Project of the month - May

Just spotted in a weekend SMH’s Domain a whole page article about the property we painted in it's preparation for the sale.

This an amazing house at Bronte with private beach access recently went through 1.5milion renovation. How gorgeous is this facade with 3 levels high shutters!!!

Source: McGrath

Project of a month - October

One more Strata Building make over. This one is in Dee Why.

Val, the lovely older lady who is managing the property and owns an apartment here since the building was built in 60’s – is a great story teller! Hard to believe, but this was a very first building of a brand new green field subdivision. The land was previously owned by the Salvation Army, and the condition of property sale was that residents are not allowed to consume an alcohol. How peculiar!

And apparently Paul Hagan was growing up in this block! Val was telling stories of former residents “…We had those Hogans living here. Their young sun Paul was very naughty. The mother was always telling him off and saying – you will not end up well…” And then he grew up to become everyone’s favorite Paul Hogan! How funny!

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Confirming colours



Before

How to paint ceilings without damaging walls & furniture

Want to paint ceilings and worry that your walls or belongings can get damaged? Can’t move all furniture away? No need to stress out about!

This is what the preparation for a ceiling panting should look like. We seal with plastic drop sheets & tape all walls and cover all furniture. Obviously this is in addition to the canvas drop sheets that cover all floors. Only after everything is safely covered we would start repairs and painting.

I’m not going to hide – it is time & labour consuming work. But once we safely cover everything your walls and furniture will be protected even from tiny paint over-splash from a roller.

We always use new plastic drop sheet. We never reuse them, as over-splash from previous work would get on your furniture and can stick to it, or just create dust and dirt around your house. New drop sheets ensure your house will stay clean.

Feel confident your ceiling painting will be quick and safe? Concact Ol’ Painting for no obligation quote.

Project of the month - August 2

One more strata project completed – this one is a large art deco apartment block in Point Piper.

We had to collaborat with other traders here - all brickwork was repainted and front wall recalled and we did painting as a part of the same project. We had to schedule our works so we all can work of one scaffold, to minimise inconvenience and cost to the residents. So the work was done in stages over few months.

Project of the month - August 1

Looking today at this gorgeous and spacious Surry Hills terrace it is hard to imagine that just few months ago this was a tiny dilapidated house! It was just redesigned and renovated by talented Jonathan Clarke from Urban Interior Design.

I do not recall such a spacious & brilliantly designed terrace (and I have painted a couple hundreds of them!). Helping to transform this tiny dark house was transformed into such a retreat was amasing. I’m still not sure where the light & space came from. Looking from the street you would never guess how large the house is inside - 3 high ceiling levels, 3 bedrooms (one with a study), 3 bathrooms, a dressing room, large kitchen, dining & living, & lots of light!

Courtyard is my favourite part of the house! How gorgeous are these manicured trees and antique mirrored French doors & shutters that Jonathan searched and selected in France himself! Some people just so talented!

National Treasure. Project of the month - August

The best thing about our work is that we get to meet some incredible people and learn some fascinating stories. But this is perhaps the best of all!

We did some project for a lovely family. As we helped them to move furniture to a new place the lady told us a story of her grandad. On 9 July 1900 on his property in UK and in this very chair was signed the Commonwealth of Australian Constitution Act! This it a true national treasure!!!

Most of furniture and the table a family donated to museums. But they kept this chair. I can't wait to hear the rest of the story tomorrow!

Project of the month - July 1

OL’ Painting just completed internal common areas painting of this Seaforth waterfront apartment block – walls, ceilings, unit, service and lift doors.

Painting unit doors always requires a good communications. We have to arrange each door to be open for few hours on 2 occasions – to put 2 coats of paint.

For resident’s convenience this is scheduled on weekends, few levels at the time. At the beginning of the project we send every resident a clear schedule with exact dates unit dors on their level will be painted. Then we simply stick to this schedule. If some people can’t be at home during scheduled days – they can contact us to arrange an individual appointment at time convenient to them.

The difference a good paintwork can do!

A lot is said about a difference and painting can do. But a picture worth a thousand words!

These photos are of two almost identical Kings Cross buildings. One was recently repainted in a fabulous colour scheme (it was mentioned in my post on the feature doors). Other one was neglected for a long time.

Guess which of two buildings reached a street record unit price? Which has a triple rent?

