Borthwick covers Dundee from the Edwardian villas of the West End and Broughty Ferry through the waterfront commercial corridor and the family-home estates of Monifieth and Carnoustie.
Borthwick Decorators works across Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth and Carnoustie. Edwardian and Victorian villas in the West End, family-home programmes along the coast, and commercial decoration across the V&A waterfront corridor.
Dundee is two cities in one frame — the regenerated waterfront with the V&A at its centre, and the Edwardian and Victorian inheritance of the West End and Broughty Ferry. The first asks for clean, brisk commercial brushwork; the second asks for hand-cut lines on cornicing that has not been touched since the 1920s.
Borthwick covers both registers. We work across the city from a long heritage of east-coast Scottish trade.
Edwardian and Victorian villas in the West End, family-home repaints across Broughty Ferry and Monifieth, period townhouse work in the city centre.
See residential workCommercial decoration across Dundee — retail and hospitality interiors, office refurbishments, and exterior repaints of trade and industrial units. Accredited teams, work programmed around your opening hours.
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Edwardian and Victorian villa interiors across the West End and Broughty Ferry. Specified palettes, cornicing restoration.
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In-situ cabinetry painting across Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie.
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Breathable systems for Dundee sandstone, harled property and pebbledash.
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V&A waterfront commercial programmes, retail and hospitality work, office decoration across the city centre.
Learn moreWe cover the whole of Dundee — from the West End villas to the city centre — and out along the coast. Broughty Ferry and Monifieth have their own area page below.
Covering Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth and Carnoustie. Postcodes DD1, DD2, DD3, DD4 and DD5. Call our Dundee team on 01382 792 177.
Indicative pricing for typical Dundee and Angus projects. Final pricing confirmed after on-site review at your property or our Castlecroft Business Centre office.
| Scope | Typical range | Programme | Notes / assumptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repaint single reception room | £650–£1,400 | 1–2 days | Walls/ceilings/woodwork; good condition |
| Whole flat or house repaint (2–3 bed Broughty Ferry) | £2,800–£5,500 | 5–10 days | Includes prep; minor repairs only |
| Hand-painted kitchen cabinet (10–20 doors) | £1,600–£3,200 | 3–5 days | Farrow & Ball Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell |
| Period sandstone exterior | £7,500–£16,000 | 10–18 days | Mineral paint or breathable systems; scaffold extra |
| Sash window repaint (per window) | £260–£460 | Varies | Sound timber; repairs extra |
| Specialist Venetian or polished plaster wall | £1,600–£4,000 | 3–6 days | Per wall; sample boards included |
| Tenement common-stair redecoration (single close) | £4,000–£9,000 | 7–14 days | Coordinated with factor and stair committee |
Prices exclude VAT, access/scaffold where unusual, and major substrate repairs. Listed-building and Conservation Area pricing depends on consents; we confirm fixed pricing after an on-site review or detailed photos.
The Dundee work has its own rhythm — long-tenured residential clients in the West End and Broughty Ferry, brisk commercial work along the waterfront. We’ve built a foreman base that knows both registers and switches between them without dropping the brush.
One foreman per project. Same trade since 1959.
Borthwick has worked across Dundee and Angus since 1959 — a multi-award-winning, Painting and Decorating Association member firm with Scotland Trusted Trader accreditation. Our work spans interior decorating, exterior masonry, kitchen cabinet painting, wallpaper hanging, sash-window repainting and specialist heritage finishes for listed and period properties. Our Dundee office is at Castlecroft, Dundee, DD4 8XD.
On Dundee’s sandstone and harled coastal stock, our exterior painters in Dundee specify systems that stand up to east-coast weather.
About BorthwickSix decades of decorating across Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie and the wider Angus coast. Heritage tenement work, country house exteriors and Tay-frontage high-end homes. Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) member. Scotland Trusted Trader accredited.
Mineral paint and breathable systems on Scottish stone. Hand-cut lines on period cornicing. Conservation officer relationships and listed-building documentation discipline.
Public ratings backed by long-standing client relationships. Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS, SMAS and SafeContractor accredited. No sub-contracting — one Borthwick foreman per project.
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library. Site meetings as part of architect-led design teams. RIBA briefs executed. Equally comfortable on direct private commissions.
On-site at the property or at our regional office. Walk-through, scope, photography.
Transparent line-item pricing. Listed-building or Conservation Area specifications confirmed against local-authority requirements.
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene or Paint & Paper Library. Heritage materials specified for pre-1919 fabric.
Lath-and-plaster repairs, sandstone preparation, coastal-weather sealing systems where exposed.
One Borthwick foreman per project. Hand-cut lines, Scotland-stone-trained team. Never sub-contracted.
Walk-through, snags resolved, photographic record for the file. Factors, conservation officers and clients signed off where relevant.
Borthwick Decorators are a reliable firm who strive to provide perfection and do not cut corners. Since their standards are so high, they have never signed off any work that they have done for us without making sure that we were happy with the finish.A M · Dundee — Google
Dundee city, West End, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie, Tay Bridge, and the immediate coastal suburbs.
Yes. Out-of-hours and phased weekend working are standard for hospitality and retail briefs that can’t close for redecoration.
4–6 weeks for residential. Out-of-hours commercial can usually accommodate shorter windows.
Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS / SMAS / SafeContractor accredited.
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
