01 / decorating
Decorating packages for retail refurbishments, fit-outs and planned maintenance. RAMS-packed, brand-specified, delivered while the unit keeps trading. Right now we are on Primark and Tesco stores for R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
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Walk the scope with the PC. Moisture readings on suspect substrates, cross-hatch adhesion test on existing finishes, photo log of every elevation. Programme overlay with other trades captured on the day.
02
Dulux Trade primers and Diamond Matt or Sheen 4-coat system as standard. Sheen level per area: matt to back-of-house, eggshell to shopfloor, satin to skirtings. Brand-matched colour, dry film thickness specified per coat.
03
Project-specific RAMS pack with COSHH for every product, dust-curtaining strategy, out-of-hours method and PPE matrix. Signed off by our SMSTS-qualified site management before mobilisation.
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Phase-by-phase. Masking goes up before paint comes out of the kettle. Daily clean-down. Snag list maintained live by site supervisor, not retrofitted at the end.
05
Walk-the-line with PC, photo handover record, paint touch-up kit left on site. Decant labels on any leftover product.
On the books
Primark · Hammersmith
Kings Mall, London W6 · Uplands Retail
Case study
Kings Mall, London W6 · Retail
Full shopfloor and back-of-house decorating package at Primark Kings Mall, Hammersmith. Delivered live within the fit-out programme under Uplands Retail. On site from 15 April 2026; the 50% milestone application was issued on programme in May.
This case study supports searches for live-site commercial decorating, retail refurbishment, on-site spraying and aluminium frame restoration by showing the kind of programme, access and handover constraints A Star Decorators handles for national estate clients.
Read project →Built for the people who buy decorating
We are a specialist sub-contractor, not a turnkey fit-out outfit. We deliver decorating, spraying, restoration and coatings under main contractors and direct estate teams.
For main contractors
Variations priced ahead of the request. Per-store handover record. AFPs delivered on the day they're due. We run the way you run.
For estate + FM teams
Survey to handover without closing the unit. Powder-coat restoration with a 5-7 year service life. Run-off, masking and reopening tracked store-by-store.
For retail estate leads
Brand-matched paint stacks against the estate spec. KPI reporting per store. Programme that survives shopfit slippage instead of inheriting it.
Find the right route
Most visitors arrive with a sector problem before they know the coating system. These routes match the way buyers search: home and residential work, retail fit-out programmes, and industrial painting or warehouse coatings.
Domestic and residential decorating
We come from commercial sites: Primark stores, Tesco superstores, occupied warehouses. That discipline carries into residential work. A proper survey before quoting, written dust-control plans, and a room-by-room handover that does not leave loose ends.
Retail decorating contractors
Retail decorating is not about paint. It is about working nights around store teams, matching brand colour exactly, absorbing late variation instructions without losing the handover date, and walking away with a signed snag list. Not a punch list left for someone else to close.
Industrial painting contractors
Industrial and warehouse scopes need the coating system specified by substrate condition, not by what is cheapest to apply. We survey the floor, the cladding, the steelwork and the roof before recommending a system, then plan MEWP access, exclusion zones and drying-time sequencing around live operations.
How we deliver
Twenty years finishing commercial buildings across the UK. Director led, directly employed crews, one programme and one point of contact from survey to handover.
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Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
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Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
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Rolling 4 to 12 stores a week against a national programme.
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Offices in Poole and London. Crews mobilised across England, Scotland and Wales.
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Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
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Before and after record, gloss readings and written service life on every scheme.
Frequently asked
A construction subcontractor specialising in painting, decorating and surface finishing on commercial premises: retail, offices, hospitality and industrial. We typically work under a main contractor on a fit-out or refurbishment programme.
Programme discipline, accreditation requirements, RAMS and COSHH packs, live-trading capability, certified intumescent for structural steel, and main-contractor commercial workflows like AfP, retention and variations. Different audience, different documentation.
Scope by trade-package phase, line-item pricing with units and rates, prelims as a separate line, named exclusions, dated assumptions, a validity period, and a supporting pack covering insurance, accreditations, a comparable scheme and RAMS readiness. See /insights/clean-quote.
Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), COSHH documentation per product, Working at Height compliance, CDM 2015 procedural compliance, and live-site delivery around occupied premises.
Retail, office, education, healthcare, heritage and logistics. Most of our programme is repeat work for main contractors and retail estate teams.
Yes. Night shifts, early starts and phased shifts are built into how we deliver around live trading. Programme is agreed before mobilisation, not improvised on site.
A project-specific RAMS pack ships before mobilisation, with COSHH assessments for every product. PC sign-off is required before works start.
CHAS and CITB Site Safety Plus. Dulux Academy trained. NEBOSH and SMSTS held in-house. Certificates available on request.
Variations are priced as we go, agreed in writing before delivery, and shown line-item on the application for payment.
Start a conversation
We will review the service route, access, preparation, finish and likely next step before the job is priced properly.
Related services
09 / retail
retail refurbishment contractors. Multi-store decorating packages for UK retailers: night-shift delivery, brand-consistent finish, per-store KPI reporting. Active on Primark, Tesco and M&S rollouts.
03 / spraying
on-site commercial spraying. A factory-grade spray finish, done on site without taking anything out. HVLP for control on the detail and edges, airless for the big repetitive runs. Full polythene masking and live-site extraction so the rest of the building keeps working.
02 / restoration
powder coated frame restoration. Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL or BS finish. Works carried out around live trading. Written service-life expectation with every scheme.
