Borthwick covers the broader county — country estates and shooting lodges through Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Crieff and Dunkeld; market-town property in Auchterarder and Kinross; private homes across the rural east.
Borthwick Decorators handles country-estate, shooting-lodge and rural-home decoration across Perthshire and Kinross-shire. Specified palettes, heritage finishes for pre-1919 stone, and the documentation discipline rural conservation work demands.
Perthshire and Kinross-shire is a county of glens and rivers, of shooting and fishing estates, of small market towns with disproportionate architectural quality. The road north from Perth opens onto a different brief than the city itself — longer programmes, more dispersed travel, often listed property in remote locations.
Borthwick has worked across the county for decades. We handle estate-house programmes off the A9, hotel refurbs around Pitlochry and Crieff, market-town townhouses in Auchterarder and Kinross, and the heritage finishes specialism rural Scottish stone demands.
Highland estate property, shooting and fishing lodges, market-town townhouses, country residences. Specified palettes, sympathetic restoration.
See residential workHotel programmes across Highland Perthshire, distillery visitor-centre decoration, country-house and estate commercial work.
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Shooting lodges, fishing lodges, country-house interiors. Specified palettes, hand-cut lines, period-correct restoration.
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Breathable mineral paints, limewash and traditional harl coatings for rural Perthshire stone.
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Hotel refurbs across Pitlochry, Crieff, Aberfeldy. Distillery visitor-centre programmes.
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Covering Crieff, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Kinross and Blairgowrie. Postcodes PH1, PH7, PH8, PH15, PH16 and KY13. Call our Perthshire team on 01738 313 277.
Indicative pricing for typical Perthshire and Kinross-shire projects. Country estates, market-town homes and Highland-perimeter properties.
| Scope | Typical range | Programme | Notes / assumptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repaint single reception room | £650–£1,400 | 1–2 days | Walls/ceilings/woodwork; good condition |
| Whole house repaint (3–4 bed market-town) | £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 |
| Estate house wing or annexe programme | £4,000–£9,000 | 7–14 days | Estate access agreed; rural travel + 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.
The county work is different from the city work — longer programmes, more dispersed travel, often listed property in remote settings. We’ve built a model that holds up: one foreman per project, full estate-management of a programme that may run twelve weeks or twelve months, and the heritage finishes specialism rural Scottish stone requires.
Family-owned since 1959. Same trade.
Borthwick has served Perthshire and Kinross-shire since 1959 — a multi-award-winning, Painting and Decorating Association member firm with Scotland Trusted Trader accreditation. Our work across the estates and market towns spans interior decorating, exterior masonry, kitchen cabinet painting, wallpaper hanging and specialist heritage finishes for listed properties.
Across the county’s harled and rendered rural stock, our exterior painting across Perthshire covers masonry, render repair and exterior joinery.
About BorthwickCrieff, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Kinross and the wider Perthshire estate network — six decades. Heritage finishes for listed country houses and Conservation Area residential. Registered office at 42 Comrie Street, Crieff. Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) member.
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.
Country-house substrate surveys; estate access and weather windows factored.
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.
Highly recommend this Company - we hosted a team for a few days working on two big jobs in the house - all went really smoothly: the team were expert, did a great job and were super-clean and efficient.Viv Forrest · Perthshire — Google
Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Crieff, Dunkeld, Birnam, Auchterarder, Kinross, Blairgowrie, Killin, Comrie, Methven. For Perth city itself, see our Perth page.
Yes. Much of our county work is on listed property — Category A and B — with the documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
Each project gets one foreman who manages the full programme. For distant sites we plan day-rate or live-on arrangements depending on programme length.
Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS / SMAS / SafeContractor accredited.
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
