Houses from the same few decades
Council Tax records date roughly 85% of the village's homes to between 1965 and 1999. Walls in houses of that age are generally sound, so preparation tends to be filling, sanding and removing old wallpaper rather than rebuilding crumbling lime plaster. Ceilings can be another matter, and our plasterers can skim a textured ceiling smooth before we paint.
With 43.6% of homes having three bedrooms and a quarter having four or more, a typical job runs from one room to a full upstairs. We work room by room so the rest of the house stays usable.
Owners, landlords and changeovers
Around 75% of Bar Hill households own their home, and 42% own it outright. Owners tend to ask for colour advice and longer-lasting finishes, so we paint tester pots in several places and often suggest Little Greene Intelligent Matt Emulsion, which wipes clean and touches up well.
The private rented share is 20%, or about 347 households. For landlords we focus on stain-blocking marks, making good fixings and finishing in colours that are easy to touch in between lets.
Bar Hill at a glance
- 10 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 14 minutesOSRM routing
- 1,739householdsCensus 2021
- 75%of homes are owner-occupiedCensus 2021
- 20%of homes are privately rentedCensus 2021
- 4%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 4%are flatsCensus 2021
How we approach interior decorating
In a typical Bar Hill house we start with the ceilings, filling cracks or arranging a skim, then strip any tired paper and fill the walls. Our Mirka sanders extract as they work, so dust stays in the room being done. Bare timber is primed with Zinsser, walls get two coats, and woodwork is finished in satin or eggshell. We tidy each evening. The full method, products and FAQs are on our interior decorating page.