Painters in Tomakin

The houses here

Tomakin is a compact coastal village with a lot of holiday accommodation mixed into the permanent housing. Typical stock is single and double storey, plenty of fibro and brick, and a fair number of places with rooms or decks added over the years to make the most of the outlook.

What the weather does to paint in Tomakin

Exposed on the water side and sheltered a street back, which is a bigger difference than it looks. Holiday properties are the wrinkle here: they get hammered over summer, then sit closed up over winter with the moisture locked in. Interiors in a closed-up house often need stain blocking and mould treatment before anything else happens.

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.