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Polished plaster, lime Venetian plaster and limewash for Basingstoke homes and offices, tinted in Birmingham and laid by our own applicators.
Zavoré provides Venetian plastering in Basingstoke for family homes, apartments and offices. We supply and install authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster, polished plaster, Marmorino, limewash and other decorative finishes. We are based in Birmingham, and our own applicators travel to Basingstoke to install. The quickest way to begin is a sample board, or you can email photos, rough measurements and your postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk.
Basingstoke is mostly a modern town, so most of the walls we would meet are plasterboard, with older exceptions in the villages around it.
Basingstoke was a market town that grew very quickly after the Second World War, when it took people moving out of London under an overspill scheme. The centre was rebuilt in the process, and large estates were added around it. Today the town is known for its roundabouts, its shopping centre and a business community with offices on the edges.
The result is a lot of postwar and later housing. Estates such as Popley and Winklebury date from the expansion, while Kempshott, Chineham and Hatch Warren are later estates, with detached and semi detached houses and many modern apartments. These are mostly built with plasterboard, block and brick, so the walls are often flat, sound and ready to take a polished finish once joints and primer are right.
The older side of the area is smaller but real. The historic core around Church Street has Georgian and Victorian buildings, and the nearby village of Old Basing has older cottages and houses, including the remains of the Tudor mansion Basing House. The villages beyond, in the north Hampshire countryside, have brick and flint cottages and farmhouses with thicker, softer walls.
For a shower enclosure we suggest microcement or tadelakt on a properly waterproofed wall, not Venetian plaster.
Before pricing an installation we survey the walls. We look at the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, how the room is used, and access and protection. For a new build we check how the plasterboard joints were finished, because polished plaster shows every dip. If a wall needs skimming, stripping or a fault fixing first, we say so plainly.
After you approve a sample and the price, we agree dates. Your plaster is tinted to the approved sample before it leaves Birmingham, from 48 house colours or any NCS reference. Basingstoke is a fair way from Birmingham, so larger jobs are planned in blocks of days. The team stays on the job and lays each coat in order.
New estates often have newly dried plaster and tight drives, so tell us about parking and whether other trades are still working. Our Venetian plaster installation page lists everything we can lay.
Because the town has so many commercial buildings and new developments, we also work with developers, designers and fit out firms. Our trade accounts and specification page explain how, and our journal covers commercial Venetian plaster and plasterboard. You can also see every area we cover.
Yes. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham, and larger jobs are planned in blocks of days once the sample and price are signed off.
Yes. New plasterboard needs reinforced joints and the correct primer, then the base coats build a flat surface for the finish.
A breathable lime finish, such as limewash or Marmorino, suits thick older walls. Acrylic coatings form a film that can trap moisture.
Yes. We tint it to your colour and send it tracked across the UK with the other materials your decorator needs.
Call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, or email sales@zavore.co.uk. Order a sample board to choose a colour.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Basingstoke and we will come back to you with the right finish and a clear quote.
For a quote, email photos and measurements of your walls to sales@zavore.co.uk or call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
Venetian plastering nearby in Isle of Wight, Winchester, Oxfordshire and Kent. See every area we cover.
We also supply the trade by post, wherever you are. The shop ships tracked across the UK, and the Academy teaches the finishes in Birmingham.
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Venetian plaster, limewash, microcement, tadelakt, metallics, sculptural plaster and gold leaf, supplied and installed by our own team, with Venetian plaster taught at our Birmingham studio.
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