The North Shore covers a wide mix, from Devonport villas to Takapuna apartments and the brick, weatherboard and plaster homes across Glenfield, Albany and the bays. What most of it shares is coastal exposure, and salt-laden wind is hard on an exterior coating.
Properties within a few streets of the water carry salt deposits on the cladding and joinery. Washing down properly before coating is not optional there, and the coating system chosen for an exposed elevation is not always the one used on the sheltered side.
North and west elevations usually fail first. It is common for one side of a Shore house to need full preparation while the rest needs a wash and a topcoat, and pricing the whole house as one condition hides that.
Brick and tile from the sixties and seventies, weatherboard, fibre cement and plaster systems can sit side by side. Each takes different preparation and different products, so the substrate is identified before the scope is written.
Where a property has a plaster-finished exterior, cracking and moisture around joints and penetrations matter more than the paint itself. If something looks like it needs a specialist assessment rather than a coat of paint, we will say so.
We take enquiries across the Shore, including Takapuna, Devonport, Milford, Northcote, Birkenhead, Glenfield, Albany and the East Coast Bays. Tell us the suburb with your first message so travel and scheduling are factored in honestly.
It depends on the substrate, the coating system used last time, and how exposed the elevation is. A sheltered wall can look fine while a seaward elevation is already breaking down, so the useful answer comes from looking at the actual surfaces rather than a general interval.
Yes, and on a coastal property it matters more than usual. Salt and grime left on the surface stop a coating bonding properly, so washing and surface preparation are part of the scope rather than an extra.
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