consistency is what makes a repointed wall look untouched instead of patched.
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Decayed stone cut out and indentedSpalled quoins and window surrounds replaced with new stone, not filled with mortar.
05 — How it works
Four steps, no surprises at the end of them.
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You get in touch
Call, WhatsApp or fill in the form. A photo of the problem helps, so send it straight to the WhatsApp number.
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We reply within 24 hours
Always. If we cannot take the job on, we say so straight away rather than leaving you waiting on a quote.
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Free visit and a written price
We come and look at it properly, then price it in writing with the work spelled out. No obligation to go ahead.
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Agreed dates, then done
You get start and finish dates before we begin, rooms sheeted while we work, and the place cleared when we leave.
06 — Where we work
Based in Coldstream. On site across the Borders.
We are a local firm and we keep it local: close enough to come back if something needs looking at, and close enough that our work is standing in streets you drive down. Both sides of the Tweed, Scotland and Northumberland.
- Coldstream
- Kelso
- Duns
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Wooler
- Cornhill-on-Tweed
- Norham
- Swinton
- Greenlaw
- Eyemouth
- Chirnside
- Birgham
- Leitholm
- Ednam
- Yetholm
- Milfield
- Ford & Etal
- Lauder
- Melrose
- Earlston
Further afield for larger projects: ask and we will tell you straight whether it is workable.
07 — Straight answers
The questions we get asked most.
Is the estimate really free?
Yes. The visit, the measure-up and the written price all cost you nothing, and there is no obligation to go ahead. We would rather come and look at a job properly than guess at a number over the phone.
Do you do inside work as well as outside?
Yes. Inside we do decorating, wall and floor tiling, bathrooms and shower rooms, plaster repairs and joinery details like panel mouldings and radiator covers. The interior album shows the jobs from start to finish.
How quickly will I hear back?
Within 24 hours of your call, WhatsApp message or form. If we are up a scaffold when you ring, leave a message or send a WhatsApp and it gets answered the same evening.
Can we stay in the house while you work?
Usually, yes. Floors and furniture get dust-sheeted, we work room by room, and you get start and finish dates before we begin so you can plan around it.
Do you take on small jobs, or only full projects?
Both. A morning's repair, a gate rehung, a patch of plaster or pointing: they are all worth doing, and they are how most of our bigger jobs start.
What does repointing actually involve?
The old, failed mortar is raked out of the joints by hand to a proper depth, the joints are brushed and damped, then packed with fresh mortar mixed to match the wall and finished back so the stone still stands proud. Done right it lasts decades; done with hard cement smeared over the face it traps water and does more harm than good.
Do you do work for landlords and businesses?
Yes, domestic and commercial both: shopfront stonework, rental property repairs and redecoration between tenants. If you manage more than one property, say so when you get in touch.
How do I pay?
Agreed in writing before we start. For larger projects that normally means a staged arrangement tied to the work completed rather than a lump sum up front. Ask when you get your estimate and we will set it out plainly.
08 — Free estimate
Tell us what needs doing.
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Based inColdstream, Scottish BordersCovering the Borders and north Northumberland