What areas do you cover?

ARI Maintenance covers all of London and the M25 corridor, including Central, East, South, West, and North London, plus Essex towns such as Grays, Romford, and surrounding areas. We are based in Grays, Essex, and most London jobs are reached within the hour during standard working hours.

Why use a multi-trade company instead of individual tradespeople?

One phone call, one company, multiple trades. You avoid the hassle of coordinating separate plumbers, electricians, and handymen. We manage everything internally, which means faster scheduling, consistent quality, and a single point of accountability if anything needs revisiting.

Are you insured and accredited?

Yes. ARI Maintenance Ltd is fully insured with public liability cover, registered at Companies House (No. 16313436), and verified on Checkatrade with a 9.94/10 rating. We carry all required trade certifications for the services we offer.

Do you work with landlords and letting agents?

Absolutely. We work with landlords, letting agents, and property management companies across London. Our planned preventative maintenance contracts are specifically designed for landlords who need consistent, scheduled upkeep across multiple properties.

How quickly can you respond to an emergency?

We offer a 24-hour emergency call-out service for urgent plumbing and property issues. During standard hours (Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm), we aim to respond within the hour for emergencies within the M25. Out-of-hours calls are answered and triaged immediately.

Do you provide free quotes?

Yes. Every quote is free and provided with no obligation. We give you a clear, written estimate before any work begins so you know exactly what to expect. Call 07796 382957 or email bookings@arimaintenance.co.uk to request yours.

How do I know what tradesperson I actually need?

You do not need to know. That is the whole point of a multi-trade company. Call us, describe the problem, and we will send the right person. If a job turns out to need a different trade mid-way through, we handle the handoff internally without you having to rebook.

Do you offer ongoing maintenance contracts?

Yes. Our PPM (planned preventative maintenance) contracts are popular with landlords, commercial property managers, and letting agents. We schedule regular visits to inspect and maintain your property so small issues get caught before they become expensive problems.

London Painter & Decorator · Trade Paints · Proper Surface Prep

Painter and Decorator London — Interior, Exterior & Commercial

Premium trade paints, proper surface preparation, and a finish that lasts five years not five months. ARI Maintenance covers painting and decorating across London and the M25 — interior rooms and full-house redecorations, exterior masonry and woodwork, wallpapering, kitchen cabinet spraying, and landlord turnarounds — all priced as fixed-price jobs with materials specified up front.

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★5.0 Google· 27 reviews

9.94/10 Checkatrade· 32 reviews

|Premium Trade Paints (Dulux Trade, F&B, Little Greene)|a bespoke priceM Public Liability Insured|12-Month Workmanship Guarantee

Painter and decorator at work in a London property

Painting and Decorating — What Separates a Lasting Finish from a DIY Job

Painting and decorating is the trade discipline of preparing, priming, and applying paint, varnish, or wallcoverings to interior and exterior surfaces. The visible work — rolling on the colour — is roughly 30% of the job. The other 70% is preparation: filling cracks, sanding back to a sound surface, masking edges, priming bare patches, and choosing the right paint system for the surface. Skip the prep and the finish looks great for a month, then peels, blisters, or crazes. Do the prep right with quality trade paint and the finish lasts 5–7 years on interior, 7–10 years on exterior.

Our painters use Dulux Trade, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, and similar premium-trade brands. These have higher pigment content and better coverage than retail paints, and on exterior work they tolerate the freeze-thaw cycles and pollution loads of London property far better.

Painting Services We Cover

Six categories cover almost every decorating call we attend.

Interior Painting

Walls, ceilings, woodwork, doors, skirting, and architrave. Single rooms or whole-house redecorations. Premium trade paints, full surface prep, furniture moved and protected, daily clean-down.

Exterior Painting

Masonry walls, render, pebbledash, cladding, fascias, soffits, gutters, doors, and window frames. Weather-resistant masonry paint and microporous wood finishes. Surface prep includes scraping, sanding, filling, and priming.

Wallpapering and Wallcoverings

Wallpaper hanging, stripping, feature walls, textured wallcoverings, designer papers. Paste-the-wall and paste-the-paper, lining paper, ceiling papers.

Kitchen Cabinet Spraying

Hand-painting or HVLP-sprayed kitchen units, doors, drawer fronts, and worktop edges. The right call when the kitchen layout works but the finish is dated — far cheaper than a full refurb. Pairs well with our kitchen refurbishment work.

