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Tall Order - Thames two storey villa transformed!

  • Writer: Graham Willers
    Graham Willers
  • Jan 15
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jan 21

A century's worth of paint to prepare, to repaint this two storey villa ready for a new chapter and many more years.

This was a classic Edwardian villa in Totara, Thames - set on high pilings with two storeys, several balconies and enough gabled dormers to make it an interesting challenge for the scaffolding team. We eventually went with four scaffolding platforms in some areas and three in others.


A two storey wooden villa with verandas on both levels and dormers, freshly painted in blue/grey with white trim.


The paint surfaces needed weeks of preparation work, there being over a century’s worth of paint layers, many of which had either flaked, blistered or formed the dreaded ‘crocodile skin’ wrinkles at some point in the distant past.

The two storey wooden villa before painting with extensive scaffolding in place ready for preparation and paint.

There were also four large multi-paned French windows and a lot of the aforementioned dormers to contend with.


Before picture of the second storey dormers with cream paint which is in places, missing and down to wood

So, it was something of a tall order to finally get everything into a condition fit for painting.


A close up of the villa french doors before painting showing cream paint is flaked off the quarter panes and sage green steps

Here is this beautiful villa before and after with its new blue/grey exterior paint...

"Before" - a stunning home, however the paint needed restoration as seen in closer images in this blog
"Before" - a stunning home, however the paint needed restoration as seen in closer images in this blog


"After" - Villa exterior restored with new blue/grey exterior colour scheme, highlighting the heritage features even more such as the bay window panels
"After" - Villa exterior restored with new blue/grey exterior colour scheme, highlighting the heritage features even more such as the bay window panels

Our clients went with a modern blue/grey for the weatherboards and a crisp fresh white for all the windows and trim and were very pleased with the end result.

We can't recommend Thames house painters enough. The attention to detail and the relentless prep work was second to none. We are over the moon with the results. Thank you Graham and team. Jo Anne Thames

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Kind words...

"Graham and his team are amazing!!! I am soooo incredibly happy with the job he has done...his organisation, efficiency. It was the most stress free job I've ever had done! The house looks great and back to its original condition....THANK YOU" Louise Neho Matatoki | Thames * * * * *


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