Do you do Venetian plastering in Leicester?

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

What does a project in Leicester 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.

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 Leicester?

All of them. We bring the same range to Leicester 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.

Microcement Leicester | Venetian Plaster & Polished Plaster

02 Why Finest Plastering

Five things about us

IOnly decorative lime

We do not skim, we do not patch, and we never pass a job to someone else. Lime finishes, applied by hand, are the whole of what we do.

IIItalian lime, properly sourced

It comes through Zavorè, who bring it in from Italy. We know what goes on your wall because we know where it came from.

IIISpecified, not just hired

Architects write us into their drawings. Our work includes a Grade II* listed building, the highest listing there is.

IVBoards before anything else

Three of them, in your colour and finish, made for your wall. You decide with the finish in your hand.

VA price that stays put

Written down, itemised, agreed. After it is signed, it does not change.

Ask for your three samplesYours to keep, before you commit

03 Proof

Walls we have finished

Our own work, photographed on site, not stock images.

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

The order things happen in

The same shape on every job, so there are no surprises in the middle of it.

Day one

First call

We talk, or we visit. The substrate and the use of the room decide the system, and we tell you which one before anything is priced.

Week one

The sample

A real panel in the real finish, made for your wall and left with you. You sign it off, or we make another.

Week two

A written price

Every part of the job on its own line, preparation to protection. No allowances, no extras, no movement once it is agreed.

On site

On the wall

Protection down before a tub is opened. Dust controlled. Each coat built and burnished to the sample. Clean-down at the end of every day.

Handover

Finished

We walk it with you, leave you the aftercare, and stay on the end of the phone. The wall carries on improving for years.

Book a free online consultationFree consultation, sample included

05 The finishes

Six finishes, chosen in your hand

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 WhatsAppA photo of the wall is enough to advise

06 Leicester

Finest Plastering in Leicester

We work across Leicester, from the big Victorian and Edwardian villas of Stoneygate, Clarendon Park and Knighton to the old hosiery and textile mills that have become apartments near the centre. Around the city there is a serious hospitality and events sector, with banqueting suites and wedding venues that refit on a short cycle and need walls that photograph.

In the Stoneygate villas we work in lime, because they are lime and Marmorino or polished plaster looks as if it belongs. The mill conversions are flat, modern substrates where our microcement and polished plaster both sit happily. In the venues the brief is usually scale: one long feature wall or a run of columns, seamless from end to end.

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

Clarendon Park Stoneygate Oadby Knighton Wigston Birstall Market Harborough

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

Get a fixed written priceFixed before the first coat

07 Questions

Common questions

Are you local to Leicester?

Yes. We work across Leicester, from Clarendon Park out to Birstall and Market Harborough, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.

What do you do for a wedding venue or banqueting suite in Leicester?

Usually one long seamless feature wall, or a run of columns matched to it, in Marmorino or polished plaster, so the room photographs well from every table. It is planned as a block between bookings, with the dates fixed in writing.

How does a job begin?

With a sample board, made in your finish and colour and left on your wall for a few days. You sign that off before anything else happens, or we make another one.

Will the price change?

No. It is itemised in writing before we start, preparation through to protection, and once it is signed that is the number.

How long will you be on site?

Three to five days for one feature wall, because lime has to cure between coats. A whole room or a bar is planned as a block with the dates agreed in writing.

Does it last?

It gets harder with age. Lime carbonates for years after it goes on, so the wall is tougher at ten years than at one, and it does not chip or peel like paint.

Do you work in bars and restaurants?

Yes, and usually overnight. Bar fronts, feature walls, hotel receptions and dining rooms, protected, worked and handed back before service.

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