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Hotel & leisure decorating · occupied, trading venues

Hotel and leisure decorators who work around guests and trading.

Bedrooms taken a floor at a time, bars and restaurants decorated overnight, leisure zones turned around between bookings. We work to a hospitality finish standard and hand each space back ready to sell.

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Room-by-room

Bedrooms phased

Overnight

Bars and front of house

CHAS

Accredited delivery

South of England

Hotels and leisure

Working with

Uplands RetailR.G. CarterMorris & Spottiswood

In environments

PrimarkTescoM&SMorrisons

What you get

H&S compliance firstPhoto handoverNo-snag policyDirector-led

What you get when we mobilise

  • A phasing plan agreed with the duty manager, so rooms come out of service in blocks you can still sell around.
  • RAMS issued no later than five working days before mobilisation, with COSHH for every product.
  • A no-snag handover policy: every room or zone inspected and signed off before it goes back into service.

Health and safety compliance at the highest level around paying guests.

Quick answers

Straight answers, before you enquire.

Can a hotel be decorated while it stays open to guests?
Yes. A Star takes hotel bedrooms out of service a floor or a block at a time, decorates and hands them back, then moves to the next block, so occupancy stays high. Bars, restaurants and reception areas are usually decorated overnight or in closed periods to avoid disrupting trade.
How quickly can a hotel bedroom be turned around between bookings?
The honest answer depends on the spec and the prep the room needs, so we agree the turnaround at survey rather than promise a fixed figure. Where a room only needs a refresh, we plan the work to fit the gap between bookings the revenue manager gives us.
Do you decorate pubs and restaurants without closing them?
Front-of-house decorating in a pub or restaurant is normally done overnight or in the quiet period between service, so the venue keeps trading. Back-of-house and kitchens are planned around food-safety requirements and the cleaning schedule.
What finish standard do you work to in hospitality?
A hospitality finish has to read well under feature lighting and survive constant guest contact, so we prepare properly, work to the designer's colours and check the finish under the room lighting before handover, not just in daylight.

01 / service

When the venue keeps trading through the refurbishment, and rooms out of service cost real money every night.

  • Guests stay in the building and a full closure is not viable.
  • Bedrooms have to come out of service in blocks you can still sell around.
  • Bars, restaurants or leisure areas need decorating overnight or between bookings.
  • An operator or designer has a finish standard the work has to meet.

02 / why it matters

Where hotel and leisure decorating goes wrong.

In a trading venue the finish is judged by a paying guest within hours of handover. The risk is in the phasing, the disruption and the standard.

01

Lost room nights

Every room out of service is lost revenue. We phase by floor or block and hand each room back quickly, so the smallest possible number of rooms is offline at any time.

02

Guests and noise

Sanding and spraying next to a guest corridor is a complaint and a refund. Disruptive work goes into quiet windows, and occupied corridors stay sealed off and clean.

03

Trade interruption

A bar or restaurant closed in error is a lost service. Front-of-house work is planned overnight or in agreed closed periods, with the space back in use before doors open.

04

Finish under lighting

A finish that looks fine in daylight can show every defect under feature lighting. We check each room under its own lighting and sign it off before it goes back on sale.

03 / process

How the job runs.

01

Survey

Walk the venue with the duty or operations manager. Agree which blocks come offline, the overnight windows for front of house, and the access that keeps guests away from the work.

02

Specification

Confirm the finish: substrate, primer and topcoat per area, sheen level for high-contact surfaces, and operator or designer colours matched to spec and confirmed in writing.

03

RAMS

RAMS pack with COSHH for every product, fire-exit and guest-route protection, and the overnight method, issued no later than five working days before mobilisation for sign-off.

04

Delivery

Decorate room by room or zone by zone in the agreed windows. Corridors and trading areas stay sealed and clean, and each space is finished before it returns to service.

05

Handover

Check each room under its own lighting with the operator, photo record per zone, and a no-snag handover policy: every zone inspected and signed off before handover.

04 / sectors

The venues that cannot close to be decorated.

Hotels

Bedrooms, corridors, lobbies and reception decorated a block at a time, with the disruptive work in quiet windows so occupancy holds up.

Pubs and restaurants

Bars, dining rooms and front of house decorated overnight or in closed periods, handed back before the next service.

Spa and leisure

Changing rooms, pool surrounds and gym areas decorated around the booking diary, with finishes suited to humidity and heavy use.

Conference and events

Function rooms and event spaces turned around between bookings, planned to the venue's diary so nothing clashes with a confirmed event.

Scope · included

  • Room-by-room and zone-by-zone phasing
  • Overnight and closed-period front-of-house work
  • Guest-route and fire-exit protection
  • Operator and designer colour matching
  • Photo handover record for each zone

Scope · not included

  • Furniture, fixture and equipment supply
  • Specialist pool and wet-area lining
  • Kitchen and M&E works

How we work

Decorating around a trading venue

Decorating delivered around live trading on commercial sites, phased so each space comes back into use quickly, matched to the finish standard and handed back clean.

Frequently asked

Answers before the survey, not after the quote.

What accreditations and insurance do you hold?
CHAS accredited, CITB Site Safety Plus, fully insured, with certificates on request. We carry £10m Employers' Liability and £5m Public Liability (AXA, to Feb 2027), and our site management is qualified to supervise and sign off the works before mobilisation.
Can you decorate while we stay open?
Yes. We take bedrooms out of service in blocks and decorate bars and front of house overnight, so the venue keeps trading and occupancy holds up.
How fast can you turn a bedroom around?
It depends on the spec and the prep the room needs, so we agree the turnaround at survey. Where a room only needs a refresh we plan it to fit the gap the revenue team gives us.
Do you protect guest routes and fire exits?
Yes. Guest corridors and trading areas stay sealed and clean, and fire-exit and escape-route protection is set out in the RAMS pack before work starts.
Do you produce RAMS for a trading venue?
Yes. A project RAMS pack with COSHH for every product ships no later than five working days before mobilisation, covering the overnight method and guest-route protection. Sign-off is required before work starts.
How do you cost extra work found mid-programme?
Any variation is agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover, and it is shown as a separate line so you can see what it covers.

“RAMS in our hands 48 hours before mobilisation, supervisor on site every morning, and the snag list closed within a working week. That's the loop we expect from a tier-1 and rarely get from a decorator at this scale.”

Estate Manager · Multi-store retail estate · Active framework

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