Project of the month - June 2

We are spraying metal window frames. Again!
I have 2-3 jobs like this every month – units, houses, offices, train stations...

Spray painting it’s an excellent way to give your tired old metal window frames a fresh look! And it cost much less then getting new windows. We use airless spray and 2 pack epoxy paint for extra durability.

Spraying itself does not take that much time. If you prepare everything all house windows can be sprayed in just few hours.

But preparation is a killer! We spend days masking windows of this house (it has lots of windows!). But preparations are not the place to rush and is a very-very careful work. Everything exposed will be painted; everything not sealed off completely will get over-splash. So bit, but bit everything that isn’t getting painted has to be covered up. If it gets too frustrated – just take a deep breath and go back to work. But after everything is sprayed and covering paper is removed – you get a grate painted finish!

Project of the Month - June 1

We painted this Mosman house inside out last year during extensive renovation.

But this time we were call to paint a new fence. For the best results we used a combination and spray painting and brush and mini-roller application and 3 coats of paint. Thanks to the glorious weather the job was finished by the end of a day!

Project of the Month - May 2

Lately we have done a lot of wallpaper removal, like in this harbour view Lane Cove apartment.

The bad thing about wallpaper – you never know what it covers! Often there are patches, damages or uneven surfaces underneath of it. This unit had very rough porous concrete walls that never were painted before. They required full skimming to fill in those pores before painting.

Project of the Month - May 1

As strange as it sounds, from time to time we are asked by other painters to do some spray painting job for them. This Northwood residence was one of such projects.

Spray painting is highly skilled job. A majority of painters would not take it - it is easy to mess up and very hard to fix. So they may call a skilled spray painting specialist like Ol' Painting to do a spraying part of their project.

Normally it takes at least one day to safely cover all surfaces that are not going to be sprayed. But after this an entire house can be sprayed in few hours! Overall it is a great time saving and an excellent end result!

Project of the Month - April 2

Just last month we did some painting at Macquarie Bank Building at iconic King St Wharf. This month we moved to a neighbouring American Express Building. It’s new addition to Sydney CBD. But being a very high traffic building it already required some maintenance.

So last 5 weekends we spend painting foyers on its 11 levels (will I ever get a day off?!) This is a very high security building (sorry, no photos from the inside), so the integrity of trade and good references are very important!

Project of the Month - April 1

It’s a late Sunday night and I only now finished my work.

Just yesterday morning most of wall of this Martin Place office in Sydney CBD were painted black. We worked all weekend and overnight to have it finished by Monday morning when a new tenant moves in.

Most of our offices jobs are like this. They have to be painted, cleaned and ready for a business as usual on Monday.

Project of the Month - March 2

Just finished work at this Bronte penthouse. It was more then just a regular painting job – we removed & disposed old decorated cornices and skirtings throughout, re-rendered walls were cornices were, and painted the penthouse inside out.

Project of the Month - March 1

This is another weekend job in the office building – this time in Parramatta. All walls were painted white. Obviously, such painting job can only be done when carpark is empty. So for everyone’s convenience we scheduled it to the weekend. 3 levels were completely painted in 2 days!

Project of the Month - February 3

We are working again at 645 Harris St Ultimo – this time to do carpark line marking. The old marking was almost completely erased. We need a parking plan to confirm lots and unit numbers. It takes a bit of organisational work to make sure that cars are removed from the area we are working on. But all is done in a day. Hopefully there will be no more conflicts when someone parked on a wrong spot.

Project of the Month - February 2

Macquarie Bank Building at King St Wharf is an absolutely iconic building! It’s Australia’s first “inside out building” – it’s steel structural support, known as a diagrid, sits outside its glass walls.
Our manager, Oleksandra used to work for an architectural company Cox, who developed the area. Now we are doing maintenance painting here.

As always with the office projects, we have to do painting over weekends and have everything perfectly nice and clean by Monday opening.

Project of the Month - February 2

This month my display project is a Federation house in Stanmore. As with many period homes, a detail timberwork is a house main feature. We mainly panted woodwork – windows, doors, architraves, skirtings, and picture rails. But this was quote a large job.

Project of the Month - February 1

Some properties are blessed with the most gorgeous views!

This Mosman house is facing my most favourite place in Sydney – Chinaman Beach. Actually I discovered this beach last years when we worked on interior painting in this same house. This time we did some small exterior work. What a nice few days of work!