Finished garden with smooth white rendered curved walls, a sandstone patio and a timber pergola

Plasterer in Dronfield & Sheffield

Smooth walls, straight edges, and a plasterer who turns up on time.

Paul Allen has over 20 years in the trade. From small patch works to full house renovations and new builds, no job is too big or small.

5.0 from 14 Google reviews

5.0

Rated on Google from 14 reviews

20+

Years in the plastering trade

7 days

Open 8am to 8pm, Sundays from 9am

Local

Dronfield, Sheffield and surrounding areas

What Paul does

Plastering first, with the building work to go with it.

The business is Paul Allen Plastering & Building, and the jobs run from a single patched wall to plastering a whole house and managing the knock-through that comes after it.

  1. 01

    Plastering

    Single rooms through to whole houses. One customer had their entire house plastered before Paul moved on to their kitchen.

  2. 02

    Skimming

    A fresh skim over tired walls and ceilings, including the older parts of a house when new work goes on next to them.

  3. 03

    Ceilings

    Ceilings put right after a leak, after a rewire, or after old coving has come down.

  4. 04

    Rendering

    External render for houses and garden walls, done alongside the inside work or on its own.

  5. 05

    Extensions

    All the plastering on a new extension, from bare board through to the finished walls.

  6. 06

    Loft rooms

    Boarded and plastered loft bedrooms and ensuites, ready for decorating.

  7. 07

    Building & knock-throughs

    Building work alongside the plastering, including knock-throughs, working with your builder, electrician and kitchen designer.

  8. 08

    Patch repairs to new builds

    No job too big or small, from small patch works to full house renovations and new builds.

Freshly plastered walls and ceiling still drying to a pink finish, with a work platform in the room
Fresh plaster, still drying

On the job

From bare joists to a smooth finish.

Real jobs, photographed by Paul along the way. Ceilings opened up, extensions boarded out, loft rooms taken from timber to a finish you can paint.

Kitchen ceiling stripped back to the timber joists during a knock-through
01Stripped back to the joists for a knock-through
Large open-plan extension with bifold doors, boarded out and ready for plaster
02A new extension, boarded and ready for plaster
Loft room under the eaves boarded in pink plasterboard with a roof window
03Loft room boarded out under the eaves
Room part way through a job, with the ceiling boarded and the walls being prepared
04Mid-job: ceiling boarded, walls under way
Finished loft bedroom with smooth white walls and an exposed timber beam

05

A finished loft bedroom.

Clean, flat walls under the beams, ready for the decorator. The kind of finish one customer described as “excellent and smooth”.

A review from Alexandra Anderson

Well what can I say, I can’t recommend Paul Allen Plastering enough, Paul and Giorga have been simply amazing. From start to finish, Paul has been the true professional. Excellent craftsmanship from the team and total value for money. Not only did they plaster our whole house, Paul then led our kitchen knock through, working with the builder, electrician and liaising with the kitchen designer - pretty much project managed the whole thing! Incredibly fair, always on time (never let us down once). Lots of advice along the way too, communication second to none, we’ve been totally satisfied with their work and have no hesitation in recommending Paul Allen Plastering - in fact we already have and friends are totally satisfied with their work too.

Alexandra AndersonGoogle review
Original roof timbers exposed during a loft renovation
Paul Allen at work skimming a wall, wearing his Paul Allen Plastering & Building polo

About Paul

Over 20 years on the trowel.

Paul Allen has been in the plastering trade for over 20 years. He trades as Paul Allen Plastering & Building, based in Dronfield and working across Sheffield and the surrounding areas.

The work covers the full range: small patch repairs, single rooms and ceilings, extensions, loft rooms, external rendering, and whole house renovations and new builds. On bigger jobs he can lead the building side as well, working alongside your builder, electrician and kitchen designer.

Read his reviews and the same few things come up again and again.

  • “Always turns up on time”

    Lesley Whittington

  • “he communicated brilliantly”

    Laura Deakins

  • “flexible working around our other trades”

    Paul Vernon

  • “the quality of the finish has been excellent and smooth”

    Lee Bowman

Google reviews

What customers say about the finish.

5.0

from 14 reviews on Google

Google

Rooms and ceilings after a rewire

“We got in touch with Paul for a number of rooms and ceilings needing plastering after a rewire and getting rid of coving. The service and workmanship from Paul has been first class. Most importantly the quality of the finish has been excellent and smooth. We really appreciate everything that’s been done. Thank you again”

Lee Bowman

Google

Kitchen and living room ceiling after a leak

“Paul has just finished work on our kitchen and living room ceiling, following a leak. From the start, he communicated brilliantly and was very reassuring. He arrived on time every day, was polite and carried the work out to an excellent standard. He worked efficiently and we would definitely have him back to do other jobs. Highly recommended!”

Laura Deakins

Google

Extension, plus skimming the old areas

“Paul has done all the plastering on our extension and also replastered or skimmed some of the old areas of the house. Excellent work. Always turns up on time, works hard and offers solutions to any problems. Very helpful and trustworthy and a nice person.”

Lesley Whittington

Google

Plastering and rendering on a 1930s house

“While renovating our 1930s house over the last 2 years we have used Paul Allen plastering for all our plastering and rendering needs. Pauls work is always finish and flexible working around our other trades. We would highly recommend Paul no matter how big or small your job is.”

Paul Vernon

Outside, too

Rendering for houses and garden walls.

The trowel work does not stop at the front door. Paul renders house fronts and garden walls, and one customer used him for all of the plastering and rendering on their 1930s house across a two-year renovation.

Garden wall part way through being rendered, beside a newly laid patio
A garden wall part way through rendering
1930s semi-detached house under scaffolding with a freshly rendered cream upper storey
Fresh render on a 1930s semi, scaffold still up

Area & hours

Based in Dronfield, working across Sheffield.

Paul covers Dronfield, Sheffield and the surrounding areas, and is open seven days a week.

Monday
8am - 8pm
Tuesday
8am - 8pm
Wednesday
8am - 8pm
Thursday
8am - 8pm
Friday
8am - 8pm
Saturday
8am - 8pm
Sunday
9am - 8pm
07921 776643

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