London wallpaper hanging · Central London
We work in Westminster every week — government, embassies and west end retail beside stucco belgravia terraces and church street market flats. 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 Westminster
The stock in Westminster is grade-listed stucco terraces, mansion blocks, peabody estates and prime new-build around victoria, and the mix changes street by street — Belgravia (SW1), Covent Garden (WC2) and Fitzrovia (W1) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, congestion charge, ulez, dense cpzs operating to 18:30 and beyond — most jobs need a suspended bay or dispensation. Locally that means estate parking rules, mews arches with height limits and listed staircases requiring protection and pedestrianised piazza with timed vehicle access only, and narrow stairs above shops. Part of Westminster sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Most flats in Westminster are leasehold, and managing agents here routinely ask for a public liability certificate and a method note before a contractor drills anything. We send both with the booking confirmation.
Grew from the abbey and royal court; the Grosvenor and Portman estates laid out the stucco squares still standing today. That history is why Westminster property behaves the way it does today.
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 Westminster, 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. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: NW1, NW8, SW1, SW7, W1, W2, W9, WC1 and WC2. On the ground that includes Belgravia, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Knightsbridge, Maida Vale and Marylebone.
Bookings are usually within a week, with a survey first for anything larger than a single feature wall. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Congestion Charge, ULEZ, dense CPZs operating to 18:30 and beyond — most jobs need a suspended bay or dispensation. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Westminster City Council and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Grade-listed stucco terraces, mansion blocks, Peabody estates and prime new-build around Victoria 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 Westminster City Council 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 Westminster 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 Westminster, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Westminster address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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