Hand-applied Italian lime, trowel-burnished, made to last. Specified by architects. Proven on heritage and commercial projects.
No skimming, no general plastering, no subcontracting. Every wall is applied and burnished by hand by people who do it every day.
Supplied by Zavorè, who import it from Italy. We know exactly what is in the tub, and we would not use anything else.
We have worked on a Grade II* listed building, which is the highest listing grade there is.
Made for your wall before you commit to anything. You choose the finish in your hand, not from a photograph.
Once it is signed, it does not move.
Every job runs in the same order, so you know where you are at every point.
A call, or a visit to the wall. What it is made of and how the room is used decide the system, and we say which before anything is priced.
Made in your finish and colour, left on your wall for you to live with. You sign it off or we make another. Nothing moves until you do.
Preparation, materials, labour and protection, each itemised in writing. No day rate hiding anything. Agreed is agreed.
Protection first, dust kept down, then each coat built and burnished to match the board. The site is left clean every evening.
A walk round together, a note on aftercare, and a wall that keeps hardening for years. We are still on the phone afterwards.
Aged lime and marble flour, worked until it reflects. The glassiest of the six, and the one people mean by Venetian plaster.
Marble aggregate with a bit more grain, matt or softly burnished. Kinder across a big wall, and it wears in rather than out.
Two millimetres thick, seamless and sealed. Goes over tiles, takes a floor, and does not mind a shower.
The Moroccan one: lime, a polishing stone and olive-oil soap. One continuous surface, which is why it lives in wet rooms.
Brushed, not trowelled. Chalky, cloudy and almost without sheen. Four walls of it make a room feel quiet.
Actual metal in the finish, which tarnishes and patinates like metal does. Bronze, brass, copper and iron.
We work in Plymouth and the South Hams for whole rooms and complete schemes. The city has a Georgian quarter around Stonehouse and the Hoe and the converted naval buildings of Royal William Yard, and on its doorstep Salcombe, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and the Yealm, where the houses are either very old or very new and the owners are particular.
Royal William Yard and the Georgian stock are lime, listed, and we work them in lime. The South Hams houses are the interesting ones: a modern glass house above the estuary wants polished plaster or microcement, while a cob and stone cottage wants limewash and a soft Marmorino. Coastal air rewards a properly sealed finish.
Everything about how we work — the samples, the fixed price, the six finishes — is on our main Venetian plastering page. This page is about Plymouth.
We cover the whole of Plymouth and the towns around it. If your address is not listed, ask anyway.
A picture and a measurement is all we need to start. Next steps within a working day.
If you need any help, feel free to get in touch. We are happy to answer anything about finishes, timings or price.
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