HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH16.
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EDINBURGH · PRESTONFIELD
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Prestonfield
Holyrood-Park-edge family residential along Prestonfield Road and Priestfield Road, Dalkeith Road affluent terraces, Marchhall Road mid-century family homes. Borthwick has worked Prestonfield 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 Prestonfield
Borthwick Decorators works on Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces and park-edge family residential across Prestonfield EH16. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Park-edge family residential.
Prestonfield sits on the south-east edge of Holyrood Park — the family residential along Prestonfield Road, Priestfield Road and Marchhall Road, with the historic Prestonfield House and its golf course anchoring the western edge. Property stock spans Victorian villas around the historic Prestonfield core, mid-century detached and semi-detached family homes, and Edwardian terraces along Salisbury Road.
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 PRESTONFIELD
Our painting and decorating services in Prestonfield
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 Prestonfield
ABOUT PRESTONFIELD
South-east park-edge residential character.
Prestonfield’s character is defined by Holyrood Park to the north and the historic Prestonfield House estate to the west — a park-edge family-residential belt that built out from the late nineteenth century onward. Property stock spans Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces, mid-century detached family homes, and modern family residential.
In practice that means period-correct paint specification, hand-cut lines for period cornicing, sash-window repainting, and the operational care appropriate to family homes with park-edge settings.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Very pleased with the work. Change of date by me for work accommodated by Borthwick.
Borthwick Decorators did a fantastic job of painting our 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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Prestonfield.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Prestonfield?
Yes. Parts of Prestonfield 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 EH16. Strongest concentration of recent work on Prestonfield Road, Prestonfield Avenue and Priestfield Road.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Prestonfield 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 Prestonfield 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