Commercial Painting

Offices, shops, restaurants, communal areas, and shop-front exteriors. Scheduled around opening hours where needed. Low-VOC paints for occupied premises.

Landlord Turnaround Redecorations

Fast-turnaround redecorations between tenancies. We aim for 3–5 day turnaround on a 1–2 bed flat to minimise void periods. Pairs with our PPM contracts for managing agents.

What You Get When ARI Paints Your Property

Prep Done Properly

Surface preparation is most of the job. Filling, sanding, masking, and priming all happen before any paint goes on the wall. That is why the finish lasts.

Trade Paints, Not Retail

Dulux Trade, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene. Higher pigment content and better coverage. We can match any brand or colour you specify.

Furniture Protected, Property Clean

Furniture moved, dust sheets down, carpets and flooring protected. We clean down at the end of each day — the rest of the property stays liveable.

Fixed Price Before Brushes Out

Free quote visit, fixed-price written quote covering paint, materials, labour, and VAT. The number you accept is the number you pay.

How an ARI Painting Job Works — Five Steps

The same five-step process every decorating project follows, from a single room to a full house exterior.

Free site visit.

We measure up, look at the surface condition, discuss colour and finish choices, and quote.

Fixed-price quote.

Within 48 hours of the visit. Itemised: prep, paint, labour, materials. We can quote multiple paint specs (budget / mid / premium) so you see the trade-offs.

Schedule and start date.

Most rooms scheduled within 7 working days. Furniture moved on day 1; full prep before any paint.

Prep, prime, and paint.

Walls filled and sanded, edges masked, ceilings cut in, two coats applied with appropriate drying time between. Daily clean-down.

Snagging and sign-off.

Walk-through with you, touch up any snags spotted, 12-month workmanship guarantee.

Why London Property Owners Use ARI for Painting

According to Painting and Decorating Association guidance, the most common cause of premature paint failure on UK property is inadequate surface preparation — not the paint itself. Cutting prep time is how cheap quotes get cheap. Doing prep properly is what makes a paint job actually last.

Our decorators are vetted, insured, and rated 5.0 stars across 27 Google reviews and 9.94/10 across 32 Checkatrade reviews. Premium trade paints standard. 12-month workmanship guarantee.

Arianne 'Ari' Raofi

Founder, ARI Maintenance Ltd

About the Decorating Team

ARI Maintenance is led by Arianne ‘Ari’ Raofi, founder. Day-to-day painting and decorating is carried out by named, experienced decorators with the prep skills and product knowledge that separate a 5-year finish from a 5-month one.

Trade-paint trained on Dulux Trade, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, and Crown Trade systems — including primer/undercoat selection for difficult substrates
HSE working-at-height compliant on exterior work (Work at Height Regulations 2005) with PASMA-trained towers and proper edge protection
Low-VOC product knowledge for occupied premises (offices, schools, healthcare) per BS EN 71-3 toy-safety paint standards on residential
a bespoke priceM Public Liability Insurance on every decorator, every job
12-month workmanship guarantee in writing on every paint job
Companies House registered: ARI Maintenance Ltd, registration 16313436

“The biggest signal of a good paint job is what happens 18 months later, not the day we leave. Anyone can make a wall look good with three coats and a thick brush. Making it still look good after a winter of condensation and a summer of sun — that’s prep, primer, and the right paint for the surface.”

Read our full team story

Painting Coverage — London and the M25

We provide painting and decorating across all London boroughs from our Essex base.

Islington

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Camden

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Hackney

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Haringey

Painter And Decorator

Enfield

Painter And Decorator

Barnet

Painter And Decorator

Walthamstow

Painter And Decorator

Leyton

Painter And Decorator

Stratford

Painter And Decorator

Ilford

Painter And Decorator

Barking

Painter And Decorator

Dagenham

Painter And Decorator

Romford

Painter And Decorator

Grays

Painter And Decorator

For the full coverage map, visit our areas directory.

Recent Painting Work

Refurbished bedroom with new grey carpet, white walls and bay window.

Refurbished bedroom with traditional wooden bed frame and oak floor.

New grey carpet runner on stairs with freshly painted white turned spindles.

Refurbished bedroom with mirrored wardrobes and clean white styling.

Refurbished bedroom with light wood flooring and double bed.

Newly painted white six-panel door, closed.