French Polishing & Finishing Ltd

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.

I found Andy to be helpful, informative, and honest. He set my expectations appropriately, kept me advised of changes to the scope of the job, and delivered in a timely manner. The spray finish is of a high caliber and a lovely colour. I will most certainly give him repeat business.

We have had a dark brown dining table for 20 years that my wife bought second-hand -one of those tables made in the 1940-s (?) by the million with pull-out leaf extensions. My wife had further "improved" it by spraying it one day with oven cleaner instead of Pledge , and despite a wobble creeping in to the table, she now wanted the table restored to something of its original state. Mr Stonebridge took it away , re-glued so no more wobble and repaired and restored the damaged top, looking like new and coated with a hard varnish able to withstand our clumsy family . My wife is very pleased with the table that was returned to us . High quality work, reasonable price and turn-round in an agreed time frame. Recommended.

I have a coffee table, in cherrywood, of a petal design that had had far too many cups of coffee on it over the years. The finish had deteriorated very badly, including many rings. Andy inspected it carefully and warned that not all of the rings may come out, although its appearance would certainly be very much improved with treatment. It was returned within the time Andy allowed and was quite perfectly restored (all the rings did come out!) and he charged exactly what we agreed. I’d have no hesitation in using Andy’s services again.

I am passionate about furniture and various types of wood, so it was a real pleasure meeting Andy, who knows his stuff. Having built an extension on my house, I had extended the original handrail from the first to the second landing. The lower handrail is original Victorian, in African mahogany. The new upper section is Sapele (as African mahogany is now protected). Andy did a beautiful job of restoring the lower section and colouring the upper section, before polishing up to make a soft gloss handrail that is a delight to touch. No mess, prompt timing. Great job all round.

My first experience working with Andrew Stonebridge. Great work and a polite and friendly. I would definitely recommend him and use him again. Very happy with the end result. Thank you

We discovered a tired and damaged parquet floor under an ugly old carpet in our recently acquired Edwardian Home. We called the French Polishing and finishing company in to give advice and a quote and were very impressed by their knowledge and friendliness. The job was done efficiently and well, on schedule, with the minimum of disruption. The floor now gleams with the multiple shades of the wood clearly seen when it had been masked beforehand. Areas of missing tiles were cleverly patched in with reclaimed wood. All in all, a lovely floor. We’re very happy with the work and the overall service, all done at a very fair price.