Trusted Painters and Decorators in Charminster
Arranmac has been decorating homes across Bournemouth for over 30 years, and Charminster is a few minutes from our own base in BH9. It is an area we work in constantly, and one with a particular character: a long, busy high street on Charminster Road, and behind it street after street of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, a great many of them divided into flats.
That housing mix shapes the work. Our domestic decorating service here covers everything from a single room in an owner-occupied terrace to a whole converted building for a landlord, with the preparation adjusted to whichever of those we are standing in.
Proudly Serving Charminster and Bournemouth
We work across all of Charminster, including Charminster Road and Charminster Avenue, the Wimborne Road end, Alma Road, Capstone Road, Malvern Road and the streets running around Richmond Park and Queen’s Park.
Two jobs come up more often here than anywhere else in Bournemouth. The first is communal areas — the hallways and stairwells of converted houses, which take far more punishment than the flats they serve and are the first thing anyone viewing a property sees. These want a durable, scrubbable finish, not the matt emulsion that looks excellent for six months and then shows every scuff. Our guide to choosing colours for communal areas in flats covers that in more detail.
The second is speed between tenancies. A large share of Charminster’s stock is rented, and every empty day costs the owner money. We schedule void work tightly and, where a checkout date is known in advance, start the day the keys come back.
Why Charminster Homeowners and Landlords Choose Us
We show up when we say we will, do the job properly, and leave no mess behind. Every quote is clear and itemised upfront, with no surprises once the job is underway.
The older stock here rewards proper preparation. Behind a lot of Charminster’s terraces are original sash windows, panelled doors and lime-plastered walls that behave differently from modern construction, and painting over failing paintwork or damp without addressing the cause simply buys a few months. We assess surfaces properly at the site visit and tell you straight if something needs a repair rather than a coat.
Where a property needs both, our property maintenance service handles the repairs alongside the decorating in one visit, with one point of contact.
Streets and neighbourhoods
- Charminster Road
- Charminster Avenue
- Wimborne Road
- Alma Road
- Capstone Road
- Malvern Road
- Richmond Park
- Queen's Park
Frequently Asked Questions
Charminster is largely Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis, a high proportion of which have been converted into flats or are run as HMOs. We work across all of it — owner-occupied houses, individual flats within a conversion, whole buildings for landlords, and vacant properties between lets.
All of it. That includes Charminster Road and Charminster Avenue, the Wimborne Road end, Alma Road, Capstone Road, Malvern Road and the streets around Richmond Park and Queen's Park. We also cover neighbouring Winton, Moordown and Bournemouth town centre.
Yes. Hallways and stairwells in converted houses take far more wear than the flats they serve, and they are usually the first thing a prospective tenant sees. We use durable, scrubbable finishes in these spaces rather than standard matt emulsion, and we keep the stairwell usable for residents throughout.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do in Charminster. Where we know a checkout date in advance we can schedule work to start the day the keys come back, which is often the difference between a two-day turnaround and a two-week one.
Yes. We regularly work in occupied homes and keep disruption to a minimum, working room by room where needed and protecting all furniture and floors throughout.
Yes. We are fully insured, SMSTS certified and SafeContractor approved, with over 30 years of experience working in residential properties across Charminster and the wider Bournemouth area.