Offices, retail units, warehouses and common areas. The painting is the same craft as a house; the difference is that the building has to keep working while it happens.
The constraint is the schedule, not the paint
On a house, we work through the day and the family works around us. In a commercial space that is reversed — the business has to trade, staff have to reach their desks, and stock has to move. So the sequence is planned around when the space is empty rather than when it is convenient to paint.
That often means evenings, weekends, or working one zone at a time behind screening while the rest stays open. It is worth saying out loud at the estimate, because it changes the timeline more than the square footage does.
What we handle
Offices and meeting rooms
Retail units and customer-facing areas
Warehouse and back-of-house spaces
Corridors, stairwells and common areas
Exterior walls, doors and trim
Ceilings and exposed structure
What tends to be different
Surfaces take harder wear, so the specification matters more than in a house — corridors and stairwells get touched constantly, and a coating chosen for a bedroom will not last there. Ceiling heights often need access equipment. And a commercial space usually has more to protect: equipment, stock, cabling and flooring that cannot be moved.
None of that is complicated. It just has to be planned rather than discovered on the first morning.
The paint we use
Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Behr. On commercial work the choice leans toward whatever survives cleaning, because a wall in a shop or an office is wiped down constantly and that is what breaks coatings down.
Where a surface has to be back in use the same evening, the product that dries fastest is not always the one that lasts longest. We will say which we are choosing and why.
How it runs
- 01
Walk the space
With whoever runs it, so the working constraints come out early.
- 02
Written scope
Areas, sequence, and the hours we would work.
- 03
Protect and prepare
Equipment and floors covered, surfaces made ready.
- 04
Work in zones
So the parts you need stay usable.
- 05
Walk it together
Anything needing another pass gets one.
Common questions
Can you work outside business hours?
Yes. Evenings and weekends are normal for occupied spaces, and it is often the cheaper option overall because nothing has to stop.
How disruptive is it?
That depends on how the work is sequenced. Zoned properly, most businesses keep trading throughout. We plan that at the estimate rather than during.
Do you do exterior commercial work?
Yes — walls, doors, trim and railings. The same preparation rules apply as on a house: what is underneath decides how long the finish lasts.
Questions homeowners ask
