Different Strokes Painting & Decorating Ltd

Different Strokes started life in 1999 and was founded by Robert Crawford, who at the time was an amateur cyclist when he began working as a one man band painter carrying out small, domestic projects from his bicycle, with tins of paint on his handle bars and with a ladder over his shoulder. Since the successful completion of his first contract, the work kept coming in and in 2001, Different Strokes Painting and Decorating was born. By this time Robert realised he needed help and employed two decorators and in 2002 enrolled the help of May, his girlfriend to look after the financial side of the business. Robert married May in 2006 and the Different Strokes family began to grow. The business grew out of it's office on Shap Road and Different Strokes moved to it's current location on Stramongate, in Kendal town centre. Further administrative assistance was required and in 2010, Robert employed Hazel, a local family friend as back office support to our growing team of painters. Now in our 16th year and with Robert and May still at the helm, we are proud to have a team of 15 painters including apprentices and an office support team of 3. Many of our painters have grown with the company and consequently have the same vision for quality and eye for detail that Different Strokes has committed to.