About
Ten years of getting the edges right.
Michael McNeill started painting and decorating in Carrickfergus in 2015. What began as one man with a van is now MCN Painting Contracts — a team working across Belfast, East Antrim and North Down, on everything from a single hallway to a terrace of Georgian villas.
The work splits roughly in two. Contract and commercial decorating — housing associations, developers, new-build handovers — is where the business grew up. Private homes are where it's going.
What connects them is the part nobody photographs.
The process
Six steps, in order, on every job.
Survey
A video call and a few photos of the room beforehand, so the quote is accurate and nobody's time is wasted on a visit that didn't need to happen.
Clear
Furniture out, or moved to the centre and covered. Fixtures, fittings and window furniture removed and labelled, not painted around.
Protect
Static-Pro plasma film clings electrostatically to walls and furniture, trapping dust and overspray. Carpets go under Rhino self-adhesive film that grips through the job and lifts away clean. Hard floors get Kraft-Pro Eco paper — biodegradable and recyclable. Edges are cut with low-tack delicate tape that leaves no residue and no ghost line.
Prepare
Filling, caulking, sanding and priming. The stage that decides whether a finish still looks right in five years.
Finish
Trade-grade paint from Crown and Johnstone's, brushed or sprayed depending on the surface. Any colour, any brand — we'll match it.
Reinstate
Furniture back exactly where it was. Fittings refitted. Floors hoovered. A walkthrough together before we leave, and touch-up paint left behind.
Where we work
Carrickfergus, Belfast, Holywood, Cultra, Craigavad, Helen's Bay, Crawfordsburn, Bangor, Whitehead, Greenisland, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Hillsborough — and generally anywhere within twenty-five miles of Belfast.
The details
MCN Painting Contracts Ltd18 Tudor Gardens, Carrickfergus, BT38 9TN
Company number NI682594
CSR registered · Fully insured
Twenty minutes, and you'll have a price.
Send a few photos, pick a time, and Michael arrives at the call already knowing what he's looking at.