Do you do Venetian plastering in Hull?

Yes. Our studio is in Birmingham and we work across the UK, Hull included. The travel is itemised in the written quotation, so there is nothing to discover later.

Yes. Preparation, materials, labour, protection and travel are itemised in writing before we begin, and the number does not move once it is agreed.

Which finishes can I have in Hull?

All of them. We bring the same range to Hull that we use anywhere: polished plaster, Marmorino, microcement, Tadelakt, limewash, liquid metal and marble effect. The choice is made from the sample boards, not from a catalogue.

How long does the finish last?

Lime carries on carbonating for years, so the surface hardens as it ages rather than degrading. It does not chip, peel or date the way paint does.

Venetian Plaster Hull | Microcement & Polished Plaster

Q: What does a project in Hull start with?

A sample panel in your exact finish, colour and sheen, made for your wall and left with you to live with. Nothing proceeds until you have signed it off.

02 Why Finest Plastering

The reasons people pick us

IOne trade, done properly

We do not skim, we do not take general plastering, and we do not pass work on. Decorative lime, applied by hand, is all we do.

IILime from Italy, nothing else

It comes through Zavorè, who import it. We know what is in it because we have asked, and we have never found a reason to change.

IIIOn architects' specifications

Including a Grade II* listed building, which is as high as listing goes.

IVThree boards for your wall

Made before you commit to anything, so the decision is made with the finish in your hand.

VA fixed price, written down

Agreed before we start. Signed means settled.

Ask for your three samplesBefore you decide anything

03 Proof

See it before you choose it

Our projects, photographed on the day they were finished.

Lime finish to a listed-building specification

Heritage, hotel conversion

Donington Hall

Donington Hall: Grade II* listed, now a hotel for MotorSport Vision, with every lime finish to the conservation brief.

See the case study

Media wall in dark marble effect with gold veining

Dark marble effect with hand-drawn gold veining

Residential, media wall

A marble wall with no marble in it

A dark marble media wall with gold veining, drawn by hand and polished in place. No joints anywhere.

View this project

Nightclub feature wall in black and bronze textured plaster

Black and bronze textured plaster, close detail

Hospitality, nightclub walls and pillars

Black and bronze, worked by hand

A nightclub in black and bronze textured plaster, walls and pillars worked by hand to one continuous surface.

See the full set

See the full gallery

04 The process

What happens, and when

No mystery, no drift. Most projects run to this shape, and you know the next step before you take the current one.

Day one

We talk

A call or a site visit. We look at the substrate and how the room is used, then tell you which system actually suits it.

Week one

Your sample

A panel in your exact finish, colour and sheen, made for your wall and left with you to live with. Nothing proceeds until you have signed it off.

Week two

Fixed quotation

Itemised in writing: preparation, materials, labour, protection. Nothing hidden in the rate. The number does not move once agreed.

On site

The work

Floors and joinery protected, dust controlled, coats built and burnished to the sampled standard. Clean site every evening.

Handover

Yours

Snag walk, aftercare guidance, and a surface that keeps improving with age. We stay reachable afterwards.

Book a free online consultationA free call and a sample panel

05 The finishes

Six systems. One of them is right for your wall

Polished plaster

Marble dust and aged lime, burnished to a mirror. The finish most people picture when they say Venetian plaster.

Marmorino

A coarser marble aggregate, left matt or taken to a low sheen. More forgiving across a large wall, and it ages better.

Microcement

Seamless, waterproof and thin enough to go over existing tile. Bathrooms, wet rooms and floors.

Tadelakt

Moroccan lime, compressed with a stone and sealed with soap. Seamless and water-resistant, which is why it ends up in showers.

Limewash

The softest of the six. Cloudy, chalky, brushed rather than trowelled. A whole room in limewash reads as calm.

Liquid metal

Real metal particles that oxidise and patinate as they age. Bronze, brass, copper, iron.

Message us on WhatsAppPhoto of the wall, and we will recommend one

06 Hull

Finest Plastering in Hull

We work across Hull and the East Riding: the Georgian Old Town around High Street and the Museums Quarter, the Victorian Avenues off Princes Avenue with their wide tree-lined streets and big terraced houses, the Marina and Fruit Market, where the warehouses have become apartments and restaurants, and the larger houses out through Kirk Ella, Cottingham and Beverley.

In the Old Town and the Avenues we work in lime. The Fruit Market conversions are brick and modern board where polished plaster and microcement are straightforward. Beverley's Georgian centre is a conservation area where we work in lime by specification.

Everything about how we work — the samples, the fixed price, the six finishes — is on our main Venetian plastering page. This page is about Hull.

Old Town Fruit Market The Avenues Cottingham Hessle Beverley Marina Anlaby

We cover the whole of Hull and the towns around it. If your address is not listed, ask anyway.

Get a fixed written priceAgreed in writing, then left alone

07 Questions

Before you ask

Are you local to Hull?

Yes. We work across Hull, from Old Town out to Marina and Anlaby, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.

Is the Old Town in Hull lime, and does it matter?

Yes and yes. The Old Town and the Avenues are lime buildings, and a lime finish lets them keep breathing, which is why it was there in the first place. The Fruit Market conversions are modern inside and the answer there is polished plaster or microcement.

What happens first?

A sample board, made for your wall in your finish and colour, and left with you. Nothing is agreed until you have signed it off.

Is the quote final?

Yes. Every part of the job is on its own line in writing before we start, and the total does not move afterwards.

How long does it take?

A single wall is three to five days, with curing time between coats. A room or a bar is planned as one block and the programme is written down first.

How long will it last?

Decades. Lime carbonates for years, so it hardens with age rather than wearing out, and it does not chip, peel or date like paint.

Do you work in bars?

Yes, and usually at night. Bar fronts, feature walls and dining rooms, protected, finished and handed back before service.

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