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Salt on coastal exteriors
Washed down before anything else, with rust treated on gutters, balustrades and fixings. Coatings chosen for wind and salt coming off the bay.
Painters in
the western suburbs.
Workers’ cottages near the river and the bay, and some of the newest estates in Melbourne further out. Two very different starting points.
Western Suburbs
Old cottages,
new estates.
The inner west, around Footscray, Yarraville, Seddon and Williamstown, is Victorian and Edwardian cottage country, much of it timber. Further out, Point Cook, Tarneit, Truganina and Werribee are some of the fastest-growing suburbs in Australia, filled with homes built in the last twenty years.
In Williamstown, Newport and Altona the bay is the main factor. Wind-driven salt settles on every exterior surface, eats into gutters and steel, and stops new paint bonding unless it is washed off first. Coastal exteriors need more frequent maintenance and coatings chosen for the exposure, not for the colour card.
On the newer estates the first full repaint is usually due once the builder’s finish starts to chalk and fade. Fibre cement and lightweight cladding are common, and their joints and sealant matter as much as the paint: a cracked joint lets water in behind the cladding, and painting over it fixes nothing.
On these houses
What we watch for
in the west.
02
Fibre cement and lightweight cladding
Joints and sealant checked and replaced where they have cracked, then a system suited to the substrate rather than a generic exterior paint.
03
First repaint on a newer home
Builder’s finishes chalk and fade within a few years. A properly prepared repaint, with the defects left at handover fixed rather than covered.
04
Warehouses and commercial units
Industrial and commercial space around Brooklyn, Laverton and Derrimut. Scheduled around operations, with coatings for walls, steel and floors that take traffic.
Suburbs
Where we go
in the west.
- Footscray
- Yarraville
- Seddon
- Kingsville
- Williamstown
- Newport
- Altona
- Sunshine
- Moonee Ponds
- Point Cook
- Tarneit
- Truganina
- Werribee
Not listed? If it is in greater Melbourne, ask — these are examples, not a boundary.
What we do here
The full service,
across the west.
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.