INTERIORS
Interior painting and decorating
Full-house and room-by-room redecoration for townhouses and villas across the KY16 core. Walls, woodwork, ceilings and period detail, hand-cut lines throughout.
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FIFE · ST ANDREWS
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in St Andrews
Georgian fronts on South Street and Market Street, golf-coast villas along The Scores, and university and hospitality buildings across the medieval core. We have decorated St Andrews property since 1959.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators St Andrews
Borthwick Decorators has painted St Andrews homes and university properties since 1959 — Georgian townhouses, Victorian villas along The Scores, and conservation-area stone across the KY16 core. CHAS and SDF accredited, rated 4.9/5 from 175+ verified reviews.
Medieval core, Georgian fronts, golf-coast weather.
St Andrews property is a mix the rest of Fife does not have: Georgian and Victorian townhouses in the conservation core, golf-facing villas along The Scores and the West Sands, university buildings, and a steady run of guest houses and hotels that need to look right every season. Much of it is listed or sits inside the conservation area, and the sea air is hard on exterior paint.
We handle interior and exterior decoration, sash-window repainting, period and heritage finishes, and commercial work for hospitality and university clients. Same foreman from first visit to final walk-round, daily clean-up, and a fixed quote before we start.
AWARD WINNING
2025 Cultural Renovation Project of the Year
2025 Residential Category
2024 Private Domestic (Pre-1919) Project of the Year — Contract Manager 2024
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WHAT WE DO IN ST ANDREWS
Our painting and decorating services in St Andrews
EXTERIOR
Exterior painting and masonry
Sea-facing elevations take a beating in St Andrews. We use breathable masonry systems and durable trim coatings, with scaffold or tower hire coordinated.
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WALLPAPER
Wallpaper hanging
Feature walls to whole rooms — walls lined first, patterns matched, seams tight. Designer papers and wide-width vinyls hung properly.
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HERITAGE
Period and heritage finishes
Breathable systems for pre-1919 fabric, period-correct colour matching, and the documentation conservation officers expect on listed work.
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COMMERCIAL
Hospitality and university work
Guest houses, hotels, restaurants and university property decorated to schedule, often inside a tight close-season window. Phased to keep you trading.
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KITCHENS
Hand-painted kitchen cabinets
In-situ cabinet painting in Farrow & Ball or Little Greene eggshell. Brush and roller on-site, no spraying, minimal disruption to the household.
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Recent work in and around Painters and Decorators St Andrews
ABOUT ST ANDREWS
Fife's heritage town on the coast.
St Andrews packs medieval streets, a Georgian and Victorian conservation core, and a working university and hospitality trade into a small footprint on an exposed coast. Property owners here juggle listed-building rules, conservation-area consents and weather that punishes anything facing the sea — and they expect the finish to hold.
We have decorated across the town for decades: townhouses on South and Market Street, villas along The Scores and Hepburn Gardens, and commercial premises through the centre. We hold CHAS and SDF accreditation, carry the heritage finishes specialism, and handle the consent paperwork that conservation work needs.
FIFE CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Fife portfolio.
David, Annemarie and their team at Borthwick Decorators, stepped up at short notice to redecorate a 2 bed holiday home in St Andrews.
We found Borthwick decorators through a local ad. We had asked them to paint the interior of our flat but we needed a fairly quick turnaround. David and team were happy to accommodate us, and were flexible with their dates.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in St Andrews.
Do you handle listed and conservation-area work in St Andrews?
Yes. Much of central St Andrews is listed or sits in the conservation area. We hold the heritage finishes specialism, use breathable systems on pre-1919 fabric, and handle the consent paperwork conservation officers expect.
Can you cope with sea-facing exterior work?
Yes — it is a large part of what we do here. Sea air strips ordinary paint quickly, so we use breathable, durable masonry and trim systems and prepare properly before we coat.
Do you work around the golf and tourist seasons?
We do. A lot of guest house, hotel and restaurant work is phased into the close season or scheduled to keep you trading. We agree the programme up front.
Where are you based, and do you charge travel to Fife?
Our HQ is in Edinburgh and we have served Fife since 1959. St Andrews is a regular run for us — there is no separate travel charge, and the quote you get is the price you pay.
How quickly can you start?
Usually four to six weeks for residential work. Listed-building consents add lead time, which we factor in and manage the liaison for.
NEARBY AREAS
Areas near St Andrews we work in.
Accreditations & memberships
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
PDA
Painting & Decorating Association
SDF
Scottish Decorators Federation
SSIP
Safety Schemes in Procurement
Trusted Trader
Edinburgh — Trading Standards Vetted
SafeContractor
Independent H&S Verification
CHAS
Contractors Health & Safety
SMAS
Safety Management Advisory
PASMA
Mobile Access Towers
IPAF
Powered Access (PAL)
CONTACT — FIFE
Speak to our Fife team.
Borthwick Decorators Ltd93 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3ES