Which firm to call for which job
The outside of a house. Alan Bohan Painting is trained and licensed to use mechanical access equipment and certificated to put up tower scaffolds, and Waters Colours Decorating Services paints render, brick, fascias, soffits and sash windows.
Wallpaper. Whites Decorators removes old coverings and hangs wallpaper and textured coverings, and ARD Decor has a team of wallpaper hangers working across Nottingham.
A sprayed finish. TopDec Decorating Contractors offers spray painting, and Waters Colours Decorating Services spray-paints fences and railings.
A listed building or period home. Leon Shaw Painting & Decorating’s case studies include Mapperley Hall, a Grade II listed building, and a Victorian exterior.
Work with a written warranty. ARD Decor provides a warranty on all jobs.
Planning rules for painting a house in Nottingham
Painting your house does not need planning permission: the Planning Portal counts it among the repairs, maintenance and minor improvements you can carry out without applying. A listed building is different. The Planning Portal says a listed building needs listed building consent for any significant works, inside or out, and Nottingham City Council says consent is needed for most building work to a listed building, internal and external.
In a conservation area, the Planning Portal says cladding the outside of a house with stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission first.
Some Nottingham properties, mostly in conservation areas, are also covered by Article 4 Directions, which remove the right to carry out certain types of permitted development. The council lists them in Devonshire Promenade, Foxhall Road, Sneinton, Strelley Village, Waterloo Promenade and Wellington Terrace, where they restrict minor work such as small extensions, outbuildings and changes to windows and doors. The council’s My Property map shows whether a home is listed or in a conservation area, and its Minor Works Enquiry Service can say what applies before work starts.
