Accreditations & Honours
Guild of Master CraftsmenMember Since 2014
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CITB QualifiedNVQ Level 3
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Plasterer hand mid-trowel-stroke, plaster curling off the blade

London & Home Counties · Est. 2009

Walls Worth
Touching.

Venetian plaster, skim coat, lime render, and exterior stucco — applied with the patience of a craftsman who takes it personally.

400+
Projects Completed
15yr
In Business
100%
Recommended
Client Stories
Cracked and water-damaged plaster ceiling before repair
Before
Smooth flawless plaster ceiling after professional skim coat
After
01Homeowner

I've had three plasterers in this house over twenty years. None of them left a wall like this. You run your hand across it and it feels like the wall was always perfect — like the cracks were a bad dream.

Margaret Okafor

Detached Victorian, Crouch End

Full ceiling skim coat + cornice repair

4 days

Richly textured Venetian plaster feature wall after completion

I spec Venetian plaster on maybe a third of my residential projects.”

02
Interior Designer

I spec Venetian plaster on maybe a third of my residential projects. Finding someone who actually understands the material — the layers, the burnishing, when to stop — is genuinely rare. Skim is on my shortlist for every London job.

Claudia Ferreira

Interior Designer, CF Studio

Venetian plaster feature wall, Notting Hill

6 days

Victorian terrace interior with damaged and blown plaster walls
Before
Freshly plastered smooth walls ready for paint in Victorian terrace
After
03Property Developer

We were flipping four Victorian terraces back-to-back. Every single wall had decades of wallpaper glue, blown plaster, the works. Skim came in, assessed the lot in an afternoon, and delivered on every deadline. Not once did I have a painter waiting.

Daniel Ashworth

Property Developer, Ashworth Homes

Four-terrace full replaster, Hackney

3 weeks

Every crack tells a story. We write the ending.

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Smooth contemporary bathroom walls after professional skim coat

The bathroom had this horrible textured artex from the 70s.”

04
Homeowner

The bathroom had this horrible textured artex from the 70s. I thought we'd have to reboard everything. Instead he skimmed straight over it — two coats — and now it looks like a boutique hotel. I still go in there just to look at the walls.

Priya Nair

Homeowner, Islington

Artex skim-over, bathroom + hallway

2 days

Period conversion brick walls before lime render application
Before
Beautifully applied lime render finish on period conversion walls
After
05Main Contractor

As a main contractor I've worked with dozens of plasterers. What separates good ones from great ones is how they handle the unexpected — a void behind a wall, a beam in the wrong place. He problem-solves on the fly and never uses it as an excuse to slow down.

Tom Bridges

Managing Director, Bridges Build Ltd

Lime render, period conversion, Bermondsey

8 days

Freshly applied smooth exterior render on semi-detached house

The exterior render was cracking and letting water in — we'd had damp problems for two winters.”

06
Homeowner

The exterior render was cracking and letting water in — we'd had damp problems for two winters. He stripped it back, repointed the masonry, and applied a new sand-and-cement render with a float finish. First winter since: completely dry.

James Whitfield

Homeowner, Dulwich

Exterior sand-and-cement render, semi-detached

5 days

Every crack tells a story. We write the ending.

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What We Do

Every finish.
One craftsman.

Close-up of smooth skim coat plaster surface with perfect finish

Skim Coat

From £12/m²

The invisible art. A flawless 2mm coat over existing plaster, artex, or board — the finish that makes painters thank you by name.

Venetian plaster wall surface showing deep lustre and texture

Venetian Plaster

From £45/m²

Polished lime putty applied in translucent layers, burnished to a depth that photographs can't fully capture.

Traditional lime render applied to period brick wall

Lime Render

From £18/m²

Breathable, flexible, and the only honest material for period masonry. Applied in three coats: scratch, float, and set.

Freshly rendered exterior wall of residential property

Exterior Stucco & Render

From £22/m²

Weather-resistant sand-and-cement or monocouche render — float finish, scraped, or tyrolean. Stops damp before it starts.

Intricate cornice restoration work in Victorian property

Repair & Restoration

Day rates available

Cornice patching, blown plaster, hairline cracks, water damage — matched to existing texture so seamlessly you forget it happened.

Smooth microcement surface in contemporary interior space

Microcement

From £55/m²

2mm seamless coating over any substrate — walls, floors, wet rooms. Architect-specified, contractor-trusted.

Trade & Professional Trust

The plasterer contractors
request by name.

He's the only plasterer I'll put on a live site. Turns up, gets on with it, doesn't leave a mess.

Rob Hennessy

Site Manager, Hennessy Contracts

I've recommended Skim to four of my clients this year. Each time the feedback is the same: 'How did you find him?'

Sophia Marchetti

Interior Designer, Studio Marchetti

On a heritage listing, lime work has to be right first time — there are no shortcuts. He knows the material better than anyone I've used.

Patrick O'Sullivan

Heritage Contractor, O'Sullivan Build

Fully insured

Public liability £5M

Clean-up included

Site left spotless

Written quotes

No hidden costs

Guarantee

12 months on all work

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