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Yes, with us you can combine wallpapering, plastering and painting in one schedule and one quote, with our own tradespeople working one after another in a fixed order.

Hanging wallpaper yourself works well on a single flat wall, but on a bigger job or a poor surface the risk of visible seams and peeling strips rises quickly.

Levelling a wall before painting is needed when it has holes, open joints, hairline cracks or a rough texture, because paint does not make a wall any flatter.

Wallpaper-ready, paint-ready and plaster-ready are 3 different finishing levels. Plaster-ready means the wall is ready to be plastered, wallpaper-ready that wallpaper can go straight on, and paint-ready that it is smooth enough to paint straight away. Painting a wallpaper-ready wall therefore almost always shows imperfections. What is the difference between plaster-ready, wallpaper-ready and … Read more

Applying emulsion means putting wall paint on walls and ceilings, while woodwork such as window frames, doors and skirting boards is painted with lacquer or gloss instead of wall paint.

New-build walls keep releasing construction moisture for a while after handover, because concrete, calcium silicate block, adhesive and filler are applied wet. For your finishing, that means a wall that does not feel damp can take renovation fleece, but a sealed layer on a damp wall traps the moisture. At the job survey we check this wall by wall. Where … Read more

If the handover of your new-build home is delayed, the finishing moves with it: you pass on the new date and we reschedule the job survey and the work. For your walls a delay is no problem, as they simply get longer to dry. Just do not fix your move until the new handover date is certain … Read more

In a new build, renovation fleece is usually the better choice, because it bridges shrinkage cracks while plaster cracks along with them. In an existing home, which no longer settles, paint-ready plaster is a good choice if you want a completely smooth wall. Renovation fleece costs from €14.99 per m² with us including one coat of paint, paint-ready plastering €22.99 per … Read more

If your handover documents say “wallpaper-ready” and you have not chosen wall finishing as an extra with the builder, the contractor is promising that you can hang wallpaper without any extra preparation. The term has no legal definition, and across the 600+ new-build homes we finish each year we see the standard vary from builder to builder. So check the walls yourself … Read more

You can usually start finishing straight after the key handover if you choose renovation fleece, as long as the walls were handed over ready for wallpapering and do not feel damp. Waiting is mainly sensible with paint-ready plaster or paint straight on the wall, because those show the shrinkage cracks of the first period. With renovation fleece, our wallpaper hangers finish a complete home in 3 days … Read more