Decorating For Landlords, Estate Agents & Properties Being Prepared For Sale
Empty rentals, between-tenancy refreshes and full house redecorations for homes being sold — fast, fixed-price, remote-friendly and coordinated with your agent.
Landlords, letting agents and vendors preparing a house for sale need a decorator who can turn up when it suits the agent, work from photos, keep the client updated remotely and hand back a market-ready property on a fixed price. That's a job we do most weeks across Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.
Keys collected from the estate agent, WhatsApp photo updates at the end of each working day, small finishing works pulled together with third-party trades — from replacement skirting to a coordinated carpet fit — and a tidy handover ready for viewings.
Services covered on this contract.
Empty-property redecoration
Full walls, ceilings and woodwork refresh between tenancies or ahead of a sale.
Between-tenancy refresh
Fast turnaround so the property is back on the market with minimal void.
Sale-ready redecoration
Neutral schemes, made-good woodwork, freshened front door — property presented to sell.
Small finishing works
Missing skirting boards replaced, patch plaster, minor joinery repairs.
Wall panelling & feature walls
Fitted timber panelling — designed, built and finished in-house — for lounges and bedrooms.
Door & woodwork spraying
Furniture-grade sprayed finishes on internal doors and staircases where programme allows.
Key collection & remote updates
Keys collected from your agent, WhatsApp photo updates and email sign-off.
Coordinated carpet fit
Once decoration is complete we can coordinate a third-party carpet fit ahead of viewings.
Cleaning & handover
Property left clean and tidy — swept, wiped, ready for the agent to hand back or list.
Working with landlords and remote clients.
- Fixed price from photos alone on smaller jobs
- Keys collected and returned to your estate/letting agent
- Signed key log and attendance confirmations
- Photo updates at the end of each working day
- WhatsApp, email or phone — whichever the client prefers
- Small trades (carpet fit, cleaner) coordinated on request
- Property left broom-clean and viewing-ready
- Invoice with photo record for tax and record-keeping
Reliable, insured, organised.
Remote-friendly
Phone, email and WhatsApp updates — no need for the owner to be on site.
Fixed price from photos
Send a set of photos and we'll come back with an indicative or fixed quote — no site visit needed on smaller flats and houses.
Coordinated with your agent
Key logs signed, attendance confirmed, small trades pulled together on your behalf.
Sale-ready standard
Neutral, universally appealing schemes that photograph well and don't put buyers off.
Quick to mobilise
Empty-property jobs typically start within 1–2 weeks depending on scope.
Insured & professional
PL £5m, EL £10m, clean workmanship, professional finish — the standard your client expects.
Four Oaks 2-bed flat — vendor in Australia.
A vendor who had already relocated to Australia needed a 2-bed flat prepared for sale. Keys were collected from the estate agent, timber panelling was fitted to a feature wall and sprayed in-house, the whole flat was decorated, and missing skirting boards were replaced. New carpets were coordinated through a third-party fitter. All communication ran by phone and WhatsApp — the client didn't need to fly back.
- Keys collected from estate agent
- Timber panelling fitted & sprayed
- Full flat decorated to sale-ready standard
- Missing skirting boards replaced
- Third-party carpet fit coordinated
- All comms by phone & WhatsApp
The essentials, briefly.
Do you decorate rental properties and homes being sold?
Yes. Four Oaks Painting & Decorating decorates empty rental properties, buy-to-let refurbishments and homes being prepared for sale for landlords, estate agents and remote clients across Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and the West Midlands.
Can you decorate my property while I'm abroad?
Yes. Keys collected from your estate agent, communication by phone and WhatsApp, and photo updates through the works. Full remote decoration is a normal part of our workload.
How fast can a property be turned around?
A typical between-tenancy refresh of a 2–3 bed flat can be completed in 4–7 working days. Full house redecorations to sale-ready standard usually run 1.5–3 weeks depending on scope.
Serving Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham & the wider West Midlands.
Commercial FAQs.
Can you collect keys from an estate agent?+
Yes. We regularly collect and return keys from local estate agencies and letting agents, sign the key log, and confirm attendance and completion by email.
Can you decorate a property while the owner is away?+
Yes. Remote clients — including landlords out of the country and vendors who have already moved — are a big part of what we do. Communication runs by phone, email and WhatsApp with photo updates through the works.
Can you send WhatsApp updates?+
Yes. WhatsApp photo updates at the end of each working day are standard on remote or landlord jobs — no need to visit site.
Can you help prepare a property for sale?+
Yes. Full house redecorations to market-ready standard — neutral schemes, made-good woodwork, replacement skirting where needed, spray-finished doors on request. We can also coordinate a carpet fit through a third-party supplier.
Do you work on empty rental properties?+
Yes. Between-tenancy refreshes and full redecorations are ideal for us — we can be in and out quickly, on a fixed price agreed up front from photos alone.
Can you arrange small finishing works?+
Yes. Missing skirting boards replaced, small joinery repairs, timber panelling fitted and finished, minor plaster patches, and coordination with a carpet fitter or cleaner on request.
Continue exploring.
Interior Decorating
Full-room and multi-room redecoration
Wall Panelling
Bespoke fitted and sprayed in-house
Spray Finishes
Furniture-grade spray on doors, kitchens and joinery
Commercial Decorating — Birmingham & West Midlands
Hub for offices, blocks, schools, hospitality and landlords
Case Studies
Real completed projects with photos and notes
Request a fixed estimate
Send photos, drawings or a schedule of works
Send a scope, drawings, or a few photos.
Managing agents, block managers, landlords and commercial clients — we'll come back with a fixed, itemised estimate and can supply insurance and RAMS on request.
We are best suited to well-planned decorating projects — full rooms, multi-room redecorations, exteriors, spray finishes, panelling and commercial works.