Painters in Long Beach

The houses here

Long Beach is quieter and greener than the bay proper, a lot of it tucked into bush on larger blocks. Many houses are timber or part timber, often elevated, and there is a strong holiday-home element. Because the blocks are treed, the houses tend to be closer to the vegetation than they are in town, which changes what the exterior has to cope with.

What the weather does to paint in Long Beach

The mix here is salt plus damp shade. Bush blocks mean leaf litter, overhanging branches and walls that stay wet after rain, so mould, lichen and rotting timber turn up more than pure salt failure does. Sound preparation on a house like this means dealing with the moisture source first, not just coating over it.

What happens on the day

Furniture gets covered and floors get sheeted before anything is opened. Andrew and the crew work through the surfaces in order, the gear goes away at the end of each day, and you get your house back each evening rather than living in a work site for a fortnight. Every painter on site is licensed and the whole team is insured.

How a quote gets written

Andrew comes out, looks at the actual surfaces and writes the job down. The surfaces, the preparation, the products and the number of coats, all listed, so you can hold it next to anybody else's quote and see where the difference is. It is free and there is no obligation at the end of it.

A cheap quote on this coast is almost always a quote with the wash down, the scrape and the primer left out of it. That is not a saving, it is a repaint you pay for twice. Over 25 years working the Eurobodalla, that is the one thing worth being firm about.