Decorating Balfour Mews

Balfour Mews is a secluded cobbled mews off Balfour Place in Mayfair, W1K, originally built in the late nineteenth century to provide stabling and coach house accommodation for the grand townhouses of the surrounding Grosvenor estate. Like many of Mayfair's mews streets, it was converted to residential use during the twentieth century and now contains a collection of charming two- and three-storey mews houses that command exceptional prices. The intimate lane retains much of its original cobbled surface and low-rise character.

Mews houses in Balfour Mews typically feature rendered or stucco-painted frontages that require careful preparation to address the hairline cracking common in this property type. The compact facades demand neat cutting-in and precise brushwork around garage doors, sash windows, and small decorative ironwork brackets.