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Proper preparation. A first-class finish.

Colin and Harry Fry, father-and-son painters and decorators, working in period and family homes in Beckenham, Bromley, Chislehurst and West Wickham. Colin started Splat in 2002. Two decorators, in your house, doing the work themselves.

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Entrance hall with pink walls, a front door painted to match and an arched stained glass window
Coat Reverie, and every door and skirting in the hall colour-washed in it, so nothing breaks the colour.

Every chip comes from our own photos of finished jobs. So each chip shows the colour as it really looked in that house. Screens and daylight shift colours, so see the paint in your own light before you choose. Every colour we've used, and where

Painting and decorating for period and family homes

Splat Decorating works in homes, never offices: halls and whole houses, the outside too, and the odd garden building.

A 15-year-old cedar-roofed garden office, restored near Park Langley

Fifteen years of weather on a cedar-shingled office by Park Langley Golf Club. Drag the line across the roof.

Weathered grey cedar shingle roof with moss and a broken finial at the apex, seen from above with a ladder stand-off
Cedar shingle roof seen from above after staining, an even rich brown on every shingle
The same cedar roof, before and after two coats of Sadolin Extra in Burma Teak.

What made the difference

  • Moss and lichen wire-brushed off the shingles before anything else went near them.

  • Every board sanded with electric sanders, the grooves by hand, then washed down so no dust went under the paint.

  • The perished finial and the drip beads on both doors replaced, supplied and fitted by us.

  • French GrayBuilding
  • Monkey PuzzleDoors
  • Burma TeakCedar roof tiles
The whole job, start to finish

What decorating costs: rooms and hallways

We'd rather you knew roughly where you stand before the dust sheets come out, so here are our starting prices for a room and for a hallway, stairs and landing. Everything else we price once we've seen it.

What moves the price, and how long jobs take

  • A room
    from around £1,000 + VAT
  • Hallway, stairs and landing
    from around £3,000 + VAT

The company that DOESN'T live up to its name.

Tell us about the house and we'll come and look.

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Two Splat Decorating vans on a driveway, registrations S99 LAT and S90 LAT, beside the Splat sign with the strapline
S99 LAT S90 LAT Say them out loud.

Father-and-son painters and decorators since 2002

Splat Decorating is a two-man painting and decorating company working across the London Borough of Bromley: Colin Fry, who started it in 2002, and his son Harry, who joined him full time in 2011.

Two vans, two decorators, and one standard of finish, whoever is holding the brush.

About Colin and Harry

Google reviews of Splat Decorating

Our newest Google reviews, word for word, with our replies. They update here every week.

Google

Top quality local tradesman. Brilliant start to finish..... Look no further for any paint and decorating work....inside or out. Colin and Harry will sort it!

Ken S.
Colin and Harry replied

Such a great review! Much appreciated. It was a pleasure working for you for the first time and glad you like the service & results.
Regards
Colin & Harry

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Google

Incredible experience. Colin compelted the work whilst we were away and the home was so clean and professional. Colin really supported us to choose the colours and brought round samples and discussed colours based on his years of experience. He was very professional and knowledgeable and we would book with him again. Extremly trustworthy, tidy and lovely blokes.

Catherine
Colin and Harry replied

What a lovely review, pleasure working for you for the first time and trusting us with your home & feeding the cat 😹

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Google

This is the 2nd job Colin & Harry have done for us & we couldn't be happier with the standard of the work, their efficiency & their good ideas. All of our downstairs was redecorated, kitchen/dining room/utility room & downstairs toilet. Everything was completed to very high standard & looks so much improved. They are also very easy to talk to & communicate clearly with excellent logical solutions to any issues encountered. We are already looking to book them in for some outside work in the summer.

Julian O.
Colin and Harry replied

Thanks for choosing us again for another decorating project, nice to see you both again and glad you like the new look and finished results.

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Where we work, from Beckenham to Orpington

Five areas across the borough of Bromley, and the places around them. Pick a sign to see our jobs there, or see all areas.

Frequently asked questions

Which areas do you cover?

Beckenham, Bromley, Chislehurst, West Wickham, Orpington and Petts Wood, including Park Langley, Kelsey Park, Shortlands, Elmers End, Bickley, Hayes, Bromley Common, Coney Hall and Keston.

How much does decorating cost?

A room usually starts at around £1,000 + VAT and a hallway, stairs and landing at around £3,000 + VAT. Blown plaster, peeling paint or a lot of woodwork push it up, so the real figure comes after we've looked.

Will you come and look before you price?

Always. We see the walls, the woodwork and anything that needs repairing first, because that is what sets the price. Send a few photos with your enquiry and we can tell you a lot before we arrive.

Who will actually do the work?

Colin and Harry Fry, father and son. Nobody else: no subcontractors and no labourers, just the two of us from the first dust sheet to the last coat.

Do you only do domestic work?

Yes. We decorate homes: hallways, rooms, whole houses, exteriors, wallpaper, garden buildings and painted kitchens.

Are you insured?

Yes. Our public liability insurance was verified by TrustATrader in May 2026, and you can check it on our TrustATrader profile.

By Colin Fry, Founder and Director. Published . Last reviewed .

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Before you book us

The things we'd want to know if it were our house.

  • On the books since 2002

    Splat Decorating Ltd, company no. 04553807. Colin has been a director from the start.

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  • Insured, and checked

    Our public liability insurance was verified by TrustATrader in May 2026.

    See our TrustATrader profile

  • The two of us, every day

    Colin and Harry Fry, father and son, do the work themselves. No subcontractors, no strangers in your house.

    About Colin and Harry

  • Paint we'd use at home

    Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Coat, Johnstone's, Dulux Trade, Zinsser and Sadolin. We buy it, so it never runs out halfway.

    Our prices, timings and paints