Three-bedroom semis, terraces and flats
The most common home in Biggleswade has three bedrooms, about 41% of households. Semis make up 37% of homes and terraces 26%, so a typical request is a living room, hall, stairs and landing, or a full redecoration before a sale. Flats, about one home in seven, tend to be smaller jobs of one to three rooms.
Around 1,400 households rent privately. For landlords we focus on end-of-tenancy work: tenant marks and fixings made good, water and smoke marks sealed with Zinsser stain block, and a washable emulsion that touches up well between lets.
Interior decorating in older Biggleswade walls and newer ones
About 830 Biggleswade properties predate 1919, according to Council Tax records. Their plaster may be lime or sand and stone, often patched and uneven, and it needs filling, lining and sometimes a skim before paint looks right. In a Victorian house in Histon, Andrew spent much of the job on exactly this kind of preparation before painting in Khaki Mist, as the Histon case study shows.
In the 3,080 homes from 2009 onwards, it's more about settlement cracks and a proper mist coat on new plaster. Our interior decorating page has more on finishes.
Biggleswade at a glance
- 27 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 44 minutesOSRM routing
- 9,442householdsCensus 2021
- 68%of homes are owner-occupiedCensus 2021
- 15%of homes are privately rentedCensus 2021
- 8%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 14%are flatsCensus 2021
How we approach interior decorating
In an older Biggleswade terrace we'd strip paper, fill cracks, line walls where the plaster is poor and stain-block any old marks. In a newer house we fill settlement cracks, mist coat bare plaster and paint tester pots on several walls. Little Greene Intelligent Matt suits hallways and stairs that take knocks, because it can be wiped and touched up. The full method, products and FAQs are on our interior decorating page.