French Polishing & Finishing Ltd

I contacted Andrew for job fixing my wooden countertop. He came back to me with a detailed explanation of why in this instance sanding would not be the right solution and potentially cause more damages, which was great advice and allowed us not to waste money on the job. He also offered a potential alternative solution through replacement of the countertop, by putting us in touch with one of his joiners contact.

Andy brought back to life a second hand coffee table for me. Such a good job that I doubt it looked as good as it does now when it was new! He is very reliable and professional - a real old style craftsman and clearly has a passion for what he does. Pleasant to deal with and I would thoroughly recommend him.

We gave The French Polishing Company a call to explain we had a very old desk that we'd like to reuse if possible, a melamine shelf/stand that we use for our speakers and computer screen, and a couple of small pieces of worktop that all go together to house our mixing desk. Andy visited the studio to take a look at the repairs we needed, he quickly understood that sustainability is really important to us and made really helpful suggestions and recommendations. He completely refurbished the desk - it now looks new. He also sourced a piece of old unloved wood and matched it to the desk - to replace the melamine shelf and completely refurbished the small worktops. We are delighted with the results, especially as we thought the items we had might be impossible to repair. Everything was completed on time, his service and standard of work represents excellent value for money.

The French Polishing Company (Andrew Stonebridge) did an excellent job french polishing our handrail and newel post. The colour match was perfect and we were very pleased with the high quality finish. Andrew was also very pleasant to deal with. I would not hesitate to recommend the company.

I had a broken jewellery box given to me which I wanted to get repaired for my daughter. I contacted Andy after seeing some of his jobs he had done previously to see if it was something he could do. I left the box with him and collected a few days later. Andy and Jay did a fantastic job and would never have known it had even been broken. My daughter now has something to cherish for years to come. Thank you so much I can’t recommend you enough!

Andy fixed a bedroom door which had come off its hinges. He arrived as arranged, was very quick and efficient and the door is now repaired, rehung and working fine! As Andy is a singer in the community choir I lead (low bass!), we bartered and he did the work in return for me including a specific song in our forthcoming rehearsals! Andy is a superb craftsman, utterly trustworthy, helpful and considerate. I recommend him highly as an experienced, skilled tradesman and a lovely human being.

I had an armchair frame in bits - unexpectedly! Andrew came to the rescue and did a terrific job of gluing it back together. He gave me the option of having the wood refinished, but also advice on refinishing it myself, which I appreciated. I would recommend Andrew in a heartbeat and will definitely be calling on his services again in future.

Andrew really saved us from a bit of a mess - we live in a rented flat and our cleaner damaged a corner of a large polished wooden kitchen surface with oven cleaner. After contacting several polishing companies, they all gave us huge quotes and would only offer to sand down and repolish the entire surface which was a much bigger job than we wanted. Andrew talked me through the repair process for the surface, and outlined the pro's and con's of the different repair methods. He sent me through a quote for repairing just the damaged corner, and did a fabulous job of it - a barely noticeable difference between the old and new surface. He also spoke with our landlady and explained the process to her. We are hugely grateful to Andrew and would recommend him to anyone!

Highly professional, great workmanship Andy carried out a tricky job renovating some dining room chairs which required stripping, sanding re-polishing and even making some new seat bases to match. Work was done beautifully for competitive price and within quite a time frame. Highly professional and delightful to deal with.

Andy repaired a damaged wooden floor for us, and the result is perfect. We will use his company again.