Borthwick Decorators Limited
Borthwick Decorators Limited
93 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3ES
93 George Street
EH2 3ES
0131 235 2733
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Painter & Decorators, Painting Contractor, Carpenters & Joiners, Window Painting & Pointing, Interior and Exterior Decorator, Wallpaper Hanging, Wallpapers & Wall Coverings, Cornicing and Coving, Hand Painted Furniture, Ames Taping, Joinery ServicesTrade Associations
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Borthwick Decorators Ltd are award-winning painters and decorators. We are one of Scotland’s leading painting and decorating companies, where quality, reliability and professionalism come as standard. We offer ames taping, carpentry and joinery as part of our services. We are based in Edinburgh, with affiliated branches in Glasgow, Perth, Stirling and Crieff. Serving Central and South Scotland, we also undertake projects further afield. Commercial, residential, interior, and exterior projects undertaken.
With decades of experience in the trade, we are one of the oldest and most reputable family run firms around, where you will have the peace of mind that choosing a Scottish Decorators Federation and Painting and Decorating Association accredited business with £10 million public liability insurance brings. We are CHAS, SMAS and SafeContractor accredited company and we are IPAF and PAL licensed to operate cherry pickers. All of our staff are fully qualified painters, decorators, tapers, carpenters and joiners.
Our commercial work includes Private Housing Developments (Blocks of Apartments and Flats), Retail Buildings (Shops and Department Stores), Hospitality Properties (Cafes, Hotels, Pubs and Restaurants), Retirement Homes, Offices, Schools, Warehouses and Factories.
Our residential work includes Apartments, Flats, Houses, Country Estates and Castles.
We cover Central Scotland, Fife, Perthshire and The Scottish Borders. This includes Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Crieff, Auchterarder, Bearsden, Blairgowrie, Bridge of Allan, Cupar, Currie, Dunblane, Giffnock, Haddington, Newton Mearns, North Berwick, Pitlochry and St Andrews.
Our Services Include:
- Interior Painting and Decorating
- Exterior Painting
- Spray Painting
- Taping and Jointing
- Carpentry and Joinery
- Wall Coverings
- Cherry Picker Operators
- Out of Hours Work
We offer free no obligation quotations.
With decades of experience in the trade, we are one of the oldest and most reputable family run firms around, where you will have the peace of mind that choosing a Scottish Decorators Federation and Painting and Decorating Association accredited business with £10 million public liability insurance brings. We are CHAS, SMAS and SafeContractor accredited company and we are IPAF and PAL licensed to operate cherry pickers. All of our staff are fully qualified painters, decorators, tapers, carpenters and joiners.
Our commercial work includes Private Housing Developments (Blocks of Apartments and Flats), Retail Buildings (Shops and Department Stores), Hospitality Properties (Cafes, Hotels, Pubs and Restaurants), Retirement Homes, Offices, Schools, Warehouses and Factories.
Our residential work includes Apartments, Flats, Houses, Country Estates and Castles.
We cover Central Scotland, Fife, Perthshire and The Scottish Borders. This includes Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Crieff, Auchterarder, Bearsden, Blairgowrie, Bridge of Allan, Cupar, Currie, Dunblane, Giffnock, Haddington, Newton Mearns, North Berwick, Pitlochry and St Andrews.
Our Services Include:
- Interior Painting and Decorating
- Exterior Painting
- Spray Painting
- Taping and Jointing
- Carpentry and Joinery
- Wall Coverings
- Cherry Picker Operators
- Out of Hours Work
We offer free no obligation quotations.
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An introduction to our servicesOur professional services include interior painting and decorating exterior painting, spray painting, wallpaper hanging, hand painted and spray painted kitchens. Residential, commercial and industrial. Serving Edinburgh and surrounding counties since 1959z
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26th October 2024Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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We have a detached property, and the outside of the house was requiring to be re-painted.
With regards to our experience of using Borthwick Decorators is as follows we would wish to advise others that the service provided by Borthwick Decorators is first class. Even though there has been delays due to the inclement ( Scottish ) weather we were kept updated all along.
The finished article is better than hoped for, and all the staff on-site, as well as office based, were friendly and easy to engage with.
I would not hesitate in recommending them to others.
With regards to our experience of using Borthwick Decorators is as follows we would wish to advise others that the service provided by Borthwick Decorators is first class. Even though there has been delays due to the inclement ( Scottish ) weather we were kept updated all along.
The finished article is better than hoped for, and all the staff on-site, as well as office based, were friendly and easy to engage with.
I would not hesitate in recommending them to others.
Michael Grassom
1st May 2024Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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The Borthwick team, headed up by Kamil decorated six rooms for us recently, including repainting our hand painted kitchen and utility units. The quality of the work is outstanding, Kamil in particular took great care in painting our kitchen units and the finish is really excellent. I’m very glad that we took David’s advice and used Tikkurila paint for this part of the job as the units look better now than they did when first installed. Colour matching with our chosen Farrow and Ball colours was seamless. The team, Rab, Adam and Kamil are very professional, tidy and courteous and we are so pleased with the finish in all six rooms
8th December 2023Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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Excellent work. I cannot recommend this company high enough.
Sandy Anderson
21st July 2023Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Borthwick Decorators recently redecorated our ornate ceiling- Kamil and Nicholas did an excellent job, working at extreme heights and navigating themselves around a very big old building- the end result is beautiful.
David came out to do quality checks and I found Borthwick to be extremely professional , communication was excellent and we would definitely use them again.
David came out to do quality checks and I found Borthwick to be extremely professional , communication was excellent and we would definitely use them again.
