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Fascias and barge boards
Long runs of timber at height on seventies and eighties homes. Sanded, primed and finished so they shed water rather than hold it.
Painters in
the eastern suburbs.
Our home ground. Period houses closer in, then seventies brick, cedar and big gardens out towards the ranges.
Eastern Suburbs
From period homes
to the foothills.
We are based in Camberwell, so the east is where we know the streets best. The inner east, from Hawthorn and Kew out to Canterbury and Surrey Hills, is mostly Victorian, Edwardian and interwar housing, and each of those suburbs has its own guide below.
Further out, in Doncaster, Templestowe, Vermont, Mitcham and Ringwood, most houses date from the sixties to the nineties: large brick homes with wide timber fascias and barge boards, cedar lining boards inside, and plenty of varnished trim. Painting that timber needs the right primer. Cedar and other tannin-rich timbers bleed brown stains through water-based paint unless they are sealed first.
Towards Croydon, Ferntree Gully and the Dandenong foothills, the gardens get bigger and the shade gets deeper. South-facing walls and the eaves under trees stay damp and grow mould, which needs killing and drying out before any paint goes on, not just a pressure-wash.
On these houses
What we watch for
in the east.
02
Cedar and varnished timber
Tannin bleeds through water-based paint. Sealed with a stain-blocking primer first, or the brown marks are back within a week.
03
Walls in permanent shade
Under established trees, mould is the usual problem. Treated with a fungicidal wash and left to dry before anything is applied.
04
Dated interiors, refreshed
Gloss trims, feature walls and dark timber from decades ago, brought up to a modern scheme with the preparation that lets new paint stick.
Suburbs
Where we go
in the east.
- Camberwell
- Hawthorn
- Hawthorn East
- Kew
- Canterbury
- Surrey Hills
- Balwyn
- Balwyn North
- Box Hill
- Burwood
- Blackburn
- Doncaster
- Templestowe
- Mont Albert
- Nunawading
- Mitcham
- Vermont
- Ringwood
- Wantirna
- Croydon
- Ferntree Gully
Not listed? If it is in greater Melbourne, ask — these are examples, not a boundary.
What we do here
The full service,
across the east.
Interior painting
Whole homes, single rooms, new builds and specialist finishes. Minimum three coats, and the preparation that makes three coats worth applying.
Exterior painting
Weatherboard, render, brick, windows, gutters and fascias, specified for a Melbourne year rather than a Melbourne week.
Commercial & strata
Offices, retail, hospitality and common property. Staged around trading hours and left clean at the end of every shift.
Period homes
Victorian, Edwardian and interwar houses. Lead-safe preparation, period-appropriate colour, and detail cut by hand.
Elsewhere
The rest
of Melbourne.
Next step
Tell us about the job.
Send through a few photos and what you have in mind. We will come back within one business day with an honest read on the work, the timing and the range it sits in.