RESIDENTIAL DECORATING IN PERTH
Townhouses, family homes, period property.
Georgian and Victorian townhouse interiors, suburban family homes, period restoration. Specified palettes and hand-cut lines.
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Painters & Decorators Perth
Borthwick covers Perth city from a long-standing local presence — Georgian and Victorian townhouses across the city centre, family homes in Bridgend and Scone, and commercial work along the High Street.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Perth
Borthwick Decorators is one of Perth’s long-established painters and decorators. We handle Georgian and Victorian townhouse interiors, period restoration in the conservation area, family-home programmes in Bridgend and Scone, and commercial decoration across the city centre.
Painting and decorating in Perth and the surrounding towns.
Perth sits where the Tay opens out from the Highlands. A market town since the twelfth century, a county town since the nineteenth, and a city since 2012 — its Georgian terraces and Victorian villas trace that long civic history. The streetscape around the High Street and South Street is small enough to keep, large enough to surprise.
Borthwick covers Perth city from a depth of local relationships — long enough to know which streets are conservation-controlled, which back lanes the council will close for scaffolding, and which paints survive an east-coast Perthshire winter.
COMMERCIAL DECORATING IN PERTH
High Street retail, offices, hospitality.
Retail and hospitality work across Perth city centre, office decoration, listed-building commercial restoration.
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Our painting and decorating services in Perth
INTERIOR · RESIDENTIAL
Period interior decoration
Georgian and Victorian townhouse interiors across the city centre and the conservation area.
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KITCHENS
Hand-painted kitchens Perth
In-situ cabinetry painting for Perth family homes. F&B or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell.
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EXTERIOR
Exterior painting & stone coatings
Sandstone and harled elevations, breathable systems for pre-1919 property.
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COMMERCIAL
Retail & hospitality fit-out
High Street retail decoration, hospitality refurbs, office interiors across Perth city centre.
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Recent work across the region.
A small selection of recent Perth projects — Georgian townhouses, family homes, High Street retail.
PRICING GUIDE
How much does a Perth decorator cost?
Indicative pricing for typical Perth and Tay valley projects. Final pricing confirmed after on-site review at your property or our Friarton House office.
| Scope | Typical range | Programme | Notes / assumptions |
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| Repaint single reception room | £650–£1,400 | 1–2 days | Walls/ceilings/woodwork; good condition |
| Whole house repaint (3–4 bed semi) | £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 country house 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 |
| Country-estate annexe or outbuilding programme | £4,000–£9,000 | 7–14 days | Estate access agreed; access road / weather windows factored |
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.
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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OUR PERTH STORY
Borthwick in Perth.
Perth is small enough that reputation travels fast and slow enough that it sticks. We’ve worked here long enough to know which streets are conservation-controlled, which estates the agents pass our number to, and which paints survive a Perthshire winter on a stone elevation.
One foreman per project. Never sub-contracted. Same trade since 1959.
Borthwick has served Perth since 1959 — a multi-award-winning, Painting and Decorating Association member firm with Scotland Trusted Trader accreditation. Our Perth work spans interior and exterior decorating, kitchen cabinet painting, wallpaper hanging, masonry painting, sash-window repainting and specialist heritage finishes for listed and period properties.
From riverside villas to rural stone, our exterior painters in Perth handle sandstone, render and harling across the city.
About BorthwickWHY US
Why Perth clients choose Borthwick.
Working Perth and the Tay valley since 1959
Six decades of decorating across Perth, Crieff, Auchterarder and the country estates of the Tay valley. Heritage finishes for listed and period properties. Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) member. Scotland Trusted Trader accredited.
Heritage and listed-building specialism
Mineral paint and breathable systems on Scottish stone. Hand-cut lines on period cornicing. Conservation officer relationships and listed-building documentation discipline.
175+ verified reviews, 4.9/5 rating
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.
Designer-led or direct private client
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.
OUR PROCESS
How we work on every Perth project.
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Initial consultation
On-site at the property or at our regional office. Walk-through, scope, photography.
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Detailed quote
Transparent line-item pricing. Listed-building or Conservation Area specifications confirmed against local-authority requirements.
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Colour & specification
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene or Paint & Paper Library. Heritage materials specified for pre-1919 fabric.
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Preparation
Substrate surveys for sandstone and harled exteriors; weather windows factored for rural and estate work.
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Expert application
One Borthwick foreman per project. Hand-cut lines, Scotland-stone-trained team. Never sub-contracted.
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Final inspection
Walk-through, snags resolved, photographic record for the file. Factors, conservation officers and clients signed off where relevant.
Excellent team of decorators who were simply fantastic to work with. This is a professional company who take their work seriously but are also good fun to have on site.Les Murray · Perth — Google
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Perth.
Which areas of Perth do you cover?
Perth city, Bridgend, Scone, Almondbank, Methven and the immediate suburbs. For the wider county — Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Kinross — see our Perthshire & Kinross-shire page.
Do you handle listed-building work in Perth?
Yes. Perth’s conservation areas cover much of the city centre. We hold the heritage finishes and documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
What is your standard lead time?
4–6 weeks for residential. Commercial out-of-hours work can usually accommodate shorter windows once the brief is firm.
What is your insurance position?
Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS / SMAS / SafeContractor accredited.
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 — PERTH
Speak to our Perth team.
Borthwick Decorators Ltd5 Friarton House, Friarton Road
Perth PH2 8BB
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 8.00am–5.30pm
Sat 9.00am–12.00pm
Sun closed
Sat 9.00am–12.00pm
Sun closed