Elizabeth
23rd June 2023Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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Whilst we were on holiday, the boys came in and did a fantastic job, 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen and an outside stair which is now sparkling. We have used Borthwicks before and would certainly do so again
Christine mclean
18th May 2023Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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I had all my external window frames painted by Stuart and his team from Borthwick Decorators. They took great care over the preparation of the frames, which were in a pretty awful state. Painting was carried out with precision and skill. Stuart is a perfectionist and at completion my windows frames looked good as new! Borthwicks are a very professional company to deal with and Annemarie in the office was always responsive and helpful. I am delighted to give them a 5 star review.
Gill
10th April 2023Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Borthwick Decorators Ltd painted the exterior walls of our bungalow. They were extremely professional, punctual, approachable as well as being friendly. They checked we were happy with the end result and tidied up really well every day. We were delighted with their work and will happily use them again.
Lynn Forsyth
11th April 2022Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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Painted the exterior of our house in Newton Mearns, Glasgow. David and his team were excellent. Would highly recommend.
31st October 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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We appointed Borthwick Decorators to fully paint the communal hallways of our flatted development (walls, ceilings, skirting broads, window frames, door frames, balustrades and bannisters) and we couldn’t be more satisfied and happy with the end result. Communication with David was always excellent throughout the process, from beginning to completion (painting specification, quote, and starting date) and David was always was very approachable and quick to respond with his expert knowledge to any questions we had.
Eddie and his team of painters who painted the communal hallways, were fantastic: very professional, skilled, friendly, hard-working and helpful and nothing was ever an issue. They arrived punctually everyday and tidied up afterwards, and ensured that everything was painted to our satisfaction, and all in all, it was a pleasant experience.
We would thoroughly recommend Borthwick Decorators, and for any future painting work, we wouldn’t think of going to anyone else.
Eddie and his team of painters who painted the communal hallways, were fantastic: very professional, skilled, friendly, hard-working and helpful and nothing was ever an issue. They arrived punctually everyday and tidied up afterwards, and ensured that everything was painted to our satisfaction, and all in all, it was a pleasant experience.
We would thoroughly recommend Borthwick Decorators, and for any future painting work, we wouldn’t think of going to anyone else.
Donald Imrie
27th September 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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We had the exterior of our house painted, plus all windows and doors. David and his team were brilliant! The quote was clear and fair and the work completed exactly as and when promised. We were very impressed.
Mrs H
26th September 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Preparation and painting of ceiling walls and woodwork in my flat. Excellent work. Clean tidy and good quality work
6th September 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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We had the outside of our house painted - excellent job. Above and beyond care taken to ensure our property was left in perfect condition
Very happy with painters especially Stewart who worked constantly was very polite, conscientious and worked long hours.
Thank you Borthwick Decorators for a job very well done
Very happy with painters especially Stewart who worked constantly was very polite, conscientious and worked long hours.
Thank you Borthwick Decorators for a job very well done
Carol Campbell
20th July 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Exterior painting of windows and eaves. Very pleased with the work.
David McGuigan
16th July 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1 - £1000
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Borthwick Decorators did a fantastic job of painting or cornice and centre piece. They were responsive and quick and came up with a solution to fit our job in as soon as they could as it was just a small one. Stuart who arrived on the day was fantastic. We received a friendly and professional service from him, the result was beautiful and there was no mess left behind. We’re very pleased and we’d definitely come back for any further painting needs.
Robyn
14th July 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Highly recommend. Excellent work and great company to deal with
L. Skipper
6th July 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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We have just had some excellent decorating done by Borthwick Decorators (end of June 2021) We have an open plan house in Auchterarder, and they must have done the equivalent of 2,000 sq ft of ceiling and 500+ sq ft of walls. It took the team 4.5 days working hard from 0800 to 1800 and we couldn’t fault them. Top team of Robert (organiser and leader), Eddie (helpful perfectionist) and Katie (always smiling hard worker) backed up on occasion by Steve and Nick. This is not the easiest of houses to do. The hall, living room and kitchen are open plan, and the hall is two storeys to the eaves. Architect’s dream and maintenance nightmare. They coped admirably with scaffolding and ladders, and, most importantly, such clean workers. Dust sheets everywhere and brush and vacuum always in evidence. We are more than happy to recommend them. Not the cheapest, perhaps, but value for money for the standard of workmanship and the personal management by David Borthwick. We will use them again if and when we do more.
John Holme
2nd July 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Outside paintwork
Work carried out with impressive skill and attention to detail.
Stuart coordinated the project with great efficiency.
Overall, the whole team displayed a professional approach to their work.
Work carried out with impressive skill and attention to detail.
Stuart coordinated the project with great efficiency.
Overall, the whole team displayed a professional approach to their work.
Dr and Mrs Skea
24th June 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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We are extremely pleased not only with all the work done but also how it was carried out. A very professional, reliable, polite and friendly team. Arrangements were made very quickly and efficiently to assess the work needed and the quote followed shortly after. The work required major exterior repainting as well as joinery repairs. Everything was arranged and co-ordinated by the Borthwick team. All round, top marks for the quality of the work, ease of communication, co-ordination and reliability.
23rd June 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £1001 - £5000
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Excellent team of decorators who were simply fantastic to work with. This is a professional company who take their work seriously but are also good fun to have on site.
The team were extremely friendly, helpful, sharing hints and tips, and worked hard to complete the job on time. I could not be more pleased with the final result.
The team were extremely friendly, helpful, sharing hints and tips, and worked hard to complete the job on time. I could not be more pleased with the final result.
Les Murray
23rd June 2021Value of Products/Services or Work Performed: £5001 - £25,000
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A large outside job painting the cladding, windows and doors. Dealing with Borthwicks was easy and they always replied quickly. Everything from getting a quote to invoicing was easy but the best aspect was the men themselves: polite, thoughtful, tidy and reliably turning up when they said they would.