About
Jo started Brushwork in 2012 after four years on heritage work in Bath, where a line a millimetre out gets you sent back up the ladder. That standard came home with her. Dan joined in 2015, Mia in 2019.
How we work
Filling, sanding, caulking, sealing, priming. It is dull, it is where the finish comes from, and it is the part that gets skipped when a decorator is pricing to win rather than pricing to last. We price to last, we work one job at a time per team so the date we give holds, and we hoover and put the furniture back every evening because you live there.
The team
One of these three, in white overalls, with the van and the dust sheets.
Owner, decorator and colour consultant
Jo trained with a Cardiff decorating firm, spent four years on heritage work in Bath and started Brushwork in 2012. She does the colour consultations, the wallpaper and the fiddly stuff, and still prices every job from a visit.
Decorator
Dan joined in 2015 and runs the exterior and commercial side: towers, render, rental turnarounds and the Saturday-and-Sunday office jobs. He is the one who refuses to paint damp render, whatever the schedule says.
Decorator and sprayer
Mia came to us as an apprentice in 2019 and qualified in 2022. The spray room is hers, as are most of the kitchens and the feature walls, and she cuts in the straightest line in the company.
Promises
A free hour with painted A4 samples before we start, so you choose in your light rather than under shop strip lights. Consultations for whole houses.
Prep, paint, two coats, woodwork and VAT in one figure per room. If we find blown plaster or damp we show you and price it before touching it.
Cut in by hand with a sash brush, never taped. Ceilings and walls meet in a line you can run a finger along.
One job at a time per team. We do not start you while finishing someone else, so when we say Tuesday it is Tuesday.
Jo visits, looks at the walls and the woodwork, and sends a fixed price per room within two days. Add a colour consultation and the £95 comes off the job.