House painting in Auckland, starting on the North Shore

Painting services

Outside and in, on houses of every age. Most North Shore homes are timber, many are older than they look, and each era has its own prep needs. Start with the house painting overview, or go straight to the job you have in mind.

• Exterior repaints

  Washing, scraping, spot-priming and two finish coats on weatherboard, plaster and brick.

• Interior painting

  Walls, ceilings and trim, low-VOC paints, and a check of textured ceilings first.

• Weatherboards and villas

  Fretwork, sash windows and many layers of old paint, handled with care.

• Lead paint in older homes

  Houses from the 1980s or earlier are presumed to have it. Wet methods and careful clean-up.

• Preparation

  The hours you never see: the part of a repaint that decides how long it lasts.

• Commercial painting

  Offices, shops and body corporate buildings, planned around the people using them.

What painting costs

Published Auckland figures put an exterior repaint of a three-bedroom, single-storey house at about $5,000 to $15,500, with most between $8,000 and $14,000. Those are ranges that industry sources and painting businesses publish, not quotes. Prep, access, the number of coats and the age of the paint move a price more than anything else.

The painting cost guide splits those figures by surface, room and hourly rate, and links each source.

North Shore suburbs

We are a painting service working across Auckland, starting on the North Shore. The area pages describe the houses in each suburb from council heritage records: Devonport’s villas and cottages, the state houses of Northcote and Bayswater, the 1960s brick and block homes of the East Coast Bays.

• Devonport

  Timber villas and cottages from 1870 to 1940, on a peninsula.

• Northcote

  Villas on the Point, state houses and 1960s homes inland.

• Birkenhead

  Villas and bungalows on Birkenhead Point, newer homes on the coast.

• East Coast Bays

  Mairangi Bay, Browns Bay and Torbay: brick, block and weatherboard.

• All areas

  Bayswater and Belmont, Takapuna, Beach Haven and Milford too.

Colour and care

Short notes for the questions people ask before a repaint: how long the paint will last, when to book, which sheen goes where, how to choose colours, and what a written quote should show. Each one links the official or industry source it draws on.

• How long exterior paint lasts

  Typically 7 to 10 years, according to BRANZ, and what shortens it.

• When to paint in Auckland

  Spring is when most people book; plan ahead.

• Reading a painting quote

  What a written quote should list, line by line.

• All colour and care notes

  Sheen, paint systems and choosing exterior colours as well.