Thirty years ago we painted our first house in Chiswick. The client was an architect who told us, “If you get the colour of the woodwork wrong, the whole street will notice.” We’ve been obsessed with getting Chiswick right ever since.
Bulger Wicks has been decorating houses in Chiswick for over 35 years, working out of an office on Chiswick High Road. Most of our W4 work comes from owner-occupiers of period houses, repeat clients and recommendations from neighbours who’ve seen the finish on a job down the street. From the red-brick Arts & Crafts houses of the early suburbs to the white-painted Georgian townhouses on Chiswick Mall, we know every quirk of W4 brickwork, render, and riverside damp.
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Much of our work comes from repeat clients or personal recommendations, something we value greatly. Bulger Wicks is consistently well rated on Which? Trusted Trader, Rated People, and across the reviews on our own website. These are from real homeowners wanting straightforward service and reliable results — the same principles we bring to every Chiswick job.
Most of our decorators have been with us fifteen years or more, which is the main reason a Bedford Park hallway we painted in 2015 looks the same now as one we finished last month: same hand, same prep, same standards.
We’re trusted across W4 because we bring:
"Their painting and carpentry is a really high standard, they are superfast and competitively priced."
Rebecca M. - TW9
★★★★★
"very impressed with the quality of the work, universally polite and willing to do the best job possible"
Mrs P.H. - SW7
★★★★★
Chiswick exteriors deal with two things: Thames damp and A4 pollution. We work with both. Our default exterior system on W4 brickwork is Dulux Weathershield, still performing well on Chiswick houses we painted more than a decade ago. Where a surface needs something different, we pick the system to suit:
If we spot damp, failing render or rotten timber, we raise it before we start. As qualified Repair Care practitioners we splice and resin sills, frames and sashes in place rather than replacing them. For flat roofs above bays and rear extensions we use Liquid Plastics and Garland coating systems, which can carry a twenty-year guarantee.
Walk into a Chiswick drawing room we’ve painted and you’ll smell natural oils, not harsh fumes. On original pitch-pine panelling, we still use the traditional primers that bring out the deep, honeyed tone the wood was finished for originally.
We hang designer wallpapers in riverside drawing rooms, line 1930s mansion-block bathrooms with Cole & Son “Woods”, and paint nursery ceilings in a virtually zero-VOC range so babies on Prebend Gardens breathe easy. On a Bedford Park job we plan around the original cornicing and skirting profiles so the new paint sits flat against the period detail rather than burying it.
We use dust-extraction vacuums and breathable floor protection that stays down, and clean the site at the end of every day. We can work around owners still living in the house, and provide daily updates for owners abroad.
For shops, restaurants and offices, we work around opening hours. We’ve repainted shopfronts on Turnham Green Terrace overnight so they trade the next morning as normal, and phased longer jobs along the High Road around weekday footfall. Saturday night to Sunday morning is the usual window. Since the Chiswick High Road conservation area was adopted in 2022, shopfront colours and signage are controlled where they weren’t before, so we’ll check what’s permitted before quoting.
Six conservation areas overlap W4: Bedford Park, Old Chiswick, Turnham Green, Thorney Hedge, Wellesley Road, and the Chiswick High Road area adopted in 2022. Each has its own preferences for woodwork colour, joinery detail and external finish, reviewed by Hounslow and watched closely by groups like the Bedford Park Society.
We’ve worked inside all of these areas for over thirty years. On a recent Grade II-listed restoration in Bedford Park we matched the original 1881 “Morris Green” from archived samples. On Chiswick Mall we matched a porch colour to the neighbouring period houses so the run read as one again. If you’re planning a colour change, we’ll tell you what’s likely to pass before you go to the trouble of buying the paint.
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"Just back in town after a long vacation. Mark & I are extremely happy with the work that was done and will certainly use you again in the future. Please feel free to use us as a reference if needed."
Gail S. - W4
★★★★★
"No nonsense, professional, high quality and speedy work done with care. Polite, tidy and friendly with excellent communication. They have transformed the house."
Sarah - W6
★★★★★
"I have no hesitation in recommending Bulger Wicks. I have used them on more than one occasion, most recently to rescue me from a complete mess which an appalling builder had left me in. Their flexibility and resourcefulness in sorting out a whole series of problems in addition to redecorating a 3-bedroom flat quickly and to the highest possible standard was an absolute godsend. You can always get cheaper, but it may come back to bite you. Bulger Wicks have been in business in Chiswick for as long as I have lived there (since 1991) and are highly experienced, completely trustworthy and very good value for money."
Adrian D. - W4
★★★★★
We’ll arrange a free site visit, take measurements, talk through surfaces and colour, and send a fully itemised written quote. If we suspect extra work might arise, we’ll say so up front and give you a realistic appraisal. Contracts from £1,500 plus VAT upwards.
Grade II-listed house. Stripped twelve layers of paint from the oak staircase, matched the original 1881 “Morris Green” using archived samples, rebuilt two cracked plaster friezes with lime putty. “They treated the house like it was their own. People often ask for their number.” – Dr Sarah M.
Peeling masonry and tired woodwork. Stripped back problem areas, repaired sills, finished with Dulux Weathershield, and matched porch colour to neighbouring period homes. Completed two days early.
Tenant-ready in 72 hours. Dulux Heritage throughout and Cole & Son “Hummingbirds” feature wallpaper. Landlord now books us for all his local rentals.
Repainted the entire façade on a Saturday night/Sunday morning so they opened Monday looking brand new. Zero trading hours lost.
If you’d like to see more Chiswick jobs similar to yours — Bedford Park restorations, riverside repaints, mansion-block refreshes, or shopfront blitzes — just ask. We’ll show you relevant local examples.
We’re the decorators who still get Christmas cards from residents we painted for decades ago. Most new Chiswick clients come from someone walking past a job and asking, “who did that?”
If you want your house to look like it belongs in W4 — not just painted, but properly Chiswick — give us a call.
Bulger Wicks – Chiswick’s quiet perfectionists since 1994.
