New Forest, BH24, BH25, SO41, SO43
Lime plasterers the New Forest’s listed cottages actually need.
Burley cob, Brockenhurst Georgian, Lymington Victorian, New Milton modern. Each wall gets the system it’s built for, not whatever’s easiest on the van.
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The New Forest has more listed buildings per square mile than most of Dorset and Hampshire combined. Thatched cob cottages in Burley. Grade II listed farmhouses outside Fordingbridge. Victorian terraces in Ringwood. Georgian townhouses in Lymington. Each has walls that demand a specific approach, and a plasterer who’s willing to use it rather than just reaching for the easiest product.
Modern gypsum plaster over lime kills old buildings. It seals moisture in, the wall can’t breathe, and within a few years the plaster blows and the masonry behind it gets worse. We use lime-based systems on older properties and modern gypsum where it belongs, on plasterboard and modern block. We don’t mix them up because it’s faster. That’s the difference between us and the cowboys who’ve cost a few too many forest cottage owners a fresh hack-off two years later.
We cover New Milton, Lymington, Ringwood, Fordingbridge, Brockenhurst, Burley, Bransgore and Barton on Sea. No travel surcharges. The New Forest is part of our regular working area, and we’re the team several local builders book in for the lime work on whole-house cottage restorations.
For full details on our interior work, visit our domestic plastering and skimming page. If your property also needs external render, see our external rendering service. For new stud walls and conversions, we offer drylining and plasterboarding. Our full service area is on our areas we cover page.
Plastering across the New Forest
Period buildings handled with care. Modern properties finished to a flat, hard standard.
Skim Coats
Fresh skim over plasterboard or existing plaster in modern properties, extensions, and conversions across the New Forest.
Lime Plastering
Lime putty and hydraulic lime plasters for listed buildings, conservation area properties and older cottages. The correct system for solid walls that need to breathe.
Full Replasters
Strip back to masonry, apply base coat, then finish skim. For walls that are blown, damp-damaged or too far gone for patching.
Ceilings & Repairs
Smooth ceiling skims, lath-and-plaster repairs, Artex removal and patch work across all New Forest property types.
Extensions & Conversions
Board and skim for barn conversions, orangeries, extensions and outbuildings. Common across New Forest properties where owners are adding space rather than moving.
Conservation Area Work
Many New Forest villages sit within conservation areas. We use sympathetic materials and techniques that satisfy planning requirements.
What to expect
- Free site visit. We assess the property and recommend the correct plaster system.
- No travel surcharges for New Forest addresses
- Lime-based products used where appropriate. We don’t use gypsum on old lime walls.
- All surfaces prepared properly before any plaster goes on
- Flat, hard finish on modern skim work. No ridges, no hollows.
- Site cleaned daily, all waste removed on completion
- Rated 10/10 on Checkatrade across 59 verified reviews
New Forest plastering FAQs
Yes. The New Forest has many listed and conservation-area properties, particularly around Brockenhurst, Burley, Ringwood and Fordingbridge. Listed buildings typically need lime plaster, not modern gypsum, and we use appropriate lime-based systems. We recommend checking with New Forest District Council before any internal alterations to a listed property.
No. We work across the New Forest regularly and don’t add travel surcharges. New Milton, Lymington, Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Fordingbridge, Burley, Bransgore and Barton on Sea are all within our normal working area.
Yes, but the damp needs addressing first or at the same time. Many older New Forest cottages have rising or penetrating damp from solid walls. We use breathable lime-based plaster systems on these properties. Sealing damp behind gypsum plaster only makes it worse. We assess the situation during the quote visit.
Our typical lead time is 1 to 2 weeks. Smaller patch repairs can often be fitted in sooner. We confirm a start date when you accept the quote.
Tell us about the cottage.
Listed, conservation area, or modern build. We’ll come back inside 24 hours with a real number. No travel surcharge anywhere in the forest.