London wallpaper hanging · West London
We work in Richmond upon Thames every week — the only borough on both banks — richmond park and hill, twickenham rugby, kew gardens and riverside barnes. Wallpaper hanging is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature wall, plain or small repeat | £180 | 3–4 hrs | One wall, but the prep — lining, sizing and filling — is most of the work and all of the finish. |
| Feature wall, large repeat or panoramic mural | £260 | 4–6 hrs | Panels have to be hung in order and matched across the drop; there is no second chance with a mural. |
| Average bedroom, four walls | £450 | 1 day | Corners in a London bedroom are rarely plumb, so every internal corner is overlapped and re-plumbed. |
| Hallway and stairwell | £620 | 1–2 days | Working off a stair platform is slower and needs two people for long drops over the flight. |
| Lining paper before painting, per wall | £120 | 2–3 hrs | Cross-lining hides the ripples in old lime plaster that emulsion would otherwise show up. |
| Stripping old paper, per room | £150 | 3–5 hrs | Steaming, scraping and washing down, plus the repairs the old paper was hiding. |
Feature wall, plain or small repeat
£180 · 3–4 hrs
One wall, but the prep — lining, sizing and filling — is most of the work and all of the finish.
Feature wall, large repeat or panoramic mural
£260 · 4–6 hrs
Panels have to be hung in order and matched across the drop; there is no second chance with a mural.
Average bedroom, four walls
£450 · 1 day
Corners in a London bedroom are rarely plumb, so every internal corner is overlapped and re-plumbed.
Hallway and stairwell
£620 · 1–2 days
Working off a stair platform is slower and needs two people for long drops over the flight.
Lining paper before painting, per wall
£120 · 2–3 hrs
Cross-lining hides the ripples in old lime plaster that emulsion would otherwise show up.
Stripping old paper, per room
£150 · 3–5 hrs
Steaming, scraping and washing down, plus the repairs the old paper was hiding.
Labour prices assume you supply the paper; we can order it at cost. Paste, sizing, lining paper and filler are included. Extensive re-plastering is quoted separately after the walls are stripped, never assumed. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised in the quote.
Working in Richmond upon Thames
The stock in Richmond upon Thames is georgian and victorian villas, edwardian terraces, mansion flats and riverside conversions, and the mix changes street by street — Barnes (SW13), Hampton and Hampton Hill (TW12) and Hampton Wick (TW11) each behave differently on the day.
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames sets the constraint: conservation-area streets with narrow entrances, flood-zone riverside loading limits and strict cpzs in richmond and twickenham. Locally that means narrow village lanes, conservation-area limits and boat race day closures and riverside lanes are narrow and flood-prone; driveways elsewhere. Richmond upon Thames sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Leases across Richmond upon Thames restrict drilling into party and structural walls. We check what the wall actually is before we start, and where consent is needed we say so rather than fixing anyway.
Richmond upon Thames took its present shape because royal palaces at richmond and hampton court set the tone; georgian and victorian villas followed the river and the railway.
Scope
Method
Step 1
Walls tested for damp, chalky distemper and blown plaster — the three things that make paper lift within a month.
Step 2
Old paper steamed off, holes filled, sanded and sized so the paste grabs evenly across the wall.
Step 3
Started from a plumbed line rather than a corner, because almost no London corner is square.
Step 4
Drops booked, hung in sequence, pattern matched at each seam and rolled flat without shining the paper.
Step 5
Cut in cleanly at skirting and ceiling, switch plates refitted, floor left clean.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Heavy mirrors, gallery walls and framed prints hung level and anchored for the real weight.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
Gripper, underlay, doorbars and stairs fitted, with the old floor lifted and taken away.
Blinds, poles and bay tracks measured, levelled and fixed to the reveal you have.
Engineered, solid and laminate flooring laid with underlay, beading and doorbars.
Anything that needs to go on a wall — fixed into the right substrate and levelled.
Feature wall, plain or small repeat starts at £180 in Richmond upon Thames, and the ladder runs up to £150 for the largest job on the table above. Prep decides the price far more than the paper does. Chalky lime plaster, previously painted-over paper and out-of-plumb corners each add hours before a single drop is hung. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: SW13, SW14, SW15, TW1, TW10, TW11, TW12, TW2 and TW9. On the ground that includes Barnes, Hampton and Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, Kew, Mortlake and East Sheen and Richmond.
Bookings are usually within a week, with a survey first for anything larger than a single feature wall. West London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Conservation-area streets with narrow entrances, flood-zone riverside loading limits and strict CPZs in Richmond and Twickenham. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Georgian and Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces, mansion flats and riverside conversions is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
Decorators carry £5m public liability cover and work to dust-sheeted, low-odour paste specifications — what concierge buildings and managing agents ask for before they will approve a weekday booking. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Richmond upon Thames tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One decorator for a feature wall or single room; two for stairwells, long drops and murals that must be hung to a strict sequence. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Richmond upon Thames postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Full re-plastering where the substrate has blown — quoted after stripping, Damp treatment: paper hung over active damp will fail and we will not do it and Removing asbestos-containing textured coatings such as older Artex. If something on that list turns up in Richmond upon Thames, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
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Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Richmond upon Thames address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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