Painter and Decorator

Simpled Services Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120 - 320; Full time

Job summary

Simpled Services Ltd is looking for skilled decorators to work on both occupied and empty properties, turning around spaces quickly to a standard that passes inspection. The work centers on thorough preparation, filling, sanding, caulking and priming, while staying neat and safe in live environments and moving fast on turnaround jobs.

You must have a real decorating background with demonstrable finished work, public liability insurance (or willingness to obtain it), the right to work in the UK

Qualifications

• Real decorating background with finished work you can show.
• Public liability insurance, or willing to get it before your first job.
• The right to work in the UK, and registered as self-employed (CIS where the work is construction).
• Your own tools and your own transport.
• A phone you can take photos on. Every job is signed off with pictures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare properly. Fill, sand, caulk and prime before anything else goes on.
• Work clean in occupied homes, and fast in empty ones.
• Match existing finishes when the job is a repair rather than a full redecoration.
• Photograph the room before and after, and flag anything that needs another trade.

Skills

Decorating experience

Own tools

Transport

Tools

Own tools

Transport

Job description

A lot of our decorating follows other trades. A leak is fixed, a wall is replastered, and somebody has to make the room look like nothing ever happened there.

The rest is volume. Empty properties that need turning around fast between tenants, to a standard that survives an inspection.

What the work is

• Prepare properly. Fill, sand, caulk and prime before anything else goes on.
• Work clean in occupied homes, and fast in empty ones.
• Match existing finishes when the job is a repair rather than a full redecoration.
• Photograph the room before and after, and flag anything that needs another trade.

What we need from you

• A real decorating background, with finished work you can show us.
• Public liability insurance, or willing to get it before your first job.
• The right to work in the UK, and registered as self-employed (CIS where the work is construction).
• Your own tools and your own transport.
• A phone you can take photos on. Every job is signed off with pictures.

Paid per job. The price is agreed with you before the work starts, and it does not change afterwards.