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Chelsea
Plasterers in Chelsea
Stucco fronts, deep cornice, and almost nowhere to park a van.
Dust sheeted, swept and cleared down daily
One person on site, start to finish
Work planned around parking and access
What the housing stock asks for
Chelsea is largely early and mid nineteenth century terrace, much of it stucco fronted and a great deal of it listed or sitting inside the Royal Borough's conservation areas. Internally that means tall reception rooms, solid walls, lath and plaster ceilings and cornice that is usually original and usually worth saving.
Work here is careful rather than heavy. Skimming that leaves the existing cornice untouched, repairs to ceilings that have started to bow, and making good after a bathroom or a kitchen has been moved. Taking a room back to brick is rarely the right answer in a building like this.
Consent, and checking before you commit
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea controls external appearance closely, and a good deal of Chelsea is either listed or in a conservation area. Anything that changes an external finish, and some internal work in a listed building, needs consent before it starts.
That is worth knowing early rather than halfway through. Where a job looks like it needs permission, it gets flagged at estimate stage so you can check with the borough, and the work waits until you have.
Access, parking and the practical side
The streets off the King's Road and around the squares are permit controlled and narrow, and a lot of the houses have no front access worth the name. Materials come in by hand, waste goes out the same way, and a bay usually has to be suspended in advance for anything bigger than a car load.
In a house divided into flats there is the additional question of who else is affected. Noisy work gets kept to sensible hours, the common parts get sheeted rather than walked through, and if the building has a works agreement the programme is built around it.
What gets done in Chelsea
The work that comes up most in Chelsea is skimming and repairs, with coving close behind. The full list is here, and the other areas covered are here.
Skimming
A finish coat over walls and ceilings that are sound, flattening out years of patching and filler.
Read moreRepairs
Cracks, hollow plaster, water damage and making good after other trades, cut back and blended in.
Read moreCoving
Plain coving run in and mitred by hand, and period cornice matched, extended and opened back out.
Read morePlastering
Backing coat and finish on walls taken back to brick, or fresh board skimmed flat and ready for paint.
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Plastering in Chelsea
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