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Paint a Flat in London
The whole flat, painted properly — every room, the hallway that connects them, and the woodwork that ties it together. Send a walkthrough video in the app, get a fixed price in about two minutes, and hand the keys to a vetted decorator.
Whole flats get painted at turning points — just bought, between tenants, end of tenancy, or simply tired of the walls. One decorator, one fixed price, and a room-by-room sequence that works whether the flat is empty or you are living in it.
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Whole flats, one-bed to family
Vetted and insured decorators
Fixed price before you book
Between-tenancy turnarounds
How pricing works
You get a fixed price for the whole flat in the Jack All Trades app before you book — one number for the full job, not a drip of room-by-room extras.
Walk the flat with your phone camera and tell JACK what you want: walls only or the full works with ceilings, skirting, and doors. The price reflects the size of the flat, the condition of the walls, how much prep is needed, and whether it is empty or lived-in — an empty flat is faster, and the price says so. You will have a fixed price in about two minutes.
Painting the whole flat prices far better per room than booking rooms one at a time: setup, dust sheets, and drying time overlap, and the decorator sequences rooms so the flat stays liveable if you are staying in it. Paint on top — supply your own colours or have your decorator collect them and bill at cost.
How it works
Step 1
Walk the flat with your camera
A room-by-room video and a sentence per room — colours staying or changing, problem walls, and whether ceilings and woodwork are in.
Step 2
Get a fixed price and set the dates
One fixed price for the whole flat, confirmed in about two minutes — with dates that work around your move, tenancy, or week at work.
Step 3
Room by room to done
Your decorator preps, paints, and moves through the flat in a sensible order, leaving each room clean, dry, and back together.
What's included in a whole-flat repaint
One fixed price, one decorator responsible for the whole flat — from first dust sheet to final touch-up.
- Every room on the list prepped properly — filled, sanded, stains blocked — before any colour
- Two full coats with crisp cutting in, room by room in a sensible sequence
- Ceilings, skirting, doors, and radiators when you book the full works
- Furniture moved and covered, floors sheeted, each room put back as it is finished
- A final walkthrough with touch-ups done on the spot, not promised for later
The four classic whole-flat repaints
Whole flats get painted at turning points — and each one has its own logic:
- Just bought — paint before the furniture arrives; an empty flat is the fastest, cheapest repaint you will ever book
- Landlord between tenancies — neutral colours through the whole flat in the void week, listed photos looking fresh
- End of tenancy — walls back to handover condition, paired naturally with an end-of-tenancy repairs visit
- Living there and tired of it — the flat repainted around your life, room by room, sequenced so you always have somewhere to sleep
Lived-in or empty — how the job runs
The decorator plans the flat like a small project, not a big room:
- Empty flats: everything sheeted, sprayed or rolled at pace, and aired — the fastest route to done
- Lived-in flats: rooms sequenced so bedrooms are dry by night and the kitchen never closes for long
- Furniture moved to room centres and covered — you clear surfaces and walls, the decorator does the heavy shifting
- Colour decisions made easy: bring your choices, match what is there, or ask for the landlord-neutral standards
- Woodwork, ceilings, and radiators included when you ask for the full works — the difference between freshened and finished
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to move my furniture out?
No — furniture goes to room centres under sheets, and the decorator does the shifting. You clear surfaces, shelves, and walls; an empty flat is simply faster and prices accordingly.
Can you match the colours already on the walls?
Yes — share the brand and shade if you know them, or the decorator colour-matches at the trade counter. Useful when only some rooms are being done and the hallway has to keep flowing.
Where do you cover?
All London boroughs, seven days a week — void weeks and move-in windows book fastest.
How much does it cost to paint a flat in London?
It depends on the flat's size, the condition of the walls, and whether you want walls only or ceilings and woodwork too — which is why JACK prices your actual flat from a walkthrough video and confirms a fixed price in the app before you book, in about two minutes. One number for the whole job, agreed up front.
How long does it take to paint a whole flat?
An empty one-bed is typically two to three days; a lived-in two-bed with ceilings and woodwork runs longer because rooms are sequenced around your life. Your decorator confirms the schedule with the fixed price before you book.
Can you paint while I'm living in the flat?
Yes — lived-in repaints are half the bookings. The decorator sequences rooms so your bedroom is dry by night, keeps low-odour paints in the mix, and leaves each room put back together rather than leaving the whole flat mid-job.
Walls only, or the full works?
Walls-only refreshes the flat fastest and cheapest. Adding ceilings, skirting, door frames, and doors is what makes it read as newly decorated — worth it if the woodwork has yellowed or the ceilings show their age. Say which in the app; the price reflects it honestly.
I'm a landlord — can you repaint between tenants?
Yes, and the void week is the ideal window: an empty flat, neutral colours throughout, and the listing photos taken the day after. Pair it with an end-of-tenancy repairs visit and the whole turnaround is one booking.
Do you fix walls before painting — cracks, holes, stains?
Yes, prep is included: filling, sanding, and stain-blocking are part of the job, not extras. Walls with real damage — big cracks, failed plaster — get flagged honestly with options before any paint goes on.
Just one room needs doing, not the whole flat — what should I book?
Book the room: the paint-a-room service is the same decorators at single-room scale. If you are choosing between two rooms now or the flat later, price both in the app and see which way the maths falls.
Whole-flat painting across London
Vetted decorators on Jack All Trades paint flats in every London borough, seven days a week.
Ex-council flats in Peckham with sound walls that just need colour, period conversions in Islington where the prep is half the job, new-builds in Wembley Park getting their first personality, and buy-to-lets in Croydon on a void-week clock — the decorator has painted a flat like yours. Video in the app, fixed price in about two minutes, dates that fit your move.
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