Do you work around live retail in Southampton?

Yes. Retail work is phased around trading, with overnight cuts where the landlord or centre requires them.

Can you handle coastal weathering on frames and facades?

Yes. Salt laden exposure is hard on coatings; we restore powder coated frames and recoat facades to suit the exposure, not a generic spec.

Do you cover the port and industrial estates?

Yes. We coat warehouses and industrial units around the docks and on the Nursling and Totton estates.

How many stores can you run concurrently?

Depends on geography and scope. Most rolling programmes run multiple stores per week. Capacity confirmed at brief stage.

Can you work to a national handover date?

Yes. That's the operating model. Programme is agreed and locked before mobilisation.

Do you report per store?

Yes. Each store gets a handover record and a progress summary.

How do you handle variations?

Late variations are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover. Each one shows as its own line on our payment application.

What's the limit on store size?

We've delivered from convenience store format up to large supermarket. Bigger stores require more resource, not a different process.

Retail refurbishment · Southampton

Retail refurbishment contractors in Southampton.

We decorate stores for UK retailers, from one store to a full rollout. We work nights and leave each store ready to trade by morning. Every store gets the same brand finish. You get a progress report and photo record for each one. Our retail work includes Primark, Tesco and M&S stores. Delivered across Southampton and Hampshire. Retail refurbishment, commercial decorating and industrial coatings across Southampton and the south coast. City centre retail, port and logistics units along the docks, and the coastal weathering that drives frame restoration and facade work on exposed elevations.

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Why Southampton

Why choose us for retail refurbishment in Southampton and Hampshire.

Track record

Work on Primark, Tesco and M&S stores for Uplands Retail, R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood
2026 jobs include Primark Hammersmith, Stevenage, Harlow and Westwood Cross, and Tesco Aberdare and Taunton
Night and out of hours working planned store by store before we start

Right fit when

Multiple stores need a consistent brand finish on a rolling programme.
The work has to happen at night or outside opening hours.
The PC needs a decorator that hits handover dates, not nearly hits them.

Scope · included

What you get when you brief us for retail refurbishment in Southampton.

Multi store rolling programme management
Night shift and phased handover delivery
Specifications matched to the brand per area
A progress report and photo handover for each store

Sectors · Southampton

Types of building we cover with retail refurbishment in Southampton.

Retail
Hospitality
Food & Beverage

Southampton programme

How we run retail refurbishment schemes locally.

Survey

We walk a sample store with the estate manager. We note the brand spec, including colours, sheen levels and the finish for back of house and the shop floor. We agree what we will measure each shift, such as area painted and the time the store is ready to reopen. We fit our timetable around the shopfitters and the mechanical and electrical trades.

Specification

Paint stack matched to the brand, per area. Typically Dulux Trade Diamond Matt to walls, Eggshell to joinery, Floor Coatings to BoH. Variations captured in the programme, not flagged as surprises on the night.

RAMS

Per store RAMS: masking schedule, dust curtain plan, fire route maintenance during night works, lone working procedure. Issued to PC five working days before mobilisation.

Delivery

Rolling night shift delivery. Reopen ready by trading start each morning. Daily progress photo log to estates manager. Slippage flagged before it hits the programme.

Handover

Each store gets a handover sheet and a photo record, with a written handover at the end of every phase.

CHAS accreditedCHAS-0024812, valid to 13 January 2027

Dulux Academy trained
£10m Employers' Liability and £5m Public Liability (AXA, to February 2027)

Frequently asked · Southampton

What clients in Southampton usually ask first.

Do you work around live retail in Southampton?: Yes. Retail work is phased around trading, with overnight cuts where the landlord or centre requires them.
Can you handle coastal weathering on frames and facades?: Yes. Salt laden exposure is hard on coatings; we restore powder coated frames and recoat facades to suit the exposure, not a generic spec.
Do you cover the port and industrial estates?: Yes. We coat warehouses and industrial units around the docks and on the Nursling and Totton estates.
How many stores can you run concurrently?: Depends on geography and scope. Most rolling programmes run multiple stores per week. Capacity confirmed at brief stage.
Can you work to a national handover date?: Yes. That's the operating model. Programme is agreed and locked before mobilisation.
Do you report per store?: Yes. Each store gets a handover record and a progress summary.
How do you handle variations?: Late variations are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover. Each one shows as its own line on our payment application.
What's the limit on store size?: We've delivered from convenience store format up to large supermarket. Bigger stores require more resource, not a different process.

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