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Wandsworth · SW15 · Wallpaper hanging
Professional Wallpaper hanging in Putney, SW15
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Putney fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide wallpaper hanging in Putney SW15 for houses and flats around Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start. From £180, quoted in writing before the visit, with one decorator for a feature wall or single room; two for stairwells, long drops and murals that must be hung to a strict sequence Walls are tested for damp and chalky plaster before pasting.
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SW15
- Wallpaper hanging in Putney SW15 from £180, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: feature walls and full-room papering
- Bookings are usually within a week, with a survey first for anything larger than a single feature wall.
- London Borough of Wandsworth permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, feature wall, plain or small repeat
- £180From, feature wall, plain or small repeat
- Putney homes are flats
- 72%Putney homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 38%Privately rented
- Households in Putney
- 20,613Households in Putney
Overview
Wallpaper hanging in Putney SW15, explained
This page prices wallpaper hanging for Putney SW15 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 38% privately rented and 20,613 households in total. Work starts at £180, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Wandsworth permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How wallpaper hanging works in Putney
Five steps, the same on every SW15 job, so you know what happens before you commit. In SW15, New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard — the pattern behind 20,613 households inside the SW15 neighbourhood is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Substrate check
Walls tested for damp, chalky distemper and blown plaster — the three things that make paper lift within a month.
Step 2
Strip and prep
Old paper steamed off, holes filled, sanded and sized so the paste grabs evenly across the wall.
Step 3
Set the first plumb line
Started from a plumbed line rather than a corner, because almost no London corner is square.
Step 4
Hang and match
Drops booked, hung in sequence, pattern matched at each seam and rolled flat without shining the paper.
Step 5
Trim, refit and clear
Cut in cleanly at skirting and ceiling, switch plates refitted, floor left clean.
Why choose us
Why Putney customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Putney wall.
Crew sized to the job
One decorator for a feature wall or single room; two for stairwells, long drops and murals that must be hung to a strict sequence. Boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts.
Booked around your day
Bookings are usually within a week, with a survey first for anything larger than a single feature wall. Putney (South Western) is the nearest station, so a SW15 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Putney walls, not generic walls
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Putney, with metal stud partitions between rooms, and with 38% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in SW15, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Putney stock goes, where 47% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Fixed prices
Wallpaper hanging prices in Putney
Fixed prices for SW15 and the rest of Wandsworth. 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.
| 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.
Scope
What's included in Putney
The same scope across SW15, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- In Putney: walls washed, filled and sized before the first drop goes up, the way it is done on Putney jobs
- On SW15 jobs: pattern matched at every seam and re-plumbed at each internal corner, with 72% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- Standard on Wandsworth bookings: sockets and switch plates loosened and papered behind, not cut around, arranged with London Borough of Wandsworth where the kerb needs it
- Off-cuts, paste buckets and dust sheets taken away — including wallpaper hanging
Not included
- Full re-plastering where the substrate has blown — quoted after stripping, which we refer on to the right trade in Putney
- Damp treatment: paper hung over active damp will fail and we will not do it, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SW15
- Removing asbestos-containing textured coatings such as older Artex, outside the fixed price on Putney bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Putney SW15
Wallpaper hanging across Wandsworth and the SW15 district, mapped below.
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Wood flooring in Putney
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All hanging and mounting services in Putney
Anything that needs to go on a wall — fixed into the right substrate and levelled.
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Working in Putney
Putney SW15 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Putney — the numbers that actually change a wallpaper hanging quote.
Putney SW15 is mainly Victorian and renter-heavy: 72% of homes here are flats and 28% are houses, across 20,613 households (ONS Census 2021).
The renter-heavy mix here (47% owned, 38% privately rented) means a SW15 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Putney substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Putney, with metal stud partitions between rooms, and with 38% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Putney stock goes, where 47% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a SW15 customer twice.
The Boat Race start, the embankment rowing clubs and the high street shops. That character decides the practical detail of wallpaper hanging here far more than the borough boundary does. Putney is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts — one reason one decorator for a feature wall or single room; two for stairwells, long drops and murals that must be hung to a strict sequence. Fitters travelling in use Putney (South Western).
Area at a glance
Putney SW15 by the numbers
Who lives in Putney and what they live in decides how wallpaper hanging is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the East Putney and Putney Embankment & Lower Common and Putney Town & Wandsworth Park and Putney West and Roehampton South & Putney Vale neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
47,274
Residents
East Putney and Putney Embankment & Lower Common and Putney Town & Wandsworth Park and Putney West and Roehampton South & Putney Vale neighbourhood, Census 2021
20,613
Households
Median age 34.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 72.2%Houses 27.7%
Residents by sex
Male47.2%
Female52.8%
Single-person households
31.4%
Privately rented
38.3%
- Median age
- 34.2
- Owner-occupied
- 47.2%
- Social rented
- 14.4%
- Postcode districts
- SW15
- Nearest station
- Putney
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods East Putney, Putney Embankment & Lower Common, Putney Town & Wandsworth Park, Putney West, Roehampton South & Putney Vale (E02000928, E02000932, E02000933, E02000936, E02000945) — the published geography that covers Putney, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW15 district: 51.4569, -0.2286 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Wallpaper hanging in Putney SW15 — your questions.
How much does wallpaper hanging cost in Putney SW15?
Feature wall, plain or small repeat starts at £180 in Putney for Putney (SW15) addresses, with Wandsworth parking rules in play — and 72% of homes here being flats, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Prep decides the price far more than the paper does in this 72% flats neighbourhood. Chalky lime plaster, previously painted-over paper and out-of-plumb corners each add hours before a single drop is hung around Putney (South Western), with 20,613 households on this patch.
Can you paper over the old plaster in Putney SW15?
Usually, once tested. Putney walls are typically dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Putney, with Wandsworth parking rules in play, with metal stud partitions between rooms, and with 38% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does on SW15 jobs, and old lime plaster often carries distemper paste will not grip. Where it does we cross-line first — skipping that is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Putney stock goes on this side of Wandsworth — and this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, where 47% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Do you strip the old wallpaper in Putney first?
Yes, priced separately at £150 a room. Stripping usually reveals filled cracks and blown patches in SW15 homes; repairs are quoted before the paper is ordered for Putney (SW15) addresses, with 20,613 households on this patch.
Can you paper a hallway or stairwell in Wandsworth?
Yes — with 28% of Putney homes being houses, stair drops are a regular booking on Wandsworth bookings. A stairwell is one to two days from £620: long drops need a platform and two decorators in this 72% flats neighbourhood, with Wandsworth parking rules in play.
Do you handle difficult access in Putney?
Boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts around Putney (South Western). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Wandsworth it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Putney — and Wandsworth parking rules in play, with 14% social-rented stock nearby.
Are your fitters insured for work in SW15?
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 around Putney (South Western) — and 20,613 households on this patch, with Wandsworth parking rules in play. That paperwork is what most Wandsworth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on SW15 jobs, with 28% of Putney homes being houses.
What is not included in wallpaper hanging in Putney?
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; Removing asbestos-containing textured coatings such as older Artex across SW15 — and 72% of homes here being flats, with 28% of Putney homes being houses. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Putney SW15 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Wandsworth, with Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start a few streets away.
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