Painting offices and communal areas without disrupting work
How we plan office, boardroom and communal area redecoration around a working building.
Offices, serviced workspaces and blocks of flats cannot close for a week while the decorators are in. This is how we keep a building working while we paint it.
Agree the phases
We walk the building with your facilities or building manager and split the work into areas that can be closed one at a time, such as a boardroom, one floor, or a section of corridor.
Work outside core hours
Meeting rooms and receptions are often best done in evenings or at weekends, so staff and members return to a finished room.
Low-odour paints
Water-based paints dry quickly and smell far less, so rooms can usually be used again the next day.
Durable finishes
Corridors, stairs and kitchens take knocks every day. We recommend scrubbable matt for walls and hard-wearing finishes for doors and frames.
Paperwork your accounts team expects
Each phase is estimated first, approved on your purchase order, photographed on completion and invoiced separately, quoting your PO number. This is how we work with serviced office clients such as Saunders House.
Planning the work
We start with a walk-round and agree the order of rooms, the hours we can work and where materials can be stored. Most offices are painted in sections, so each team loses its space for a day or two at most. Communal hallways and stairwells are done one side at a time so the route stays open.
Working around people
- Evening and weekend working where daytime access is difficult
- Low-odour, quick-drying paints so rooms are usable the next morning
- Desks, screens and floors covered, and put back as we found them
- Signs and barriers around wet areas
What building managers ask us
Do you work on purchase orders? Yes. Each job is quoted, approved on your order and invoiced separately.
Will we get photos? Yes, before and after photos are sent on completion.
Can you match the existing colours? Yes. Give us the colour reference if you have it, or we match from a sample.
How often to repaint
Reception areas, corridors and stairwells take the most wear and usually need attention every two to three years. Offices and meeting rooms last longer. A planned programme costs less than letting everything go and doing it at once.