HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH13.
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EDINBURGH · OXGANGS
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Oxgangs
Post-war family residential along Oxgangs Avenue and Oxgangs Bank, Hunters Tryst Conservation-Area detached homes, Caiystane View family-housing belt. Borthwick has worked Oxgangs for decades — family-home decoration, period-correct paint specification.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Oxgangs
Borthwick Decorators works on post-war family homes, Hunters Tryst Conservation-Area properties and Pentland-edge residential across Oxgangs EH13. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Post-war suburb, Pentland edge.
Oxgangs is the outer-south post-war family belt — the detached-housing expansion along Oxgangs Avenue and Oxgangs Bank, with the Hunters Tryst Conservation-Area pocket and the Caiystane View family-residential along the Pentland edge. Property stock is dominantly post-war detached and semi-detached family homes in generous plots, with smaller layers of Conservation-Area villas and modern executive infill.
AWARD WINNING
2025 Cultural Renovation Project of the Year
2025 Residential Category
2024 Private Domestic (Pre-1919) Project of the Year — Contract Manager 2024
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WHAT WE DO IN OXGANGS
Our painting and decorating services in Oxgangs
WALLPAPER
Wallpaper hanging
Feature walls to whole rooms — walls lined first, patterns matched, seams tight. Designer papers and wide-width vinyls hung properly.
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KITCHENS
Hand-painted kitchen cabinet
In-situ cabinetry painting using Farrow & Ball Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell. Brush and roller on-site, no spraying.
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STONE & EXTERIOR
Sandstone & masonry coatings
Lime washes, mineral paint and breathable systems for Edinburgh sandstone elevations. Scaffold or tower hire coordinated.
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DESIGNER-LED
Designer or architect-specified
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library. Site meetings as part of the design team. RIBA briefs executed.
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Recent work in and around Oxgangs
ABOUT OXGANGS
Outer-south post-war family belt.
Oxgangs anchors the outer-south Edinburgh family-housing belt — the post-war detached-housing expansion that built out the Pentland edge from the 1950s onward, with the Hunters Tryst Conservation Area carrying the heritage character. Property stock is dominantly post-war family residential.
On the ground that means period-correct paint specification for family-home, hand-painted kitchen specification, and the operational care appropriate to occupied family homes.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Borthwick Decorators did a fantastic job of painting or cornice and centre piece. They were responsive and quick and came up with a solution to fit our job in as soon as they could as it was just a small one. Stuart who arrived on the day was fantastic.
After 14 months of a roof leak and then the associated residual damage..we had Borthwick decorators in to plaster the ceiling and repaint the sitting room. I have had a lot of painters and decorators but never as professional as this.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Oxgangs.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Oxgangs?
Yes. Parts of Oxgangs sit in City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Areas. We hold the heritage finishes specialism and documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
Which streets do you cover?
All of EH13. Strongest concentration of recent work on Oxgangs Avenue, Oxgangs Bank and Oxgangs Road North.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Oxgangs work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times, dust-protect the working zone, and walk the family through the plan each morning. Daily clean-up is non-negotiable.
What is your lead time for residential work?
Four to six weeks typically. Listed-building consents add six to twelve weeks of pre-work paperwork; we handle that liaison.
Do you work with interior designers and architects?
Regularly. We support sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library, attend site meetings as part of the design team, and execute to RIBA briefs.
NEARBY AREAS
Areas near Oxgangs we work in.
Accreditations & memberships
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
PDA
Painting & Decorating Association
SDF
Scottish Decorators Federation
SSIP
Safety Schemes in Procurement
Trusted Trader
Edinburgh — Trading Standards Vetted
SafeContractor
Independent H&S Verification
CHAS
Contractors Health & Safety
SMAS
Safety Management Advisory
PASMA
Mobile Access Towers
IPAF
Powered Access (PAL)
CONTACT — EDINBURGH
Speak to our Edinburgh team.
Borthwick Decorators Ltd93 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3ES