Painting and decorating in Broadstairs.

The Broadstairs weathering problem

Exterior paint on the Broadstairs seafront belt has a hard life. Salt easterlies drive fine grit into the paint film, UV degrades the pigment, and rain-onto-render gets into any hairline crack and starts freeze-thaw damage. A three-year exterior cycle is the working number on any south-east or east-facing elevation within half a mile of the sea. Five years on sheltered inland runs. Anyone who tells you an exterior paint will last ten years on a seaside cottage is quoting inland numbers.

Interior between-let touch-ups

Standard holiday-let touch-up visit: guest-scuff patches on hallway walls, radiator-side yellowing repainted, guest-room walls freshened, kitchen splashback repaint. £95 call-out (first hour included), £45/hour after, half-day to full-day visit. Two-coat white or off-white as the standard, custom colour matched from a chip if the owner has a house-standard. Standard three-bedroom Broadstairs holiday-let touch-up runs £180 to £340.

Full guest-room repaint

Full room repaint (walls, ceiling, woodwork) between lets. £220 to £420 per standard bedroom depending on ceiling height and prep needed. Includes prep (light sanding, filler on nail holes and screw holes, caulk to trim), two coats of a durable emulsion (Dulux Trade or Farrow and Ball Estate Emulsion depending on owner spec), and woodwork in Dulux Weathershield satinwood or an equivalent. Furniture moved not removed.

Exterior weatherproofing

Full exterior weatherproofing job on a Broadstairs cottage or villa runs to a bigger scope than a single-visit visit. Prep (scrape and sand back to sound paint or bare timber, treat any bare timber with a wood preservative, prime with a pigmented primer), then two coats of a pigmented exterior system (Dulux Weathershield masonry, Sadolin Superdec on timber, or Farrow and Ball Exterior Masonry on the higher spec). Priced per elevation £600 to £1800 depending on size, height and access.

Sash windows and timber trim

Painted timber sash windows are the workhorse Broadstairs decorating job. Full external sash paint (sash frames, sills, reveals) £180 to £420 per window depending on prep and glazing rebate condition. Includes epoxy filling of small rot pockets before painting. Bigger rot goes to timber repair scope first, then paint on top.